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Richard Russell on Building the Greatest Indie Label Ever

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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On Coming From a Broken Home, Part One

Gilscot Heron and Richard Russell worked together on the Revcore album. He says he was given permission to make music properly by his former bandmate Clinton Hill. The pair had a word for each other: Spartan, which means nothing that is not absolutely necessary. "I found early hip hop records to be that... That's my mission in life"

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