Dan Nakamura

Dan “the Automator” Nakamura is a hip-hop and rap producer most known for his work in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s.

Nakamura is a major figure in the somewhat higher-brow rap underground that develope

Dan “the Automator” Nakamura is a hip-hop and rap producer most known for his work in the mid to late 1990s and early 2000s.

Nakamura is a major figure in the somewhat higher-brow rap underground that developed while mainstream hip-hop integrated its successful gangsta image with the also-popular Miami Bass party-jam style, with heavy borrowing from its ignored soul music roots. Avenues of rap which pursued more introspective, creative, and esoteric angles became brushed aside, admired by fans with more eclectic musical tastes and appreciation for dense lyrical constructions and obscure or off-beat musical inspirations.