Josh Stevens
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Josh Stevens (born Joshua Steven Gill, November 21, 1983) is an American singer, record producer, songwriter, audio engineer and music executive, located in
Early years
His early years consisted of writing and free style rapping in his first hiphop group called Mental Advisory, where he went by the stage name Speratic. With his two brothers, Jason Whittaker (older) aka Blaximus and Jay Daniels (younger) aka M.A.R.S., Josh Stevens did mainly vocals at the time as Jason Whittaker did most of the production and music. One of Mental Advisory's biggest achievements was becoming the entrance music for comedian
Mental Advisory albums
- Only The Few (2004)
- Come Join The Circus – Speratic (solo album) (2008)
In 2004, Stevens attended the
Career
Highlights
LS+B
Josh is currently the lead singer and co-executive producer of the super group LS+B alongside Grammy Winning Music Producer/Artist
Sapporo
In 2019, Stevens was sourced to sing and write the music for the worldwide commercial campaign of
City of Mission Viejo
On October 21, 2017 Josh was presented by the City of Mission Viejo, California to be the special Keynote Speaker for their annual Walk Against Drugs rally. The rally drew more than 4,000 attendees and is considered to be the cities highest acknowledgment from the city to civilian. It is their version of other cities "Key to the City Award". The keynote was introduced by then Major Wendy Bucknum [2]
LMFAO
Stevens co-wrote, engineered and toured on LMFAO's 2010 sophomore album
The second single was "
Aside from writing and engineering for LMFAO's album, he also toured with them in 2011 as one of their DJs, monitor mix engineers and a traveling writer/music producer for Sky Blu's label Big Bad University.
Pitbull
On June 17, 2011, Stevens engineered Pitbull's "Took My Love" (featuring RedFoo, Vein & David Rush) produced by Redfoo for Pitbull's sixth studio album, Planet Pit. The album debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. It reached US (RIAA) Platinum and charted in the top 10 in over 10 countries.
Jennifer Lopez
On June 8, 2012, Stevens engineered and A&R (consulted)
Steve Aoki
Stevens co-wrote and engineered the song "
Young Jeezy and Ne-Yo
On February 21, 2012, Stevens engineered "
. The song was RIAA platinum certified in October 2020.Unaccredited works
Eminem and Rihanna
In September 2013, while working as a consultant and writer for Interscope Records, Stevens was commissioned to submit songs for Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2. This resulted in Eminem's "The Monster" ft Rihanna mixed by Dr. Dre and bearing a striking resemblance to one of Stevens requested songs.
Present
Stevens was on a world tour in support of his recent radio single "Somewhere", with 2019 tour stops in Japan and US.[6]
Discography
- Cars" (album) (2006) [e]
- Fabulous – "Mixtape" (single) (2006)[a]
- Philip Bardowell – "Fall to Rise" (album) (2007) [a] [b]
- Eric Lige – "Surrender" (album) (2008) [a] [b] [c]
- Speratic – "Come Join The Circus" (album) (2008) [a] [b] [c] [f]
- Crush on You" (single) (2011) [a]
- Lil Jon – "Drink" (single) (2011) [a] [c]
- Shwayze and Cisco Adler – "Drunk off Your Love" ft Sky Blu (single) (2011) [a] [c]
- W.E.E.D (Shwayze, Sky Blu, Mark Rosas) – "Scrooge McDuck" (single) (2011) [a] [c] [d]
- Markey ft Josh Stevens – "I Triumph" (single) (2011) [c] [f]
- Clyde Carson ft The Game (Pro by Scoop DeVille) – "Something to Speak About" (single) (2011) [a]
- Pitbull – "Planet Pit" (album) (2011) [a]
- Josh Stevens – "Far Off Fantasy" (single) (2011) [a] [b] [c] [f]
- Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg – "Mac & Devin Go to High School (soundtrack)" (album) (2011) [a]
- Madonna - "Give Me All Your Luvin'" (Party Rock Remix) (featuring LMFAO and Nicki Minaj) (2012) [a]
- Steve Aoki – "Wonderland" (album) (2012) [a] [c]
- E40 – "What Happened to Them Days" (single) (2012) [a]
- Enur with
- Jennifer Lopez ft Flo Rida and Lil Jon – "Goin' In" (single) (2012) [a] [g]
- Young Jeezy – "TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition" (album) (2012) [a]
- Josh Stevens ft Lisa D'Amato – "Brighter Day" (single) (2012) [a] [b] [c] [f]
- Josh Stevens – "Perfect Circle" (single) (2013) [a] [b] [c] [f]
- Demi Lovato, Wilmer Valderrama, Columbus Short "Voto Latino Presents The Enforcers" (score) – (2012)[d]
- Warren G ft Nate Dogg and The Game – "Party We Will Throw" (single) (2012)[a]
- Beenie Man ft Orisha Sound – "World War Three" (single) (2013) [b][1]
- Robin Thicke - "Blurred Lines" (Remix) (2013)[b]
- Fergie - A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) The Great Gatsby Soundtrack (2013) [b][a]
- Sky Blu (rapper) (LMFAO) ft Wilmer Valderrama, Sensato del Patio – "Salud" (single) (2013)[c] [d]
- David Boyles LMFAO – Party Rock Anthem Dub (remake) (single) (2013) [a]
- Suby Cheng – "If You Believe (Song of China)" (single) (2014)[b] [d] [c][19]
- Lisa D'Amato (America's Next Top Model Winner) – "Comfortably Dumb" (single) (2014)[a] [b] [c]
- Loren Smith – "Break Free" (single) (2014)[a] [b] [g]
- Naima Mora (America's Next Top Model Winner) – "Hour Glass" (single) (2014) [b] [c]
- Warren G ft Nate Dogg - "My House" (2015)[a]
- Warren G ft E-40, Too Short & Nate Dogg - "Saturday" (2015)[a]
- Josh Stevens ft Spencer Ludwig - "Hill Top" (2015)[f][d]
- Notes
- ^a signifies audio engineer
- ^b signifies music producer
- ^c signifies songwriter
- ^d signifies composer
- intern
- ^f signifies singer
- A&R/Consultant
References
- ^ "Sapporo Group Business Results Presentation for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2019" (PDF). Sapporoholdings.jp. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Walk Against Drugs & South County Disaster Preparedness Expo Saturday, Oct. 21 | City of Mission Viejo".
- ^ "Hot 100 Songs - Decade-End". Billboard.com. October 31, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ a b "LMFAO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Josh Stevens Interview - Ten Minute Interviews". Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.
- ^ "Exclusive Premiere: Josh Stevens Releases Single 'Somewhere'". CelebMix.com. October 18, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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