Ruthless: A Memoir

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Simon and Schuster, 31 oct. 2006 - 336 pages
Ruthless tells the explosive story of Jerry Heller's alliance with Eric Wright, aka Eazy-E, one of the legends of rap music and a founding member of N.W.A., "the world's most dangerous band." As a longtime music industry superagent, Heller had the skill and insight necessary to guide N.W.A.'s cometlike rise to the top of the charts. Along the way there were raucous nationwide tours, out-of-control MTV pool parties, and X-rated business meetings. Heller held on through the brutal shocks and reversals of the Ruthless Records era, which saw the label being targeted by the FBI, and its principal artists locked in bitter conflict, until a final turnaround placed Ruthless at the top of the heap once more.

Heller turns the music industry inside out, exposing its strange logic and larger-than-life personalities. Ruthless provides keen insight into the popular music scene, with an unforgettable portrait of its rollicking excesses, life-churning drama, and multimillion-dollar highs.
 

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Table des matières

Gangsta Gangsta
13
Straight Outta Compton
27
The Dayz of Wayback
81
Fuck tha Police
97
Parental Discretion Iz Advised
160
Express Yourself
207
Real Niggaz Dont
282
Youre the Man Appendix 2 A Select N W A Ruthless Discography 307
307
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher

Ruthless: A Memoir
Jerry Heller,Gil Reavill
Aperçu limité - 2007
Ruthless: A Memoir
Jerry Heller
Aucun aperçu disponible - 2006

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À propos de l'auteur (2006)

Gil Reavill is a journalist, author, and screenwriter who lives in Westchester County, New York.

Across five tumultuous decades, Jerry Heller has helped shape American popular music, breaking new talent, developing new trends, and forging an industry-wide reputation as "the guy who gets there first." He rose to prominence in the 1960s as a "superagent," importing Elton John and Pink Floyd for their first major American tours, and representing Journey, Marvin Gaye, Joan Armatrading, Van Morrison, War, Average White Band, ELO, Eric Burdon, and Crosby-Nash, among many others.

In the mid-1980s, Heller was the moving force and marketing genius behind the worldwide emergence of West Coast rap music. He not only cofounded Ruthless Records with Eazy-E, but discovered, signed, or managed the likes of N.W.A., The Black Eyed Peas, Above the Law, The D.O.C., and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Jerry Heller lives in Calabasas, California, with his wife, Gayle, a Realtor for Sotheby's; his sister-in-law, Vicki, an attorney; and their menagerie of animals.

Informations bibliographiques

TitreRuthless: A Memoir
AuteurJerry Heller
CollaborateurGil Reavill
ÉditeurSimon and Schuster, 2006
ISBN1416937927, 9781416937920
Longueur336 pages
  
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