1. UNIT 1: Task 2 Job Role of a Rapper by Jordan Berry

2. WHAT DO RAPPERS DO? Rappers earn their living by creating and performing hip-hop / rap songs for listeners to enjoy. Rappers earn their living by creating and performing hip-hop / rap songs for listeners to enjoy.

3. WHERE DO THEY WORK? Rappers may have to: perform their songs live on stage for an audience at concert venues perform their songs live on stage for an audience at concert venues Record songs or music videos in a studio Record songs or music videos in a studio

4. WHO DO THEY WORK WITH? Rappers might work with: Music Producers Music Producers Sound Engineers Sound Engineers Journalists and TV/Radio Presenters Journalists and TV/Radio Presenters Other singers Other singers Dancers Dancers DJs DJs

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6. UNIT 1: Task 2 Job Role of a Record Producer by Jordan Berry

7. WHAT DO RECORD PRODUCERS DO? A record producer (or music producer) has a very broad role in overseeing and managing the recording (i.e. "production") of a band or performer's music. Record Producers earn their living by gathering ideas for the project gathering ideas for the project selecting songs and/or session musicians selecting songs and/or session musicians proposing changes to the song arrangements proposing changes to the song arrangements coaching the artist and musicians in the studio coaching the artist and musicians in the studio controlling the recording sessions controlling the recording sessions supervising the entire process supervising the entire process Producers also often take on a wider entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts, and negotiations.

8. WHERE DO THEY WORK? Record Producers may have to work in: A recording studio A recording studio A Record Label A Record Label

9. WHO DO THEY WORK WITH? Record Producers might work with: Recording Artists Recording Artists Recording Engineers Recording Engineers Session Singers Session Singers Session Musicians Session Musicians Marketing Managers Marketing Managers

10. AN EXAMPLE OF A RECORD PRODUCER: Dr. Dre Behind the scenes, Dr. Dre has been instrumental in launching the careers of numerous hip- hop and rap artists. He acted as a track producer for many of the artists on Ruthless Records, a venture he started up with Eazy-E. Dre also worked with singer Michel'le on her debut album. With N.W.A., Dre helped produce much of the group's material. With Marion "Suge" Knight, Dre co-founded the rap music empire known as Death Row Records in 1991. There he worked on the 1993 debut album of Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle, and Tupac Shakur's 1996 work All Eyez on Me. That same year Dre left Death Row Records, escaping from the increasingly troublesome West Coast/East Coast rap feud. The conflict would eventually lead to the deaths of rappers Shakur and Biggie Smalls.