
In 2020, after years of serving as Eminem’s tour DJ, The Alchemist finally landed a placement on an Em album, cowriting and coproducing “Stepdad” for Music to be Murdered By. In addition to solo outings, the producer has released numerous collaborative projects with artists like Oh No, Evidence, Action Bronson, Conway the Machine, and Freddie Gibbs. He followed that with Chemical Warfare in 2009 and Russian Roulette in 2012. The Alchemist released his debut solo album, The Infantry, in 2004. This story, dazzling in its simplicity and wisdom, is about an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago who travels from his homeland in Spain to the Egyptian desert in search of treasure buried in the Pyramids.
Throughout the ’00s and ’10s, The Alchemist crafted beats for a who's who of hip-hop luminaries, including Ghostface Killah, Nas, Jadakiss, Kendrick Lamar, and Lil Wayne. Paulo Coelho's enchanting novel has inspired a devoted following around the world.
The producer began his long-running partnership with Mobb Deep in 1999 by producing two tracks for the NYC duo’s fourth album, Murda Muzik. The Alchemist honed his production craft under the tutelage of DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, whom The Whooliganz toured with. As a teenager in the ’90s, The Alchemist rapped alongside Scott Caan-son of actor James Caan-in a duo called The Whooliganz.
Although he’s associated with the gritty boom-bap sound of New York City rap, The Alchemist hails from Beverly Hills. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy.The Alchemist is a legendary hip-hop producer who’s worked with several generations of rap superstars over the course of his decades-long career. The trio of con-artists - Subtle, Face and Dol - are self-deluding small-timers, ultimately undone by the same human weaknesses they exploit in their victims.īenjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet. In a big city like London, this process of advantage-seeking is rife. The Alchemist focuses on what happens when one human being seeks advantage over another. He mocks human weakness and gullibility to advertising and to 'miracle cures' with the character of Sir Epicure Mammon, who dreams of drinking the elixir of youth and enjoying fantastic sexual conquests.
People of all social classes are subject to Jonson's ruthless, satirical wit. In The Alchemist, Jonson unashamedly satirizes the follies, vanities and vices of mankind, most notably greed-induced credulity. He transforms himself into 'Captain Face', and enlists the aid of Subtle, a fellow conman and Dol Common, a prostitute. Jeremy uses the opportunity given to him to use the house as the headquarters for fraudulent acts. An outbreak of plague in London forces a gentleman, Lovewit, to flee temporarily to the country, leaving his house under the sole charge of his butler, Jeremy.