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about dante ross

BIOGRAPHY

Stimulated is the brainchild of Dante Ross, a 35-year music business veteran. Ross is, first and foremost, an A and R person, hailed as one of the architects of the “Golden Era”. In addition, Ross is a Grammy award-winning record producer and a published author. He has been instrumental in the careers of De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Ol Dirty Bastard, MF Doom, Everlast, and Busta Rhymes, amongst many others. 

Dante ross: the producer

As a producer, Ross was a third of the Stimulated Dummies production team with partners John Gamble and Geeby Dajani. The production team worked with artists such as Brand Nubian, Grand Puba, Leaders of the New School, 3rd Bass, and Del the Funky Homosapien. Gamble and Ross later went on to produce Carlos Santana, Everlast (working on both the multi-platinum album Whitey Ford Sings the Blues and the gold follow-up Eat at Whitey's), amongst others. Ross earned a Grammy Award in 2000 for his work on Santana's Supernatural for his production of the song "Put Your Lights On" featuring Everlast. Ross’ production work appeared on Eminem's 7 times platinum 8 Mile soundtrack, on which he produced and co-wrote two songs. Ross has also been enlisted for his remixing skills, which have been featured on songs by KoЯn, Beres Hammond, and Xzibit, as well as a plethora of other artists in genres as diverse as nu-metal, Dancehall, Neo-Soul, and Hip-Hop.

SON OF THE CITY

"To read about his life growing up in NYC’s Lower East Side at a time before gentrification, You can purchase Son Of The City here. "Son of the City goes behind the scenes of the Golden Age of Hip Hop with esteemed producer and music industry veteran, Dante Ross, one of the top-25 greatest A&Rs as named by Complex Magazine. ..."

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ALUMNI

All of these artists have worked closely with Dante Ross during his career.

Public Speaking Engagements 

Over the last two years, Dante has undertaken a plethora of public speaking events and book readings. Here is Dante on Idea Generation live with Noah Callahan Bever 

For speaking engagements Contact: StimulatedWorldwide@gmail.com

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