Neal H Pogue
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| Born | December 27, 1963 Roselle, New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1984–present |
Neal H Pogue (born December 27, 1963) is an American producer, audio engineer and mixer originally from
Steve Lacy. Having engineered and mixed TLC's Grammy nominated 11-time platinum single "Waterfalls
", Pogue also arranged the horns on "Waterfalls" under the pseudonym "Shock". Pogue has gone on to work with many prominent names in music.
Life and career
Pogue was born on December 27, 1963, in Roselle, New Jersey, the son of social worker Joan Ford and artist Arthur Pogue. At a young age, his interest in music started with the drums, when his mom gave him his first drum set. In 1984, he took his dreams of becoming a tour drummer to
audio engineering.[3]
Earth Wind & Fire
.
Pogue currently resides in Los Angeles where he has continued a prolific mixing career including working on albums for R&B/hip hop duo
THEY., Swedish artist Robyn's #1 charted album Honey, "Tonya" for Brockhampton's Iridescence, and Macy Gray for whom he mixed her album Ruby.[citation needed
]
Career highlights
Working with Outkast
In 1993, Pogue began working on
Grammy Award-winner Norah Jones, "Spread" and "Vibrate".[9]
Working with Earth, Wind & Fire
In 2012, Pogue worked on the production, mixing,
Academy Award-nominated and Grammy-winning songwriter Siedah Garrett, which would become the lead single "My Promise". Pogue recorded the demo with Garrett, then sent it to Earth, Wind & Fire. The album charted as number 11 on the US Billboard 200, and charted as number 6 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.[11][12][13]
Discography
1990s
- 1994: Outkast - Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik
- 1994: TLC - CrazySexyCool
- 1995: Goodie Mob - Soul Food
- 1995: Society Of Soul - Brainchild
- 1996: Outkast - ATLiens
- 1996: Tony Rich Project - Words
- 1997: Soul Food (Soundtrack)
- 1998: Outkast - Aquemini
- 1998: Goodie Mob - Still Standing
- 1999: Goodie Mob - World Party
2000s
- 2000: Ying Yang Twins - Thug Walkin'
- 2000: Pink - Can't Take Me Home
- 2000: Lucy Pearl - Lucy Pearl
- 2000: Outkast - Stankonia
- 2001: The Fast and the Furious: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- 2001: Yolanda Adams - Believe
- 2001: The Isley Brothers - Eternal
- 2002: Talib Kweli - Quality
- 2002: Citizen Cope – Citizen Cope
- 2003: Brian McKnight - U-Turn
- 2003: Queen Latifah - Persona
- 2003: Outkast - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
- 2005: Transplants – Haunted Cities
- 2005: Stevie Wonder – A Time to Love
- 2005: Earth, Wind & Fire – Illumination
- 2006: Donavon Frankenreiter – Move by Yourself
- 2006: Nelly Furtado – Loose
- 2006: Outkast - Idlewild
- 2007: Talib Kweli - Eardrum
- 2007: Pharoahe Monch - Desire
- 2008: Kerli - Love Is Dead
- 2008: Busta Rhymes - Back on My B.S.
- 2008: Sean Garrett - Turbo 919
- 2008: Metronomy - Nights Out
- 2008: Sol-Angel and the Hadley Street Dreams
- 2008: Robin Thicke - Something Else
- 2008: Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin'
- 2008: Gym Class Heroes - The Quilt
- 2008: The Game - LAX
- 2008: N.E.R.D. – Seeing Sounds
- 2008: Common – Universal Mind Control
- 2009: Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
- 2009: La Roux - La Roux
- 2009: Young Money – We Are Young Money
2010s
- 2010: Bow Wow ft. Chris Brown - "Ain't Thinkin' 'Bout You"
- 2010: Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
- 2010: Lil Wayne - Rebirth
- 2011: Demi Lovato – Unbroken
- 2011: Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
- 2011: Awolnation - "Sail"
- 2012: T. Mills – Leaving Home
- 2013: Earth, Wind & Fire – "Guilding Lights"
- 2013: Zendaya - Zendaya
- 2013: Whaddup"
- 2013: Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up
- 2013: Lift Your Spirit
- 2013: Earth, Wind & Fire - Now, Then & Forever[14]
- 2013: Janelle Monáe - The Electric Lady[15]
- 2014: Aretha Franklin - Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics
- 2015: Janelle Monae - Wondaland Presents: The Eephus
- 2015: How Do You Feel Now
- 2016: DRAM - Big Baby DRAM
- 2016: King - We Are King
- 2016: Duckwrth - I'm Uugly
- 2016: Metronomy - Summer 08
- 2017: Busta Rhymes - "Blessed"
- 2017: Duckwrth - An Xtra Uugly Mixtape
- 2017: Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy
- 2017: THEY. - Nu Religion: Hyena
- 2017: ZZ Ward - The Storm
- 2017: Busty and the Bass - Uncommon Good
- 2018: Buddy - Harlan & Alondra
- 2018: Brockhampton - Iridescence
- 2018: Leikeli47 - "Roll Call"
- 2018: Tyler, the Creator - Music Inspired by Illumination & Dr. Seuss' The Grinch
- 2018: Robyn - Honey
- 2018: Donna Missal - This Time
- 2018: Max Frost - "Good Morning"
- 2018: Macy Gray - Ruby
- 2018: Bubblin"
- 2018: Doja Cat - Amala
- 2018: SAINt JHN - Collection One
- 2018: The Grinch (soundtrack)
- 2018: THEY. - Fireside
- 2019: Duckwrth - The Falling Man
- 2019: Kaytranada - Bubba
- 2019: Scarypoolparty - Exit Form
- 2019: The Wreck Shit Club - "Beeper"
- 2019: Tyler, the Creator - Igor
- 2019: Doja Cat - Hot Pink
- 2019: Kemba - Gilda
- 2019: Is He Real?
- 2019: Cherokee - Just a Brooklyn Girl
2020s
- 2020: Ryan Beatty - Dreaming of David
- 2020: L'Impératrice - "Fou"
- 2020: Haim - Women in Music Pt. III
- 2020: Busty and the Bass - Eddie
- 2020: Duckwrth - Supergood
- 2020: Pharrell Williams feat. Jay-Z - "Entrepreneur"
- 2021: Reincarnation
- 2021: Kara Marni - "Trippin (Tripped Out Soul Mix)"
- 2021: Awolnation - Megalithic Symphony (10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
- 2021: L'Impératrice - Tako Tsubo
- 2021: Umi- Introspection Reimagined
- 2021: Baby Jake - "Do I Fit In Your Shoes?"
- 2021: Octavio - Someday I'll Be Happy
- 2021: The Marias- Cinema
- 2021: Michaela Jaé Rodriguez - "Something to Say"
- 2021: Doja Cat - Planet Her
- 2021: Tyler, the Creator - Call Me If You Get Lost
- 2021: The Undefeated - Liberated Music for the Movement Vol. 3
- 2021: Space Jam: A New Legacy (soundtrack)
- 2021: The Sun Wakes Up Earlier Now
- 2021: BlackStarKids - Puppies Forever
- 2022: Leikeli47 - Shape Up
- 2022: Steve Lacy - Gemini Rights
Grammy Awards
| Year | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
2002
|
Record of the Year | "Ms. Jackson" | Nominated |
| Album of the Year | Stankonia | Nominated | |
2004
|
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below | Won | |
| Record of the Year | "Hey Ya!" | Nominated | |
| 2010 | Best Rap Album
|
Universal Mind Control | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best R&B Album
|
Lift Your Spirit | Nominated |
| 2018 | Best Rap Album
|
Flower Boy | Nominated |
2020
|
Igor | Won | |
2021
|
Best Dance/Electronic Album
|
BUBBA | Won |
Best Dance Recording
|
" 10% "
|
Won | |
| 2022 | Album of the Year | Planet Her | Nominated |
Best Rap Album
|
Call Me If You Get Lost | Won | |
| Best Engineered Album | Cinema | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Record of the Year | "Bad Habit" | Nominated |
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Best Pop Solo Performance | Nominated | ||
| Best Progressive R&B Album | Gemini Rights | Won |
References
- ^ "Neal H. Pogue". GRAMMY.com. May 22, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ Weiss, David (September 18, 2017). "Neal H Pogue: Instinctual Mixing for Tyler the Creator". sonicscoop.com. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ "Producer Profile". studioexpresso. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ "Biography". Nealhpogue.
- ^ "Release Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik by Outkast - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ Carmichael, Rodney. "The Making of Outkast's Aquemini". Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ JOPSON, NIGEL. "Neil Pogue" (PDF). Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ^ "The Secret History of Outkast's Speakerboxxx/The Love Below: the Last Truly Great Double Album". Okayplayer. September 22, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ^ "Norah Jones Discog". Discogs. Retrieved April 17, 2014.
- ^ Williams, Brennan (August 19, 2013). "Earth, Wind & Fire Now, Then & Forever: Verdine White Talks New Album, Premieres "Night of My Life"". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ Gallo, Anthony. "Pogue Mixes EWF with AGA". ProSound Network. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ PRWEB. "Fulton Yard Unlimited Helps Bring Earth, Wind & Fire Back to the Charts". PRWEB. Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ PRNewswire (September 18, 2013). "Earth, Wind & Fire's New Studio Album, Now, Then & Forever, Debuts at No. 11 on Billboard 200 And No. 5 on the Top R&B Charts". Retrieved April 12, 2014.
- ^ Williams, Brennan (August 19, 2013). "Earth, Wind & Fire 'Now, Then & Forever': Verdine White Talks New Album, Premieres 'Night Of My Life'". Huffington Post. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- ^ "Neal Pogue Mixes The Electric Lady". Tingen. March 28, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
- https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/neal-h-pogue
- https://sonicscoop.com/2017/09/18/neal-h-pogue-instinctual-mixing-tyler-creator/
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- http://clatl.com/atlanta/the-making-of-outkasts-aquemini/Content?oid=1552576
- https://www.resolutionmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Neal-Pogue.pdf
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- https://sonicscoop.com/neal-h-pogue-instinctual-mixing-tyler-creator/
External links
- Neal Pogue Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2021)
