Rick Rubin

Vh1 has a documentary on the way and it's revolutionary for hip-hop. Titled The Tanning Of America: One Nation Under Hip Hop, the movie will reflect on how the genre gravely affected our economy, further closing the racial gap that was heavily prevalent in America prior to its existence. ...

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Rick Rubin Reflects On His Contributions To 10 Iconic Hip-Hop Albums

In the many commercials teasing Jay-Z's forthcoming Magna Carta Holy Grail album, Jay is surrounded by a supergroup of his longtime collaborators—Swizz Beatz, Pharrell Williams, Timbaland—as he plays new music and explains the songs. Also seen ...

Earlier this week, super-producer Rick Rubin discussed working on Kanye West's new album Yeezus with The Daily Beast, and mentioned that Kanye had so many songs finished that there could be another installment of Yeezus on the way before year's end. In ...

Rick Rubin gave another revealing interview on his work with Yeezus over at The Daily Beast. During their sit down, Rubin hinted that West might release a sequel to Yeezus. "Initially, thought there were going to be 16 songs on the album," Rubin said...

Yesterday, Samsung debuted it's long-awaited app for Jay-Z's upcoming 12th studio album Magna Carta Holy Grail. Now, take a look at the exclusive commercial that came with the app. Diddy's Revolt TV took a video of the Samsung app playing the third ad from Hov's video series of Magna Carta In the video, Jay-Z breaks down the album's song "Holy Grail," and how its relates to the culminati

Last night during game five of the NBA Finals, Jay-Z aired a three-minute video featuring him in the studio with producer Rick Rubin, as well as frequent collaborators Timbaland and Pharrell. Hov is discussing his new album, Magna Carta Holy Grail, which is dropping on July 4...

Jay-Z just hijacked halftime of the NBA Finals to announce Magna Carta Holy Grail, a new album slated for release on July 4. In the three-minute television spot, Hov teases the album with in-studio footage of himself, Rick Rubin, Timbaland, Swizz Beatz and Pharell...

Kanye West confirmed the rumors during his Yeezus listening session in New York City: Rick Rubin is executive producing the album. In another rare interview, Rubin spoke with the Wall Street Journal about his role and why West recruited him to finish up the project...

June 18 is only a few days away and the teasers continue in support of Yeezus. Yesterday, ‘Ye posted a 30-second teaser of him doing “I Am A God” in the studio, which also features a cameo by Rick Rubin at the end. From the window view of a palm tree, fans can bet this is the Shangri-La Studio he was talking about in his recent New York Times interview. You can watch th...

At this point in his career, Kanye West's personal and professional lives are pretty much open books to the public. With five albums in the can and a sixth titled Yeezus on the way, pretty much every listener knows the ins and outs of the Chicago rap star's story. Still, Yeezy'...