{"id":40629,"date":"2011-09-27T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=40629"},"modified":"2011-09-27T16:01:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T14:01:31","slug":"photo-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/photo-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo: 25 Years of Def Jam Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40630\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/photo-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?fit=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,413\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620&amp;#215;413\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?fit=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-40630\" title=\"nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?fit=640%2C359&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?resize=540%2C359&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?resize=620%2C413&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowness.com\/day\/2011\/9\/25\/1647\/25-years-of-def-jam-recordings#replay\" target=\"_blank\">NOWNESS<\/a> give us a quick preview of whats to come in the Russell Simmons &amp; Rick Rubin written publication titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/def-jam-recordings-the-first-25-years-of-the-last-great-record-label\/\" target=\"_blank\">25 Years of Def Jam Recordings<\/a>. Being released by publisher Rizzoli on October 11th, this book is a catalog of the grounding breaking experimental project that was created by Russel Simmons and Rick Rubin. Nowness has released this batch of images to entice us hip-hop fans of what is set to come.<\/p>\n<p>Hit continue reading to check out more classic pics.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/photo-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-40629 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?ssl=1\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"nowness-25-years-of-def-jam-recordings-2-620x413\" 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