DJ Khalil, 3X Grammy-winning producer and half of Self Scientific, breaks down his journey from DJing house parties in LA to producing for Dr. Dre, Eminem, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Clipse, Kanye West, Anderson .Paak and Aloe Blacc.
He grew up the son of NBA All-Star Walt Hazzard, surrounded by jazz, soul and his dad’s record collection. He met Dr. Dre as a kid at a party his parents threw, and years later Dre remembered him and signed him to Aftermath. In between: sneaking his dad’s records to loop up beats, recording a demo at Ice-T’s house with Kool Keith and Diamond D, and pressing his own records with Self Scientific during LA’s independent hip hop wave.
In this episode:
Sampling prog rock, Brazilian music and jazz fusion when everyone else sampled soul
Moving from the ASR-10 to Reason, and how Dre taught him to use space
How “I Made It” landed on Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come after the album was already mastered
The stories behind “Kush,” “Kinda Like a Big Deal,” “County Building Blues,” “Heart Don’t Stand a Chance” and “The Man”
Working with 50 Cent, Sha Money XL and the G-Unit era
Eminem’s Recovery
Why great producers know their role, and why he still learns from young producers
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