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Young Guru is an avid basketball fan. Besides being one of the greatest engineers ever within our beloved culture, he also puts in work on the basketball court. During his interview with HardKnock TV, Guru combined both worlds when he compared the legendary J...

There are many ways to build a beat, but a new promotional video shows legendary producer and DJ Young Guru using a new tool to construct a track: Google Glass. The wearable piece of technology, which retails at $1,500, was introduced to developers by the search engine giant earlier this year, though it's more recent marketing push seems to be focused on targeting casual consumers, especially peop

Last month, Young Guru announced he would be joining the University of Southern California's teaching staff as an artist-in-residence. The famed hip-hop engineer recently started his stint at USC's Thornton School of Music. Today, we get a video highlighting YG's start and his impression on the students and faculty...

Young Guru was named USC Thornton School of Music artist-in-residence and will join the faculty of Thornton's Contemporary Music Division. There he will lecture University of Southern California students in music production. Guru has also having lectured at other institutions such as New York University, Emory, Loyola New Orleans, Middle Tennessee State and Drexel. When ...

Have you ever wanted to learn to mix like Young Guru? Well, you're in luck—as long as you've got $20 to spare. The legendary producer and engineer will teach a course in mixing on September 4 via Skillshare, a company that offers video classes where experts in a certain field share their specialized knowledge with an online audience. The ...

Back in 2008, Jay-Z had the most talked about song on the Internet--a third installment in his “Dead Presidents” series. There were a few snippets that surfaced on blogs, but the full version has yet to be released. As part of Jay’s live Q&A Twitter session held earlier today, a fan asked him about “DP3” and its whereabouts. Apparently, Just Blaze an...

Young Guru and Just Blaze are two pivotal figures in hip-hop. Recently, the pair sat down with Hard Knock TV to discuss a slew of topics that included the crossover between hip-hop and EDM, their work on Jay-Z’s Blueprint and plenty more. J...

Young Guru Names Five Best Audio Engineers In Music

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During a sit-down with XXL contributer, Chairman Mao, Jay-Z's longtime engineer says he played Hov underground favorite MF DOOM's Mm...Food album...

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