Initially a rapper with the group The Wooliganz in the early 1990s, Alan Daniel
Maman really came into his own as a DJ and producer under the name The
Alchemist. Born in Los Angeles in 1977, he made his name working on Cypress
Hill's album III: Temples of Boom (1995). A protégé of DJ Muggs, he collaborated
with Mobb Deep in 1999 on Murda Muzik , then on The Platform by Dilated Peoples.
The Alchemist released his first solo album, 1st Infantry, in 2004, worked as
Eminem's DJ in 2005, and released numerous mixtapes, including the two volumes
of Rappers Best Friends and Russian Roul...