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| Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay Rubin (born March 10, 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American record producer best known for his work with rap and heavy metal, as well as the "American series" albums with Johnny Cash. Rubin was a major figure in the fusion of rap and hard rock, having brought together Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith for the hit song "Walk This Way". Rubin was a major figure in the fusion of rap and heavy metal into alternative metal, nu metal and other forms. MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years." In addition to being a producer, he is a musician serving as the original DJ of the Beastie Boys, and a head of a record label, co-founding Def Jam Records with Russell Simmons, and later founding American Recordings. Def Jam Years While a student at Long Beach High School he befriended the school's AV Director Steve Freeman. Mr. Freeman gave him a few lessons in guitar playing and songwriting and helped him create a punk band called "The Pricks". During his senior year Rubin founded Def Jam records using the school's four track recorder. Moving on to New York University he played guitar in a New York University art-punk band called "Hose", influenced by San Francisco's Flipper. In 1982, Hose became Def Jam release 1, a 45-rpm 7" vinyl single in a brown paper bag, and no label. The band played in and around the NYC punk scene, toured the Midwest and California, and played with seminal punk bands like the Meat Puppets, Hüsker Dü, the Circle Jerks and the Butthole Surfers. The band broke up in 1986 as Rubin's passion moved towards the NYC Hip Hop scene. Having befriended Zulu Nation's DJ Jazzy Jay, Rubin began to learn about hip hop production. By 1983, the two men produced "It's Yours" for rapper T La Rock, and released it on their independent label, Def Jam Records. Producer Arthur Baker helped to distribute the record worldwide on Baker's Streetwise Records in 1984. Jazzy Jay introduced Rubin to concert promoter/artist manager Russell Simmons in a club, and Rubin explained he needed help getting Def Jam off the ground. Simmons and Rubin edged out Jazzy Jay and the official Def Jam record label was founded while Rubin was still attending New York University in 1984. Their first record released was LL Cool J's "I Need a Beat". Rubin went on to find more hip-hop acts outside The Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem including rappers from Queens, Staten Island and Long Island, which eventually led to Def Jam's signing of Public Enemy. "Rock Hard"/"Party's Gettin' Rough"/"Beastie Groove" EP by the Beastie Boys came out on the success of Rubin's production work with breakthrough act Run-D.M.C.. His productions were characterized by occasionally fusing rap with heavy rock. It was Rubin's idea to have Run-D.M.C. and Aerosmith collaborate on a cover of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" in 1985, a production credited with both introducing rap-hard rock (sometimes called rapcore) to mainstream ears and revitalizing Aerosmith's career. Rick has also produced most albums of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He won a Grammy for Producer of the Year. Def American Years In 1988, Simmons and Rubin went their separate ways, partly due to a power struggle that Rubin lost with Def Jam president Lyor Cohen. Simmons stayed in New York with Def Jam, and Rubin left for Los Angeles, California, where he created Def American Records. In Los Angeles, he signed a number of heavy rock acts, including Slayer, Danzig, Masters of Reality, and Wolfsbane, as well as the indie rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain and controversial stand up comedian Andrew Dice Clay. Rubin also produced the Red Hot Chili Peppers' breakthrough album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. He retained a close association with rap, signing the Geto Boys and continuing to work with Public Enemy, LL Cool J and Run-DMC among others. American Recordings Years Rubin originally had given his label the name "Def Jam". The term "def" in African American Vernacular English was a term used in the hip hop community at the time to mean "great". The word "Jam" in urban culture is slang for a song or musical composition that is well liked for its attractive rhythm and dance appeal. By 10 years later, Rubin found that the word "def" had been accepted into the standardized dictionary; in 1993, Rubin held an actual funeral, complete with a casket and a grave, for the word "def". Def American became American Recordings. The first major project on the renamed label was Johnny Cash's American Recordings (1994), a record including nine cover versions. The album helped revive Cash's career following a fallow period. The formula was repeated for four more Cash albums: Unchained, Solitary Man, The Man Comes Around (the last album released before Cash's death), and A Hundred Highways. The Man Comes Around earned a 2003 Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance ("Give My Love to Rose") and a nomination for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals ("Bridge Over Troubled Water" with Fiona Apple). Rubin introduced Cash to Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt", and the resulting cover of it on The Man Comes Around would become the defining song of Cash's later years. Rubin produced a number of records with other older artists, including Mick Jagger's 1993 Wandering Spirit album, Tom Petty's 1994 Wildflowers, and Donovan's 1996 Sutras. In 2007, Rubin won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for his work with The Dixie Chicks, Justin Timberlake, Red Hot Chili Peppers, U2, and Johnny Cash released in 2006. Production Trademarks Rubin's biggest trademark as a producer has been a "stripped-down" sound, that involves eliminating cliché production elements such as string sections, backup vocals, reverb, and instead having naked vocals and bare instrumentation. However, by the 2000s, Rubin style had been known to include such elements, as noted in the Washington Post: "As the track reaches a crescendo and Diamond's portentous baritone soars over a swelling string arrangement, Rubin leans back, as though floored by the emotional power of the song". His previous style began with his very first production effort, LL Cool J's Radio, which consisted of little more than rapping and percussive beats (the liner notes credit for the album read "Reduced by Rick Rubin" rather than the usual "Produced by Rick Rubin"). He later gained a reputation for being able to restore the careers of veteran singers and bands, as somebody who could help them break out of the commercial rut they were currently in. He did this most notably with Johnny Cash, achieving this with Tom Petty, AC/DC (on the album Ballbreaker) and Neil Diamond (on 12 Songs) as well. On the subject of his production methods; Dan Charnas, a music journalist who worked as vice president of A&R and marketing at Rubin's American Recordings label in the 1990s, said "He's fantastic with sound and arrangements, and he's tremendous with artists. They love him. He shows them how to make it better, and he gets more honest and exciting performances out of people than anyone." Rubin pioneered the fusion of rap and hard rock/heavy metal in his work with Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys. Later examples of his rap-rock fusion were Jay-Z's 2003 song "99 Problems" and Lil' Jon's 2004 song "Don't Fuck With Me". The latter sampled Slayer's "Mandatory Suicide" and "Raining Blood", both originally produced by Rubin. Another trademark has been having artists cover songs where the covering band's style is different from the original version of the song. Rubin produced Slayer's cover of Iron Butterfly's "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", and produced Rage Against the Machine's 2000 covers album, Renegades. He also united the members of the band Audioslave and produced their first two albums, Audioslave and Out Of Exile. Everyone knows South Park episodes might be violent, sexual, and really bad humor but also in every episode theres a moral or value of what they learned, thats why its my favorite show. Watch it and you will see! Neil Diamond and Rick Rubin |
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Music:Member Since: 11/23/2006Band Members: Rick Rubin Sounds Like: Album Production: 1985: Radio - LL Cool J 1986: Licensed to Ill - Beastie Boys 1986: Raising Hell - Run-D.M.C. 1986: Reign in Blood - Slayer 1987: Electric - The Cult 1988: Danzig - Danzig 1988: Tougher Than Leather - Run-D.M.C. 1988: South of Heaven - Slayer 1988: Masters of Reality - Masters of Reality 1989: Dice - Andrew Dice Clay 1989: Live Fast, Die Fast - Wolfsbane 1990: Trouble - Trouble 1990: Danzig II: Lucifuge - Danzig 1990: Seasons in the Abyss - Slayer 1991: Nobody Said It Was Easy - The Four Horsemen 1991: Manic Frustration - Trouble 1991: Decade of Aggression - Slayer 1991: Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers 1992: Danzig III: How the Gods Kill - Danzig 1992: King King - Red Devils 1993: Thrall: Demonsweatlive - Danzig 1993: Wandering Spirit - Mick Jagger 1993: 21st Century Jesus - Messiah 1994: Danzig 4 - Danzig 1994: American Recordings - Johnny Cash 1994: Divine Intervention - Slayer 1994: Wildflowers - Tom Petty 1995: One Hot Minute - Red Hot Chili Peppers 1995: Ballbreaker - AC/DC 1995: God Lives Underwater - God Lives Underwater 1995: Empty - God Lives Underwater 1996: Songs and Music from "She's the One" - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1996: Unchained - Johnny Cash 1996: Undisputed Attitude - Slayer 1996: Sutras - Donovan 1998: "Let Me Give the World to You" - The Smashing Pumpkins (an unreleased song) 1998: Northern Star - Melanie C 1998: VH1 Storytellers - Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson 1998: Diabolus in Musica - Slayer 1998: System of a Down - System of a Down 1998: Chef Aid - South Park 1999: Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999: Echo - Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers 1999: Loud Rocks - V/A ("Shame" by System of a Down and Wu-Tang Clan) 1999: The Globe Sessions - Sheryl Crow ("Sweet Child O'Mine") 2000: American III: Solitary Man - Johnny Cash 2000: Paloalto - Paloalto 2000: Renegades - Rage Against The Machine 2001: Amethyst Rock Star - Saul Williams 2001: The War of Art - American Head Charge 2001: Breath of the Heart - Krishna Das 2001: The Final Studio Recordings - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 2001: Toxicity - System of a Down 2002: American IV: The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash 2002: By The Way - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2002: Audioslave - Audioslave 2002: Steal This Album! - System of a Down 2003: Results May Vary - Limp Bizkit (with Terry Date and Jordan Schur) 2003: Unearthed - Johnny Cash 2003: Door of Faith - Krishna Das 2003: De-Loused in the Comatorium - The Mars Volta (with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez) 2003: The Black Album - Jay-Z ("99 Problems") 2003: Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium - Rage Against the Machine 2003: Heroes and Villains - Paloalto 2004: Vol. 3 (The Subliminal Verses) - Slipknot 2004: Armed Love - The (International) Noise Conspiracy 2004: Crunk Juice - Lil' Jon and the East Side Boyz ("Stop Fuckin' Wit Me") 2005: Fijación Oral / Oral Fixation - Shakira 2005: Make Believe - Weezer 2005: Out of Exile - Audioslave 2005: Mezmerize - System of a Down 2005: Hypnotize - System of a Down 2005: 12 Songs - Neil Diamond 2006: Christ Illusion - Slayer 2006: Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers 2006: Taking the Long Way - Dixie Chicks 2006: American V: A Hundred Highways - Johnny Cash 2006: FutureSex/LoveSounds - Justin Timberlake 2007: Untitled new album - The (International) Noise Conspiracy 2007: Minutes To Midnight - Linkin Park 2007: Metallica's ninth studio album - Metallica 2007: American VI - Johnny Cash 2007: Heroes and Thieves - Vanessa Carlton (with Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius and Stephan Jenkins) 2007: Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy" - Ours 2007: Untitled-U2 2007: Deliverance at Hand! - Weezer 2007: "Better Than I've Ever Been" - Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One (single) 2007: "Untitled" - Kid Rock Record Label: Def American Type of Label: Major |
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