Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Lassiter, Brian
- Abstract:
- The Brian Lassiter Southern Rap Collection contains 3 series made up of various promotional materials, magazines and various media types related to the topic of Southern Rap music.
- Extent:
- 1 document case (0.42 linear feet), 2 T-Shirts, 76 magazines, 4 Videocassettes (BetaCamSP), 20 Videocassettes (VHS), 24 Audiocassettes, 6 video discs (DVD-R), 2 video discs (DVD), 62 Audio Discs (CD), 17 Audio Disc (CD-R), 11 Audio Discs (12 inch : analog), and 1 Audio Disc (7 inch : analog)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
Brian Lassiter Collection, SC 167, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Born in St. Albans, Queens, New York, Brian Lassiter grew up as an eyewitness during the formative years of hip hop culture, attending block parties in the early 1970s years before hip hop broke onto the national stage. In 1976 Lassiter departed for Washington, D.C. where as a student at Howard University, he experienced first hand the evolution of go-go music. After graduation Lassiter moved to Atlanta where he immersed himself in the local music scene and participated in the rise of Southern rap music. Starting with a small recording studio Downstairs Productions, he later expanded into audio engineering, record promotion, distribution and more.
- Scope and Content:
The Brian Lassiter Southern Rap Collection contains 3 series spanning the mid-1980s until the beginning of the 2010s. The collection contains material culture related to the "underground" Southern Rap music scene. Included in the collection are promotional materials such as event flyers, artists press kits, audio and video materials, and magazines. The material was compiled by Brian Lassiter who was a fixture in the Atlanta Hip Hop scene working as a studio engineer, producer and promoter during its rise to prominence in the 2000s.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Brian Lassiter in 2017.
- Processing information:
Processed by Levon Williams. Completed in 2017.
- Arrangement:
Arranged in three series:
- Series 1: Promotional Materials
- Series 2: Magazines
- Series 3: Media
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Rap musicians--United States
Women rap musicians
African American disc jockeys
African American singers
African American musicians
African American sound recording executives and producers
African American women musicians - Names:
- Outkast
2 Live Crew
Dead Prez
Ghetto Mafia
Rick Ross
Young Jeezy
MC Shy-D
Gucci Mane
Monica
Z Ro
MC Hammer
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Use of time-based media materials (audio and video) may require production of listening or viewing copies.
Access to streaming audio, moving image, and full resolution digital image materials may currently be restricted to researchers who can authenticate with an IU account or who are physically present on campus. Remote streaming to individual researchers may be allowed with the completion of applicable forms.
For further information about access to online audiovisual materials, contact AAAMC staff at aaamc@indiana.edu.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Indiana Public Records Act (5-14-3-2 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which Indiana University assumes no responsibility.
Copyright is retained by the creators/authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. All requests for copying and publishing materials must be submitted in writing to the Archives of African American Music and Culture, and may require the written permission of the creator(s)/author(s) or donor(s).
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Brian Lassiter Collection, SC 167, Archives of African American Music and Culture, Indiana University, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Smith Research Center, Rooms 180-1812805 East 10th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47408-2601, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-8547aaamc@indiana.edu