Ka Moʻolelo ma hope o ka Pepa Hoʻolohe Record Records
- ʻO :ʻO ka hopena hop-hopʻo Def Jam Recordings, kahi hapa o ka Group Def Jam Music Group
- Heahea : Hina i Honolulu, New York
- Ua hoʻokumuʻia : 1984
- Kauʻia e : Rick Rubin a me Russell Simmons (eʻike i nāʻike hou aʻe ma lalo nei)
Ka Hoʻonohonoho o Def Jam
Ua hoʻokumuʻiaʻo Record Record Records e Rick Rubin i ka makahiki 1983 ma kāna lumi hoʻomaha o ke kulanui o New York no ka hoʻokuʻuʻana i hoʻokahi i kāna hui hui (Hose).
Hoʻokomoʻo DJ Jazzy Jay iā Rubin iā Russell Simmons,ʻo ia ka mea i lilo koke i ka hoaʻo Rubin's Def Jam.
Me Simmons, nā hoʻopiʻi Def Jam i wehe i ka "T La Rock" a me DJ Jazzy Jay hoʻokahi "ʻOʻoe nō ia,"ʻo ka mea mua e kau i ka logo Def Jam. No laila, ua heluʻiaʻo Simmons ma keʻano he kumu hui.
Hoʻokuʻuʻia nā huahana mua loa no ka hoʻopuka a me ka helu inoaʻo Jam Jam i ka makahiki 1984: "makemake wau i ka Beat" na LL Cool J a me "Rock Hard" na nā Beastie Boys.
Ka Lapa mua a me ka BBR
Ua mālama nuiʻia ka mua o Def Jam singles eʻae i ka lepili e hoʻoili i kahi palapala inoa nui e pili ana iā Columbia Records (ʻo ka manawa i pili i CBS Records, i kūʻaiʻia ma hope mai e Sony). ʻO ka "Radio",ʻo LL Cool J i hoʻolahaʻia i ka makahiki 1985,ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha mua Def Jam no ka loaʻaʻana o ka papa inoa inoa nui aʻo ia ka puke mele piha loa.
Ma kēia manawa, ho'āʻoʻo Jam Jam e komo i loko o kaʻoihana R & B, hoʻokumu i ka inoa'OBR no ka hoʻokōʻana i nā mea hana kiʻi R & B.
Ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi pōʻino i ka "The Rain" na'Oran "Juice" Jones, akā ua hoʻopili pinepineʻia ka inoa ma hope.
Def Jam: Nā Kiʻi Uila a me ka Hoʻonuiʻana i ka Loaʻa
I ka wā o nā makahiki 1980, ua ulu ikaikaʻo Jam Jam. ʻO nā makahiki he 80 i hōʻailona i ka neʻeʻana o hip-hop mai ka lalo aku i loko o ka papahana, aʻo Def Jam he mea kōkua i keʻano o ka hana i ka hoʻololi.
I ka makahiki 1980,ʻo ka inoaʻole he inoa hip hop wale nō ia. ʻO kekahi o kā lākou hōʻailona nui loa o ka makahiki he umi,ʻo Slayer ka mea hao.
Ua loaʻaʻo Def Jam kekahi o kā lākou lanakila nui loa o nā makahiki heʻumi - a ua lilo i kumuhana no kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui-i ka wā i kākau ai lākou i kaʻenemi i kaʻenemi aupuni i ka pauʻana o ke auhulu.
Rubin vs. Cohen
I ka makahiki 1980, ua hoʻomauʻia ka hakakā ma muli o nā hiʻohiʻona a Def Jam ma waena o ka mea nāna i hoʻokumuʻo Rick Rubin a me Lyor Cohen, ka mea e hana pū ana me Simmons e hoʻomalu ana i ka DMC. I ka makahiki 1988, ua liloʻo Cohen i pelekikenaʻo Def Jam. Ua haʻaleleʻo Rubin i ka lepili a hoʻomakaʻo Def American Records, i kapa inoa houʻiaʻo American Records.
Nā Laulima Palekana a me nā Kālā Waiwai
Hoʻokumuʻo Cohen a Simmons iā Rush Associated Labels (RAL) i nā makahiki 1990 i keʻano he lāpena hoʻomalu no nā papa inoa'ē aʻe, including Def Jam. Ua lilo nāʻoihanaʻoihana hou i uku. Ua hoʻokuʻuʻia e Jam Jam he mau multi-platinum i ka hoʻomakaʻana o nā makahiki 1990, e like me nā hoʻokuʻuʻana mai a ONYX a me EPMD, akā, e mau ana lākou i nā pilikia kālā i ka makahiki 1992.
Ma ka hopena o ka banekorupa, ua hoʻopukaʻiaʻo Jam Jam i ka manawa i kūʻai aiʻo Polygram Records i 50 pakeneka o ka lepili. Ua loaʻa i ka Polygram kahi mana paʻa, kūʻai aku i kahi 9.8 pakeneka o ka hui.
ʻO Warren Gʻo "Regulate ... The G Funk Era" he hopena kūʻai aku a kōkua i ka label e loaʻa hou i ke kālā.
RAL i ka Group Music Jam a me Island Def Jam
I ka makahiki 1995, kapaʻiaʻo RAL ka inoaʻo Musika Music Def. Ua maikaʻi nā kūʻai aku no ka inoa ma kēia manawa, mahaloʻia e LL Cool J a me Foxy Brown. Ua pau ka Jam i lalo o ka malu umauma o nā Panalāulu i ka manawa i kūʻaiʻia aiʻo Polygram e Seagrams, he mahele o Universal. Hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻo Universal i ko lākou inoaʻo Island, e hoʻokumu ana i Island Def Jam. Ua kūʻai akuʻo Sell iā Simmons no $ 100 miliona.
Ua liloʻo Simmons i kahi mamao mai ka inoa ma kēia manawa, akā, ua nohoʻo Cohen. Ua hoʻokuʻuʻo Jam i kahi mau hana hou i kēia manawa,ʻo ia hoʻiʻo Def Jam South. Ua puʻunaue pū lākou i ka Murder Inc. Records, ka mea e hoʻopiʻi iā Cohen i loko o nā pilikia pili kānāwai.
Nā Power Power i nā makahiki 2000
Ua hoʻokumuʻiaʻo Jam Jam i ka 2000 e Cohen e hoʻonui i ka hōʻailona o ka leka ma ka honua.
Ua ala mai ka pilikia no Cohen i ka makahiki 2003 i ka manawa i ninaninauʻia aiʻo Murder Inc. Records no ka kala kālā. Ua lanakilaʻo Cohen i ka lepili, a ua alakaʻiʻia ka hoʻokolokoloʻana i kahi hoʻouka kaua o ka hale o Def Jam. Ma ia manawa like, ua haʻaleleʻo Cohen i ka lepili no ka Warner Music Group.
Ua lanakilaʻo LA LA Reid iā Def Jam ma hope o ka haʻaleleʻana o Cohen. Ua hakakāʻo Reid lāuaʻo Cohen no kaʻaelike a Jay-Z, a no ka lanakilaʻana i ke kiʻi kiʻi, ua hanaʻo Reid iā Jay-Z ka pelekikena o Def Jam. Ua kūʻai muaʻia ka inoaʻo Jay-Zʻo Roc-a-Fella e Def Jam. Ua hoʻopauʻia ka papa hana pelekikenaʻo Jay-Z i ka makahiki 2007, aʻaʻole i hoʻololi houʻia, e waiho ana iā Reid e hoʻi i ke kuleana alakaʻi.
Ma hope o ka pauʻana o kaʻaelike a Jay-Z, ua nui ka poʻe e pili ana i ka inoa. Me Reid i lawe koke aku ma hope o Jay-Z i ka makahiki 2012 i kapaʻia ke pelekikenaʻo Warnie Bros. Recordsʻo Joie Manda.