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Robert Ford Jr.

Robert Ford Jr. is credited on 741 releases across 140 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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741

Pressings credited

140

Albums

6

Decades active

175

In collections

Biography

Robert "Rocky" Ford Jr. (June 30, 1949 – May 19, 2020) was an American journalist and record producer. While working for Billboard in 1978, Ford wrote the first article about hip-hop to appear in any major publication. He went on to produce albums and write songs for acts including Kurtis Blow, Rodney Dangerfield, and Full Force, and has been recognized as having played "a crucial role in early commercial hip-hop". Ford has been credited as a mentor by entrepreneur Russell Simmons.

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Credited work

741 releases · 140 albums · active 1979–2025

  • Performance · 652
  • Production · 606
  • Other credits · 91
  • Engineering · 18

Studios: Greene St. Recording · Sigma Sound Studios · Power Station · Sigma Sound Studios, New York

Discography

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