Denzel Williams, known professionally as Conductor Williams, is an American record producer known for his work with the musical collective Griselda. He has produced for rappers Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine, Boldy James, and Rome Streetz, as well as their former member and associate Mach-Hommy. He is also known for his work with other artists such as Drake, Tyler, The Creator, JID, J.
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"Donuts, like Dilla was really like onto something as far as curating a lane for just instrumental music, like a jazz album but only in the hip-hop world. The way the songs just crash into one another definitely influences my style when I do instrumental albums."Watch this moment
"Another one that I got is this Roberta Flack Blue Lights In the Basement, which was a dollar dig for me. It's a fantastic smooth soul album; think like contemporary smooth jazz. This is like a smooth soul feeling album, but it was my first run-in with sample clearance."Watch this moment
"for me, the production, the sonics on Bad, what Quincy and his team did was just phenomenal. The only thing that I don't love about Bad is the title track 'Bad.' I don't like that song at all; even as a kid, I hated it."Watch this moment
"Another album that I love that a lot of the homies say that it's not the band's best album but I think that it is for personal reasons is this Black Keys 'Turn Blue.' Honestly, as a fan of Dan, I love Dan Auerbach. The soul in his voice, Pat is a great drummer, Danger Mouse fire produced it."Watch this moment
"Johnny Taylor is from Kansas City, and this album and Johnny Taylor remind me of my father. This album is one that's near and dear to my heart because... we drank whisky and we listened to this record, and it's just a memory that I'll always attach to that moment being that vulnerable with my dad."Watch this moment
"EV came through and just did it his way so it really projected me to get closer to that world and he was kind of like the portal for that world for me."Watch this moment
"Life is hard, beat the odds. Sometimes you got to step away from it all, recharge, got to disconnect. You got to check dude out if you haven't heard, he's a phenomenal lyricist."Watch this moment
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