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In this http://www.artistshousemusic.org segment of a panel discussion on artist management presented at Loyola University, New Orleans in 2008, music industry veteran Steve Rabolvsky discusses his career at Def Jam during that labels 1980s heyday, and his experiences putting together the groundbreaking Def Jam/Columbia deal which led to national success for, among others, the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J.