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producers attorney also represented major record label executive was |
normal in music buisness |
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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. |
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every act needs |
an attorney, accountant or business manager and high profile manager
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the attorneys relationship with the label will benefit him |
false |
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__________ coined the permanent government to describe New York’s corrupt city government
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Jack Newfield |
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Permanent business equation is
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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
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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
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Russell Simmons as Berry Gordy. |
NOT TRUE
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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
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Singers signed to Motown |
-Wonder -Diana Ross -the Four Tops -the Temptations -Gladys Knight -the Isley Brothers |
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Def Jam’s first number one pop single |
regulate |
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Russell Simmons as Sammy Davis Jr. |
true |
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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 |
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Simmons philosphy for life |
social climbing |
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Russell refuse to allow his race define him and his capabilities
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true
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Much of Russell's business growth has come from
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bonding with prominent Jewish business figures in the entertainment industry |
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Walter Yetnikoff, attorney Paul Schindler, and Bert Podell |
a few of the jewish people whom aided Russell |
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simmons |
Was mentored by Quincy Jones,tommy hilfiger, and brian grazer |
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russell had a bad relationship with sony Donnie Ienner
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true
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Simmons is one hip hop product who has built bridges where others were stopped by cultural gulfs |
true |
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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
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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
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Lyor yelled |
at reluctant promoters , lectured lazy artists, and ran the office with a stern, demanding style |
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in 90's _______was head of def jam |
lyor cohen |
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simmons was |
editorial director of one world magazine |
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rush philantropic arts foundation goals was |
goal of exposing the work of minority artists
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simmons was considered |
king of comedy |
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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
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Def Comedy Jam |
Def Comedy Jam |
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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 |
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pride and arrogence |
takes away humility self empowering for certain african americans the essential swagger that underpins hip hop |
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African Americans created new names to |
create a true sense of self and individuality |
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create identity through relating to and being apart of a friend group |
true |
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Personalizing normal activities such as
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sax pager basketball |
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Mike Tyson was
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the hero or antihero of the 80’s hiphop |
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tyson earned respects because |
his force and irreverence |
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fat boys |
origionally disco 3 managed by stettler |
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* Human Beat Box
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fat boys
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stetler charge nelson george with racism |
true |
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Hip hop was never solely African American created, owndd, controlled, and consumed true or false |
true |
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Holy Trinity
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* Kool Herc |
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Flash and Herc were either born in carribean or had close realtives from there
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true |
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White entreuprenuals in hip hop culture(many of which were jewish)
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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 |
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1989 Public Enemy was accused of anti semitism |
bc of minister of info professor griff which resulted in griffs removal from the group.
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Kurtis Blow was signed to
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MERCURY in 1979 the only rap star witha major record label at the time |
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Crossover Orthodoxy
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* large audience
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It TRUE/FALSE that there ever excisted a time when hip hop buyers were excluively black 6 |
FALSE (a fallacy) |
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First rap hit |
Rappers Delight |
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“The Breaks” Kurtis Blow was 2nd 12 inch single
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to sell 500k copies |
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“Looking for the perfect beat” bambaata and soul sonic force
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“Looking for the perfect beat” bambaata and soul sonic force
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Rappers Delight used
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GOOd times |
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Relationship between rock audience and hip hop
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Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons worked together to incorporate rock into rap and move away from the R&B |
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“Beasties were the first whites to be accused ...of treading on 100 percent black turf “(86).
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beasties were managed by simmons |
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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 |
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Brand Pubian, Grand Puba, and Nas
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all recieved recording contracts via white executives |
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-The whites involved in helping hip hop were very much products of the same musical culture as the acts themselves.
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-The whites involved in helping hip hop were very much products of the same musical culture as the acts themselves.
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Brand Nubian was recruited to Elektra by
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Dante Ross |
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Dante Ross is known for
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his love of basketball and notorious temper |
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The five percenters
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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
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________ founded the five percenters |
clarence 13x |
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five perecenter were inspired by lost found moslem lesson #2 by nation of islam founder wd fard |
true |
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five perecenters are strong in northeast |
true |
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Dante Ross
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worked with 3rd Bass
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3rd bass |
white rap duo Nice and MC Serch |
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how did 3rd bass split |
Nice and MC Serch… faught and split |
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what did nice do after 3rd bass |
* Pete Nice kept 3rd bass and released a record with dj richie rich |
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what did serch do after 3rd bass |
Serch managed/found Nas and got Faith to sign Nas |
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_________created source magazine |
schecter and mayes |
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__________recorded big men on campus |
schecter |
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The Source became known for its |
record rating system, which used microphones instead of stars to signify quality |
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Mayes and Schecter broke apart becasue |
Mayes published review of RSO group without informing Schecter and editors |
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the source started at |
harvard university |
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source editors Reginald Dennis and James Bernard left and began XXL Magazine
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true |
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began xxl magazine |
dennis and bernard |
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Antirap activist
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C.Dolores Tucker |
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Barry Weiss
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White Buisness man involved in rap for the longest and most consistent time |
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worked for Jive Records (first employee) |
barry weiss |
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Weiss helped or signed |
* e-40
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Weiss |
* Weiss is honoured for his dedication to KRS-One
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How white people feel black pop…
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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.
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ll cool j |
todd |
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ll cool j's first album |
radio |
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kmel was |
first of few all rap stations in country |
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Public Enemy
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had to convine chuck D to record most political rap band of all time |
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Slick Rick
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had been in a group called the Kangol Crew
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The Fresh Prince
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will smith from philly |
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The beastie boys
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used to be the young and useless most hated and most loved
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Lyor Cohen
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-was Andre Harrells assistant
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Andre left Rush
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to start Uptown because he believed in Heavy D |
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because andre left def jame |
-becasue of this Lyor moved up
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Saint Saint James
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booker at club hollywood |
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saint saint james |
saw hip hop as kids off the street ended up working for Simmons at Rush and Def Jam |
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Robert “Rocky” Ford
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worked at Billboard’s production |
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rocky ford |
first national coverage of hip hop influenced Kurtis to let Simmons manage his recording career |
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Rappers Delight
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took rhymes, attitudes, and culture opened the door for hip hop
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“Christmas Rappin” - Blow, Ford, and Simmons produced |
placed fake orders so people would buy it |
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Sugar Hill Records
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Black owned label out of Englewood, New Jersey |
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owned by Robinsons |
sugar hill records |
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Sylvia Robinson was a minor R&B star in 70’s |
true |
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After rappers delight SHG signed |
spoonie dee, busy bee, and treacherous three, and gmf and furious five |
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Sylvia Robinson was like a mother |
true |
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Record Buisness
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you get ripped off, and then you learn to rip the next person off |
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Run DMC |
most important aspect of hip hop history |
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Russell's brother Joey was in Run DMC (DJ Run) |
true |
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DJ Run was
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Blow's protege/ DJ |
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DJ run could |
cut air |
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cut air |
cut the record so fast you wouldn’t hear anything but the cracking of the vinyl |
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Davey D replayed Run’s job w/ blow when Run broke his arm
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true |
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D.M.C
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Darryl McDaniel |
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Jam Master Jay
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Jason Mizell |
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Larry smith and Simmons were junior partners in
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making Kurtis Blow records |
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Simmons thinks his co producing on ________________ is the most creative thing he has ever done
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sucker MC's |
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sucker mc's |
one of the first original b-boy break beats made for a rap record |
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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). |
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learn everything outside the building |
on tour you learn retail, radio, marketing, and promotion |
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_________ converted people into fans’s of the culture
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fresh fest |
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catering to a mass audience
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usually backfires |
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Ghetto uniform
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leather suits with velour hats and shell toe adidas worn by dmc |
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Mass was trying to dress in Rick James outfits
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high boots and cowboy outfits |
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“if you maintain honesty and integrity, commercial success and longevity will follow”(Simmons 73).
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learned outside of the building |
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simmons girls name was
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puppet |
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simmons lived with |
Andre Harrell in Lefrak
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Andre Harrell was apart of
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Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde(played in suits) |
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simmons lived with |
Lyor Cohen in part of Rush office that was apartment
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ll cool j |
real name Todd Smith “I Need Love” first successful rap ballad |