Rick Rubin Annotates Kanye West And Jay Z Songs ... on the subject of material he produced--for the likes of Jay Z, Johnny Cash and more--and music of which he's a fan, like Vampire W Yelawolf ...

It was during the sessions for Wildflowers, his second solo album, that Tom Petty suggested to producer and American Recordings label owner Rick Rubin that he should try to sign Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash released the album American Recordings: he was 62 and had largely been written off by the music industry. The intense, no-frills, home-recorded album, produced by Rick Rubin ...