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Oral History Interview with the Dust Brothers, Los Angeles, CA, October 14, 1999

Interviewee John King
Interviewee Michael Simpson
Interviewer Jim Fricke
Subject Dust Brothers
Date1999
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.960.1
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The Dust Brothers are a Los Angeles, California based songwriter and production duo consisting of E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo (John King). They are known for their sample-based music they produced in the 1980s and 1990s and their work with the Beastie Boys, Beck, and "MMMBop" by Hanson. They wrote and produced for the Delicious Vinyl label and produced tracks on Tone Lōc's album, Lōc-ed After Dark, Young MC's debut album Stone Cold Rhymin', and the Boo Yaa Tribe on the album New Funky Nation, producing several songs on that album.
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