Legendary Bronx DJ and producer Kid Capri is highly regarded as one of the most influential hip-hop DJs of all time. Notable for being one of the first DJs to appear on television networks such as BET and VH1, Capri is often heralded as “The Guru of Mixtapes,” cementing his legacy in hip-hop culture. 

Capri has produced for the likes of JAY-Z, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Heavy D, and Madonna. In 1999, the producer took home a Grammy Award for his contributions to JAY-Z’s “It’s Like That” from Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life, further solidifying himself as a hip-hop legend. 

On February 7, Kid Capri will release his first official solo album in over 20 years, Love, titled after his surname, with contributions from his daughter Vina, Lovel, and Mr. Lexx. 

Ahead of the album’s release, Capri sat down for an interview with HipHopDx, where he spoke about his extensive career and revealed the DJs who make up his personal Disk Jockey Mt. Rushmore. 

“Jazzy Jeff, [Kool DJ] Red Alert, Grandmaster Flash, and Kid Capri,” he tells DX. “But I ain’t got no ego [laughs].” 

“When I made this album, I didn’t make it thinking about, ‘Let me make the best record,'” he says. “I was thinking about, ‘Let me make the best album. Let me make the body of work.’ And when they hear the body of work, let the public decide the best thing and what they like out there. Just like any other album, it could be The Chronic, it could be Illmatic. It could be like that. Any other album, you’re going to like some records more than the other, right? But one thing you would not be able to say that not one record on my album is whack. Not one record on the album is not good.”

Is Kid Capri on point? What DJs make it in your Mt. Rushmore? Stay tuned for more hip-hop news.