Ken Ifill | |
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| Born | Kenneth Ifill Mineola, NY (Long Island) |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Desert Storm |
Ken "Duro" Ifill is a Trinidadian-Americanmixing engineer andrecord producer andrecord executive. He is a co-founder andchief executive officer ofDesert Storm Records. In 2011, he was nominated forGrammy Award for Record of the Year at the53rd Annual Grammy Awards for "Empire State of Mind".[1] Since 2018 he operates asvice president andA&R ofRepublic Records.[2]Attended Five Towns College, Long Island where he secured his 1st Internship at Platinum Island Recording Studios, Downtown Manhattan. Since 1998, as a record producer, he produced tracks for the likes ofNoreaga,Jay-Z,Fabolous,Foxy Brown andPop Smoke.
In the mid-1990s, Duro served as an intern engineer forQ-Tip during the recording ofMobb Deep'sThe Infamous album.[3] His first credits as mixing engineer were onGravediggaz debut album.[4]
In 1997, Duro,DJ Clue, and Skane Dolla (DJ Clue's manager) developedDesert Storm Records. The label's first major artist is rapperFabolous. In September 2001,Fabolous released his debut albumGhetto Fabolous, charting at No. 4 on theBillboard 200. The label was previously distributed throughInterscope,Elektra,Atlantic andSony. The label is currently distributed throughDef Jam.
| 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 andBroken 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 |
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