Ken Duro Ifill
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| Birth name | Kenneth Ifill |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Desert Storm |
Ken "Duro" Ifill is an American mixing engineer and record producer and record executive. He is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Desert Storm Records. In 2011, he was nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for "Empire State of Mind".[1] Since 2018 he operates as vice president and A&R of Republic Records.[2]
Since 1998, as a record producer, he produced tracks for the likes of Noreaga, Jay-Z, Fabolous, Foxy Brown and Pop Smoke.
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]In the mid-1990s, Duro served as an intern engineer for Q-Tip during the recording of Mobb Deep's The Infamous album.[3] His first credits as mixing engineer were on Gravediggaz debut album.[4]
Desert Storm Records
[edit]In 1997, Duro, DJ Clue, and Skane Dolla (DJ Clue's manager) developed Desert Storm Records. The label's first major artist is rapper Fabolous. In September 2001, Fabolous released his debut album Ghetto Fabolous, charting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The label was previously distributed through Interscope, Elektra, Atlantic and Sony. The label is currently distributed through Def Jam.
Discography
[edit]Partial production discography
[edit]| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Notes |
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| 1998 | "Thugs R Us" | DJ Clue?, Noreaga | Streets Is Watching Soundtrack | produced w/ DJ Clue? |
| "Mathematics (Esta Loca)" | Noreaga | N.O.R.E. | ||
| 1999 | "Dope Man" | Jay-Z | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter | produced w/ DJ Clue? & Darrell "Digga" Branch |
| "Pop 4 Roc" | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Amil | produced w/ DJ Clue? | ||
| 2000 | "Gotta Be a Thug" | Fabolous | DJ Clue Presents: Backstage Mixtape (Music Inspired by the Film) | |
| 2001 | "Back 2 Life 2001" | Jadakiss, Mary J. Blige | The Professional 2 | |
| "Jay-Z Freestyle" | Jay-Z | |||
| "Fantastic Four, Pt. 2" | The Lox, Cam'ron, Nature, Fabolous | |||
| "What the Beat" | Method Man, Bad Meets Evil | |||
| "Interlude" | Lil' Mo | |||
| "Fuck a Bitch" | Snoop Dogg, Kurupt | |||
| "Live from the Bridge" | Nas | |||
| "So Hot" | Foxy Brown | The Professional 2 and Broken Silence | ||
| "Bathgate Freestyle" | Bathgate | The Professional 2 | ||
| "I Don't Care" | Capone-N-Noreaga | |||
| "Dangerous" | Lady Luck | |||
| "Phone Patch" | Ty Shaun | |||
| "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" | Mariah Carey, Mystikal | Glitter | produced w/ DJ Clue? & Mariah Carey | |
| "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" | Mariah Carey | |||
| "Click & Spark" | Fabolous | Ghetto Fabolous | produced w/ DJ Clue? | |
| "Keepin' It Gangsta" | ||||
| "Ride for This" | Fabolous, Ja Rule | |||
| "Trade It All" | Fabolous, Jagged Edge | |||
| "Take You Home" | Fabolous, Lil' Mo | |||
| "Gotta Be Thug" | Fabolous | |||
| "If They Want It" | ||||
| 2003 | "Up on Things" | Fabolous, Snoop Dogg | Street Dreams | |
| "Into You" | Fabolous, Ashanti, Tamia | |||
| "Throw Back" | Fabolous | |||
| "Keepin It Gangsta (Remix)" | Fabolous, Styles P, Jadakiss, M.O.P., Paul Cain | |||
| "Trade It All (Part 2)" | Fabolous, P. Diddy, Jagged Edge | |||
| 2020 | "Something Special" | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | N/A |
- Ken "Duro" Ifill at Album Credits
- Ken "Duro" Ifill credits. AllMusic.
References
[edit]- ^ "ARTIST: Ken "Duro" Ifill". Grammy Awards. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ Mercuri, Monica (June 27, 2018). "Republic Records Names Ken 'Duro' Ifill as Senior VP of A&R: Exclusive". Billboard. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ Mao, Jeff (2013). "Q-Tip". Red Bull Music Academy. New York. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
- ^ Setaro, Shawn (September 6, 2018). "How Ken "Duro" Ifill Moved From Pushing Mixtapes to Record Executive". Complex Networks. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Sonicscoop November 6, 2011
- "Duro Plugs In to Lexicon". Prosound Network. January 21, 2011.
- "US Producer Ken "Duro" Ifill Uses Prism Sound's Orpheus To Create Grammy Winning Records". PrismSound.
- Ken "Duro" Ifill at Album Credits
- Ken "Duro" Ifill credits. AllMusic.
- "Getting the Inside Dope from the Hottest Mixers in Manhattan". Mix. November 1, 1999.
- "A Supa Dupa Mixer". Audiohead.net.
- "Who is Who: Ken (Duro) Ifill". Beastiemania.
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