Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1.0 linear feet (1 box)

Summary

1. Bill Adler is an American music journalist and critic who specializes in hip hop. He was director of publicity at Def Jam Recordings between 1984 and 1990, and subsequently co-authored the book "Def Jam Recordings" (2011). He also founded Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery and co-founded the poetry record label Mouth Almighty Records. Since the early 1980s, he has promoted hip hop in a variety of capacities, including as publicist, biographer, record label executive, museum consultant, curator, and documentary filmmaker. Adler's work as a hip-hop archivist commenced during his years at Rush/Def Jam. The Adler hip hop archive, which includes sound recordings along with album cover art, books, films, videos, photographs, newspaper and magazine articles, publicity materials, and other advertising, was acquired by Cornell University in 2013.
2. This collection mainly consists of printed matter about hip-hop artists, topics related to hip-hop, and hip-hop record labels.

Subject

1. Beastie Boys
2. Public Enemy (Musical group)
3. Rap (Music)
4. Rap musicians > United States
5. Jive Records
6. Def Jam Recordings
7. Hip-hop in motion pictures
8. Jay-Z, 1969-
9. Blige, Mary J
10. Musicians > United States
11. Wu-Tang Clan (Musical group)
12. Nas (Musician)
13. Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996
14. Modern music > United States > 20th century
15. Eminem, 1972-
16. Hip-hop (Music)

Genre/Form

1. Hip-hop (Music)

Call number

1. Sc MG 890

Source (note)

1. Gift of Bill Adler, 2014.

Location of other archival materials (note)

1. Adler hip hop archive, circa 1970-2013, Collection Number 8092, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library; Hip-Hop Archive Project files, Sc MG 755, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Author

1. Adler, Bill, 1951- creator.

Title

1. Bill Adler hip-hop research collection.

Production

1. 1980s-2013.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Location of other archival materials

1. Adler hip hop archive, circa 1970-2013, Collection Number 8092, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library; Hip-Hop Archive Project files, Sc MG 755, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
2. Materials Separated from the Resource: Transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division: photographs

Source

1. Gift of Bill Adler, 2014.

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1. Finding aid

Research call number

1. Sc MG 890