Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1984–
Rick Rubin
Producer, co-founder of Def Jam
Rubin started Def Jam with Russell Simmons in 1984, stripping hip-hop to drum machine and voice. A decade later his American Recordings with Johnny Cash proved one voice and one guitar could hit just as hard.
Still heard: Reduction, taking away until only the song is left.
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