Ken Duro Ifill

Ken "Duro" Ifill is a Trinidadian-American mixing engineer, record producer and record executive. He is a co-founder and chief executive officer of Desert Storm Records. In 2011, he was nominated for Grammy Award for Record of the Year at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards for "Empire State of Mind". Since 2018 he operates as vice president and A&R of Republic Records. Attended Five Towns College, Long Island where he secured his 1st Internship at Platinum Island Recording Studios, Downtown Manhattan. Since 1998, as a record producer, he produced tracks for the likes of Noreaga, Jay-Z, Fabolous, Foxy Brown and Pop Smoke.

Career Early career In the mid-1990s, Duro served as an intern engineer for Q-Tip during the recording of Mobb Deep's The Infamous album. His first credits as mixing engineer were on Gravediggaz debut album.

Desert Storm Records In 1997, Duro, DJ Clue, and Skane Dolla (DJ Clue's manager) developed Desert Storm Records. The label's first major artist is rapper Fabolous. In September 2001, Fabolous released his debut album Ghetto Fabolous, charting at No. 4 on the Billboard 200. The label was previously distributed through Interscope, Elektra, Atlantic and Sony. The label is currently distributed through Def Jam.

Discography Partial production discography +List of production credits (excluding executive producer credits), showing selected informationYearSongArtistAlbumNotes1998"Thugs R Us"DJ Clue?, NoreagaStreets Is Watching Soundtrackproduced w/ DJ Clue?"Mathematics (Esta Loca)"NoreagaN.O.R.E.1999"Dope Man"Jay-ZVol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carterproduced w/ DJ Clue? & Darrell "Digga" Branch"Pop 4 Roc"Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Amilproduced w/ DJ Clue?2000"Gotta Be a Thug"FabolousDJ Clue Presents: Backstage Mixtape (Music Inspired by the Film)2001"Back 2 Life 2001"Jadakiss, Mary J. BligeThe Professional 2"Jay-Z Freestyle"Jay-Z"Fantastic Four, Pt. 2"The Lox, Cam'ron, Nature, Fabolous"What the Beat"Method Man, Bad Meets Evil"Interlude"Lil' Mo"Fuck a Bitch"Snoop Dogg, Kurupt"Live from the Bridge"Nas"So Hot"Foxy BrownThe Professional 2 and Broken Silence"Bathgate Freestyle"BathgateThe Professional 2"I Don't Care"Capone-N-Noreaga"Dangerous"Lady Luck"Phone Patch"Ty Shaun"Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)"Mariah Carey, MystikalGlitterproduced w/ DJ Clue? & Mariah Carey"Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life"Mariah Carey"Click & Spark"FabolousGhetto Fabolousproduced w/ DJ Clue?"Keepin' It Gangsta""Ride for This"Fabolous, Ja Rule"Trade It All"Fabolous, Jagged Edge"Take You Home"Fabolous, Lil' Mo"Gotta Be Thug"Fabolous"If They Want It"2003"Up on Things"Fabolous, Snoop DoggStreet Dreams"Into You"Fabolous, Ashanti, Tamia"Throw Back"Fabolous"Keepin It Gangsta (Remix)"Fabolous, Styles P, Jadakiss, M.O.P., Paul Cain"Trade It All (Part 2)"Fabolous, P. Diddy, Jagged Edge2020"Something Special"Pop SmokeShoot for the Stars, Aim for the MoonN/A

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