Ken "Duro" Ifill
Trinadadian-American mixing engineer and record producer
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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".[1] Since 2018 he operates as vice president and A&R of Republic Records.[2] 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.
- Duro
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- The Chairman
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| Born | Kenneth Ifill Mineola, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Label | Desert Storm |
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.[3] His first credits as mixing engineer were on Gravediggaz debut album.[4]
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
| Year | Song | Artist | Album | Notes |
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| 1998 | "Thugs R Us" | DJ Clue?, Noreaga | Streets Is Watching Soundtrack | produced w/ DJ Clue? |
| "Mathematics (Esta Loca)" | Noreaga | N.O.R.E. | ||
| 1999 | "Dope Man" | Jay-Z | Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter | produced w/ DJ Clue? & Darrell "Digga" Branch |
| "Pop 4 Roc" | Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Amil | produced w/ DJ Clue? | ||
| 2000 | "Gotta Be a Thug" | Fabolous | DJ Clue Presents: Backstage Mixtape (Music Inspired by the Film) | |
| 2001 | "Back 2 Life 2001" | Jadakiss, Mary J. Blige | The 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 Brown | The Professional 2 and Broken Silence | ||
| "Bathgate Freestyle" | Bathgate | The Professional 2 | ||
| "I Don't Care" | Capone-N-Noreaga | |||
| "Dangerous" | Lady Luck | |||
| "Phone Patch" | Ty Shaun | |||
| "Don't Stop (Funkin' 4 Jamaica)" | Mariah Carey, Mystikal | Glitter | produced w/ DJ Clue? & Mariah Carey | |
| "Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life" | Mariah Carey | |||
| "Click & Spark" | Fabolous | Ghetto Fabolous | produced 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 Dogg | Street 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 Edge | |||
| 2020 | "Something Special" | Pop Smoke | Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon | N/A |
- Ken "Duro" Ifill at Album Credits
- Ken "Duro" Ifill credits. AllMusic.
