Jake One
Biography
Jacob Dutton (born c. 1976), better known as Jake One, is an American hip hop record producer from Seattle, Washington.
Dutton grew up in Capitol Hill and moved to the North End of Seattle when he was 15. He started making music on a Casio keyboard in 1992. 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 stores 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 Eclipses World Premier. His early influences included Pete Rock, DJ Premier, and Marley Marl. Dutton has worked with local artists as well as major names from further afield. He has produced tracks by artists such as De La Soul, Strange Fruit Project, MF DOOM, E-40, Planet Asia, Nas, and 50 Cent. He was a part of the G-Unit production team, The Money Management Group.
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His first album credited to Jake One, White Van Music, was released in October 2008 on Rhymesayers Entertainment, and featured contributions from Brother Ali, Young Buck, De La Soul, M.O.P., Freeway, MF DOOM, and E-40.
He has had tracks included on the soundtracks to films such as Get Rich or Die Tryin (50 Cents I Dont Know Officer), The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ("Jake Alert"), and Gone Baby Gone.
He also produced Freeways 2010 album The Stimulus Package as well as Brother Alis 2012 album Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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