Day 32: Rick Rubin

(Rick Rubin circa 2005)

On this day in 1963, one of the most acclaimed producers in the world, Rick Rubin, was born in New York. In his nearly 25-year career Rick has put his signature sound on dozens of classic albums in multiple genres from pop country to metal to comedy to rap (and revolutionarily combining rap and metal). I've put together a list of some of my favorite songs he's put his hands on. Unfortunately, I don't really like to double-up on artists within a list, so groups with whom he's worked on multiple albums only got one song, which is a bummer (sorry Slayer and Johnny Cash).

YouTube:
01. LL Cool J - Rock the Bells
02. Beastie Boys - Rhymin' and Stealin'
03. Run DMC feat. Aerosmith - Walk This Way
04. Public Enemy - Sophisticated Bitch
05. Danzig - Am I Demon
06. Slayer - Dead Skin Mask
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
08. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - You Don't Know How It Feels
09. The Cult - Love Removal Machine
10. System of a Down - Chop Suey!
11. Rancid - Brad Logan
12. Rage Against the Machine - How I Could Just Kill A Man
13. Saul Williams - 1987
14. The Mars Volta - Inertiatic ESP
15. Weezer - Dreamin'
16. Kanye West, Nas, KRS-One - Classic
17. Jay-Z - 99 Problems (bad quality)
18. Metallica - My Apocalypse
19. Justin Timberlake - (Another Song) All Over Again
20. Johnny Cash - Hurt

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Day 32: Rick Rubin

Rock,
Erik

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(Image by Thomas Roche (via Wikipedia), Licensed Under Creative Commons)