Research Catalog

Title

Bill Adler Hip-Hop research photograph collection.

Author

Adler, Bill, 1951-

Publication

[between 1980 and 2004?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Bak, Sunny
• Clinch, Danny
• Cutajar, Anthony
• Friedman, Glen E.
• Hastings, Daniel
• Jones, Anders
• Jones, Mike
• Lantry, Christian
• Lavine, Michael (Photographer)
• Mannion, Jonathan
• Powell, Ricky
• Rabanne, Roberto
• Watson, Albert

Found In

c2tc Adler, Bill, 1951- Bill Adler Hip-Hop research, 1980s-2013 (OCoLC)1232235717

Description

• 254 items (.6 cubic ft., two boxes); 26 x 21 cm and smaller.
• 129 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 113 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 6 photographic prints : color ;
• 3 photomechanical prints : halftone, black and white ;
• 1 digital print : inkjet, black and white ;
• 2 slides : color ;

Summary

Collection primarily of publicity photographs of rap performers from the 1980s to the 1990s, consisting mostly of individual and group studio portraits; group portraits from music-related events; candid shots that may have been used for publicity purposes; and television stills from the television program "Remote Control" (1988). Among the artists depicted include the Beastie Boys, Mary J. Blige, De La Soul, Doug E. Fresh, Original Concept, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, and notably LL Cool J and RUN-D.M.C. the latter of whom Adler wrote about extensively. No music performances are depicted.

Subject

• Blige, Mary J
• LL Cool J, 1968-
• Slick Rick
• Beastie Boys
• De La Soul (Musical group)
• Original Concept (Musical group)
• Public Enemy (Musical group)
• Run-D.M.C. (Musical group)
• Rap (Music)
• Hip-hop > United States
• Rap musicians > United States
• African Americans > Music

Genre/Form

• Gelatin silver prints – 1980-2009.
• Dye coupler prints – 1990-1999.
• Halftone photomechanical prints – 1980-1989.
• Inkjet prints – 2000-2009.
• Publicity photographs – 1980-2009.

Note

• Title taken from Bill Adler Hip-Hop Research.
• Many items bear photographer's name in printed caption on recto; one item bears photographer's hand stamp on verso. Most items bear printed captions on recto; some items bear handwritten captions on verso.
• Some items bear ownership hand stamp on verso; some items bear Adler's address label on verso. Some items are duplicates
• Collection contains work by Sunny Bak, Glen E. Friedman, Daniel Hastings, Michael Lavine, and Jonathan Mannion, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

• Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Bill Adler, born in 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, is an American music journalist and critic specializing in hip-hop. Adler served as director of publicity for Def Jam Recordings (1984-1990), authored a biography of rap group RUN-D.M.C., "Tougher Than Leather' (1987) and co-authored "Def Jam Recordings" (2011). He also founded Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery (2003), co-founded the poetry record label Mouth Almighty Records (1996), consults and curates museum and gallery shows about hip-hop, and has produced documentary films.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Bill Adler Hip-Hop Research.

Call Number

Sc Photo Bill Adler Hip-Hop Research Collection

OCLC

1287027167

Author

Adler, Bill, 1951- , collector.

Title

Bill Adler Hip-Hop research photograph collection.

Production

[between 1980 and 2004?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Collection is under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Bill Adler, born in 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, is an American music journalist and critic specializing in hip-hop. Adler served as director of publicity for Def Jam Recordings (1984-1990), authored a biography of rap group RUN-D.M.C., "Tougher Than Leather' (1987) and co-authored "Def Jam Recordings" (2011). He also founded Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery (2003), co-founded the poetry record label Mouth Almighty Records (1996), consults and curates museum and gallery shows about hip-hop, and has produced documentary films.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Bill Adler Hip-Hop Research.

Local Note

Sc MG 890

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Added Author

Bak, Sunny, photographer.

Clinch, Danny, photographer.

Cutajar, Anthony, photographer.

Friedman, Glen E., photographer.

Hastings, Daniel, photographer.

Jones, Anders, photographer.

Jones, Mike, photographer.

Lantry, Christian, photographer.

Lavine, Michael (Photographer), photographer.

Mannion, Jonathan, photographer.

Powell, Ricky, photographer.

Rabanne, Roberto, photographer.

Watson, Albert, photographer.

Found In:

c2tc Adler, Bill, 1951- Bill Adler Hip-Hop research, 1980s-2013 (OCoLC)1232235717

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Bill Adler Hip-Hop Research Collection