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Turntablist Rob Swift was born Robert Aguilar in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood of Queens. Growing up, he was heavily influenced by cutting-edge jazz artist <a href="spotify:artist:2ZvrvbQNrHKwjT7qfGFFUW">Herbie Hancock</a> as well as the more typical DJ heroes like <a href="spotify:artist:1JfnADNz5yYEq3hrzlZHLk">Grandmaster Flash</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2zrfhl1NJWRE8SbDu4ekfI">Grand Wizard Theodore</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:6GEykX11lQqp92UVOQQCC7">DJ Premier</a>. After graduating from Baruch College with a degree in psychology, Swift joined one of the top scratching groups of the '90s, <a href="spotify:artist:7eVbT3G1ggf2sz6s7ZV0Ap">the X-Men</a> (later known as <a href="spotify:artist:7eVbT3G1ggf2sz6s7ZV0Ap">the X-Ecutioners</a>). In 1992, he won the DMC East Coast Turn Table Championship and DJed with rapper <a href="spotify:artist:3P8PFi9LRirEf3JiEDOHZM">Akinyele</a> on his cross-country tour. A mixtape favorite, after one album with <a href="spotify:artist:7eVbT3G1ggf2sz6s7ZV0Ap">the X-Ecutioners</a> Swift released his own widely praised debut, Soulful Fruit, in 1997 on Asphodel, followed by The Ablist in 1999. Thereafter, he released a succession of mixes for Triple Threat (Airwave Invasion), Tableturns (Sound Event), and Six Degrees (Under the Influence). In 2004, Swift left <a href="spotify:artist:7eVbT3G1ggf2sz6s7ZV0Ap">the X-Ecutioners</a> after the release of the album Revolutions and went on to record OuMuPo, Vol. 2, a remix of artists from the Ici d'Ailleurs label, and 2005's War Games, a soundtrack to the world after September 11, on the Coup de Grace label. ~ John Bush & Marisa Brown, Rovi
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