Def Jam Records: Music Label Profile

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Def Jam Recordings Mfundo Zachidule Profile

Kukhazikitsidwa kwa Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings poyamba adayambitsidwa ndi Rick Rubin mu 1983 mu New York University dorm room kuti amasule limodzi ndi gulu lake Hose (a punk group).

DJ Jazzy Jay anamuuza Rubin kwa Russell Simmons, yemwe mwamsanga anakhala Rubin's Def Jam mnzake.

Pamodzi ndi Simmons, Def Jam Recordings anamasula T La Rock ndi DJ Jazzy Jay osakwatira "Ndi Anu," omwe ndi oyamba kubadwa ndi Def Jam logo. Momwemonso, Simmons akutchulidwa kuti ndi woyambitsa.

Chotsitsa choyamba chonyamula zida zonse za Def Jam ndi chiwerengero cha mndandanda mu 1984: "Ndikufuna Beat" ndi LL Cool J ndi "Rock Hard" ndi Beastie Boys.

Kugawidwa koyamba Kuchita ndi OBR

Choyamba Chojambula cha Jam Jam chokhacho chinasamalidwa mokwanira kuti kulola chizindikirocho chikhale ndi malo akuluakulu omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Columbia Records (nthawi yomwe ili gawo la CBS Records, lomwe linagulidwa ndi Sony). LL Cool J ya "Radiyo," yomwe inatulutsidwa mu 1985, ndiyo ufulu woyamba wa Def Jam kuti adzalandire makalata akuluakulu ndipo inali album yawo yoyamba yodzaza.

Panthawiyi, Def Jam adayesedwa kuti alowe mu bizinesi ya R & B, poyambitsa OBR kuti apatse ojambula a R & B.

Iwo adagonjetsedwa ndi "Mvula" ndi Oran "Juice" Jones, koma chizindikirocho chinapangika posakhalitsa.

Def Jam: Kusiyanasiyana Kumveka ndi Kukwera Kupambana

Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, kupambana kwa Def Jam kunakula. Zaka 80 zinkasonyeza kusuntha kwa hip-hop kuchokera pansi pa nthaka kupita pakati, ndipo def Jam idathandiza kwambiri mtunduwo kupanga kusintha.

Komabe, m'ma 1980, chizindikirocho sichinali kokha kope la hip-hop. Chimodzi mwa zizindikiro zawo zazikulu za zaka khumi chinali gulu lachitsulo Slayer.

Def Jam adapindula chimodzi mwazochita zawo zazikulu pazaka khumi-ndipo adasokonezeka kwambiri-pamene adasaina Public Enemy kumapeto kwa zaka khumi.

Rubin vs. Cohen

Pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980, kulimbana kwa mphamvu kunkachitika pambuyo pa Def Jam pakati pa woyambitsa Rick Rubin ndi Lyor Cohen, yemwe anali akugwira ntchito ndi Simmons yemwe anali kuyang'anira Run DMC Mu 1988, Cohen adagwira ntchito pulezidenti wa Def Jam. Rubin anasiya chilemba ndikuyamba Def American Records, yomwe idatchedwanso American Records.

Mayendedwe Ophatikiza Mothandizira ndi Mavuto Azachuma

Cohen ndi Simmons anakhazikitsa Rush Associated Labels (RAL) kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990 monga gulu la ambulera la malemba osiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo Def Jam. Ntchito zatsopano zamalonda zinadzetsa mtengo. Def Jam anali ndi maulendo angapo osiyanasiyana omwe amamasulidwa kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, kuphatikizapo kutulutsidwa ndi ONYX ndi EPMD, koma adakumananso ndi mavuto aakulu azachuma mu 1992.

Powonongeka, Def Jam adatulutsidwa pamene Polygram Records inagula 50 peresenti ya chizindikirocho. Pulogalamu ya Polygra inayamba kulamulira bwino, kugula 9.8 peresenti ya kampaniyo.

Warren G "Yongolerani ... G G Funk Era" inali yogulitsa malonda ndipo inathandiza kuti libwezererenso ndalama.

CHINENERO CHA Def Def Music Music Group ndi Island Def Jam

Mu 1995, RAL inatchedwanso Def Jam Music Group. Malonda anali abwino kwa chizindikiro pa nthawiyi, chifukwa chofalitsidwa ndi LL Cool J ndi Foxy Brown. Def Jam anamaliza pansi pa Universal ambulera ambulera pamene Polygram idagulidwa ndi Seagrams, chigawenga cha Universal. Chilengedwe chonse chinagwirizanitsa chizindikiro chawo cha chilumba, ndikupanga Island Def Jam. Chilengedwe chonse chinagula Simmons kwa $ 100 miliyoni.

Simmons anakhala kutali ndi chizindikiro pa nthawiyi, koma Cohen anakhalabe. Def Jam adayambitsa ntchito zatsopano panthawiyi, kuphatikizapo Def Jam South. Anaperekanso a Murder Inc. Records, omwe angayambitse Cohen muvuto lalamulo.

Kulimbana ndi Mphamvu M'zaka za m'ma 2000

Def Jam Germany inatsegulidwa mu 2000 ndi Cohen kuti afotokoze mbiri ya maiko padziko lonse.

Cohen inabuka kwa Cohen mu 2003 pamene Murder Inc. Records adafufuzidwa kuti awononge ndalama. Cohen anali atatumizira chizindikirocho, ndipo kufufuza kumeneku kunachititsa kuti awononge nyumba ya Def Jam. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, Cohen anasiya chizindikiro cha Warner Music Group.

Antonio LA Reid adatenga Def Jam pambuyo pa kuchoka kwa Cohen. Reid ndi Cohen anamenyera mgwirizano wa Jay-Z, kuti apambane ndi wojambulayo, Reid anapanga president wa Jay-Z wa Def Jam. Liwu la Roc-a-Fella la Jay-Z linali litagulidwa ndi Def Jam. Msonkhano wa Pulezidenti wa Jay-Z unatha m'chaka cha 2007, ndipo sizinayambitsenso, kusiya Reid kuti abwerere ku udindo wa utsogoleri.

Kuyambira pamene mgwirizano wa Jay-Z unatha, chizindikirocho chakhala anthu ena ambiri. Ndili ndi Reid ndikutsatira posachedwa Jay-Z ndiye mu 2012 pamene woyang'anira Warner Bros. Records, dzina lake Joie Manda, amatchedwa president.