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producers attorney also represented major record label executive was

normal in music buisness

Permanent business/gov’t of hip hop is made up of


aka the people who really control the buisness

attorneys, business managers, personnel managers, accountants, agents, and label executes.

every act needs

an attorney, accountant or business manager and high profile manager


the attorneys relationship with the label will benefit him

false

__________


coined the permanent government to describe New York’s corrupt city government


Jack Newfield

Permanent business equation is


on right is the entertainment company offering him a boutique label


on left is artist who knows the deal will get him money and ability to sign and record acts


in middle is permanent business figures who have made deals with the entertainment company for years


few african americans who have managed triple play of achieving long term access, building strong personal bonds with the permanent business, and developing a smart loyal support network.


ONE IS

Russell Simmons


Russell Simmons as Berry Gordy.

NOT TRUE


berry gordy

Berry Gordy was a civil rights era hero who owned Motown


No one in hip hop and certainly no Russell has control of a song catalog even a quarter as enduring



Singers signed to Motown

-Wonder


-Diana Ross


-the Four Tops


-the Temptations


-Gladys Knight


-the Isley Brothers

Def Jam’s first number one pop single

regulate

Russell Simmons as Sammy Davis Jr.

true

davis jr

both were good at networking


frank sinatra dean martin loved sammy davis jr


Davis’s networking made him a crossover figure before the phrase existed

Simmons philosphy for life

social climbing

Russell refuse to allow his race define him and his capabilities


true


Much of Russell's business growth has come from


bonding with prominent Jewish business figures in the entertainment industry

Walter Yetnikoff, attorney Paul Schindler, and Bert Podell

a few of the jewish people whom aided Russell

simmons

Was mentored by Quincy Jones,tommy hilfiger, and brian grazer

russell had a bad relationship with sony Donnie Ienner


true


Simmons is one hip hop product who has built bridges where others were stopped by cultural gulfs

true

Def Jam initially operated out of 298 Elizabeth in Greenwich Village


1st floor rush management


2nd floor def jam


3rd floor apartment where rubin lived


Def Jam initially operated out of 298 Elizabeth in Greenwich Village


1st floor rush management


2nd floor def jam


3rd floor apartment where rubin lived


Lyor yelled

at reluctant promoters , lectured lazy artists, and ran the office with a stern, demanding style

in 90's _______was head of def jam

lyor cohen

simmons was

editorial director of one world magazine

rush philantropic arts foundation


goals was

goal of exposing the work of minority artists


simmons was considered

king of comedy

prior to comedy jam, black comedy was

Bill Cosby who was clean, mainstream humour


Black Pack headed by Eddie Murphy, with Keenan and Damon wayans, robert townsend, arsenio hall, and paul mooney


and martin lawrence, tommy davidson, and chris rock


Def Comedy Jam

Def Comedy Jam

Because of the performers who leaped to other media and the electrifying impact of the show on black culture, the def comedy jam is almost as important to rush's career as def jam records

true

pride and arrogence

takes away humility


self empowering for certain african americans


the essential swagger that underpins hip hop

African Americans created new names to

create a true sense of self and individuality

create identity through relating to and being apart of a friend group

true

Personalizing normal activities such as



sax


pager


basketball

Mike Tyson was


the hero or antihero of the 80’s hiphop

tyson earned respects because

his force and irreverence

fat boys

origionally disco 3


managed by stettler

* Human Beat Box

fat boys


stetler charge nelson george with racism

true

Hip hop was never solely African American created, owndd, controlled, and consumed


true or false

true

Holy Trinity


* Kool Herc

Flash and Herc were either born in carribean or had close realtives from there


true

White entreuprenuals in hip hop culture(many of which were jewish)


Tom Silverman


Monica Lynch


Dave Klein


Bill Adler


Serch aka Michael Berrin


Dante Ross


Barry Weiss


Ann Carli


Fred Munao


Aaron Fuchs


Brian Turner


Stettler


Lyor Cohen


Rick Rubin


Cara Lewis

1989 Public Enemy was accused of anti semitism

bc of minister of info professor griff which resulted in griffs removal from the group.


Kurtis Blow was signed to


MERCURY in 1979 the only rap star witha major record label at the time

Crossover Orthodoxy


* large audience

It TRUE/FALSE that there ever excisted a time when hip hop buyers were excluively black 6

FALSE (a fallacy)

First rap hit

Rappers Delight

“The Breaks” Kurtis Blow was 2nd 12 inch single


to sell 500k copies

“Looking for the perfect beat” bambaata and soul sonic force


“Looking for the perfect beat” bambaata and soul sonic force


Rappers Delight used


GOOd times

Relationship between rock audience and hip hop


Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons worked together to incorporate rock into rap and move away from the R&B

“Beasties were the first whites to be accused ...of treading on 100 percent black turf “(86).


beasties were managed by simmons

Hip hop and rock and the crossover between them signified the

White teenage america youth rebellion is often superficila but not political astute and can be highly hyprocritical


attracted to rebellion

Brand Pubian, Grand Puba, and Nas


all recieved recording contracts via white executives


-The whites involved in helping hip hop were very much products of the same musical culture as the acts themselves.


-The whites involved in helping hip hop were very much products of the same musical culture as the acts themselves.


Brand Nubian was recruited to Elektra by


Dante Ross

Dante Ross is known for


his love of basketball and notorious temper

The five percenters


inspired by lost found moslem lesson #2 by nation of islam founder wd fard


this theory suggests that the living god was a son of a man and the woman were sole providers as the fertility base.


5 percenters were poor, rightougs teachers who knew that the living god is the son of man, the supreme being, the black man of asia


Clarence 13x founded the five percent nation


Rakim is a five percenter


strong force in northeast


change their names to empowering names


gives an enhanced sense of pride and community


believe that white men are devils (noi believes this too)


black men are gods


finds power and truth in himself


________ founded the five percenters

clarence 13x

five perecenter were inspired by lost found moslem lesson #2 by nation of islam founder wd fard

true

five perecenters are strong in northeast

true

Dante Ross


worked with 3rd Bass


3rd bass

white rap duo


Nice and MC Serch

how did 3rd bass split


Nice and MC Serch… faught and split

what did nice do after 3rd bass

* Pete Nice kept 3rd bass and released a record with dj richie rich

what did serch do after 3rd bass


Serch managed/found Nas and got Faith to sign Nas

_________created source magazine

schecter and mayes

__________recorded big men on campus

schecter

The Source became known for its

record rating system, which used microphones instead of stars to signify quality

Mayes and Schecter broke apart becasue

Mayes published review of RSO group without informing Schecter and editors

the source started at

harvard university

source editors Reginald Dennis and James Bernard left and began XXL Magazine


true

began xxl magazine

dennis and bernard

Antirap activist


C.Dolores Tucker

Barry Weiss


White Buisness man involved in rap for the longest and most consistent time

worked for Jive Records (first employee)

barry weiss


Weiss helped or signed

* e-40

Weiss

* Weiss is honoured for his dedication to KRS-One

How white people feel black pop…


it speaks to them in some deep, joyous sense as a sweet memory of childhood fun. In a frenxy of rhymed words, familiar beats, and chanted hooks the suburban crowd drinks, laughs, and tongue kisses with their heads pressed against booming speakers. It may not be what many folks want hip hop to mean, but it is a true aspect of what hip hop has become.


ll cool j

todd

ll cool j's first album

radio

kmel was

first of few all rap stations in country

Public Enemy


had to convine chuck D to record


most political rap band of all time

Slick Rick


had been in a group called the Kangol Crew


The Fresh Prince


will smith from philly

The beastie boys


used to be the young and useless


most hated and most loved


Lyor Cohen


-was Andre Harrells assistant


Andre left Rush


to start Uptown because he believed in Heavy D

because andre left def jame

-becasue of this Lyor moved up


Saint Saint James


booker at club hollywood

saint saint james


saw hip hop as kids off the street


ended up working for Simmons at Rush and Def Jam

Robert “Rocky” Ford


worked at Billboard’s production

rocky ford

first national coverage of hip hop


influenced Kurtis to let Simmons manage his recording career

Rappers Delight


took rhymes, attitudes, and culture


opened the door for hip hop


“Christmas Rappin” - Blow, Ford, and Simmons produced

placed fake orders so people would buy it

Sugar Hill Records


Black owned label out of Englewood, New Jersey

owned by Robinsons

sugar hill records

Sylvia Robinson was a minor R&B star in 70’s

true

After rappers delight SHG signed

spoonie dee, busy bee, and treacherous three, and gmf and furious five

Sylvia Robinson was like a mother

true

Record Buisness


you get ripped off, and then you learn to rip the next person off

Run DMC

most important aspect of hip hop history

Russell's brother Joey was in Run DMC (DJ Run)

true

DJ Run was


Blow's protege/ DJ

DJ run could

cut air

cut air

cut the record so fast you wouldn’t hear anything but the cracking of the vinyl

Davey D replayed Run’s job w/ blow when Run broke his arm


true

D.M.C


Darryl McDaniel

Jam Master Jay


Jason Mizell

Larry smith and Simmons were junior partners in


making Kurtis Blow records

Simmons thinks his co producing on ________________ is the most creative thing he has ever done


sucker MC's

sucker mc's

one of the first original b-boy break beats made for a rap record

Says its good that people in the black music department didn’t let him in because

“everything worth knowing in [the] business is outside the building”(Simmons 68).

learn everything outside the building

on tour you learn retail, radio, marketing, and promotion

_________ converted people into fans’s of the culture


fresh fest

catering to a mass audience


usually backfires

Ghetto uniform


leather suits with velour hats and shell toe adidas


worn by dmc

Mass was trying to dress in Rick James outfits


high boots and cowboy outfits

“if you maintain honesty and integrity, commercial success and longevity will follow”(Simmons 73).


learned outside of the building

simmons girls name was


puppet

simmons lived with

Andre Harrell in Lefrak


Andre Harrell was apart of


Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde(played in suits)

simmons lived with

Lyor Cohen in part of Rush office that was apartment


ll cool j


real name Todd Smith


“I Need Love” first successful rap ballad