Rick Rubin

Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records. Rubin is probably best known for helping popularize hip-hop music with artists like Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and Run-DMC. In 2007, MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years", and the same year Rubin appeared on Time 's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Rubin first worked with The Smashing Pumpkins on "Let Me Give the World to You" in 1998, then later on Shiny and Oh So Bright, Vol. 1 / LP: No Past. No Future. No Sun. and Billy Corgan's second solo album, Ogilala.