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Russell Elevado
Grammy Award winning Engineer
Grammy award for 2000: D’Angelo’s “Voodoo”- Best R&B album and Best male R&B vocal performance
Grammy award for 2001:
Alicia Keys #1 hit “Fallin”- (Winner) Record of the year and Best R&B Album from her multi Grammy award winning album “Songs in A Minor”
Erykah Badu- “Bag Lady”- (Nominee) Best female vocal performance and Best R&B song
Grammy nominated for 2002:
Boney James “Ride”- (Nominee) Best Pop Instrumental Album
Grammy nominated for 2003:
The Roots “Phrenology”- (Nominee) Best Rap Album of the year
Roy Hargrove feat. D’Angelo “I’ll Stay”- (Nominee) Best R&B duo performance
Grammy award/ nominated for 2004:
Roy Hargrove’s RH Factor - “Strength”- (Nominee) Best contemporary jazz album. (Engineered/mixed/co-Producer)
The Roots - “Star”- (Nominee) Best Urban/Alternative Performance (Mixer)
Alicia Keys -“The Diary of Alicia Keys”- (Winner) Album of the year (Mixer)
Grammy nominated for 2006:
The Roots “Game Theory”- Best Rap Album of the year, Song of the year
#1 Singles (Mixed):
Alicia Keys- “Fallin”
D’Angelo- “Untitled (How does it feel)”, “Lady”
Erykah Badu- “Bag Lady”
The Roots- “The Seed”
Dru Hill- “Tell Me”
Boney James- “Ride”
Full albums (Mixer and or producer):
D’Angelo- “Voodoo” (Engineered and mixed) Multi platinum
Roy Hargrove presents The RH Factor- “Hard Groove” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Roy Hargrove RH factor- “Strength” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Roy Hargrove RH factor- “Distractions” (Co-produced, engineered and mixed)
Dave Chappelle’s Block Party- Soundtrack w/ various artists
Jay–Z Feat. The Roots- “MTV Unplugged” Platinum
Goapele- “Change It All”
Corneille- “Birth of Corneille”
Patrice- “Nile”
Tye Tribbett & G.A- “Life”
Nikka Costa- Everybody’s Got Their Something” Gold
Blackalicious- “Blazing Arrow”
Blackalicious- “The Craft”
Dandy Warhols- “Welcome To The Monkey House”
Karl Denson- “The Bridge”
Boney James- “Ride” Gold
Saul Williams- “Amethyst Rock Star”
Keziah Jones- “Black Orpheus” Gold (Europe)
Vikter Duplaix- “International Affairs”
Selected individual album mixes:
D’Angelo-
“Brown Sugar”- (Platinum) Lady, Jonz In My Bonz, When We Get By
Soundtracks- I Found My Smile, Always In My Hair
Alicia Keys-
“Songs In A Minor”- (Multi-platinum) Fallin’, How Come You Don’t Call Me, Lovin’ You
“Diary Of Alicia Keys”- (Multi-platinum) Wake Up
The Roots-
“The Roots Come Alive”- (Gold) We Got You, The Lesson Part lll
“Phrenology”- (Platinum) Rock You, Thought @ Work, The Seed, Water, Quills, Something in the way of Things.
“The Tipping Point”- Star/Pointro, Guns are Drawn, Boom, Din, Da, Da (drum solo) (Hidden track)
“Game Theory”- “Long Time”, “False Media”, “Baby Baby”, “Can’t Wait”
Erykah Badu-
“Mama’s Gun”- (Double Platinum) Green Eyes, Penitentiary Philosophy, Bag Lady, Booty, Kiss me on my neck
Sly Stone feat. D’Angelo and Chuck D (Tribute album)- “Simple Song”
Stevie Wonder- “Positivity”- Remix by Mark Ronson
Vivian Greene- “A Love Story”- (Gold) Superwoman, Wishful Thinking, 24 Hour Blues, Music, No Sittin’ by the Phone, Affected, Ain’t Nothin but Love, Be Good to You.
Common-
”Like Water For Chocolate”- (Gold) Time Travelin’, Cold Blooded, A Film Called (Pimp), Ghetto Heaven.
“Electric Circus”- Jimi Was a Rock Star, Heaven Somewhere (feat. Omar, Cee-lo, Bilal, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Mary J Blige), Ferris Wheel.
Bilal- “1st Born Second”- (Gold) Sometimes, Second Child
Roberta Flack- “Roberta Flack”- Thrill is Gone, It Might Be You
Musiq Soulchild- “Aijuswanaseing”- (Gold) You Be Alright
Dru Hill- (Multi platinum) “Dru Hill”- Tell Me, 5 Steps
Angie Stone- (Platinum) “Black Diamond”- Everyday
Toni Braxton- (Multi-platinum)- “You’re Makin’ Me High”
Will Downing- “All The Man You Need”- Real Soon, Tired Melody, Grandma’s Hands
Groove Theory- “Groove Theory”- (Gold) Time Flies, Hello it’s me
Jaguar Wright- “Denials, Delusions and Decisions”- Can’t Wait (feat. Bilal), Same Sh*t Different Day
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion- “Hot Gossip”
Upcoming releases:
Al Green, Talib Kweli, Bilal, Roberta Flack, Angelique Kidjo, Common, Zach De La Rocha.
Upcoming releases as producer/engineer:
Keziah Jones, Krystle Warren, D’Angelo
Selected artists and producers:
Rick Rubin, Rik Okasek, Babyface, James Poyser, Mark Ronson, Rodney Jenkins, DJ Shadow, Zach De la Rocha, Patrice Williams, B.B King, Gladys Knight, Mary J Blige, Jodeci, MC Lyte, Tricia & Monica, Brownstone, Jade, Christopher Williams, Aswad, Usher, Changing Faces, Glenn Jones, Tricia Covington, Femi Kuti, JT Taylor, Ya Kid K, Chuck D, Chubb Rock, DJ Mehdi.
Contact info:
Management: Dave Hanych- email dh AT 1974.tv