Jamal Turner Ooooh, well, I just said I *think* there are some. I did google it briefly though just by typing "Rick Rubin" in the search box. They got this one video BBC did about him that's nearly an hour, plus several other things as well. I would look specifically for a DEF JAM documentary though. You're more likely to find one about it and the people who started it than the people by themselves. So yeah, try searching for both of those things :D
1:08 "I'll say I don't normally look back very much." This is one of the reasons Rick is always so calm, collected and at ease with himself. Our minds have a maddening tendency to get caught up in the past (and future) and all that does is destroy the peace of the present moment. Only look at the past or future insofar as they are pragmatic and necessary. Ruminating on them does nothing but bring anguish and disappointment. Rick Rubin lives in the present moment, and he exudes tranquility and peace. We, too, can achieve that by also living in the present moment.
+nyGIANTS I thought about that. I said to myself "whoever gets this room is going to lose their shit when they step in and see that!" The contrast to that would be some person thinking "ugh! they keep writing on the walls." and triple coat paints over it lol
@@turnerj3699 Funny thing is he used a Crayola marker. Those things are water based and completely washable. It wouldn't stay on the wall for long. Cop Out!
Yep I am, or the producers are. Signature is just for show, because NYU would probably freak out if he used a permanent one. Homophobic gay slurs. Cool.
This was the best time to be alive. Def Jam changed my life.... Run DMC, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J... honestly...my teenage years right here cause of this man...
Yeah, take footage of people that helped changed music forever and edit it down to less than ten minutes. BRAVO! I swear this shoulda been a good half hour at the least, foreal foreal
He came from Hardcore Punk. It’s how Def Jam started. He’s the one who put Punk, Metal, and Rap together and created several subgenres of Alternative. Rap Rock, Rap Metal, Alternative Hip Hop, NuMetal, etc. He worked with many Alt bands, like Beastie Boys, The Cult, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc. He and Def Jam were not just about Hip Hop. So much more.
He deserves all the reverence. Big fan and dude signed and produced a little Go-Go band called JunkYard from South East D.C. Their first single was "Sardines" and it changed my life!
To be totally honest... Why hasn't this story yet make a movie. I've never seen the NWA movie because I believe we need to know how hip hop got a jump start. Plus Marley Marl should have a movie too with his creations in a government housing studio
If you look at his output in the mid to late 80s... he not only blew up hip hop, but pushed metal as well. LL, Run DMC, The Cult, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, Slayer, Danzig... you look at his production credits over the years and it's unbelievable what albums he's produced. Genius. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin_production_discography
I was in his NYU dorm room in June 1985. My best friends friend Joe Cena was roommates with Rick. There were records stacked from floor to ceiling in the room and it was condemned by the city of New York. Great memories of that day.
The #1 thing I take away from this video and entrepreneurs who started very young (before their minds are fully poisoned by fear and the educational system), is to, "Act, with 0 fear of failure. Don't overthink it." Of course, this is much easier said than done. Fear tends to paralyze us, and you are taught and indoctrinated to be fearful (by the educational system, the news media, your parents). Fear is used by the powerful, in order to keep the masses under control.
don't listen to him, dorm, its fun, you meet new people you meet friends way easier, trust me dorm if your coming out of town, but if you live in town no point in dorming
+lltrtc44 Actually Rubin has had great musical success in rock. Check Dan Charnas' book,The Big Payback.He helped revive Aerosmith's career even after the Run-DMC collab.He produced hits for Roy Orbison and The Bangles among others
+lltrtc44 Much respect.I know absolutely nothing about the art of recording.I'm simply a fan of 60's 70's rock and soul.Also been down with hip-hop since the days of Kurtis Blow.Still hoping to get an opportunity to see the recording process go down in person someday.Been devouring Charnas' book the past few days and came here to cross check something.Peace...
+lltrtc44 Wow.. Didn't realise Rick produced Volta's DIC. Love that band and that record! Clearly didn't read the record sleeve. Also, you mention opposing recording techniques from an ethical stand point, can you expand on that? Just curious is all. Cheers!
I beg to differ. He's produced the last 3 Avett Brothers albums. They're an indie folk band and their work with Rubin has improved the production on their albums exponentially.
its about the love of the music................ the difference today is it they do it for $$$$$$$$$$ totally different outcome!! you hear the results of this..........rap/hiphop will be stuck in these moments forever!! GOD BLESS DEF JAM
I like how simple history was made back then. Rick makes beats in his dorm room, then links up with Rush Simmons to form Def Jam. And while chillin with Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, they happen to discover LL Cool J on a demo sent to Rick's dorm room. F'n awesome. On a side note, if I was the girl who owned that blanket, I'd probably never wash it and be like "Rick Rubin sat on this yall!!!!"
8:15 "Nothing that happened was intentional. Nothing. Everything was trying to make something cool to play for our friends that they would like. That was all it ever was. And then sell enough records to make another record."
I love it when important people have these signatures that look nothing like their actual name. Not even by cursive standards. Like they can't be bothered making actual letters, just something that the most esoteric Rick Rubin fan might recognize. That, or his pen pals. @8:59
I also have a bizarre squiggle fir my name. It’s the general disregard for authority, and me pointing out it really doesn’t matter what I squiggle. Some times I sign swear words. Or president names
What's beautiful about Rick and this story was this wasn't about making money or taking over the rap culture to profit off it. He loved it so much, he tried to share what he felt with the world, and he wanted the artists to sound as good as he knew they were. He just wanted to keep it 💯. He didn't want R&B music with rap bridges. He wanted to turn hip-hop into what it is today. And he succeeded
There are lots people who have had huge impacts on certain genres of music look like they don't belong. Never ever judge anyone on how they look because people will often surprise you.
This comment section is just polluted with Racist old classic rock heads.. really sad. Get your heads out of your asses and realize that hip-hop is the most popular genre right now because of early people like Rick and because it is just great. It is a true human expression, not just in music, but in the lyrics. Hip hop artists say as they feel when they feel, bu classic rock songs tend to beat around the bush and use analogies to describe what they are protesting, rather than coming out and just saying it. Hip hop broke down a lot of walls, for all races and walks of life, that would still stand if not for the black culture of music coming out of New York in the mid 80’s.
I wish I could take a time machine to a Rubin Rubin 712 dorm room party. I wonder what he played. I would love to see footage of him making a beat in that era.
Wow! I was in college at the same time, but I was trying to do it the traditional route --- as a college DJ first! But these guys just flipped the script! And NEVER did I know that a Beastie Boy discovered LL Cool J! Wow again !!!
How the fuck you not going to mention that Slayer was also signed to Def Jam at the same time as the Beastie Boys, which is why Kerry King is playing the guitar in the No Sleep Til Brooklyn video?!
Met this legend in Kauai two years ago. I said good morning. He nodded. I said thank you for the culture and history. He nodded. He grinned. Then he said, "cool shirt" and walked away. Some dude then started yelling, "YOURE A LEGEND MAN. YOURE A GOD DAMN LEGEND MAN!!!" walked up to me and said, "you were talking to him. You fucking talked to rick rubin man!!!!" I didnt say a word. I wore that shirt for three months straight. It disintegrated. Rick you are a legend and legends never die.
i am so incredibly inspired by him and this story, what he and his peers and colleagues accomplished by using their space in more and more creative ways and following what they loved is so incredible
I agree....it should....but....that'll never happen....why....it's African American Culture. The only way to teach...is to buy the music and raise your children on it... 1st Course Hip Hop music years 85 thru 89. ( the beginning ) 2nd Course Hip Hop Music years 90 thru 94. ( the Struggle ) 3rd Course Hip Hop Music years 95 through 99 ( the Money ) 4th Course Hip Hop Music years Y2K through 2K08 ( The South ) Final Course Hip Hop Music years 2K09 - Now (The Evolution/ And Lost Language)
I was reading the Blow movie script (Johnny Depp) just before i watched this and i really think someone should write one for Rick Rubin and Shia Labeouf should play him....Can we please make this a fucking thing internet?!
I had most of the first Def Jam records when they came out. Rubin was my favorite producer after Larry Smith. As much as he did to help Hip Hop in the mid-80's, Def Jam did equally as much to destroy the genre in the 90's and beyond. Hip Hop is a pathetic joke today. I don't give a shit what anyone says. I was down from 83 onward and I have earned the right to say that 99+% of the people and music today are utter shyte. In my opinion, the true spirit of early Hip Hop migrated to the Techno and House scene in the late 80s and early 90s.
If only I knew the investment formula for Def Jam Records...I hear they're publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange now. I promise--I won't get too greedy.
In a time where you could pursue the dream without being homeless. That's the difference now. There is no room for "money doesn't matter" it sucks ass.
