Cut Chemist

Cut Chemist graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 1997.{{cite web|url=http://alumni.ucla.edu/stories/lucas-macfadden-97/|title=Lucas MacFadden '97|work=University of California, Los Angeles|date=May 22, 2015|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

Cut Chemist became known through the Los Angeles-based rap group Unity Committee. The group merged with another group, Rebels of Rhythm, to form Jurassic 5.

In 2004, Cut Chemist released The Litmus Test, which included his solo tracks, remixes, and Jurassic 5 tracks.{{cite web|first=Cameron|last=Macdonald|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/1781-the-litmus-test/|title=Cut Chemist: The Litmus Test|work=Pitchfork|date=September 23, 2004|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

He left Jurassic 5 in 2004.{{cite web|first=Nick|last=Patch|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/cut_chemist_works_backwards|title=Cut Chemist Works Backwards|work=Exclaim!|date=July 2006|access-date=March 10, 2018}} In a 2006 interview with Billboard, he stated that he had left the group in order to get his solo album finished.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58486/cut-chemist-finds-new-audience-on-solo-debut|title=Cut Chemist Finds New 'Audience' On Solo Debut|magazine=Billboard|date=May 10, 2006|access-date=November 4, 2007}}

His first solo studio album, The Audience's Listening, was released on July 11, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-audiences-listening/cut-chemist|title=The Audience's Listening by Cut Chemist|work=Metacritic|access-date=March 10, 2018}} In 2015, it was listed by Vice as the 49th greatest dance album of all time.{{cite web|url=http://thump.vice.com/en_ca/article/the-99-greatest-dance-albums-of-all-time|title=The 99 Greatest Dance Albums of All Time|work=Vice|date=July 14, 2015|access-date=March 10, 2018}} "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song," the song from the album, has been featured in an iPod Nano advertisement.{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Smith|url=http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/2006/12/cut-chemist-the-audiences-listening-warner/|title=Cut Chemist – The Audience's Listening (Warner)|work=Cyclic Defrost|date=December 12, 2006|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

In 2010, he released a DJ mix, Sound of the Police.{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Patrin|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14716-sound-of-the-police/|title=Cut Chemist: Sound of the Police|work=Pitchfork|date=October 12, 2010|access-date=March 10, 2018}} It was recorded using a turntable, a mixer, and a loop pedal.{{cite web|first=David|last=Jeffries|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-the-police-mw0002016168|title=Sound of the Police - Cut Chemist|work=AllMusic|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

His second solo studio album, Die Cut, was released on March 2, 2018.{{cite magazine|first=Jason|last=Scott|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8225523/cut-chemist-interview-die-cut-jurassic-5|title=Cut Chemist on First Solo Album in 12 Years, Importance of His Father's Memory & More|magazine=Billboard|date=March 3, 2018|access-date=March 10, 2018}} It featured guest appearances from Chali 2na, Biz Markie, Mr. Lif, and Myka 9, among others.{{cite web|first=Kyle|last=Eustice|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.44836/title.cut-chemist-announces-die-cut-lp-with-1st-single-work-my-mind|title=Cut Chemist Unleashes 1st Solo LP In 12 Years|work=HipHopDX|date=March 2, 2018|access-date=March 10, 2018}}

• The Audience's Listening (2006)
• Die Cut (2018)

• The Audience's Following (2016)
• Going Back to Cali: Cut Chemist's Colombian Crates Remixed (2017)

• Sick Experiment (1995)
• Rare Equations / Cutin' Class (1995)
• The Diabolical (1996)
• Live at Future Primitive Sound Session (1998) {{small|(with Shortkut)}}
• Brainfreeze (1999) {{small|(with DJ Shadow)}}
• Product Placement (2001) {{small|(with DJ Shadow)}}
• The Litmus Test (2004)
• Lost and Found: Rockabilly and Jump Blues (2007) {{small|(with Keb Darge)}}
• The Hard Sell (2007) {{small|(with DJ Shadow)}}
• The Hard Sell (Encore) (2008) {{small|(with DJ Shadow)}}
• Sound of the Police (2010)
• Funk Off Megamix (2015)

• Madman EP (2017)

• "Bunky's Pick" (2001)
• "Blind Man from L.A. Carnival" (2003) {{small|(with Medaphoar)}}
• "The Audience Is Listening Theme Song" (2006)
• "The Garden" / "Storm" (2006)
• "What's the Altitude" (2006)
• "The Audience Is Rural" (2006)
• "Adidas to Addis" (2010)
• "Outro (Revisited)" (2012)

• DJ Shadow - "The Number Song (Cut Chemist Party Mix)" (1996)
• Liquid Liquid - "Cavern (Cut Chemist Rocks a Rave in a Missile Silo Remix)" (1999)
• Ozomatli - Cut Chemist Suite (1999)
• Major Force - "The Re-Return of the Original Art-Form (Reinterpreted By Cut Chemist)" (2000)
• Ugly Duckling - "Eye on the Gold Chain (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2001)
• Jem - "They (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2005)
• Breakestra - "How Do They Really Feel (Cut Chemist Atkins Edit)" (2005)
• Edan - "Torture Chamber (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2005)
• Percee P - "Throwback Rap Attack (Cut Chemist Lucas Flipped a 1-Sided Tape He Found in 1987 into Stereo Remix)" (2006)
• Roots Manuva - "Join The Dots (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2010)
• Quantic and His Combo Barbaro - "Un Canto A Mi Tierra (Cut Chemist Remix)" (2011)

• Jurassic 5 - "Unified Rebelution" (1995)
• Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 EP (1997)
• Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 (1998)
• Jurassic 5 - "Concrete Schoolyard" (1998)
• Jurassic 5 - "Improvise" (1999)
• Jurassic 5 - "Jayou" (1998)
• Blackalicious - "Alphabet Aerobics (The Cut Chemist 2 1/2 Minute Workout)" from A2G (1999)
• Jurassic 5 - "Quality Control" (2000)
• Jurassic 5 - Quality Control (2000)
• Blackalicious - "Chemical Calisthenics" from Blazing Arrow (2002)
• Jurassic 5 - Power in Numbers (2002)
• Jurassic 5 - "Ducky Boy" (2002)
• Jurassic 5 - "I Am Somebody" / "Break" (2003)
• Lyrics Born - "Do That There" from Later That Day (2003)
• MED - "Blind Man" from Bang Ya Head (2005)
• Jurassic 5 - "Acetate Prophets" / "Swing Set" (2005)
• Teriyaki Boyz - "School of Rock" from Beef or Chicken (2005)
• Mr. Lif - "Collapse the Walls" from I Heard It Today (2009)

• Peanut Butter Wolf - "Tale of Five Cities" from My Vinyl Weighs a Ton (1999)
• Incubus - "Battlestar Scralatchtica" from Make Yourself (1999)
• Mumbles - "Caution" (2000)
• Kid Koala - "Here's a Little Story" from Got What You Need (2001)
• Ozomatli - "Lo Que Dice" from Embrace the Chaos (2001)
• Gretchen Lieberum - Brand New Morning (2002)
• DJ Shadow - "Pushin' Buttons Live" from The Private Press (2002)
• Grandmaster Melle Mel and the Furious Five - "The Sugarhill Suite" from Freestyle (2003)
• Lyrics Born - "Do That There Medley" from The Lyrics Born Variety Show Season One (2005)

• "Lesson 4" on Return of the DJ (1995)
• "Lesson 6: The Lecture" on Deep Concentration (1997)
• "Layered Laird" on Audio Alchemy (Experiments in Beat Reconstruction) (1997)
• "S.N.T. (Live at Peacepipe)" on The Funky Precedent (1999)
• "Hidden Crate" on 2001: A Rhyme Odyssey (2000)
• "Live at the 45 Session (Interlude)" on Urban Revolutions: The Future Primitive Sound Collective (2000)
• "Caution" on No Categories 3: A Ubiquity Compilation (2000)
• "Lesson 6: The Lecture (Original Unedited Version)" on The Ultimate Lessons (2002)
• "Live Lesson E" on The Ultimate Lessons 2 (2002)
• "Bunky's Pick" on Stones Throw 101 (2004)
• "Day in Day Out" on Re: Generations (2009)

• Scratch (2001)
• Juno (2007)
• Up in the Air (2009)
• Jennifer's Body (2009)

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website}}
• {{Discogs artist|Cut Chemist|Cut Chemist}}
• {{IMDb name|0532188|Cut Chemist}}

{{Jurassic 5}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cut Chemist}}

Category:Living people

Category:1972 births

Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni

Category:Warner Records artists

Category:West Coast hip-hop musicians

Category:American hip-hop DJs

Category:American hip-hop record producers

Category:Jurassic 5 members