Thursday, January 5, 2012 at 9:00AM
Larry in Adam Horovitz, Def Jam Records, I Need a Beat, King Ad Rock, L.L. Cool J, Radio, Rick Rubin, Russell Simmons, Throwback Thursdays, Video
It was 1985 and Russell Simmons (along with his partner Rick Rubin) had just signed a 16 year old from Queens named L.L. Cool J. His debut album, Radio, would sell over a million copies. Rubin handled production on most cuts but recruited punk rocker Adam Horovitz (a.k.a. King Ad Rock) to lend a hand on "I Need a Beat". Dig.
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