Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin’s Minimalist/Maximalist ‘The Creative Act’

Rick Rubin’s Minimalist/Maximalist ‘The Creative Act’

Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act is, as his rap often was, minimalist and maximalist – musically austere but lyrically extravagant and self-aggrandizing.

James Blake: The Colour in Anything

James Blake: The Colour in Anything

James Blake had it in him to release a great album here. He just chose not to.
Jake Bugg: Messed Up Kids

Jake Bugg: Messed Up Kids

Three extra tracks from the Shangri La sessions show Jake Bugg's development.
Johnny Cash: Out Among the Stars

Johnny Cash: Out Among the Stars

For all of its faults, this album speaks to the variety of Cash's immense body of work in a way that the much-celebrated Rick Rubin recordings simply do not.
Jake Bugg: Shangri La

Jake Bugg: Shangri La

The takeaway here is that while Bugg's debut album felt genuine, Shangri La feels forced and awkward.

Eminem: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (take two)

RAC: 14 November 2013 – Bowery Ballroom, New York (Interview + Photos)

RAC: 14 November 2013 – Bowery Ballroom, New York (Interview + Photos)

RAC are no longer just reworking your favorite rock tunes. His scope now includes developing his own hit tunes. We spoke with Anjos before seeing his first live show in New York.

Rick Rubin’s ‘Less Than Zero’ Soundtrack Perfectly Emulates the Excessive ’80s

Run-DMC: The Essential Run-DMC

‘Produced By George Martin’ Is a Perfect Documentary

The Avett Brothers: The Carpenter

Symbolic Weight & the Def Jam Aesthetic