Al Shux

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Al Shux
Birth nameAlexander Shuckburgh[citation needed]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active1999–present
Associated acts
Websitealshux.com

Alexander Shuckburgh, who is also known as Al Shux, is a British record producer and songwriter from London, England. Shux has worked with musical artists Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, Snoop Dogg, Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Lana Del Rey.

Career[]

In 2009, Shux produced and co-wrote the Jay-Z track "Empire State of Mind", which earned him a Grammy in the Best Rap Song Award category.[1][2][3]

In 2012, Shux scored the music for Plan B's film Ill Manors. Shux also co-wrote and produced seven tracks on Plan B's Mercury Prize nominated album ilL Manors, including the title track which The Guardian hailed as "the greatest British protest song in years."[4]

In 2018, Shux co-wrote and produced Kendrick Lamar and SZA's "All the Stars" for the Black Panther OST. The song was nominated for multiple Grammy awards, a Golden Globe award, and an Oscar.

Songwriting and production credits[]

Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits Written with Produced with
"Back for You" 2006 Sway This Is My Demo Co-writer/Producer Derek Safo -
"Little Derek" Derek Safo -
"Products" Derek Safo -
"On My Own" Derek Safo -
"Sick World" Derek Safo -
"Hi-Definition"
(featuring Snoop Dogg & Poo Bear)
2007 Lupe Fiasco Lupe Fiasco's The Cool Wasalu Jaco, Jason Boyd, Calvin Broadus -
"Go Down There"
(featuring Sway)
2008 2face Idibia The Unstoppable Tuface Idibia, Derek Safo -
"Saturday Night Hustle"
(featuring Lemar & Slickx)
Sway The Signature Producer - -
"Empire State of Mind"
(featuring Alicia Keys)
2009 Jay-Z The Blueprint 3 Co-writer/Producer Shawn Carter, Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, Angela Hunte, Alicia Cook, Burt Keyes, Sylvia Robinson -
"Empire State of Mind
Part II: Broken Down
"
Alicia Keys The Element of Freedom Alicia Cook, Shawn Carter, Jane't Sewell-Ulepic, Angela Hunte, Burt Keyes, Sylvia Robinson Alicia Keys
"Simply Unstoppable" 2010 Tinie Tempah Disc-Overy Patrick Okugwu, Vanya Taylor -
"Illusion" Patrick Okugwu, Samuel Frank, Jonathan Hill, Luke Steele John Hill
"In Spirit Golden" I Blame Coco The Constant Co-writer Eliot Sumner, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton -
"The Constant" Eliot Sumner -
"Party Bag" Eliot Sumner, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton -
"Atlantis Found" Eliot Sumner, Steve Kipner, Andrew Frampton -
"This Is What Makes Us Girls" 2012 Lana Del Rey Born to Die Producer - Emile Haynie
"Freedom" Paloma Faith Fall to Grace Co-writer/Producer Paloma Faith, Samuel Dixon -
"Roses" Nas Life Is Good Nasir Jones, Daniel Dodd Wilson, Sean Felton, Brandi Flores Dan Wilson
"Ill Manors" Plan B Ill Manors Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Vincent von Schlippenbach, David Cohen, Pierre Baigorry, Dmitri Shostakovich Plan B
"Drug Dealer"
(featuring Takura)
Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Deepest Shame" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B, Eric Appapoulay
"Pity the Plight"
(featuring John Cooper Clarke)
Benjamin Ballance-Drew, John Cooper Clarke, Christopher Haywood Brown Plan B
"Lost My Way" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"The Runaway" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Live Once"
(featuring Kano)
Producer - Plan B, Eric Appapoulay
"Your Mother Was a Prostitute" Co-writer/Producer Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"My Boy's a Bad Boy Y'Know" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Amir Amour Plan B
"Michelle" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Bullet in His Head" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Eric Appapoulay, Nicholas Ryan Plan B
"Did You Just Call Me a Cunt?" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"See, It Didn't Kill Me Did It?" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Pity the Plight Score" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, John Cooper Clarke, Christopher Haywood Brown Plan B
"Hope in Hell" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Waiting for The Sun Score" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Rescue" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"What's That? It's a Baby" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"Pity the Fate Score" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Christopher Haywood Brown Plan B
"Altered Score" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Harry Escott Plan B
"Ed Woz Ere" Benjamin Ballance-Drew Plan B
"I Have Always Loved You" Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Harry Escott Plan B
"Oh What a Night" Elle Varner Perfectly Imperfect Gabrielle Varner -
"Young and Beautiful" 2013 Lana Del Rey The Great Gatsby Producer - Rick Nowels
"Wicked Love" 2014 Katy B Little Red Co-writer/Producer Kathleen Brien -
"Drowning" Banks Goddess Jillian Banks Tim Anderson
"Cruel Sexuality" La Roux Trouble in Paradise Co-writer/Co-producer Eleanor Jackson Ian Sherwin, La Roux
"Saved" Kwabs Walk EP Co-writer/Producer Kawbena Adjepong -
"Purple Light"
(featuring Doja Cat)
Elliphant One More EP Ellinor Olovsdotter, Amala Dlamini, Thomas Tysper Tommy Tysper
"Mirror Man" Ella Henderson Chapter One Ella Henderson, Laura Pergolizzi -
"Goldmine" 2015 Kimbra The Golden Echo Producer - Rich Costey, Kimbra, John Hill, M-Phazes
"What You Don't Do" Lianne La Havas Blood Additional producer - Matt Hales
"Fight for Love" Kwabs Love + War Producer - Starsmith
"If Your Man Only Knew" 2016 Erik Hassle Innocence Lost Co-writer/Producer Kaj Hassle, Daniel Ledinsky, Tikmothy Mosley, Melissa Elliott -
"Kidz "N' Stuff" Shura Nothing's Real Aleksandra Yakunina-Denton Joel Pott, Shura
"Fuck with Myself" Banks The Altar Jillian Banks, Tim Bettinson -
"Lung" Vancouver Sleep Clinic Revival Producer - -
"Killing Me to Love You" Co-writer/Producer Tim Bettinson -
"Someone to Stay" Tim Bettinson -
"Deeper" Taya Taya Taylor "Taya" Fowlis, Felix Snow, Thomas Havelock, Raoul Chen Felix Snow
"All of You All Over Me" 2017 Erik Hassle Innocence Lost Kaj Hassle, Daniel Ledinsky -
"Minnesota" Kaj Hassle, Jonathan Hill, Daniel Ledinsky John Hill
"I Better Love You" Will Heard Trust EP Co-writer William Heard, Simon Bloor, Laura Pergolizzi -
"Unworthy" Vancouver Sleep Clinic Revival Co-writer/Producer Tim Bettinson -
"Whispers" Tim Bettinson -
"Living Water" Tim Bettinson -
"Empire" Tim Bettinson -
"Letting Go" Tim Bettinson -
"Sleeping World" Tim Bettinson -
"Wildfire" Tim Bettinson -
"Revival" Tim Bettinson -
"Take Me Apart" Kelela Take Me Apart Kelela Mizanekristos, Dominic Salole, Jordan Asher Jam City, Ariel Rechtshaid, Arca, Loric Sih, Kwes
"Underdog" Banks non-album single Jillian Banks -
"Heartbeat" Plan B Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose Benjamin Ballance-Drew, Kwabena Adjepong Plan B, Show N Prove, Dom Search
"All the Stars"
(with SZA)
2018 Kendrick Lamar Black Panther OST Kendrick Duckworth, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Anthony Tiffith Sounwave
"Can't Be You" L Devine non-album single Olivia Devine
"Bad Luck" 2019 Khalid Free Spirit Co-writer/Co-producer Khalid Robinson, Kurtis McKenzie, Kurtis McKenzie,
"Summer" Alma non-album single Co-writer/Producer Alma Miettinen, James Abrahart -
"I Forget My Name" Hopium feat. Jafaris non-album single Co-writer/Producer Josh Karl Simon Hardy, Benjamin Mclldowie, Percy Chamburuka -
"We Don't Say" Mabel High Expectations Co-writer/Producer Kelly Kiara, Mabel McVey -
"6 Feet Under" Lola Young Intro Co-writer/Co-Producer -
"My Whole Life" Alina Baraz It Was Divine Co-writer/Producer Alina Baraz, Roget Chahayed, Hayley Gene Penner, Spencer Stewart Roget Chahayed, Spencer Stewart

Awards and nominations[]

2019

  • 61st Grammy Awards
    • Nominated: Record Of The Year -- All The Stars
    • Nominated: Song Of The Year -- All The Stars
    • Nominated: Best Song Written For Visual Media -- All The Stars

2013

  • Ivor Novello Awards
    • Nominated: Best Contemporary Song Ill Manors performed by Plan B
    • Nominated: Best Original Film Score Ill Manors performed by Plan B
  • Brit Awards
    • Nominated: MasterCard BriSsh Album of the Year Plan B -‐ Ill Manors

2012

  • Mercury Music Prize
    • Nominated: Best Album -‐ Ill Manors
  • MOBO's
    • Won: Best Hip Hop/Grime: Plan B
  • 53rd Grammy Awards
    • Nominated: Record Of The Year -‐ Empire State of Mind
    • Won: Best Rap Song -‐ Empire State of Mind

2010

  • ASCAP
    • Won: Song Of The Year -‐ Empire State of Mind
    • Won: Rap Song Of The Year -‐ Empire State of Mind
    • Nominated: Most Performed Songs Of The Year -‐ Empire State of Mind

2006

  • Mercury Music Prize
    • Nominated: Album Of The Year – Sway -‐ This is my Demo

References[]

  1. ^ "53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards – Best Rap Song". GRAMMY.com. 13 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Grammy Awards: 'Empire State of Mind' producer Al Shux knows hip hop – and the metric system". Los Angeles Times. 13 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Grammy awarded to BA Commercial Music graduate, Alexander Shuckburgh". University of Westminster. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
  4. ^ Lynsky, Dorian. "Badge Music Blog Next Previous Blog home Why Plan B's Ill Manors is the greatest British protest song in years". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 September 2013.

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