Producer Series Present: RICK RUBIN

Track Artist Title
1. Run-DMC feat. Steven Tyler & Joe Perry Walk This Way
2. Public Enemy Bring The Noise
3. The Cult Love Removal Machine
4. Linkin Park What I've Done
5. Red Hot Chili Peppers Under The Bridge
6. Avett Brothers I And Love And You
7. Weezer Beverly Hills
8. Beastie Boys (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
9. Johnny Cash Hurt
10. LL Cool J I Need A Beat
11. Chef (Isaac Hayes) Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)
12. Neil Diamond Home Before Dark
13. Jakob Dylan Evil Is Alive And Well
14. Metallica The Unforgiven III
15. Jay-Z 99 Problems
16. Beastie Boys She's Crafty
17. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Mary Jane's Last Dance
18. Sir Mix-A-Lot Baby Got Back

On top of his game in the middle to late 1980s, Rick Rubin merged his love of rock and roll and heavy metal to the street sounds of hip hop and rap. The result of this marriage was one hit after another for Def Jam Records. You don't need to have a golden ear for samples to detect the guitar riffs that Rick added to songs by LL Cool J as well as the Beastie Boys. Rick was well ahead of the pack when it came to metal rap sound which has now been taken even further by contemporary acts.
On the Beastie Boys' album Licensed to Ill, Rick is credited not only as the producer, but also as co-writer. With Rick's contacts in the world of metal, it was easy to bring in Kerry King of Slayer to play lead guitar on the Beastie Boys' anthem "No Sleep Till Brooklyn." It was Rick, under the name DJ Double R, that performed on stage with the Beastie Boys as they opened for Madonna on her Like A Virgin Tour. Sensing he was on to something big and controversial, Rick went into the studio with the band to record "She's On It". The "She's On It" video featured Rick and the Beastie Boys chasing girls and getting into trouble. What may have seemed innocent at the time, was in fact the launch pad for the skirt chasing chaos that would encircle both Def Jam and the Beastie Boys within the year as Licensed to Ill.