#245 Rick Rubin (In the Studio)

There's no greater enigma than Rick Rubin working in record production today. His career began in hip hop. He co-founded Def Jam Records with Russell Simmons in nineteen eighty four. He produced Rap's first number one album and was widely credited for launching hip hop as a viable commercial medium. Refusing to play it safe,

Ruben jump ship from wrapped to metal. Leaving Def Jam. To found another record label, Deaf American. Where he signed and produced groundbreaking acts like Slayer. After his work on the hugely successful Red Hot Chili Peppers acclaimed album Blood Sugar Sex Magic,

Ruben was only seven years into his career And already a living legend. Though he worked with legends like Mick Jagger, A C D C and Tom Petty in the early nineteen nineties. It was his recordings with Johnny Cash that still stand out. as his most astonishing and studied collaboration.

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