Rick Rubin

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Released: Jan 1, 2007

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Genre: Blues / Rap / Rock
Location Santa Barbara, California, US
Profile Views: 103869
Last Login: 8/24/2010
Member Since 11/23/2006
Record Label Def American
Type of Label Major
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...... .... The co-founder of the legendary Def Jam label, producer Rick Rubin was among the key figures behind the commercial and artistic rise of hip-hop, lending his signature rap/metal style to many of the biggest records of the pre-gangsta era. Born Frederick Jay Rubin on Long Island, NY, in 1963, he was attending New York University when he and Russell Simmons founded Def Jam in 1984. Operating the company out of Rubin's dorm room, they bowed with the T La Rock and Jazzy Jay single "It's Yours," issued in association with Partytime/Streetwise. By 1985 Def Jam entered into a distribution deal with Columbia, and the label also produced its own rap movie, Krush Groove; however, even from the outset, Rubin's interests extended well beyond hip-hop, and he raised more than a few eyebrows producing Hell Awaits for the thrash band Slayer later that same year. .. .. Rap broke worldwide in 1986 as a result of two landmark LPs, the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill and Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell, both of which Rubin produced. A year later, he also helmed Yo! Bum Rush the Show, the debut record from arguably the most pivotal act in hip-hop history, the renowned Public Enemy. That same year, he also scored a major hit with Electric, by British rockers the Cult. Rubin and Simmons' partnership soon ended in acrimony, however, with the former exiting Def Jam to found his own label, dubbed Def American. The company's early signings indulged Rubin's tastes, ranging from longtime favorites Slayer to shock comic Andrew Dice Clay to the controversial gangsta rappers the Geto Boys; he never drifted far from his roots, however, and after serving as executive producer on Public Enemy's seminal It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, he helmed LL Cool J's Walking With a Panther, and even directed the Run-D.M.C. movie Tougher Than Leather. .. .. In 1991, Def American scored one of its biggest hits yet with Sir Mix-a-Lot's Mack Daddy, which launched the monster "Baby Got Back." That same year, Rubin also produced the Red Hot Chili Peppers' breakthrough effort, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. He returned in 1993 with Mick Jagger's Wandering Spirit, and on August 27 of that year officially dropped the "Def" prefix from the label's name, holding a traditional New Orleans funeral to retire the now-outdated term. In 1994, Rubin produced Johnny Cash's comeback effort, like the label itself titled simply American Recordings; he also helmed Tom Petty's Wildflowers, leading to increased concern that he had lost touch with the youth market. These worries were furthered by Rubin's next major project, Donovan's Sutras. Indeed, as the decade drew to a close, American's future appeared dim -- not only did longtime flagship artist Danzig exit the label's ranks, but more recent signings like the Jayhawks and Crown Heights failed to meet commercial expectations. .. .. ......
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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: Heroes and Thieves – Vanessa Carlton (with Irv Gotti, 7 Aurelius and Stephan Jenkins).. .. 2007: Luna Halo – Luna Halo.. .. 2007: "Better Than I've Ever Been" – Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One (single).. .. 2007: Minutes to Midnight – Linkin Park.. .. 2007: Free Life – Dan Wilson.. .. 2008: The Cross Of My Calling – The (International) Noise Conspiracy.. .. 2008: Live from Liverpool - The Gossip.. .. 2008: Weezer – Weezer.. .. 2008: Home Before Dark – Neil Diamond.. .. 2008: Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy - Ours.. .. 2008: Seeing Things – Jacob Dylan.. .. 2008: Death Magnetic – Metallica.. .. 2008: untitled – Slayer.. .. 2008/2009: untitled – ZZTop.. .. 2009: untitled – The Avett Brothers.. ......