For those that don’t know much about Young Guru, here’s the story. He’s been the engineer (the guy pushon the buttons and mixing the sounds) on most of your favorite songs for the past decade. Pretty much every Jay-Z record has been mixed by him as well as a lot of Cam’ron, Kanye West, and plenty more. As far as hip-hop goes, you’re probably not going to find a better ear. Beyond that, Guru is a graduate of Howard University and a pretty accessible guy. If you’re fortunate enough to catch him on the streets of DC or NY, like I have once or twice, the guy will enlighten you to something — even if you’re not a music person.

With that said, here’s a few clips from Elliot Wilson’s conversation with Guru about several subjects from old Roc-A-Fella tales to the making of Jay-Z’s Blueprint 3. Grab your popcorn and learn something.

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