Def Jam Records: Music Label Profile

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Kutanga kwe Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings pakutanga yakatangwa naRick Rubin muna 1983 muNew York University dorm chamber kuti asunungure kamwe chete neboka rake Hose (a punk group).

DJ Jazzy Jay akaudza Rubin kuna Russell Simmons, uyo akakurumidza kuva Rubin's Def Jam.

Pamwe pamwe naSimmons, Def Jam Recordings akabudisa T La Rock uye DJ Jazzy Jay vasina "Ndiyo Yako," yekutanga kutakura Def Jam logo. Sezvo zvakadaro, Simmons inonzi yakabatana.

Kubudiswa kwekutanga kunotakura zvose Def Jam logo uye nhamba yekorosi yakabudiswa muna 1984: "Ndinoda Beat" neLL Cool J uye "Rock Hard" neBeastie Boys.

Kutanga Kupararira Kuitwa uye OBR

Chokutanga Def Jam chinyorwa chakanyatsotarisirwa kuti chibvumirano chacho chikwanise kugadzirisa mazita ekugovera mabhuku ne Columbia Records (iyo nguva inobatsira ye CBS Records, iyo yakazotengwa ne Sony). LL Cool J's classic "Radio," yakabudiswa muna 1985, ndiyo yekutanga Def Jam yakasunungurwa kuti iwane huru yekuparidzirwa mabhuku uye yaiva album yavo yokutanga yakazara.

Munharaunda ino, Def Jam akaedza kupinda muR & B bhizinesi, achitanga zita reOBR kuti rive nevanamati veR & B.

Vakanga vaine hit ne "The Rain" naOran "Juice" Jones, asi iyo yakanyorwa yakatora nguva pfupi yapfuura.

Def Jam: Kusiyana Mharidzo uye Kubudirira Kubudirira

Munguva yema1980, kubudirira kwa Def Def kwakaramba kuchikura. Vane makumi mapfumbamwe nemasere vakaratidza kufamba kwehup-hop kubva pasi pevhu kusvika kune yakawanda, uye Def Jam yakabatsira mukurumbira kuita shanduko.

Mumakore ema1980, zvisinei, zita racho harina kungoitwa nehup-hop chete. Chimwe chekuita kwavo kukuru kwemazana gumi yaiva sangano resimbi slayer.

Def Jam yakawana chimwe chekubudirira kwavo kukuru kwemazana gumi-uye yakazova hurukuro huru-pavakasayina Public Enemy pakupera kwemakore gumi.

Rubin vs. Cohen

Mumakore ekuma1980, kurwisana kwemasimba kwaive kuri mberi kwezviitiko zve Def Def pakati pevakiki Rick Rubin naLyor Cohen, avo vakanga vashanda naSimmons avo vaitungamirira Run DMC Muna 1988, Cohen akawana basa re mutungamiriri we Def Jam. Rubin akasiya boka racho ndokutanga Def American Records, iyo yakakurumidza kunzi American Records.

Rush Associated Labels uye Financial Troubles

Cohen uye Simmons yakagadzira Rush Associated Labels (RAL) mumavambo ekuma 1990s seboka remubura kune mazita akawanda akasiyana, anosanganisira Def Jam. Iyo itsva yebhizimisi mishonga yakaratidza inodhura. Def Jam yakanga yakasunungurwa mitauro yakasiyana-siyana mumakore ekutanga kwema1990, kusanganisira kusunungurwa neOYX uye EPMD, asi vakanga vachiri kutarisana nematambudziko makuru emari muna 1992.

Pamusoro pekugadzirisa, Def Jam yakabhadharwa apo Polygram Records yakatenga 50 kubva muzana yezita racho. Polygram yakazogadziriswa zvakasimba, kutenga imwe 9,8 muzana yekambani yacho.

Warren G's "Gadzirisa ... G G Funk Era" yakanga iri kubudirira kwekutengesa uye yakabatsira iyo mazita kuti iwedzere kuwana mari.

RAL ku Def Jam Music Group uye Island Def Jam

Muna 1995, RAL yakanzizve Def Jam Music Group. Zvitengesi zvaive zvakanaka pakuratidzira panguva iyi, zvichibva pakabudiswa naLL Cool J naFoxy Brown. Def Jam yakagadzirirwa pasi pe Universal Universal Group mumburera apo Polygram yakatengwa kunze neSeagrams, kugoverwa kwe Universal. Zvose zvakabatana neChina Island, zvichigadzira Island Def Jam. Zvose zvakatenga Simmoni kwe $ 100 mamiriyoni.

Simmons akazobva kure kubva pakanyorwa panguva ino, asi Cohen akagara. Def Jam yakatanga zvidzidzo zvitsva munguva iyi, kusanganisira Def Jam South. Vakagoverawo Murder Inc. Records, iyo inogona kuisa Cohen mumatambudziko emutemo.

Power Struggles muma2000

Def Jam Germany yakatangwa muna 2000 naCohen kuti iwedzere ruzivo rwemavara munyika yose.

Dambudziko rakasimuka nokuda kweChohen muna 2003 apo Murder Inc. Records yakaongororwa nokuda kwekubhadhara mari. Cohen akanga aita championed the label, uye kuongorora kwakaunza kukwikwidza kweDzimba Jam Def. Pakazosvika nguva imwe chete, Cohen akasiya chikwangwani cheWarner Music Group.

Antonio LA Reid akatora Def Jam mushure mekunge Cohen aenda. Reid uye Cohen vakarwira chibvumirano chaJay-Z, uye kuti vakunda muenzi, Reid akaita mutungamiri weJay-Z weD Def Jam. Jay-Z's own Roc-a-Fella label yakanga yatotengwa ne Def Def. Chibvumirano cheJean-Z chakatungamira muna 2007, uye chakanga chisina kuvandudzwa, achisiya Reid kuti adzokere shure mubato reutungamiri.

Sezvo chibvumirano chaJean-Z chapera, iyo mazita ave ari vamwe vanhu vakawanda mubasa. NaReid achitora nguva pfupi achitevera Jay-Z naizvozvo muna 2012 apo yaimbova Warner Bros. Records mukuru Joie Manda akatumidzwa mutungamiri.