The Hit Factory
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Sep 15, 2026
Jo KoyGUEST
Yeah.
Shawn StockmanHOST
So we, we get into town, we drive to the, to the Hit Factory, and he's there, and he invites us in, and he invites us to his room.
Shawn StockmanHOST
And within that 5 to 10 minutes we were there, he taught me personally so much.
Shawn StockmanHOST
First off, you walk in, he has a bed in the room, so basically he's sleeping in the studio.
EssoHOST
Jim Johnson.
EssoHOST
It was at the Hit Factory.
EssoHOST
Yeah, that was before.
EssoHOST
That's what I'm trying to say.
EssoHOST
I know you before, nigga.
EssoHOST
What the fuck are you talking about? It was at the Hit Factory and I never forgot it.
EssoHOST
I was at Roc Nation.
EssoHOST
We opened doors at Roc Nation, in case that y'all didn't know.
speaker_9GUEST
Um, so he w- he worked in Dr. Dre's studio.
MichaelGUEST
The Hit Factory.
speaker_9GUEST
The Hit Factory.
Richard VissionHOST
Oh, okay.
speaker_9GUEST
So back then.
EssoHOST
Jim Johnson.
EssoHOST
It was at the Hit Factory.
EssoHOST
Yeah, that was before.
EssoHOST
That's what I'm
HynakenHOST
I
EssoHOST
know you before, nigga.
EssoHOST
What the fuck you talking about? It was at the Hit Factory and I never forgot it.
EssoHOST
I was at Roc Nation.
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Bradley MorganHOST
When Paul Simon returned to the U.S., work on the album continued at the Hit Factory in New York, where he edited the tape loops recorded in South Africa and began adding lyrics.
Bradley MorganHOST
And he also brought along Ray Peary and Bikiti Kamalo to help finish the tracks.
Bradley MorganHOST
And you write in the book about this being their first experience in America.
Ferrari SimmonsHOST
Do you think that you and Eminem or you and 50 can ever have a conversation and squash all this shit?
BenzinoGUEST
Well, you know when 50 was at the Hit Factory with Ja Rule and him and he got stabbed, he ran down to my session.
BenzinoGUEST
And I helped him.
BenzinoGUEST
And this was before all this.
BenzinoGUEST
Did you know that story?
BTHOST
When
BenzinoGUEST
he was at the Hit Factory, and he got stabbed with Ja Rule and them.
BenzinoGUEST
Remember that story?
Mark MastersHOST
Mm
Ashley KahnGUEST
... that they found the right studios with the right compatible assistant engineers, a guy named Mark Cobrin at the Hit Factory in New York, and Steve Strassman at Amigo Studios in LA.
Ashley KahnGUEST
And so-
Mark MastersHOST
Mm-hmm
Chris FafaliosHOST
No.
Chris FafaliosHOST
Uh, this song that we're gonna talk about today, You Can Call Me Al, was recorded entirely at the Hit Factory in New York City in April of 1986.
Chris FafaliosHOST
The song peaked at number 23 on the Hot 100 on May 23rd of 1987.
Chris FafaliosHOST
I'm surprised it only went to number 23 for how, how big I feel like this song was and is.
William OrbitGUEST
You s- uh, 17 tracks or something like that, and I've already worked on several.
William OrbitGUEST
Would you like to come out to New York to The Hit Factory and try recording?" Boom.
William OrbitGUEST
Um, put me on a flight.
William OrbitGUEST
Went out there.
William OrbitGUEST
We went into The Hit Factory.
William OrbitGUEST
I'm think, uh, uh, I'm thinking this isn't gonna work 'cause she's a pop kind of artist.
William OrbitGUEST
She's gonna kill my music.
William OrbitGUEST
She gets it.
Ashley KahnGUEST
Same thing with digital recording technology and how Rory Halle found a way to balance that out with the warmth of analog tape, which was still being used.
Ashley KahnGUEST
And that crazy moment in the mid-'80s when those two formats in the recording studios, especially the top ones like Hit Factory, Amigo Studios in L.A., they had this sort of cross-pollination going on.
Ashley KahnGUEST
And then finally the decision was made.
Ashley KahnGUEST
Record in analog, edit in digital.