Repping for both coasts, The Alchemist has been making music since his teenage years, growing up in Beverly Hills and getting down with the Soul Assassins collective as a member of short-lived kid-rappers the Whooliganz. Mentored by DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill, House of Pain, etc), he paid dues for years, crafting beats in anonymity before really bubbling up in the late ‘90s, when he started getting shine for his work with Dilated Peoples, Mobb Deep, and Capone-N-Noreaga, among others. Al's compositions are known for their cinematic feel — lush arrangements, slinky basslines, hard d…read more
Repping for both coasts, The Alchemist has been making music since his teenage years, growing up in Beverly Hills and getting down with the Soul Assa…read more
Repping for both coasts, The Alchemist has been making music since his teenage years, growing up in Beverly Hills and getting down with the Soul Assassins collective as a member of short… read more
Alan Daniel Maman (born October 25, 1977), better known as The Alchemist, is a hip-hop producer and MC. The Alchemist has been an active producer since 1991. He hails from affluent Beverly Hills, California. After rising to prominence in the late 1990s as a close associate of Dilated Peoples, he went on to produce for many of hip-hop's leading artists in the 2000s. As a teen, Al began to identify strongly with the rebellious lyrics and urban sounds of hip-hop, and he began writing his own lyrics as a creative outlet. He joined up with other like-minded artists who wrote lyrics … read more
Alan Daniel Maman (born October 25, 1977), better known as The Alchemist, is a hip-hop producer and MC. The Alchemist has been an active producer since 1991. He hails from affluent Beverly … read more
Alan Daniel Maman (born October 25, 1977), better known as The Alchemist, is a hip-hop producer and MC. The Alchemist has been an active producer since 1991. He hails from affluent Beverly Hills, California. After rising to prominence … read more