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'Lawrence Muggerud' (born January 28, 1968 in Queens, New York), and better known as 'DJ Muggs' (or simply 'Muggs'), is Cypress Hill's DJ and producer. He is Italian-American/Norwegian-American, with his surname being of Norwegian origin.

Contents

Background

Technique

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes (partial list)

External links

Background

DJ Muggs was first a member of the group 7A3, a group he did not produce, but only DJ for. 7A3 managed to release an album and several singles before being dropped by their record label and disbanding.
Cypress Hill, the group then formed by DJ Muggs with B-Real and Sen Dog, became one of the most popular and influential hip hop groups of the 20th century. DJ Muggs also works as a producer and DJ for other artists such as House of Pain (song "Jump Around" and many others on the group's debut album), Tricky (album "Juxtapose"), Funkdoobiest (song "Bow Wow Wow" and many others), Ice Cube, KRS-One, Eminem, Everlast and MC Eiht.
In 2003, he released his solo album ''Dust'', which somehow departed from the usual hiphop formula, has a trip-hop/rock sound and features artists such as Greg Dulli, Amy Trujillo and Everlast on vocals.
DJ Muggs and Cypress Hill are part of an even bigger collective of musicians, graphic and other artists, the Soul Assassins, who have so far released 2 compilations albums.
Today, DJ Muggs has his own Sirius satellite radio show on Shade 45 dubbed "Mash-Up Radio", a show where he and other DJs play their rock/rock blends. In 2005, he has founded the record label Angeles Records together with Self Scientific. One of the first releases on the label was DJ Muggs' collaboration album with GZA/The Genius of Wu-Tang Clan called ''The Grandmasters''.
In 2007, a remix version of the album was released.
A new collaborative album, this time featuring Sick Jacken (and Cynic) of Psycho Realm/Sick Symphonies, is currently in the works and to be released in mid to late 2007.

Technique

DJ Muggs' beats have been known for their dusty-sounding, eerie and soul-driven melodies. Most of Cypress Hill's production was minimalistic with hard-hitting drums and bass, looped throughout the song; the recent GZA album ''Grandmasters'' featured that production. In the later 90s/early 00s, Cypress Hill began incorporating rock more into their beats, coming away with a rap/rock sound akin to that of Rick Rubin. This gleaned spotty reactions from many fans, though just about as many praise the change.

Discography

:''For releases with Cypress Hill, see the group's main article.
:''For releases with Soul Assassins, see the group's main article.

Albums

Tricky with DJ Muggs and Grease

★ 1999: ''Juxtapose'' (Island); # 22 UK
Muggs

★ 2003: ''Dust'' (ANTI-)
DJ Muggs vs. GZA

★ 2005: ''Grandmasters''; # 180 US

★ 2007: '' Grandmasters Remix Album'' (without actual new input from DJ Muggs)
DJ Muggs vs. Sick Jacken (featuring Cynic)

★ 2007: ''Legend of the Mask and the Assassin''

Mixtapes (partial list)

★ DJ Muggs, 2003: ''Soul Assassins Mixtape Volume One''

★ DJ Muggs, 2003: ''Classic Mixtape Volume One''

★ DJ Muggs, 2004: ''Rock Superstar''

★ DJ Muggs & Chace Infinite, 2004: ''The Last Assassin''

★ DJ Muggs, 2005: ''Soul Assassins Take Aim''

External links

★ Official Site

★ Official Soul Assassins Blog

★ Mash-Up Radio Official Site