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It's Yours
Performing artist
T La Rock
Performing artist
Jazzy Jay
Record company
Def Jam Recordings
Producer
Special K
Producer
Rick Rubin
Producer
Jazzy Jay
Editor
Weems
Copyright holder
Partytime Records
Record company
Partytime Records
Recording studio
Power Play
Recording studio
Frankford/Wayne
Distributor
Streetwise Records
Manufacturer
Streetwise Records
Mastering engineer
Herb Powers Jr.
Date1984
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (HW): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.274 × 31.274 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Overall (Diameter): 11 7/8 in. (30.163 cm)
Credit Line©1984 Partytime Records; MoPOP permanent collection
Object number2000.19.5.A,.B
Text Entries“It’s Yours” is one of the earliest recordings produced by Rick Rubin, who founded Def Jam Records. It was released in the spring of 1984 and became an immediate hit among hip-hop enthusiasts. While the recording is one of the first releases to bear the Def Jam logo, which appears on the single’s jacket, Arthur Baker’s Partytime label appears on the disc itself. By the time of the single's release Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Records, had not yet joined with Rick Rubin. Rick Rubin had originally chosen Kool Moe Dee of the Treacherous 3 as the vocalist for this song. Because the Treacherous 3 was still under contract with Sugar Hill Records, Kool Moe Dee was unable to record the song and suggested that Rubin hire T La Rock, the brother of Treacherous 3’s Special K. Adam Horowitz of the Beastie Boys also appears on this record. He is heard as a background vocalist portraying a partygoer.
Front Cover: T La Rock and Jazzy Jay are printed in black ink on a red background. To the right is a red tonrarm on a black background. Back cover: Contains track listing, artist and record details in black ink.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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