The New York Observer: always good for the juicy, perhaps tongue-in-cheek profile story. This week’s man-on-the-scene involves producer and Roc-a-Fella co-founder Damon Dash, who has fallen of late from his gilded throne. The rap impresario’s newest production is a Tribeca warehouse dubbed DD172, usually a “sprawling art gallery; at other times, it’s a photo studio, or an indie band’s rehearsal space.” Friend and visitor Mos Def compares the space to the Algonquin round table, early Hitsville, and Andy Warhol’s Factory, a reference not overlooked by writer David Levine. After the jump, we break down the personalities and take a look back at the many faces of Damon Dash.

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