Rick Rubin

Here are the creativity lessons I learned from Rick Rubin by reading: Rick Rubin In The Studio, by Jake Brown

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Art mentioned:

• ​"Problem Child" (song by AC/DC)
• ​Highway to Hell (album by AC/DC)
• ​"Rick Rubin, In The Studio" (book by Jake Brown)
• ​The Midnight Special (TV show)
• ​Iron Man films
• ​Magna Carta Holy Grail (album by Jay-Z)
• ​"Berzerk" (song by Eminem)
• ​"Mastery" (book by Robert Greene)
• ​"It's Yours" (song by T La Rock)
• ​Flower Boy (album by Tyler, the Creator)
• ​IGOR (album by Tyler, the Creator)
• ​To Pimp A Butterfly (album by Kendrick Lamar)
• ​"Happy" (song by Pharrell Williams)
• ​"The Runaway Species" (book by Anthony Brandt and David Eagleman)
• ​"I Need a Beat" (song by LL Cool J)
• ​Krush Groove (film)
• ​Radio (album by LL Cool J)
• ​Lemonade (visual album by Beyoncé)
• ​"Walk This Way" (song by Aerosmith/Run-DMC)
• ​The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (album by Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• ​"Ring of Fire" (song by Johnny Cash)
• ​American Recordings (album by Johnny Cash)
• ​Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (album)

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Chapters:

00:00:00 How One Piece of Work Can Change Your Life

00:03:07 Rick Rubin, The Icon

00:05:49 Growing Up with AC/DC and Magic

00:14:00 Attending NYU (Enter Hip-Hop)

00:17:29 Producing a New Kind of Single

00:22:25 The Birth of Def Jam

00:29:57 Launching LL Cool J and a Movie

00:38:41 How Rick Rubin Works

00:40:22 Working with RUN-DMC

00:46:40 Working with Red Hot Chili Peppers

00:59:14 Working with Johnny Cash

01:10:10 Aim for Greatness

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