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Def Jam Recordings

The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label

Def Jam Recordings( )
Author: Def Jam, Def
Adler, Bill
Charnas, Dan
Preface by: Rubin, Rick
Simmons, Russell
ISBN:978-0-8478-3371-9
Publication Date:Oct 2011
Publisher:Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $60.00
Book Description:

UPDATE AND REVISED to reflect 10 more years at Def Jam Recordings: In association with Def Jam, a celebration of thirty-five years of the label that defined hip-hop music and culture, in the words and photographs of its founders and artists. This is the story of Def Jam in the words of its artists and top executives, taken from interviews and seamlessly told as a narrative of no-holds barred recollections and anecdotes, made even more compelling by...
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Book Details
Pages:312
Detailed Subjects: Music / Genres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop
Business & Economics / Industries / Entertainment
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):12.4 x 12.32 x 1.3 Inches
Book Weight:6.28 Pounds
Author Biography
Def Jam, Def (Author)
William Adler was born on May 14, 1929 in New York. After attending Brooklyn College (1947-51), Adler served in the U.S. Army. Adler, a full-time writer/editor, has published approximately 150 books on various topics over the past forty years, but he is probably best known for his books reflecting the wit and humor of individual celebrities. In books such as The Kennedy Wit and The Churchill Wit, Adler has selected and edited a variety of quotations and humorous anecdotes that reveal a human side of famous individuals. His edited collections of letters written to famous people or organizations, such as Kids' Letters to President Carter and Letters to the Air Force on UFOs, are also quite popular. These books, while interspersed with humor, often explore more serious topics with insight, understanding, and sensitivity.

Adler wrote for two popular television programs, Candid Camera and Tex and Jinx, and conceived the ideas for a series of murder mysteries written by other authors, that invited readers to participate in solving the crimes. Large cash awards were offered to the reader who could solve a series of crimes leading to the murders. The first of these popular 1980s mysteries was Who Killed the Robins Family and where, and when, and how and why did they die? Although Adler masterminded the book, Thomas Chastain actually wrote it. Later, Adler would use this same reader-participation strategy when he published Bill Adler's Chance of a Lifetime, a guidebook on how to become a successful entrepreneur. Again a cash prize was offered to the reader who entered the best new business idea after reading and following the principles presented in the book.

Adler has also written and edited a number of his more serious books under the pseudonym, Jay David.

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