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The Alchemist, is a hip hop producer and emcee. He hails from affluent Beverly Hills, California. After rising to prominence in the late 1990s as a close associate of Dilated Peoples and Mobb Deep, he went on to produce many of hip hop's leading artists in the 2000s, and has been hailed as one of the genre's leading producers.
In 1999, The Alchemist was set to produce 3 tracks for rapper Ras Kass' upcoming album, "Van Gogh", which was scheduled for a late 2000 release at the time. One of the said tracks was "Home Sweet Home", which was to be the lead single for Ras Kass' album. After The Alchemist received the first half of the payment for the beat, he says Ras Kass' record label (Priority) was ignoring him. They later met up in August at the Source Awards in Pasadena, California. He let him know he'd been showcasing it to other artists. Jadakiss would then go on to record "We Gonna Make It" over the same beat, on his 2001 release, Kiss Tha Game Goodbye. When Ras Kass took notice, he attempted to stop the release by releasing his version of the song on mixtapes, but to no success.[3] This prompted Ras to diss Alchemist in freestyles and on a track from Van Gogh. Eventually the beef ended so he could concentrate on his legal problems but still cites a loss of respect for the producer. However, during 2006, The Alchemist was featured on a skit in the Revenge of the Spit mixtape. Furthermore, in an interview with www.hiphopgame.com, Ras admits that he was being stubborn and refused to listen to what the Alchemist was trying to tell him. The two have squashed the beef and Alchemist produced the song "Past, Future, and Present" and did the intro for the song that appeared on Revenge of the Spit.
In late 2008 Alchemist announced two upcoming group projects. Gangrene is his Jaylib inspired project with Madlib's brother, Oh No. The album was completed in late 2008 and will be released sometime after Alchemist's Chemical Warfare album. Like Jaylib's Champion Sound, Gangrene will feature Alchemist rapping over Oh No's production and vice versa.[6]
He has also announced plans to release an album with Evidence in 2009 as the Stepbrothers. The name was inspired by the movie featuring their favorite comedians Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, which also happened to feature the Dilated Peoples' song Live On Stage, which was produced by The Alchemist.[7] Alchemist is also the music producer of the 10th installment of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars set to be released by Rockstar Games. (Wikipedia)
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