Jacob Brian Dutton (born May 11, 1976), known professionally as Jake One, is an American record producer and songwriter.
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Jake One Readies New Album
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Rocketship Blowing Up
, Seattle Weekly, November 10, 2004
Early life and career
Jacob Brian Dutton was born in 1976 and grew up in the
Central District and moved to the North End of
Seattle when he was 15.
He started making music on a
Casio keyboard in 1992.
[Fleury, Serge (2007)]
Jake ONE – Numero Uno
", Six Shot, December 22, 2007 He attended the
University of Washington and gave a tape of his music to a friend who worked in a local record store. One of the store's other employees, the
DJ Mr. Supreme heard the tape, and when he set up his Conception Records label, he used Dutton to create backing tracks.
The first record he produced was Eclipse's "World Premier".
His early influences included
Pete Rock
Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapping, rapper. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongs ...
,
Dr. Dre,
DJ Premier, and
Marley Marl.
[Jake One]
, Built From Skratch, 2008
Jake One produced the 2005 song "
The Time Is Now" by professional wrestler
John Cena; it has been Cena's
entrance theme since.
He was a part of the
G-Unit production team The Money Management Group. His first album credited to Jake One, ''
White Van Music
''White Van Music'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop producer Jake One. It was released on Rhymesayers Entertainment on October 7, 2008. It peaked at number 10 on the '' Billboard'' Heatseekers Albums chart, number 49 on the Independ ...
'', was released on October 7, 2008, on
Rhymesayers Entertainment, which features contributions from
Brother Ali,
Young Buck,
De La Soul
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,
M.O.P.
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,
Freeway,
D.Black,
DOOM,
Slug
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, and
Keak da Sneak.
[Ketchum, William E. III (2008)]
Producer's Corner: Jake One
", hiphopdx, May 9, 2008[Sawyers, Hubert III (2007)]
In The Crates
, Drop Magazine, July 31, 2007[Hale, Andreas (2008)]
Little Brother, Freeway, Young Buck & MF Doom On One Album?
", hiphopdx, April 1, 2008
He has had tracks included on the soundtracks to films such as ''
Get Rich or Die Tryin''' (
50 Cent
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's "I Don't Know Officer"), ''
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift'' ("Jake Alert"), and ''
Gone Baby Gone''.
''Gone Baby Gone'' production credits
The New York Times
In 2010, Jake One released two collaborative albums, ''The Stimulus Package
''The Stimulus Package'' is a collaborative studio album by Philadelphia rapper Freeway and Seattle producer Jake One. It was released on Minneapolis indie hip hop label Rhymesayers Entertainment on February 16, 2010. The album included two single ...
'' with Freeway and ''Patience'' with Truthlive.[Ballerstatus.com](_blank)
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He also produced Brother Ali's full-length album ''Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color
''Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color'' is the fifth studio album by American rapper Brother Ali. It was released via Rhymesayers Entertainment on September 18, 2012. Entirely produced by Jake One, it includes a guest appearance from Dr. C ...
'' on Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Discography
Albums
References
External links
Jake One's blogJake One
at Discogs
Jacob Dutton – Swiss chartsJake One discography at UndergroundHipHop.com
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1976 births
Living people
American hip hop record producers
Musicians from Seattle
University of Washington alumni
West Coast hip hop musicians