OK I LOVE THIS QUESTION WITH OUT A DOUBT THE PERSON THAT I WOULD HAVE FILL MY IPOD WOULD BE RICK RUBEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT HE HAS DONE THEN TAKE A LOOK AT HIS PLAY LIST.

Producer Extraordinaire, RICK BUBIN

I just saw the 49th Grammy Awards of 2007 and the name that is ringing in my head is not from the Record of the Year, not the Best Hip Hop artist or Best New Artist. This is a man behind the scenes, but very much still gripping it all well enough to have the Dixie Chicks and Red Hot Chili Peppers giving him the kudos all night. That name is Rick Rubin.

The first time I take notice of this name, is when I chanced upon a rather odd (back then) recording, a beat-fucked, deconstructed bootleg remix of Queen’s We Will Rock You and We Are The Champions, on the label DMC. (famously “Fucked Up by Rick Rubin”) It’s something so fresh and so raw like I have never heard before (back then). One thing led to another and I find his name on production credits with the Beastie Boys and Run DMC. And that’s just the tip of this iceberg.

Rick Ruben with Neil Diamond in the studios.
Rick Ruben is also the guy who started Def Jam Records with the help of Russell Simmons in the early days when he was still in New York University. His education in hip hop comes from meeting Zulu Nation’s DJ Jazzy Jay. With his concept of “hip hop is the new punk”, he searched for underground acts that are good around the bronx, resulting in the first record signed to Def Jam is non other but LL Cool J’s I Need A Beat. He went on to sign Run DMC and Public Enemy to the label.
In 1988, after a power struggle with Def Jam’s president Lyor Cohen, Rubin left Def Jam, Simmon stayed and he went to LA and started Def American Recordings.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Rubin

Rick Rubin – Discography
• 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 (”Suddenly Monday” and “Ga Ga”)
• 1998: VH1 Storytellers - Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson
• 1998: Diabolus in Musica - Slayer
• 1998: System of a Down - System of a Down
• 1998: Chef Aid: The South Park Album - 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, “Wu-Tang Clan Ain’t Nothing Ta Fuck Wit” Tom Morello, Chad Smith 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: 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 (”(Another Song) All Over Again”)
• 2006: The Saints are Coming - U2 and Green Day
• 2007: Untitled new album - The (International) Noise Conspiracy
• 2007: Linkin Park’s third studio album - Linkin Park
• 2007: Untitled Metallica album - Metallica
• 2007: Untitled - U2
• 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 - Weezer
• 2007: Better Than I’ve Ever Been - Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One

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