Every year we reach the inevitable end, and with we feel the unleashing of the floodgates. We are awash in various lists like top thinkers, top singers, top haters, top lovers, top fighters, top losers, top winners, top tops, top bottoms, tip tops, and the lists go on and exhaustively on. I relish in lists…

The man, the myth, and the beard can’t be mistaken. The many photographs of Rick Rubin present a guru like figure with long flowing hair and a big gruff beard to match. Even in his early days as the founder of Def Jam Recordings Rick Rubin sported the long hair heavy metal prowess. This was…