{"id":115247,"date":"2017-02-07T15:13:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T14:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=115247"},"modified":"2017-02-06T21:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T20:45:03","slug":"david-axelrod-has-passed-away-leaving-massive-hip-hop-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/david-axelrod-has-passed-away-leaving-massive-hip-hop-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"David Axelrod Has Passed Away Leaving Massive Hip-Hop Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David Axelrod<\/strong>, the composer and producer whose arrangements provided fertile ground for sampling for generations of Hip-Hop artists, died last Sunday at the age of 83. No cause of death was provided. DJ Shadow, a friend of Axelrod who frequently sampled the producer, confirmed his death on Twitter.
\nAxelrod’s music could be heard on songs like Dr. Dre’s The Next Episode<\/em>, De La Soul’s I Am I Be<\/em>, UNKLE’s Rabbit in Your Headlights<\/em> and Ghostface Killah’s Stay True<\/em> as well as productions by DJ Premier, Madlib, Swizz Beatz and hundreds more.
\nFollowing news of Axelrod’s death, many in the Hip-Hop community paid tribute to the influential producer. Hit Continue Reading<\/em> to check some of the tweets. BlackoutHipHop extends condolences to David Axelrod\u2019 family and friends.<\/p>\n

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Via rollingstone<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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