User talk:Dante Ross171

Dante Ross is largely known for his contributions to the so called golden era of HipHop. He was a a and r person first at Tommy Boy records where he had a hand in the careers of De La Soul, Queen Latifah (who he discovered) and Digital Underground. Mr. Ross then went to work for Elektra records where he discovered such talent as Brand Nubian, Grand Puba, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, K.M.D which featured a young pre metal face clad MF Doom and Leaders of The New School who featured a young Butsa Rhymes. Mr. Ross also signed Ol Dorty Bastard and served as executive producer on his first record Return To The 36 Chambers. Mr. Ross with his production partner John Gamble (The Stimulated Dummies aka SD50's)) also prodcued records for 3rd Bass, Del Tha Funky Homosapien and countless other groups he has signed. Ross also often served as executive producer on many of the bands records he signed to Elektra Records. Mr. Ross later went on to produce Everlast's multi platinum Whitey Ford sings the blues and it's gold follow up Eat At Whiteys ( Tommy Boy Records.

Mr.Ross is a NY stalwart often identified with NYC's Lower East Side were he was raised though he is a native Californian. Mr.Ross also produced 2 songs on the 5 times platinum 8th mile record ( Time of My Life for Macy Grey and Thats my Ni##a for Real for Young Z) and well and producing a song on Carlos Santana's 1998 20 times platinum SuperNatural for which he received a Grammy award for. Mr.Ross later on went to do A and R at Loud records where he has his own label Stimulated records and to discover David Banner for Steve Rifkinds SRC records. Mr.Ross is also a lifetime member of the skateboarding community and currently has a show on the mst popular skateboarding website The Berrics where he tells tales of his days in the hiphop game called simply "HipHopHistory101".Mr.Ross has also remixed 4 different songs for the rap rock heavy weights Korn ( Freak On a Leash, Thoughtless, Word Up, Twisted Transistor). He is also a EMI songwriter.

Mr.Ross has done marketing projects with Pro Keds, Scion, Wesc, and 10 Deep as well as written for The Village Voice, Mass Appeal magazine, Vapors magazine and many others. He is also an accomplished video producer and has embarked on TV writing career with his partner writing partner Amy Koppelman (Wife of Brian Koppelman noted film producer) Mr.Ross' father John Ross was a activist and author of 15 plus books who passed away January 19 2011. Mr.Ross currently does a and r for Warner Brothers records and was also a vice president at SRC record for several years. He splits time between LA and NY where he is survived by his younger sister Carla Ross Murray and her daughter Zoe. Mr.Ross has completed his first book written with his father before his passing titled " Fathers and Sons".

Ross hs also embarked on a career as a blogger and considered an integral part of the NYC downtown cultural and artistic community for close to 20 years and a supporter of the fine arts as well as an collector of street and Graffiti art.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Ford_Sings_the_Blues

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_All_(Brand_Nubian_album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Future_Without_a_Past...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Goes_the_Weasel_(3rd_Bass_song)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(Santana_album)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF_Doom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Latifah

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derelicts_of_Dialect

http://theberrics.com/hip-hop-history-101http://theberrics.com/hip-hop-history-101

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Album_of_the_Year

http://vimeo.com/channels/danteross

http://www.danteross.com/http://www.danteross.com/

http://www.danteross.com/blogs/dante/