Def Jam Recordings : the first 25 years of the last great record label / [essays by Bill Adler and Dan Charnas ; prefaces by Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles ; introduction by Kelefa Sanneh].
Prefaces / Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles -- Intro : way past ten : Def Jam's great idea / Kelefa Sanneh -- Def Jam 25 : a pre-history. Rick Rubin, totally destroying what was proven ; Russell Simmons : Rush Productions and the roots of rap ; Improving the conditions of the rap industry, 1984-1994 / Bill Adler ; The executive team 1995-2010 / Dan Charnas.
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