The panel includes:
Barry holds a B.A. degree in economics with highest distinction from the University of Michigan and a J.D. degree from Stanford Law School, where he was managing editor of the Stanford Law Review. He currently serves on the Boards of several nonprofit organizations, and is a member of the Board of Visitors of Stanford Law School. He is on the Board of Sensoria Corporation.
At 18, Caren joined Atlantic, doing marketing for the Big Beat label, and attended the Stern School of Business at NYU. Since moving to Atlantic's A&R Department in 1998, he has been responsible for recruiting a string of top-charting artists. Among Caren's signings are seven artists whose debut Atlantic releases were certified RIAA gold (500,000+) or platinum (1,000,000+): Trick Daddy, Nappy Roots (for which he also served as Executive Producer), Twista, Trina, Sunshine Anderson, Drama, and T.I.. He has also worked on successful soundtracks to Dr. Dolittle, South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Osmosis Jones, and Any Given Sunday and launched the Vice Records label (The Streets, The Stills). He is also an accomplished producer in his own right (Pharcyde, Jem, Ludacris), having produced tracks for more than ten albums and five films.
Caren also started his own label, Serious Entertainment, and publishing company, Serious Scriptures and has seen his own records and songs on the Billboard charts.
Eddy received a bachelors degree in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
Rarely does an artist-producer in the hip hop world come out of nowhere to dominate the scene. The Brooklyn-born, Atlanta-reared Danger Mouse might soon prove to be an exception.
Danger Mouse has had an incredible year so far, receiving massive critical acclaim for his debut Danger Mouse & Jemini Ghetto Pop Life CD (SPIN magazine called it "a remarkable debut." URB magazine called it "an instant classic"). The album features guests including Tha Alkaholiks, J-Zone, Prince Po from Organized Konfusion and The Pharcyde).
Danger Mouse raised the bar on hip hop experimentalism by dropping the infamous Grey Album, which used the full vocal content of Jay-Z's Black Album, recorded over new beats and production created using the Beatles White Album as it';s sole source material. The resulting record is a unique hybrid of work, a re-interpretation being touted as the one of greatest remix albums of all time. With one million downloads in a week and ensuing battle between major record companies, the media, Internet and copyright advocates, the release of the Grey Album has been nothing less than a watershed moment for music.
Recently Danger Mouse has produced songs featuring Cee-Lo and Sadat-X for the Danger Mouse & Jemini 26" EP as well as produced the song "Garden Gnomes" for Sage Francis. He executive produced the new Prince Po album which includes tracks produced by Danger Mouse and Madlib amongst others.
Danger Mouse has recently made appearances at some of the biggest events this Summer including Coachella and Bonnaroo. Current projects include his remix of the Zero 7 single "Somersault" featuring MF DOOM as well as an upcoming remix of N.E.R.D.'s song "Maybe." Danger Mouse is currently producing array of artists including Gorillaz, MF Doom, and Tha Alkaholiks as well as remixing Tweaker "Ruby" featuring Will Oldham.
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