This makes literally NO sense
DEF JAM hasn't made sense since for the past 10 years...starting with this clown
Def Jam wanted YG to work with Premier instead of Mustard for debut album
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DEF JAM hasn't made sense since for the past 10 years...starting with this clown
one good thing I can say about Lyor is even though he is an azzhole a
he was able to make some great creative decisions by surrounding himself with cats who were actually IN THE CULTURE....
I.e Irving gotti....Jay z.....dame dash...
that's what made DEF JAM great
he was able to make some great creative decisions by surrounding himself with cats who were actually IN THE CULTURE....
I.e Irving gotti....Jay z.....dame dash...
that's what made DEF JAM great
Def Jam CEO Steve Bartels on Label's Future
Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen, Jay Z, L.A. Reid...Def Jam has seen a succession of iconic leaders during its 30 years, and on April 1, Steve Bartels found himself next in line. And while his sleek corner office in the Midtown Manhattan building of Universal Music Group (UMG) is worlds away (if only 50-odd blocks) from the New York University dorm where Rubin famously founded the label in 1984, Bartels brings his own bona fides to the job. Born in Ohio but raised in Spring Valley, N.Y., he entered the music business as a DJ around the time Def Jam was born. A job in dance promotion at A&M Records, where he was hired by the late legendary executive Charlie Minor, led to a decade each at Arista and Island Def Jam, working with Clive Davis and Reid, the execs who, with Minor, he considers his music business mentors. Bartels' restless nature has seen him rise through the ranks and, during the past 10 years, he has played a pivotal role in the careers of Jay Z, Kanye West, Rihanna, Fall Out Boy and Justin Bieber, to name just a few. Now 51, the married father of two (a son, 16, and a daughter, 10) is at the helm of a label with a catalog that includes LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Nas, Ludacris and The Roots, among more recent signings like 2 Chainz, Frank Ocean, Iggy Azalea, YG, Jeremih and Jhene Aiko. Many of those acts will appear at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Oct. 16 at the 30th-anniversary concert for the label, which is also being celebrated with a lavish box set compiled by Rubin and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.
Def Jam CEO Steve Bartels on Label's Future, Kanye West's New Album and Why Justin Bieber Isn't Overexposed | Billboard
Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Lyor Cohen, Jay Z, L.A. Reid...Def Jam has seen a succession of iconic leaders during its 30 years, and on April 1, Steve Bartels found himself next in line. And while his sleek corner office in the Midtown Manhattan building of Universal Music Group (UMG) is worlds away (if only 50-odd blocks) from the New York University dorm where Rubin famously founded the label in 1984, Bartels brings his own bona fides to the job. Born in Ohio but raised in Spring Valley, N.Y., he entered the music business as a DJ around the time Def Jam was born. A job in dance promotion at A&M Records, where he was hired by the late legendary executive Charlie Minor, led to a decade each at Arista and Island Def Jam, working with Clive Davis and Reid, the execs who, with Minor, he considers his music business mentors. Bartels' restless nature has seen him rise through the ranks and, during the past 10 years, he has played a pivotal role in the careers of Jay Z, Kanye West, Rihanna, Fall Out Boy and Justin Bieber, to name just a few. Now 51, the married father of two (a son, 16, and a daughter, 10) is at the helm of a label with a catalog that includes LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Nas, Ludacris and The Roots, among more recent signings like 2 Chainz, Frank Ocean, Iggy Azalea, YG, Jeremih and Jhene Aiko. Many of those acts will appear at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Oct. 16 at the 30th-anniversary concert for the label, which is also being celebrated with a lavish box set compiled by Rubin and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.
Def Jam CEO Steve Bartels on Label's Future, Kanye West's New Album and Why Justin Bieber Isn't Overexposed | Billboard
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Def Jam want YG with premier but rappers who should work with him they nvm....
Cole Cash
They took a hammer and sickle to my back
I agree. He knew what was hot in the streets. For all his polarizing in terms of personality he was in tune to what was hot and didint just throw names out there. Hes not gonna pair young thug with apollo brown.
Yg and mustard are like the westcoast 2016 gangstarr why break them up?
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Yup. I forget his user name but he would low key rep guys he was fukking with and/or knew.....like Rich Hil....
Lowkey felt that @Rominati was or is in his circle , kinda like how @Akademiks would do recon work for Charlamgne back in the day.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/5-ar...ew-artist-discovery-discussion-thread.167913/
YG n Durk are both two artists that Sickamore worked with under his def jam tenure
That's so idiotic 
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It seems like they're trying to ruin artists
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They want someone who you've came up with and was then the hottest producer in the game then want you to just forget him
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And it took the hottest record in the country for them to realize they were making a mistake?
And at Wayne and 2chainz passing on the song
.It seems like they're trying to ruin artists
.They want someone who you've came up with and was then the hottest producer in the game then want you to just forget him
.And it took the hottest record in the country for them to realize they were making a mistake?
And
at Wayne and 2chainz passing on the song
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
Wasnt @Akademiks his intern back in the wendy williams days?? I forgot about that too.
I dont think it was Rominati who was sickamore, but I forget the screen name. @fukkyalifestyle do you remember?
Word, all these big name's companies and corps got message board foot soilders. Everyone from Hot97 to Complex to OVO to Def Jam etc.
fukkyalifestyle
Superstar
I never knew the name but I know 100 percent he posted on there. I duno bout that fakkot akademiks but I used to intern for Charlamagne when he was on in Philly. I interned for the station he worked at but I only applied for the job because of him and I only did his show for my internship cause im a boss.
OnlyInCalifornia
Southern California/Vegas
That's what it was. You used to intern for him, my bad for mixing it up.
Sickamore did post on hamster for sure.