Origin Delaware, U.S. Role Audio Engineer Name Young Guru | Website Young Guru's website Years active 1996-present | |
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Born February 27, 1974 (age 50)
U.S. ( 1974-02-27 ) Occupation(s) Audio engineer, record producer, DJ, record executive Record labels Roc-A-Fella Records, Def Jam Recordings Similar People Jay Z, Rick Rubin, Rik Simpson, Brian Eno, Markus Dravs Profiles | ||
Associated acts Jay Z, Just Blaze | ||
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Gimel Androus Keaton (born February 27, 1974), better known by his stage name Young Guru, is an American audio engineer, record producer, disc jockey, and record executive from Wilmington, Delaware. Young Guru was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011 for his work on "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys. He has worked with many leading recording artists, and an April 2015 Wall Street Journal profile called him "the most famous and successful engineer in the history of hip-hop".
Contents
- Trailer essentials of audio engineering with young guru on skillshare com
- Young guru s essentials of audio mixing how to use compression
- Career
- Albumsscratchesproductionmix
- References
Young guru s essentials of audio mixing how to use compression
Career
Young Guru acquired his moniker as a teen when he taught African history classes at a community center. He also used his name when he began working as a DJ while still a teenager. In the early 1990s Young Guru bought his own amplifiers, lights and microphones which sparked his interest in music technology. While a student at Howard University, he saw the early development of Bad Boy Records and landed some of his early engineering jobs. He began DJ’ing in Washington DC in 1996, where he met singer/rapper Nonchalant, who had a top 20 single at the time, and became her tour DJ. Young Guru, who had taken piano lessons as a child, used the money he received from the tour to fund a six-month music recording course at Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, Maryland, which had a great impact on him. After Omega, Young Guru engineered Nonchalant’s second album, which was never released, but the producer, Chucky Thompson (Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans) recognized the young engineer’s potential and invited him to come and work with him in Washington DC. In 1999, Young Guru went independent and moved to New York, where he worked with Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie on his Madd Rapper project and with Memphis Bleek. The latter was signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, which led to Young Guru meeting Jay-Z.
Over the years Young Guru has been a major part of several artists' careers in addition to Jay-Z, including Beyoncé, Rihanna, Ludacris, Ghostface Killah, Freeway, Cam'ron, Redman & Method Man, Mariah Carey, Pete Rock, Fabolous, Talib Kweli, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and T.I.
He was the tour DJ for the 'Watch The Throne' world tour featuring Jay-Z and Kanye West.
In April 2015, Young Guru was named the Director Of Operations at 9th Wonder's record label It's a Wonderful World Music Group.
Albums/scratches/production/mix
(CD, Comp, Promo) Hustlin’ (Remix) Def Jam Recordings (2006)
(Album) Surviving the Game Columbia (1999)
(CD) Doin’ Wrong DreamWorks (2000)
(CD, Album) Boy (I Need You), You MonarC, Island Records (2002)
(4xLP, Album) U Don’t Know (Remix) Roc-A-Fella Records (2002)
(12”) Roc-A-Fella Records (2002)
(CD, Single, Promo) Island Def Jam Music Group (2003)
(12”, Promo) Roc-A-Fella Records (2003)
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(CD) Ladies’ Jam Fastlife (2005)
(CD) Roc-A-Fella Records (2003)
(12”) Roc-A-Fella Records (2004)
(12”, Promo) TVT Records (2004)
(12”, Promo) Jive (2004)
(12”, Promo) Virgin Records America, Inc. (2004)
(12”) Seven Heads (2004)
(12”) Sanctuary Records (2004)
(12”, Promo) Sanctuary Records (2004)
(12”, Promo) TVT Recordings (2004)
(12”, Promo) J Records (2005)
(12”) Geffen Records (2005)
(Album) Atlantic (2005)
(Album) Def Jam Recordings (2006)
(Album) Tooken Back Def Jam Recordings (2004)
(CD, Comp, Promo) The Champ Def Jam Recordings (2004)
Chicago-Rillas (12”, Max) J Records (2006)
(12”) Def Jam Recordings (2006)
(Album) Roc-A-Fella Records (2006)
(Album) Blacksmith Music (2007)
(12”) Geffen Records (2007)
(2xLP, Album, Ltd) Blacksmith (2008)
(Album) Nature Sounds (2008)
(Album) Def Jam Recordings (2009)
(Album) The Champ Def Jam Recordings (2004)
(Album) I’m Talkin’ To You Atlantic (2006)
(Album) Ignorant Sh*t Roc-A-Fella Records (2007)
(CD, Album) 9mm Interscope Records (2007)
(Album) Help Is Coming Atlantic (2007)
(Album) Nasty Girl Island Def Jam Music Group (2008)
More Than A Game (CD, Album) History Interscope Records (2009)
(CD, Album) RocNation (2009)