Bill Adler
Bill Adler | |
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Born | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. | December 18, 1951
Occupation | Journalist |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Genre | Hip-Hop |
Subject | Music |
Spouse | Sara Moulton[1] |
Children | 2[1] |
Bill Adler (born December 18, 1951) is an American
Early life and education
William Adler, known as Bill, was born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 18, 1951. He moved with his family to Detroit before he was five, and he lived in Michigan until 1976. He attended the James Vernor elementary school through the ninth grade, and graduated from Southfield High School. He later matriculated briefly at the University of Michigan.
Career
Detroit, Ann Arbor, and Boston
Adler's first exposure to the music business came in the fall of 1969, when he was hired in the record department of a university bookstore. In 1972, he started to host a weekly
Adler moved to
New York – Def Jam, Eyejammie Fine Arts Gallery, and Mouth Almighty Records
Adler moved to New York in July 1980. For the next several years he worked as a freelance writer on musical subjects for publications including the
Adler has written and taught extensively based on his experiences at Def Jam; in 1987, he wrote Tougher Than Leather: The Authorized Biography of Run-DMC (New American Library), described by the critic
In the fall of 2008, Adler and the artist
Adler was an early champion of hip-hop photography; in 1991, he wrote the text for "Rap: Portraits and Lyrics of a Generation of Black Rockers," which showcased the work of
In 2004, Adler formed Eyejammie Press to publish “Frozade Moments,” a book of postcards featuring the street photography of Ricky Powell.[24] Gina Wang, writing for Mass Appeal magazine, praised the book as "a visual trip through a mismatched combination of celebs, knuckleheads, animals and NYC's indigenous subjects, all shot from Powell's gritty perspective."[25]
Adler's essay, "Who Shot Ya: A History of Hip-Hop Photography” was commissioned by the journalist Jeff Chang and published in Chang's "Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop” (Basic Civitas 2006). It was later republished in Wax Poetics magazine.[26] Adler wrote the text for Michael Benabib's “In Ya Grill: The Faces of Hip Hop,” which was published by Billboard Books in 2007.[27] Adler's essay, "Contact Sheets: Freedom of Choice," was commissioned by
In 1994, Adler and the poet
Song production, Museum consultancies, Film production
In 1987, Adler helped Run DMC write and produce their song "Christmas in Hollis."[37] The details of that episode are spelled out by Joseph "Run" Simmons in ’’Jingle Bell Rocks!’', the award-winning 2014 documentary by Canadian filmmaker Mitchell Kezin.[38]
Adler has consulted for several museums on the establishment of their hip-hop collections, including Seattle's Experience Music Project (known today as the Museum of Pop Culture), the Museum of Modern Art,[39] and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History.[40]
In collaboration with Perry Films, Adler was the producer/writer of "And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop," a five-part documentary film series that debuted on VH1 during the fall of 2004. Reviewing the series for The New York Times, television critic Virginia Heffernan wrote, "It may be the first monograph on this subject to position hip-hop confidently and specifically in the history of American music without having to make elementary arguments about its value or its significance."[41]
Collections
Adler's work as a hip-hop archivist commenced during his years at Rush/Def Jam. The Adler Hip-Hop Archive—which includes newspaper and magazine articles, publicity materials, press photos, advertisements, and posters—was acquired by Cornell University in 2013.[42]
In September 2015, the
In June 2021, Adler donated his collection of Underground comix to the Rhode Island School of Design.[44]
Adler is featured in Dust & Grooves: Adventures in
References
Notes
- ^ Entitled "It's Like That: 20 Years of RUN-DMC-JMJ," the show ran from October 17, 2003, through January 2, 2004.
- ^ Entitled "Work It! Images of Women in Hip-Hop," the show ran from February 20 through March 27, 2004.
- ^ The show was titled "Riddim Driven: A 25th Birthday Salute to VP Records and Dancehall Reggae." The exhibit ran from September 10 through November 1, 2004.
- ^ Entitled "Adventures in the Dirty South", the show ran from September 15 through October 29, 2005.
- ^ Entitled "Made You Look ... Back: Ten Years of Ego Trip Photography," the show ran from July 16 through August 21, 2005.
Citations
- ^ a b Tannenbaum, Kiri (September 29, 2008). "Chef Sara Moulton - Sara's Weeknight Meals - Delish.com". Delish. Hearst Communications Inc. Retrieved August 21, 2013.
- ^ "Total Chaos: The Art and Aesthetics of Hip-Hop", Rolling Stone, February 22, 2007.
- ^ "Still Swingin' Mingus". Ann Arbor Sun. July 12, 1974. p. 17.
- Down Beat". February 27, 1975.)
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(help - ^ "St. Celia of Salsa," a review of Celia Cruz in concert, Real Paper,' May 31, 1980.
- Firesign Theatre's Forward into the Past, High Times, March 1977.
- ^ "Bootsy Collins lashes out at the conspiracy against funk". Boston Herald. August 24, 1979.
- ^ "Backdating Etta James," Village Voice, August 27, 1980.
- ^ "Run Which Way?" Harry Allen, Village Voice, May 31, 1988.
- ^ Review of Tougher than Leather: The Rise of Run-DMC, by Jon Caramanica, Rolling Stone, April 17, 2003.
- ^ "Adler: Tisch School of the Arts at NYU". about.tisch.nyu.edu. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "Description of Def Jam Recordings". rizzoliusa.com. Rizzoli New York. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ French-language version of Def Jam Recordings. Verlhac Editions. ASIN 2916954872.
- ^ Entry on Cachin in the French-language edition of Wikipedia, https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier_Cachin
- ^ Adler, Bill (March 17, 2011). "Looking at Hip-Hop 1.0". moma.org. MoMA. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ Hicks, Cinque (March 16, 2010). "Atlanta artists go off the wall with hip-hop design". clatl.com. Creative Loafing Atlanta. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ Link to Music Arkives, https://www.musicarkives.com/shop/p/my-heart-also-has-pereference-87gt3
- ^ Link to Music Arkives, https://www.musicarkives.com/shop/p/up-south-in-akron
- ^ "Hip Hop Library – Analyzing The Universe Through A Hip Hop Filter: Eye Jammie Fine Arts Gallery". hiphoplibrary.blogspot.ca. November 14, 2007. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ Reid, Shaheem (November 11, 2003). "Run-DMC: 20 Years Later, It's Still 'Like That' At New Photo Exhibit - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV.com". mtv.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "Women in Hip-Hop Honored at Eyejammie Art Gallery", The Source/Daily Dose, February 20, 2004.
- ^ Review of the show by Nicolette Ramirez, TheNewYorkArtWorld.com, October 2004.
- ^ Review of the show by Tamara Palmer, Ozone magazine, November 2005.
- ^ “Frozade Moments: Classic Street Photography of Ricky Powell” as depicted and described on amazon.com
- ^ "Frozade Moments," Gina Wang, Mass Appeal #31, January 2005.
- ^ See table of contents, Wax Poetics, Issue no. 25,
- ^ [https://www.amazon.com/Ya-Grill-Photography-Michael-2007-07-01/dp/B01K0U366Y/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2SGWH7ZO762J4&keywords=michael+benabib&qid=1696542464&s=books&sprefix=michael+benabib%2Cstripbooks%2C82&sr=1-2
- ^ "Time Has Come: Last Poets". amazon.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "The Ballad of the Skeletons: Allen Ginsberg". amazon.com. 1996. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Chicana Falsa: Michele Serros". amazon.com. Retrieved July 29, 2014.
- ^ "Amazon.com: Blue Oneness of Dreams: Sekou Sundiata". amazon.com. 1997. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "The New Yorker Out Loud: Music". amazon.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe: Various Artists". amazon.com. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "The United States of Poetry". amazon.com. Retrieved February 9, 2012.
- ^ Gates, Henry Louis (June 19, 1995). "Downtown Chronicles: Sudden Def". newyorker.com. The New Yorker (subscription required). Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ James Hunter, "Poetry From Beloved Jewel, Parody From a Lusty Admirer," The New York Observer, January 25, 1999.
- ^ "A Very Unorthodox Christmas, With Def Jam Alum Bill Adler and 'Die Hard' Screenwriter Steven de Souza". Tablet Magazine. December 20, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
- ^ "Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013) - IMDb" – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "MoMA | Looking at Hip-Hop 1.0". www.moma.org.
- ^ "Hip-Hop Comes to the Smithsonian". americanhistory.si.edu. National Museum of American History. February 28, 2006. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
- ^ "Guide to the Adler hip hop archive, circa 1970-2013". rmc.library.cornell.edu.
- ^ "Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photo Collection Acquired by National Museum of African American History and Culture". Smithsonian Institution.
- ^ "Underground Comix Meet the Fleet," Simone Solondz, July 13, 2021, https://www.risd.edu/news/stories/fleet-library-acquires-underground-comix-collection
- ^ Paz, Eilon (2014). Dust & Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting. USA.: Dust & Grooves Publications.