Def Jam
Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label – Interview with Bill Adler
October 17, 2011
⋅ Music
Bill Adler, the co-author of Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label, sits down with Nineteen87 Visuals and Rap Radar for a two-part interview on the exploration into the book. Adler, who served as the in-house publicist during Def Jam's formative...
NOWNESS: 25 Years of Def Jam Recordings
September 26, 2011
⋅ Arts
In their upcoming Rizzoli publication, Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label, founders Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons catalog the progression of their humble “experimental art project” beginnings to the creation of the most influential rap...
Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label Book
June 26, 2011
⋅ Culture
"Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label is a celebration of the first 25 years of the label that defined hip-hop music and culture. This is the story of Def Jam in the words of its artists and top executives, taken from interviews and...
adidas Def Jam Pack
October 9, 2009
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Def Jam. The two words have become synonymous with culture, style and great music. Beginning in a dorm room, Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin wanted to make music, hip-hop music. Def meant cool; hip or stylish and Def Jam provided the soundtrack to accompany the lifestyle. And...
Def Jam x adidas Originals
August 6, 2009
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Def Jam. The two words have been synonymous with a culture, a style and music. Beginning in a college dormitory room 25 years ago, Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin wanted to introduce the world to new music – hip hop music. Rubin had been busy producing rock records and...
Def Jam x Flight Club 25th Anniversary Event Recap
April 12, 2009
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A few days ago, famous sneaker consignment shop Flight Club hosted a special event for Hip-Hop record label Def Jam which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2009. The event is the first of many between the two co-collaborators with a special t-shirt to mark the event. For...
Saint Alfred x Ghostface x Flip The Bird x Def Jam
November 30, 1999
Chicago based boutique Saint Alfred has collaborated with Hawaiian based clothing label Flip The Bird along with Ghostface and Def Jam Records for this not for sale t-shirt. This tee will only be available to a few lucky people at Ghostface's Chicago album release party....
Roc-a-fella x Def Jam x Saint Alfreds Blue Magic Pack
November 30, 1999
One of Chicago's premiere boutiques Saint Alfreds has teamed up with record labels Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam to release a special Blue Magic pack to celebrate the upcoming debut of Jay-Z's latest musical release, American Gangster (inspired in part by the premiere of the movie...
