Production · Performance
Carl Ryder
aka Chuck D · also recorded as Carlton Ridenhour
Long Island, United States · b. 1960-08-01
Carl Ryder is credited on 92 albums across 519 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1987–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
92
Albums
519
Pressings
5
Decades active
332
In collections
Biography
Carl Hartvig Ryder (12 September 1858 – 3 May 1923) was a Danish naval officer and Arctic explorer.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
92 albums · 519 pressings · active 1987–2025
- Production · 654
- Performance · 203
- Other credits · 197
- Engineering · 5
Studios: Spectrum City Studios · Greene St. Recording · Sabella Recording Studios · Chung King House Of Metal
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1988

Fear Of A Black Planet
1990

Yo! Bum Rush The Show
1987

Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
1994

Less Than Zero (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1987

Power To The People And The Beats (Public Enemy's Greatest Hits)
2005

Fight The Power (Extended Version)
1989

Greatest Misses
1992

Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1991

Welcome To The Terrordome
1989

Night Of The Living Baseheads
1988

Don't Believe The Hype / Prophets Of Rage
1988

Human Traffic (Essential Selection Presents Music From The Motion Picture)
1999

(Music From) Do The Right Thing
1989

The World’s Greatest Entertainer
1988

Public Enemy #1
1987

You're Gonna Get Yours / Rebel Without A Pause / Miuzi Weighs A Ton
1987

Revolverlution
2002

Give It Up
1994

Young Black Teenagers
1991

Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025
2025

The Best Of Public Enemy
2001

Brothers Gonna Work It Out
1990

Wanna Be Dancin'
1990
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Public Enemy
- True Mathematics
- Young Black Teenagers
- Terminator X
- Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew
- Son Of Bazerk
- Chuck D
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