Al Shux
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| Birth name | Alexander Shuckburgh[citation needed] |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Website | alshux |
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 |
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| "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
- 91st Academy Awards
- Nominated: Best Original Song -- All The Stars
- 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
- 76th Golden Globe Awards
- Nominated: Best Original Song -- 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[]
- ^ "53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards – Best Rap Song". GRAMMY.com. 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Grammy Awards: 'Empire State of Mind' producer Al Shux knows hip hop – and the metric system". Los Angeles Times. 13 February 2011.
- ^ "Grammy awarded to BA Commercial Music graduate, Alexander Shuckburgh". University of Westminster. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011.
- ^ 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.
External links[]
- Alexander Shuckburgh accepting 2011 Grammy Award (photo)
- Al Shux interview at VIBE.com (4 December 2009)
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