Ep535: Making Music & Vinyl History w Producer Plug
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Producer Plug discusses his journey from New York DJ to hip hop producer for Wu-Tang members, running multiple record stores, and launching R&G Records in Inglewood with Snoop Dogg.
Topics Include:
- Producer Plug discusses meeting again at Austin Record Fair
- His three superpowers: DJing, executive producing, and music production
- Born in Flushing Queens with father's influential Fisher sound system
- Father introduced him to WCBS-FM and classic disc jockeys
- The Fugees "Killing Me Softly" became his first musicology lesson
- Father taught him to stay curious and humble about music
- Started buying records at Nobody Beats The Wiz and Coconuts
- Carried white garbage bag of records through high school
- All The Right Records shop combined haircuts and vinyl shopping
- Made popular mixtapes across Queens neighborhoods, sold as CDs
- Got on record label promo lists by showcasing his tapes
- Mixtapes evolved into producing albums with original beats naturally
- Career progression through DJing, A&R, and label executive roles
- Opened multiple Records & Goods locations across different cities
- R&G stores feature unique Grail Museum showcasing rare pressings
- Hip hop's importance: taking best moments from every music genre
- Each store represents a spiritual piece of his father
- Haradio Sound Lab offers vinyl meditation space for listening sessions
- Tom Silverman's advice: learn from my billion-dollar mistakes instead
- Vinyl On Demand releases reissues plus upcoming Big Boo collaboration
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:10.1 | Here's your host, the biggest record nerd of them all, Nate Goyer. |
| 0:13.5 | Oh, well, hey, everyone, it's Nate. |
| 0:15.8 | Welcome to episode 535 of the Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:24.0 | And dear people, this week we've got a great conversation with producer Plug, who you may know from his many, many final record ventures. |
| 0:32.8 | Plug got his start, as we all did, as a young music fanatic. |
| 0:36.6 | But plug went from DJing clubs and |
| 0:39.3 | parties in New York to absolutely crushing it in the mixtape game. He talks about all that |
| 0:45.1 | today. He's now producing music for many hip-hop artists, which we all know and love, including |
| 0:50.6 | members of Wu-Tang. And of course, he's also now owning and running multiple |
| 0:55.5 | record stores across the U.S. Plug's latest venture, R&G Records in Englewood, California, |
| 1:02.0 | with his business partner, Snoop Dog. So, yeah, there's a lot to learn from producer plug. |
| 1:08.0 | I recommend you follow his Instagram. |
| 1:12.5 | I always enjoy his posts. |
| 1:14.6 | He's incredibly knowledgeable in the music field, |
| 1:17.1 | and of course, shares that wisdom all the time. |
| 1:20.1 | In Instagram, that's Producer Plug Uni, |
| 1:25.1 | or you could also fire up his website at producerpluguni.com. |
| 1:31.3 | And if you're going to be anywhere around the Austin record show in May 2026, look out for a plug as well as myself. |
| 1:35.1 | I'm going to be running around there those days. |
| 1:38.2 | So if you're going to be at the Austin record show, make your plans, book your travel. |
| 1:42.9 | And hey, let's do some barbecue and do some |
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