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[Jules]

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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

[TonyBelmont]

Wow... This great. What a surprise!

[con?one]

nice

[Zacchino]

Thanx Jules for making my wishes come true !
I've gotta read this.