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.
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Al Shux | |
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Birth name | Alexander Shuckburgh[citation needed] |
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Years active | 1999–present |
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.
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, Michael "Scribz" Riley | Kurtis McKenzie, Michael "Scribz" Riley |
"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" | 2020 | Alina Baraz | It Was Divine | Co-writer/Producer | Alina Baraz, Roget Chahayed, Hayley Gene Penner, Spencer Stewart | Roget Chahayed, Spencer Stewart |
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