Frederick Jay Rubin (born March 10 1963 in Lido Beach, New York) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning American record producer. He is given credit for merging rap and heavy metal (now known as rapcore), as well as the "American series" albums with Johnny Cash. MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years." In addition to being a producer, he is a musician serving as the original DJ of the Beastie Boys, and a head of a record label, … Wikipedia
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He has a boyish laugh and a mountain-man burliness, a taste for demonic speed-metal and angelic doo-wop harmonies. He has amplified the vilest spewing by shock artists, from the Geto Boys to Andrew Dice Clay, then coaxed choirboy delicacy from Roy... www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2006-07-06-rubin-main_x.htm
