Help me become Pharrell or Danger Mouse

[El Diablo]

OK, here's the deal. I bet I could make lots of sweet beats and samples and loops and other cool stuff. And I could be a super-producer for all kinds of music.

However, I'm not sure what exactly I should be using to record all this awesome stuff I come up with.

I figure I want to also be the new king of mash-ups.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be my fastest path to super-celebrity in the entertainment world, and easier to implement than my other plan of becoming a world-famous director.

Can someone give me some tips, maybe starting with what software I should be getting?

Thanks!