The Singular Life of Rick Rubin

“This book wasn't even on my radar. A few weeks ago, I did a podcast on Jay-Z. It's episode number 238. And in that podcast, I talked about Jay-Z studying and working with Rick Rubin.”

“Jay-Z talks about it. He says, listen, man, I studied. The reason I came in the game independent, I own my own record label, which is extremely rare when Jay-Z did that in 96, because he studied the founding of Def Jam and he learned from it. He read that book.”

“The main reason to listen to that podcast, other than story is insane. The fact that he owns that company, it's still a private company, makes billions of dollars.”

“This fantastic paragraph that's in the biography of Bill Gates called Hard Drive, but it says Gates and Allen were convinced that the computer industry was about to reach critical mass.”

“One of the most successful albums that Rick ever produced was the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blood Sugar Sex Magic.”

“I absolutely loved this book. I loved going deep on Rick Rubin, the mind and philosophy of Rick Rubin this week.”