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In part one of our interview Young Guru & DJ Khalil talk with Nick Huff Barili about Dr Dre, Roc-A-Fella, N.W.A, Dilla, DJ Premier, Dj Quik, De La Soul + Much more. We are just getting started with this conversation tune in next week for part 2!
Read moreOkayplayer teamed up with the 9th Annual A3C Hip-Hop Festival in Atlanta to present The Best Block Party Ever on Sunday October 6, 2013. The line-up was a veritable Mount Rushmore of the greatest DJs who ever did it, namely: DJ Premier, Questlove, DJ Maseo (of De La Soul), DJ Scratch, Young Guru and Diamond D –combining to shut down traffic on Boulevard NE on the closing day of the festival.
Read moreBefore playing Rapsody’s new “She Got Game” mixtape 9th Wonder and Young Guru got into a discussion about Kendrick Lamar’s verse on Big Sean’s “Control” and why a response may be futile.
Read moreHe is man known as “The Sound of New York” we’re proud to present our interview with Jay-Z’s Official DJ and recording engineer Young Guru. We caught up with Young Guru when he came to Canada for a mini DJ Tour and he was lecturing at Google Canada headquarters in Toronto. We touched on Piracy, the Lord Finesse and Mac Miller lawsuit, if Jay-Z is ever going to retire, Young Guru’s new headphones, the art of the album and much more. Previously: Jay-Z – Dead Presidents 3 (Original Version) [Audio]
Read moreCrate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode, the “Sound of New York” and Jay-Z’s right hand man, Young Guru, talks about his early love of D.C. “go-go” music, U2 drum breaks and producing Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind”. Previously: Crate Diggers: Kid Capri’s Vinyl Collection [Video]
Read moreJust Blaze and Young Guru sit down for an exclusive conversation on Hard Knock TV. In Part 2 Just Blaze and Young Guru start off talking about early Rocafella days and how they think there won’t be a conglomerate like that again for several reasons. As the interview continues they share stories of how Keep It Real Wednesdays came about and how producers would get laughed out of the studio if they didn’t bring their a game. Just Blaze goes on to say how he decided who got what beats including stories of how Cam’ron got the beat for Welcome to New York City so Jay-Z could jump on the track and how Just Blaze made the beat for Roc Da Mic for Freeway and then Beanie Sigel heard it and jumped on it. Watch part 1 here.
Read moreJust Blaze and Young Guru sit down for an exclusive conversation on Hard Knock TV. The interview starts of with Young Guru asking Just Blaze about his new song Higher and about making transition from Hip Hop into EDM. Just Blaze says that he has always made electronic beats but that he didn’t always have a place to release those beats which were often ahead of their times. Now that the genre lines are so blurred it is seen as more acceptable to listen to everything. As the conversation continues Just Blaze says that now he is “comfortable doing whatever it is I want…I’m comfortable playing what I want, I’m comfortable wearing what I want and just being me as an individual…not that I wasn’t comfortable with who I am but I was definitely doing a keeping up with the Jones kind of thing…I had to have a fresher jersey than Dame but meanwhile Dame was getting them for free from Mitchell & Ness cause he is Dame Dash and I had to pay $500 for it and I had to this every day for years straight…” Young Guru tells Just Blaze that one of the biggest things that he had learned from him was to construct the record in his head before he sampled the parts. Guru talks about the making of Jay-Z’s Song Cry and that when he first heard the sample Just Blaze was going to use he thought it sounded off but that after Jay-Z laid
Read moreFor the latest episode of “Outside the Booth”, DJBoothTV’s own Jacques Morel catches up with legendary DJ and sound engineer Young Guru at the GRAMMY U “Era of the Engineer” tour to talk about educating the next generation of engineers, his AIAIAI studio headphones, his professional relationship with Jay-Z and more. Previously: Young Guru Drops Knowledge @ Grammy U’s Era Of The Engineer [Video]
Read moreYoung Guru chops it up with DJ Skee. Having worked with heavy hitters like Jay-Z, Eminem and Rihanna, Young Guru stresses the importance of an engineer in today’s major industry recordings while offering professional and personal insight into the music industry of today.
Read moreGuru previewed Kendrick’s “Bitch, Don’t Kill My Vibe” remix with Jay-Z down at SXSW.
Read moreRevered as “The Sound of New York,” Young Guru has mixed 10 of Jay-Z’s albums and officially became Jay-Z’s tour D.J. in 2010. “When we study hip-hop we are actually studying the history of piracy. If we go back and study all piracy, we see that most things that were created in the world are a remix of something else.” Hit the jump and watch Young Guru borrow a beat from Al Green to show the fine line between art and piracy.
Read moreYoung Guru speaks on: How much influence he hopes he’s had on the Engineer game (0:15) The importance of Barclays Center (0:58) Why we’ll never heard the unreleased material Jay-Z has (1:34) Working with Jay Electronica and the long wait for his debut album (2:14)
Read moreDJ/sound engineer Young Guru checks in with AllHipHop.com from Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival 2012. He talks humble beginnings, working with Jay-Z and Roc Nation, making the world his stage, and not wanting credit for all of the grassroots community work he does.
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