Def Jam Records: 'Mino oa Leqephe la' Mino

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Ho thehoa ha Def Jam Recordings

Def Jam Recordings e qalile ho thehoa ke Rick Rubin ka 1983, kamoreng ea hae ea New York University, e le hore a lokolle sehlopha sa hae sa Hose (sehlopha sa punk).

DJ Jazzy Jay o ile a tsebisa Rubin ho Russell Simmons, eo kapele e ileng ea e-ba molekane oa Rubin's Def Jam.

Hammone le Simmons, Def Jam Recordings o ile a lokolla T La Rock le DJ Jazzy Jay molekane oa "Ke oa Hao," ea pele ea ho jara Def Jam logo. Ka lebaka leo, Simmons o nkoa e le mothehi-motheo.

Lingoliloeng tsa pele tse tsamaisanang le Def Jam logo le nomoro ea lekhetho li ile tsa lokolloa ka 1984: "Ke hloka Beat" ka LL Cool J le "Rock Hard" ke Beastie Boys.

Phatlalatso ea pele e sebetsa le OBR

Boqhetseke ba pele ba Def Jam bo ne bo hlokomelloa ka ho lekaneng ho lumella letšoao lena hore le fihlele tšebetso e kholo ea li-label distribution le Columbia Records (e leng nako e ts'ehetsoeng ke CBS Records, e ileng ea rekoa ke Sony). LL Cool J ea "Radio" ea khale, e lokollotsoeng ka 1985, e ne e le tokoloho ea pele ea Def Jam e le hore e fumane khalase e kholo ea li-label 'me e ne e le album ea bona ea khale e feletseng.

Ho pholletsa le nako ena, Def Jam o ile a leka ho kena khoebong ea R & B, a theha lebokose la OBR hore a fane ka litšoantšo tsa R & B.

Ba ile ba otloa ke "The Rain" ka Oran "Juice" Jones, empa lejoe leo le ile la phuthoa nakoana.

Def Jam: E fapane ho Utloa le ho Hōla katleho

Nakong ea bo-1980, katleho ea Def Jam e ile ea eketseha. Lilemong tsa bo-80 li ne li tšoaea ho tsamaea ha hip-hop ho tloha ka tlas'a lefatše ho ea ho tse tloaelehileng, 'me Def Jam e thusitse ho etsa hore mofuta ona o fetohe.

Leha ho le joalo, lilemong tsa bo-1980, letšoao leo e ne e se letšoao feela la hip-hop. E 'ngoe ea lipontšo tsa tsona tse kholo tsa lilemo tse leshome e ne e le sehlopha sa tšepe Slayer.

Def Jam e ile ea atleha e 'ngoe ea katleho e kholo ea tsona lilemong tse leshome-'me e ile ea e-ba taba e kholo ea ho phehisana-ha ba saena Sechaba sa Sechaba qetellong ea lilemo tse leshome.

Rubin vs. Cohen

Lilemong tsa bo-1980, ntoa ea matla e ne e tsoela pele ka setšoantšo sa Def Jam pakeng tsa mothehi oa Rick Rubin le Lyor Cohen, ea neng a sebetsa le Simmons ea neng a tsamaisa Run DMC Ka 1988, Cohen o ile a nka karolo ea mopresidente oa Def Jam. Rubin o ile a tlohela letšoao eaba o qala Def American Records, e ileng ea boela ea rehoa American Records.

Rush Associated Labels le Mathata a Chelete

Cohen le Simmons ba thehiloe Rush Associated Labels (RAL) mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1990 e le sehlopha sa likhele bakeng sa mabitso a sa tšoaneng, ho akarelletsa Def Jam. Likhoebo tse ncha tsa khoebo li ile tsa ipaka li le litšenyehelo Def Jam e ne e e-na le lihlahisoa tse 'maloa tse ngata tsa platinum mathoasong a lilemo tsa bo-1990, ho kenyeletsoa ho lokolloa ke ONYX le EPMD, empa ba ne ba ntse ba tobana le mathata a matla a lichelete ka 1992.

Nakong ea ho felloa ke chelete, Def Jam e ile ea lelekoa ha Polygram Records e reka karolo ea 50 lekholong ea letšoao. Polygra qetellong e ile ea fumana taolo e tiileng, e reka karolo ea 9,8 lekholong ea k'hamphani.

Warren G "E laola ... G G Funk Era" e ne e le katleho e rekisoang 'me e thusitse hore leihlo le tsoele pele ho hlaphoheloa ka lichelete.

RAL ho Def Jam Music Group Group le Island Def Jam

Ka 1995, RAL e ne e boetse e bitsoa Def Jam Music Group. Litefiso li ne li le molemo bakeng sa letšoao nakong ena, ka lebaka la ho lokolloa ke LL Cool J le Foxy Brown. Def Jam e phethetsoe ka tlas'a Universal Muscle umbrella ha Polygram e rekiloe ke Seagrams, karolo ea Universal. Bokahohle bo kopantsitse lebokose la bona la Sehlekehleke, ho bōpa Island Def Jam. Bokahohle bo rekile Simmone bakeng sa $ 100 limilione.

Simmons e ile ea e-ba hōle le letšoao ka nako ena, empa Cohen o ile a lula. Def Jam e qalile mekhoa e mengata e mecha nakong ena, ho kenyeletsa Def Jam South. Ba ile ba boela ba aba Murder Inc. Records, e neng e tla thibela Cohen mathata a molao.

Mathata a Matla lilemong tsa bo-2000

Def Jam Jeremane e qalile ka selemo sa 2000 ke Cohen ho eketsa profile ea label ka hohle.

Ho ile ha hlaha bothata bakeng sa Cohen ka 2003 ha Murder Inc. Records a ne a phenyekolloa bakeng sa ho hlakola lichelete. Cohen e ne e le sehlopheng seo, 'me lipatlisiso li ile tsa lebisa tlhomong ea mohaho oa Def Jam. Ka nako e tšoanang, Cohen o tlohetse letšoao la Warner Music Group.

Antonio LA Reid o ile a nka Def Jam ka mor'a hore Cohen a tlohe. Reid le Cohen ba ile ba loanela konteraka ea Jay-Z, 'me ba hlōla moetsi oa litšoantšo, Reid o ile a etsa mopresidente oa Jay-Z oa Def Jam. Label ea R-a-Fella ea Jay-Z e ne e se e rekiloe ke Def Jam. Kopano ea mookameli oa Jay-Z e ile ea fela ka 2007, 'me ha ea ka ea nchafatsoa,' me Reid a khutlela karolong ea boeta-pele.

Kaha konteraka ea Jay-Z e felile, letšoao e bile batho ba bang ba 'maloa karolong eo. Reid o ile a nka nako e latelang ka mor'a Jay-Z, ka 2012 ha e ne e le mookameli oa khale oa Warner Bros. Records Joie Manda a bitsoa mopresidente.