Music Spotlight
RJD2
Recommended by: Veronica Fischmann
"Most hip-hop producers make beats. RJD2 makes dope instrumentals that you can rhyme over. There's a big difference. Known as DJ and producer for the merely decent crew MHZ, RJ has really come into his own, and his debut full-length [Dead Ringer ] is quite an impressive piece of work."
"The Columbus, Ohio-based DJ-producer explores the same basic formula used by DJ Shadow and Moby, but his style is more complex and, refreshingly, a [...] lot less pretentious." In his newest album, The Third Hand, RJD2 creates "a cohesive pop album in the most classic sense, a sound more akin to Phoenix than Prefuse 73." While this may seem as a divergence from his previous work, he is consistent with mesmerizing audiences with his music.