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The most famous byproduct of this experiment was Danger Mouse’s The Grey Album , which mashed up Jay-Z’s acapellas with instrumentals from The Beatles’ self-titled album (The White Album). The Grey Album became an internet sensation, downloaded millions of times despite cease-and-desist letters from EMI. It validated the open-source nature of internet music culture that the initial .rar leaks had fostered. The Digital Archeology of the Early 2000s It validated the open-source nature of internet music
Rather than relying on a single producer (like Timbaland or Just Blaze), Jay-Z curated a "dream team" of producers to give each song a unique flavor, including The Neptunes, Kanye West, Rick Rubin, and DJ Quik. A Track-by-Track Breakdown of Excellence including The Neptunes