You name them, he’s been in the studio with them: Beyoncé, Drake, Rick Ross, Rihanna, Snoop Dogg. He recorded Eminem and 50 Cent early in their careers. He was on the ground floor of both Sean Combs’s Bad Boy Records and Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records. That’s because Young Guru, 41, is the most famous and successful engineer in the history of hip-hop, the man in charge of soundboard operations for many of his generation’s legendary recordings. While his disquisition ranged from best practices for setting sound levels to navigating life on the road, the audience-which included everyone from gee-whiz interns to producer Mannie Fresh, who mentored Lil Wayne-hung on his every word. Lanky and lithe, the former high school basketball star radiated a quiet authority at the front of the room, befitting his nickname. ON A COOL, RAINY afternoon in Austin, Texas, Young Guru-Jay-Z’s personal sound engineer for the past 16 years-was giving a master class on recording and mixing techniques at Dub Academy, a music school and studio east of downtown.
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