Contest: Win A Pair Of Tickets To VH1’s Hip Hop Honors
- story Felipe Delerme
Twenty-five years ago, Rick Rubin founded Def Jam in his NYU dorm room. With and without him, Def Jam went on to produce great music and do even greater things for hip hop. This year, VH1 is honoring the label exclusively at its annual Hip Hop Honors award show and we have two tickets to give away to the show’s taping. Though it will air on VH1 on Tuesday, October 13th, the taping is this Wednesday, September 23rd in New York City. To win tickets all you have to do is leave a comment for this post with your favorite Def Jam artist ever (and why) and register with your actual email so we can hit you up if you win. Also, you must be at least 18 years of age to attend the taping. Now get in there!
Update: We’ve selected a winner! Thanks to all for entering.
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- posted on Sep 22, 2009 in CONTESTS, MUSIC NEWS
- tags hip hop, VH1 Hip Hop Honors
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:41 pm
My favorite Def Jam artist is Redman. When he said: “I smoke with a lot of college students/ most of them wasn’t graduating and they knew it” — I thought, he must’ve been in a smokeout with me, and I was so high I didn’t even notice. Regardless, he touched my heart with that lyric. No one cared about the sky-high, soon-to-be college dropouts like Redman.
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:45 pm
My favorite Def Jam artist of all time is LL COOL J because of his innovative high-energy smooth cool style that he’s maintained over decades!
September 22nd, 2009 at 6:59 pm
RIHANNA! Hands down! Hot records and her style is both cutting edge and inspirational. Her aura screams female strength and power. I. LOVE. HER.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:09 pm
My favorite Def Jam artist of all time is DMX. Though X has been a little crazy as of late, when he first hit the scene, he had his own raw style and not giving a damn just worked for him. Ruff Ryders Anthem video with the 4 wheelers was my jam. I was in 6th grade at the time. What a role model lol.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Although all Def Jam artists bring the truth and heat on stage…Talib Kweli is my favorite Def Jam artist for calling out all the bullshit of religion and false facts in which people chose to believe. “Hell” brought up so many points I can relate to, and “If we all God’s children than what the words of the Reverend worth”. Kweli always presents a new side to the story and continues to blow my mind.
September 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 pm
my personal favorite def jam artist is rick rubin. he wasn’t necessarily the dancer, performer, the writer, the instrumentalist/turntableist. he was the provocateur. he was the selector. he was the andy warhol of hip hop in surrounding himself with expressive people who made a lot of individual statements. and what a bunch of statements. funny, serious, political, sexy. you can match an artist to a mood. a mindset. but he created a scene, a voice, a movement by coordinating those individuals loosely enough to be completely themselves. yet he had a master tastemaker sensitivity and visionary outlook that allowed everyone to see themselves AND where they wanted to be. he was the sunlight for the seeds of hip hop to grow as a global phenomenon. he let everyone in. a few court jesters. but no jokers. some girls and guys next door. some warriors. and some statesmen that didn’t know they were yet. but rick rubin outdid the master provocateur in electing to go with fresh genius to cultivate rather than fresh images to dispose. so i love andy warhol. but i love rick rubin more. he made a scene that was sustainable, shareable, growable, inviting. a place to bring people and watch them wander off and bring back something. and all respect to russell simmons. he embodies what a grown man on this earth should represent. balance of edge and responsibility. business and feeling. inner family and outer global view. rick is the master selector and russell is the mc. but it is all built on the foundation of the music rick rubin cultivated. my favorite artist def jam rick rubin. a grandmaster world landscape sculptor.
September 22nd, 2009 at 8:44 pm
My favorite Def Jam artist is a past President at the company… Mr. Scarface…. As President of Def Jam South back in the day, Face made so many power moves for the south and held it down for folk who may not be on NY’s radar. He was instramental in the southern rise in early 2000’s Thank you Scarface and Def Jam.
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September 22nd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
LL Cool J and Rick Rubin with “Radio” – You can’t front on the amazing stripped down Rubin production and a true timeless classic with the beats and bars.
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:19 am
THE ROOTS – You Got Me with Erykah Badu (although this was not with Def Jam) is one of my all time favorites. WARREN G and Regulate, funk on a whole new level …….. There is no such thing as one favorite ever.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 am
I’m a bit long in the tooth, but I can’t believe nobody has mentioned RUN-DMC!!! I could extoll their virtues, but do I really need to??? Where would Russell be without them??? (Much love Daddy Phatt!!!)
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:26 am
SLAYER
September 23rd, 2009 at 8:40 am
My favorite Def Jam Artist would be Jay-Z. Throughout the years jay had always set trends and bars so high that many emcees took note and try to implement that in their careers. With hit record after hit record his consistency was unmatched. He along with dame and biggs brung you rocafella records which produce artist like memphis bleek,beanie sigel and kanye west. He along with ja rule, dmx and ll cool j brung the lable to the forefront and basically made it even a bigger commidity.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
WHOA! Is this over? The Beastie Boys are my pick! They were the first group over for whose releases I would hit up my local record store at midnight on the day their albums dropped! By the time I was really into them (1997), I was 13 but they had been running the game for ages — without Beasties, does Def Jam exist today? God, I hope this contest isn’t over yet.
September 23rd, 2009 at 10:52 am
My favorite Def Jam artist is Foxy Brown! Her picture vinyl (Candy) is still on my wall!
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 am
Too many great artist… but since I saw Fredro Starr lastnite at Perfection gentlemen’s club in queens
I’d say ONYX!
JK,
My answer is EPMD.
The first record I bought is EPMD after I watched Juice.
September 23rd, 2009 at 11:27 am
I didn’t know they are taping the show! I thought there are live!
My favorite artist is Public Enemy!
Can I believe the hype? I really want those tickets!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm
I like flava flave cause 911 is a joke
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:37 pm
My favorite Def Jam Artist is easily Public Enemy. They spoke the language their audience understood and challenged young disenfranchised people to empower themselves. That and…Flava Flav…seriously, he can’t help but to stand the test of TIME. (badum chh) lol This evening is going to be one of the best Video Hits 1 productions of all time.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
beastie boys, no brainer (and maybe a little LL and PE thrown in for good measure)
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:59 pm
P.E. Several obvious reasons 4 anyone in tune w/true Hip-Hop history, as well as a self started socio-economic revolution created through Music, offering a lane 4 EVERY artist 2 follow thereafter [Def Jam or not]; including my actual favorite Artists overall. .The Roots.