Jay-Z
US rapper
Role
Role
Jay-Z's Audio Samplers
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Contrary to No ID, Kanye likes to use all the equipment in the room — stomp boxes, classic samplers, and so on. He mainly uses the [Ensoniq] ASR10 and sequences that with an [Akai] MPC 2000XL. When he's done with a track, he sends it to us as an MP3, and I upload these onto two tracks in Pro Tools. In this case Jay wanted Rihanna's vocals to be edited down, so I asked for them separately, and worked with two tracks of music, two tracks of Rihanna, and then Jay cut his vocals to that. The song was originally intended to feature just Jay and Rihanna, but he also wanted Kanye on it, because he felt that it would fit the texture of the song. So one day when Kanye was in New York, he came in at 10am and in two takes he was done.
Young Guru, Sound on Sound interview, 2009.
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Discography
Reasonable Doubt
1996
In My Lifetime, Vol.1
1997
Vol.2... Hard Knock Life
1998
Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter
1999
The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
2000
The Blueprint
2001
Jay-Z Unplugged (Live On MTV Unplugged / 2001)
2001
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
2002
Blueprint 2.1
2003
The Black Album
2003
Kingdom Come
2006
Live From The Hangar Tour
2007
Album Credits
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Jay-Z · 2003
Producer -
Da Game Is To Be Sold, Not To Be Told
Snoop Dogg · 1998
Producer
