Alan Daniel Maman (born October 25, 1977), better known as The Alchemist, i… Read Full Bio ↴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 and rebelled strongly against their "uptight" suburban surroundings, among whom were Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town, Evidence of Dilated Peoples and Scott Caan, son of James Caan. They would often hang out in urban areas of Los Angeles and participated in typical teenage rebellious activities like partying, smoking marijuana, and general mischief.
Al and Scott decided to become a duo named The Whooliganz. While rhyming at a party in L.A., they attracted the attention of B-Real of Cypress Hill. He invited the teens to join his crew, The Soul Assassins, which also included the groups House of Pain and Funkdoobiest. In 1993, the Whooliganz released their first single, "Put Your Handz Up." The song received little radio airplay and their record label, Tommy Boy Records, decided to shelve their album. Rejected, Scott focused his creative energy on acting while Al became interested in process of making hip-hop beats.
DJ Muggs took Al under his wing and taught him how to use a sampler and mixing board. After helping to produce a few tracks for Cypress Hill, Al became the main producer for his childhood friend, Evidence and his group Dilated Peoples. When Dilated debuted in 1998, they were an underground sensation creating a huge buzz about the man behind those incredible beats.
In 1999, Muggs introduced Al to his good friends, the popular hip-hop group Mobb Deep. Al produced two songs for their Murda Muzik album. Impressed by his production skills and street smarts, Mobb Deep took him under their wing, using his beats on all their subsequent albums. As Alchemist's profile increased, he went on to produce for many of hip hop's most successful and prominent artists, such as Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Ghostface Killah and Snoop Dogg. He has also remixed songs for bands and artists in other genres such as Linkin Park and Morcheeba. Al stayed loyal to his old friends, continuing to produce for Dilated, Cypress Hill, Everlast (formerly of House of Pain) and Crazy Town. He also enjoys producing for lesser-known underground rappers, often giving them some of his best beats. In 2004, 11 years after his rapping career folded, The Alchemist returned with his long-awaited debut album, "1st Infantry." The album yielded the hit single "Hold You Down" (featuring Prodigy, Illa Ghee, and Nina Sky), which hit number ninety-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005.
Alchemist was the official tour DJ for Eminem on his 2005 Anger Management 3 Tour, replacing the recently-ousted DJ Green Lantern. However on July 13, 2005, the tour bus carrying Eminem's entourage (including rapper Stat Quo as well as Alchemist) swerved off the road and turned over. Alchemist was treated for broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
The Alchemist is one of the music producers behind the video game Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars released by Rockstar Games. He was also on Tim Westwood TV, when Eminem, Royce Da 5'9" and Mr. Porter freestyled. During an interview with Worldwide Conspiracy Radio, The Alchemist revealed he would be dropping a 2-part project with fellow West Coast producer Oh No entitled Gangrene, the first to be released in July, the second in November, both on Decon. Alchemist was also the DJ for the Eminem set on the BBC1 chat-show Jonathan Ross on June 4, 2010.
Alchemist is Eminem's official DJ, since DJ Green Lantern departed from Shady Records in 2005 because of a dispute related to the feud of 50 Cent and Jadakiss. In 2006, Eminem released a collaboration album with Shady Records called Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. Since the Alchemist is his official DJ, he produced some of the tracks on the mixtape, as well as compiling the album in a mixtape fashion. On December 18, 2013, he was named the runner-up for Producer of the Year by HipHopDX.
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 and rebelled strongly against their "uptight" suburban surroundings, among whom were Shifty Shellshock of Crazy Town, Evidence of Dilated Peoples and Scott Caan, son of James Caan. They would often hang out in urban areas of Los Angeles and participated in typical teenage rebellious activities like partying, smoking marijuana, and general mischief.
Al and Scott decided to become a duo named The Whooliganz. While rhyming at a party in L.A., they attracted the attention of B-Real of Cypress Hill. He invited the teens to join his crew, The Soul Assassins, which also included the groups House of Pain and Funkdoobiest. In 1993, the Whooliganz released their first single, "Put Your Handz Up." The song received little radio airplay and their record label, Tommy Boy Records, decided to shelve their album. Rejected, Scott focused his creative energy on acting while Al became interested in process of making hip-hop beats.
DJ Muggs took Al under his wing and taught him how to use a sampler and mixing board. After helping to produce a few tracks for Cypress Hill, Al became the main producer for his childhood friend, Evidence and his group Dilated Peoples. When Dilated debuted in 1998, they were an underground sensation creating a huge buzz about the man behind those incredible beats.
In 1999, Muggs introduced Al to his good friends, the popular hip-hop group Mobb Deep. Al produced two songs for their Murda Muzik album. Impressed by his production skills and street smarts, Mobb Deep took him under their wing, using his beats on all their subsequent albums. As Alchemist's profile increased, he went on to produce for many of hip hop's most successful and prominent artists, such as Nas, Fat Joe, Jadakiss, Ghostface Killah and Snoop Dogg. He has also remixed songs for bands and artists in other genres such as Linkin Park and Morcheeba. Al stayed loyal to his old friends, continuing to produce for Dilated, Cypress Hill, Everlast (formerly of House of Pain) and Crazy Town. He also enjoys producing for lesser-known underground rappers, often giving them some of his best beats. In 2004, 11 years after his rapping career folded, The Alchemist returned with his long-awaited debut album, "1st Infantry." The album yielded the hit single "Hold You Down" (featuring Prodigy, Illa Ghee, and Nina Sky), which hit number ninety-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2005.
Alchemist was the official tour DJ for Eminem on his 2005 Anger Management 3 Tour, replacing the recently-ousted DJ Green Lantern. However on July 13, 2005, the tour bus carrying Eminem's entourage (including rapper Stat Quo as well as Alchemist) swerved off the road and turned over. Alchemist was treated for broken ribs and a collapsed lung.
The Alchemist is one of the music producers behind the video game Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars released by Rockstar Games. He was also on Tim Westwood TV, when Eminem, Royce Da 5'9" and Mr. Porter freestyled. During an interview with Worldwide Conspiracy Radio, The Alchemist revealed he would be dropping a 2-part project with fellow West Coast producer Oh No entitled Gangrene, the first to be released in July, the second in November, both on Decon. Alchemist was also the DJ for the Eminem set on the BBC1 chat-show Jonathan Ross on June 4, 2010.
Alchemist is Eminem's official DJ, since DJ Green Lantern departed from Shady Records in 2005 because of a dispute related to the feud of 50 Cent and Jadakiss. In 2006, Eminem released a collaboration album with Shady Records called Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. Since the Alchemist is his official DJ, he produced some of the tracks on the mixtape, as well as compiling the album in a mixtape fashion. On December 18, 2013, he was named the runner-up for Producer of the Year by HipHopDX.
Bang Out Featuring B
The Alchemist Lyrics
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Yo, this DJ Muggs, I’m out of Cypress Hill
Soul Assassins
This my little homie, Alchemist
holding it down 1st Infantry in the place
Live and direct, LA flavor, homie
My life is stranger than most
Bet you couldn’t represent just step back
Let that cross or get bent back
Hush, nigga, you talk too much
You can get touched with the scope of my pen
Your brains mush talk loud all you want
I’ll crush you faggot niggas
Best to pass the dutch or
We’ll be toe taggin’ niggas
We roll thick with bricks, flip scripts
Connect clips stock whips
I run the chance and take old grips
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
No cash, we tokin’ grass and talk fast
We clash with the principal so
We can all last
You too wack, you’ll get smashed
Get cast as weak
Gassed up, shut up, let the master speak
With the freaks in the clubs and
The ballers with the bubbs
And them boys with the blunts, rollin’ bud
Sippin’ suss
Spit skunk, no dust, with the massive thugs
Give a pound and hug and all my family love
I film shit with the cam’
I know ya feelin’ like jam slam
Bitch, I’m for words, get banned, stand-
Up on your bone
Two fucks if I don’t know you
Here we are I gotta, hot chrome the throne
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
Money, power, hustle, street life
Doe, stackin’, livin’, cold hard
We, envy, cut throat, die slow
Weed, X, dust (Bang out)
It gets rough on the streets with the alley
Be tough when your back in the corner like me
Or be stomped
I don’t mean to be hard but that’s life
God, if we drive by in the
Night with the lights off you got no hope
Kick rocks or get shell-shocked
We unload, hit the road, heaters explode
We bump for the love, we live by the gun
We die, don’t cry, it’s just a party for one
Send me off like a warrior
Remember my clashes
No casket, you can spread out my ashes
Back where I came from
Once the shots rang out
Couple hit the hangout with the killas all
(Bang out)
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
You hear me, Al al, ya there? Al
Listen i want to have a sit down there’s a
Reason why I called this meeting here today
Alright, I can provide a lot
Of shit for ya, Al, ya hear
Me? A lot of shit iI
Don’t take everybody to IHOP
Ya hear me? You see this lifestyle?
It’s-it’s not easy waitress, can I get
An orange juice? Thank you listen, it’s not
Easy let me tell you something
That piece-of-shit
Clunker you’re pushing outside?
That’s nothing, alright you see that little
Corolla out there
Baby? You better see the mileage
On that baby i can provide a
Lot of shit for ya, Al
Ya hear me? A lot of shit i
Mean you tell me why you’re
Not doing shit with Eurythmics you tell
Me i can provide that
Soul Assassins
This my little homie, Alchemist
holding it down 1st Infantry in the place
Live and direct, LA flavor, homie
My life is stranger than most
Bet you couldn’t represent just step back
Hush, nigga, you talk too much
You can get touched with the scope of my pen
Your brains mush talk loud all you want
I’ll crush you faggot niggas
Best to pass the dutch or
We’ll be toe taggin’ niggas
We roll thick with bricks, flip scripts
Connect clips stock whips
I run the chance and take old grips
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
No cash, we tokin’ grass and talk fast
We clash with the principal so
We can all last
You too wack, you’ll get smashed
Get cast as weak
Gassed up, shut up, let the master speak
With the freaks in the clubs and
The ballers with the bubbs
And them boys with the blunts, rollin’ bud
Sippin’ suss
Spit skunk, no dust, with the massive thugs
Give a pound and hug and all my family love
I film shit with the cam’
I know ya feelin’ like jam slam
Bitch, I’m for words, get banned, stand-
Up on your bone
Two fucks if I don’t know you
Here we are I gotta, hot chrome the throne
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
Money, power, hustle, street life
Doe, stackin’, livin’, cold hard
We, envy, cut throat, die slow
Weed, X, dust (Bang out)
It gets rough on the streets with the alley
Be tough when your back in the corner like me
Or be stomped
I don’t mean to be hard but that’s life
God, if we drive by in the
Night with the lights off you got no hope
Kick rocks or get shell-shocked
We unload, hit the road, heaters explode
We bump for the love, we live by the gun
We die, don’t cry, it’s just a party for one
Send me off like a warrior
Remember my clashes
No casket, you can spread out my ashes
Back where I came from
Once the shots rang out
Couple hit the hangout with the killas all
(Bang out)
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
We eating food in the hood
With the killas all (Bang out)
Hot combs your dome, put your pistols up
(Bang out) thug niggas, they getting money
Y’all ready to (Bang out)
Time to show up
(Bang out) , it’s running out (Bang out)
You hear me, Al al, ya there? Al
Listen i want to have a sit down there’s a
Reason why I called this meeting here today
Alright, I can provide a lot
Of shit for ya, Al, ya hear
Me? A lot of shit iI
Don’t take everybody to IHOP
Ya hear me? You see this lifestyle?
It’s-it’s not easy waitress, can I get
An orange juice? Thank you listen, it’s not
Easy let me tell you something
That piece-of-shit
Clunker you’re pushing outside?
That’s nothing, alright you see that little
Corolla out there
Baby? You better see the mileage
On that baby i can provide a
Lot of shit for ya, Al
Ya hear me? A lot of shit i
Mean you tell me why you’re
Not doing shit with Eurythmics you tell
Me i can provide that
The lyrics of "Bang Out" by The Alchemist featuring B depict a gritty and violent portrayal of street life. The song showcases the rapper's prowess in delivering hard-hitting and aggressive lyrics.
In the first verse, The Alchemist asserts his superiority over other rappers, warning them to step back or face the consequences. He uses vivid and graphic language to emphasize his dominance and willingness to resort to violence. The chorus, "We eating food in the hood, with the killers all (Bang out)," further reinforces the theme of street violence and the presence of danger in their surroundings.
The second verse touches on themes of money, power, and the harsh realities of the streets. The lyrics depict a life filled with drugs, confrontation, and the constant need to protect oneself. The reference to "clashes" and "ashes" suggests that the singer is prepared to die violently and without remorse.
Overall, the lyrics paint a vivid picture of the dark and dangerous world of the streets, where survival depends on strength, aggression, and a willingness to engage in violence.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network
Written by: ALAN MAMAN, LOUIS FREESE
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