The Jams That Time Forgot: Def Jam’s Eight Most Slept-On Records
Last night, VH1’s Hip Hop Honors paid tribute to Def Jam Records, the molten core of hip-hop labels, the 25-year-strong business monolith, and the launch pad for everyone from LL Cool J to Kanye (read our report from the scene here). But what about all those great records that weren’t hits, but merely gleams in [...]
Rolling Stone — Last night, VH1’s Hip Hop Honors paid tribute to Def Jam Records, the molten core of hip-hop labels, the 25-year-strong business monolith, and the launch pad for everyo... more info