Rick Rubin
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"Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin" is an United States/American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the founder of Def Jam Recordings/Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings (record label)/American Recordings. With the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy (group)/Public Enemy and Run–D.M.C., Rubin helped popularize hip hop music.

Rubin has also worked with artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Slayer, Jay-Z, Danzig (band)/Danzig, Dixie Chicks, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Black Sabbath, Slipknot (band)/Slipknot, Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Weezer, Linkin Park, The Cult, Neil Diamond, Adele (singer)/Adele, Joe Strummer, Mick Jagger, System of a Down, The Mars Volta, Rage Against the Machine, Melanie C, Audioslave, Sheryl Crow, ZZ Top, Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, Ed Sheeran, Damien Rice, Kanye West, and Eminem. In 2007, MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years", and the same year Rubin appeared on Time (magazine)/Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World list.

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It's a tentative feel with him playing guitar, and the songs feel like they are coming from a true and honest .

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He's never been part of any style, and he's crossed different boundaries of pop and rock and different kinds of music at different times.

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He is one of the few people who can get on a stage in an arena in front of any audience anywhere in the world and and play original songs for hours (that) everyone would be familiar with and sing along to. The list of people whose music has this power could be counted on one hand, tops.

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It was an interesting, eye-opening experience.

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I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation.

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It's a very stripped-down, beautiful, emotional album.

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The songs are classic Neil Diamond songs. Nobody else could have possibly written them. The sound of the album is very personal, intimate and honest.

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We are not comfortable using the public Internet, although there has been a lot of good work with [virtual private network] and public-key infrastructure technology.

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Early in his career, he was looked at more as a singer/songwriter, ... As time went on, he was viewed more as a cabaret artist. I missed that image of the singer/songwriter.

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