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Ray Murray
Atlanta is not a backdrop to Ray Murray’s story. It is part of the sound.
Ray Murray is a producer, musician and co-founder of Organized Noize, the Atlanta production team whose work helped establish a distinctly Southern voice in hip-hop and R&B. This is Ray’s connected home for the records, people, stories, current work and media surrounding that career.
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Essential records
Records that moved Atlanta outward
Selected documented work connected to Ray Murray and Organized Noize.
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Outkast — Player’s Ball
Official music video for a foundational Outkast single produced by Organized Noize. Ray Murray’s connection is through Organized Noize production/composition; this record does not assert that Ray appears in the video.
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50 Years of Hip-Hop: Organized Noize — WABE
Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown discuss Organized Noize’s contribution to hip-hop and Atlanta music.
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Questlove Supreme: Organized Noize Part 2
Ray Murray and Organized Noize revisit favorite records, Dungeon Family history and unrealized plans.
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Remembering Producer Rico Wade — Recording Academy
Recording Academy history of Organized Noize including Ray Murray’s account of the OutKast creative circle.
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OutKast Examine Their Southern Experience — Recording Academy
Recording Academy interview with Ray Murray and other principals about the making and meaning of Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik.
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