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Qmillion

April 22, 2023

Qmillion (born Keith Lewis, in the US),[citation needed] is an American record producer, mix engineer, composer, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Qmillion's achievement for recording and mixing recording artist Robert Glasper's critically acclaimed Black Radio album, gained him a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013.[1] and most recently nominated for Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical[2] for Black Radio III by Robert Glasper on the 2023 Grammys.

Qmillion
Birth nameKeith Lewis
Also known asQmillion Riddim
GenresSoul, R&B, pop, jazz, alternative, dancehall, reggae, hip hop, electronic,
Occupation(s)Record producer, mix engineer, composer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar programmer
Years active1984–present
Websiteqmillion.com

Career

Qmillion's professional musical career began in Minneapolis where he collaborated with Jesse Johnson as a member of Johnson's band before he wrote and produced songs with Johnson for TaMara and the Seen, Paula Abdul, Cheryl Lynn, and After 7. In 1992 Qmillion moved to Los Angeles, produced and wrote songs for, Brownstone, Shello, Paula Abdul, George Howard, Billy Preston, E-Dee, Ms. Triniti, Beenie Man, Wayne Wonder, Kurupt among others.

In 2011, Qmillion carried several credits in "Out the Gate"[3] a feature film loosely based on the life of E-Dee; writing the screenplay and composing the score to the picture. The film was released to theaters in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Toronto, as well as Jamaica.[4] Newspaper Atlanta Daily World wrote the movie "appears to be on its way to becoming a classic".[5]

In 2013 Qmillion's achievement for recording and mixing recording artist Robert Glasper's critically acclaimed Black Radio album, gained him a Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards.[1] In 2022 Qmillion has been nominated for Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical[6] for Black Radio III by Robert Glasper on the 2023 Grammys. To date, he has mixed projects with 14 Grammy nominations, 3 of those projects have won.

Songs in film and television

Amongst the many composed by Qmillion, several were written especially for film. It began with The Five Heartbeats, "Nights Like This", written by Johnson and Qmillion (under the name Keith Lewis). The song, performed by After 7 rose to Top Ten Billboard R&B.[7] Writing songs specific for feature films continued with White Men Can't Jump, Beautiful, The Sweetest Thing, Center Stage 2 all leading to him composing the score to Hurricane in the Rose Garden,[8] and Out the Gate.

A select list of Film and Television shows featuring Qmillion compositions include: America's Got Talent, biography, Blue Bloods, The Bad Girls Club", Born to Style, Bring it, Challengers, Dish Nation, Dr. Oz Show, The Fabulous Life of, Greek,[9] Happyland, Hey Paula,[10] Kardashians, Leeza Show, LOL Comedy Series",[11] Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta, Marrying the Game, New Atlanta, Nick Studio 10, One Tree Hill, The Queen Latifah Show, Vibe, Yo Mama, The Five Heartbeats,[12] The Sweetest Thing,[12] Phat Beach, White Men Can't Jump,[12] Pootie Tang, Center Stage 2,[8] Out the Gate

Discography

Producer

  • 1987 TaMara and the Seen (A&M Records) ("Tears":writer)
  • 1989 Cheryl Lynn (Virgin Records) "Whatever it Takes"[13]
  • 1990 Kool Skool (Capitol) (album)[14]
  • 1990 Three Shade Brown (Interscope Records) (album)
  • 1991 After 7 (Virgin Records) "Nights Like This"[15]
  • 1992 Jesse Johnson (White Men Cant Jump:Soundtrack) (EMI Records)[16]
  • 1993 George Howard (GRP/MCA) "Grazin in the Grass"[17]
  • 1994 Shello (Giant/Warner Bros) "West Coast Boogie" and others
  • 1995 Brownstone (MJJ/Sony) "Pass the Lovin"[18]
  • 1997 Billy Preston Minister of Music (PepperCo)
  • 2004 Ms. Triniti Ragga Hop (Toshiba/EMI)"[19]
  • 2005 E-Dee R U Ready EP (Unseen Lab)
  • 2006 Ms. Triniti Do or Dare (EMI Japan)[20]
  • 2006 E-Dee (Unseen Lab) JA 2 LA 2 Di World[21]
  • 2007 Various Artists Unseen Family Compilation Vol 1(Unseen Lab)
  • 2007 Ms. Triniti Naked Truth (Virgin/EMI)
  • 2009 Ms. Triniti Wi Burnin (Unseen Lab)
  • 2010 Ms. Triniti Burnin Burnin (feat Beenie Man) (Unseen Lab)
  • 2009 Ms. Triniti Warrior Princess (Universal)
  • 2011 E-Dee Rightful Place (Unseen Lab[22]
  • 2012 Various Artists "Out the Gate:Motion Picture Soundtrack" (Unseen Lab)
  • 2013 Kurupt Money Bitches Power (mixtape) "Listen"
  • 2014 E-Dee "So Badmind" (Unseen Lab)
  • 2014 Kurupt MoonRocks (mixtape) "Livin 4 2Day"
  • 2015 Jillian Speer "Daggers & Suede" EP

As mix engineer

Awards

and Grammy Award-winning Robert Glasper's 2020 Best R&B Song "Better Than I Imagined" featuring H.E.R. and Meshell Ndegeocello

Grammy Nominated

References

  1. ^ a b c "2012 Grammy Winners – 55th Annual Grammy Awards". Grammy.com.
  2. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  3. ^ . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on October 8, 2013.
  4. ^ "Out the Gate Makes Jamaican Debut". Jamaica-gleaner.com. April 28, 2011. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
  5. ^ "Atlanta Daily World". Atlantadailyworld.com. August 25, 2011.
  6. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Billboard – After 7 Chart History". Billboard.com.
  8. ^ a b "imdb – Qmillion". IMDb.com.
  9. ^ "imdb – Keith Lewis". IMDd.com.
  10. ^ "imdb – Keith Lewis". IMDb.com.
  11. ^ "imdb". IMDb.com.
  12. ^ a b c "IMDb – Keith Lewis". IMDb.com.
  13. ^ "AllMusic – Cheryl Lynn". AllMusic.
  14. ^ "AllMusic – Kool Skool". AllMusic.
  15. ^ "AllMusic – After 7". AllMusic.
  16. ^ "AllMusic – White Men Can't Jump". AllMusic.
  17. ^ "AllMusic – George Howard". AllMusic.com.
  18. ^ "allmusic – Brownstone – From the Bottom Up". AllMusic.
  19. ^ "allmusic- Ms. Triniti – Ragga Hop". AllMusic.
  20. ^ "allmusic – Ms. Triniti – Do or Dare". AllMusic.
  21. ^ "allmusic – E-Dee – JA 2 LA". AllMusic.
  22. ^ "allmusic- E-Dee – Rightful Place". AllMusic.
  23. ^ "Discogs.com – Billy Preston". Discogs.com.
  24. ^ a b "Allmusic – Review of Double Booked". AllMusic.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h "Robert Glasper". GRAMMY.com. December 15, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  26. ^ "AllMusic – Kenneth Whalum, 'To Those Who Believe". AllMusic.
  27. ^ a b "Allmusic – Review of Black Radio". AllMusic.
  28. ^ "the making of robert glaspers black radio recovered (the remix ep)". Lifeandtimes.com. October 12, 2012.
  29. ^ a b c "Allmusic – Review of Black Radio 2". AllMusic.
  30. ^ "All Music – Review of A Long Way to the Beginning". AllMusic.
  31. ^ "AllMusic – Gold". AllMusic.
  32. ^ a b "Exclusive: Robert Glasper's Next Experiment Is a Return to Jazz". Billboard.com.
  33. ^ "All Music - Daggers & Suede Credits". AllMusic.
  34. ^ "All Music - Charlene Credits". AllMusic.
  35. ^ "All Music - The Second Credits". AllMusic.
  36. ^ "All Music - ArtScience Credits". AllMusicm.
  37. ^ "Sony - Seun Kuti - Son Of Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti Releases New EP - Struggle Sounds". Sony.com.
  38. ^ "All Music - Black Times Credits". AllMusic.
  39. ^ a b "Seun Kuti". Gramy.com. November 23, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  40. ^ a b "Green Balloon - Tank and the Bangas | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  41. ^ a b "Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah". GRAMMY.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  42. ^ a b "Fuck Yo Feelings - Robert Glasper | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  43. ^ "Derrick Hodge | Biography, Albums, Streaming Links". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  44. ^ "Qmillion | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  45. ^ a b "Axiom - Christian Scott | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  46. ^ "Past Winners Search". Grammy.com. April 30, 2017.
  47. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  48. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.
  49. ^ "2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List". www.grammy.com. Retrieved November 17, 2022.

External links

  • Official website
  • Qmillion at IMDb

April 22, 2023
qmillion, born, keith, lewis, citation, needed, american, record, producer, engineer, composer, songwriter, based, angeles, california, united, states, achievement, recording, mixing, recording, artist, robert, glasper, critically, acclaimed, black, radio, alb. Qmillion born Keith Lewis in the US citation needed is an American record producer mix engineer composer and songwriter based in Los Angeles California United States Qmillion s achievement for recording and mixing recording artist Robert Glasper s critically acclaimed Black Radio album gained him a Grammy Award for Best R amp B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013 1 and most recently nominated for Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Non Classical 2 for Black Radio III by Robert Glasper on the 2023 Grammys QmillionBirth nameKeith LewisAlso known asQmillion RiddimGenresSoul R amp B pop jazz alternative dancehall reggae hip hop electronic Occupation s Record producer mix engineer composer songwriterInstrument s Vocals keyboards bass guitar programmerYears active1984 presentWebsiteqmillion wbr com Contents 1 Career 2 Songs in film and television 3 Discography 3 1 Producer 3 2 As mix engineer 4 Awards 5 Grammy Nominated 6 References 7 External linksCareer EditQmillion s professional musical career began in Minneapolis where he collaborated with Jesse Johnson as a member of Johnson s band before he wrote and produced songs with Johnson for TaMara and the Seen Paula Abdul Cheryl Lynn and After 7 In 1992 Qmillion moved to Los Angeles produced and wrote songs for Brownstone Shello Paula Abdul George Howard Billy Preston E Dee Ms Triniti Beenie Man Wayne Wonder Kurupt among others In 2011 Qmillion carried several credits in Out the Gate 3 a feature film loosely based on the life of E Dee writing the screenplay and composing the score to the picture The film was released to theaters in Los Angeles New York Atlanta Toronto as well as Jamaica 4 Newspaper Atlanta Daily World wrote the movie appears to be on its way to becoming a classic 5 In 2013 Qmillion s achievement for recording and mixing recording artist Robert Glasper s critically acclaimed Black Radio album gained him a Grammy Award for Best R amp B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards 1 In 2022 Qmillion has been nominated for Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album Non Classical 6 for Black Radio III by Robert Glasper on the 2023 Grammys To date he has mixed projects with 14 Grammy nominations 3 of those projects have won Songs in film and television EditAmongst the many composed by Qmillion several were written especially for film It began with The Five Heartbeats Nights Like This written by Johnson and Qmillion under the name Keith Lewis The song performed by After 7 rose to Top Ten Billboard R amp B 7 Writing songs specific for feature films continued with White Men Can t Jump Beautiful The Sweetest Thing Center Stage 2 all leading to him composing the score to Hurricane in the Rose Garden 8 and Out the Gate A select list of Film and Television shows featuring Qmillion compositions include America s Got Talent biography Blue Bloods The Bad Girls Club Born to Style Bring it Challengers Dish Nation Dr Oz Show The Fabulous Life of Greek 9 Happyland Hey Paula 10 Kardashians Leeza Show LOL Comedy Series 11 Love amp Hip Hop Atlanta Marrying the Game New Atlanta Nick Studio 10 One Tree Hill The Queen Latifah Show Vibe Yo Mama The Five Heartbeats 12 The Sweetest Thing 12 Phat Beach White Men Can t Jump 12 Pootie Tang Center Stage 2 8 Out the GateDiscography EditProducer Edit 1987 TaMara and the Seen A amp M Records Tears writer 1989 Cheryl Lynn Virgin Records Whatever it Takes 13 1990 Kool Skool Capitol album 14 1990 Three Shade Brown Interscope Records album 1991 After 7 Virgin Records Nights Like This 15 1992 Jesse Johnson White Men Cant Jump Soundtrack EMI Records 16 1993 George Howard GRP MCA Grazin in the Grass 17 1994 Shello Giant Warner Bros West Coast Boogie and others 1995 Brownstone MJJ Sony Pass the Lovin 18 1997 Billy Preston Minister of Music PepperCo 2004 Ms Triniti Ragga Hop Toshiba EMI 19 2005 E Dee R U Ready EP Unseen Lab 2006 Ms Triniti Do or Dare EMI Japan 20 2006 E Dee Unseen Lab JA 2 LA 2 Di World 21 2007 Various Artists Unseen Family Compilation Vol 1 Unseen Lab 2007 Ms Triniti Naked Truth Virgin EMI 2009 Ms Triniti Wi Burnin Unseen Lab 2010 Ms Triniti Burnin Burnin feat Beenie Man Unseen Lab 2009 Ms Triniti Warrior Princess Universal 2011 E Dee Rightful Place Unseen Lab 22 2012 Various Artists Out the Gate Motion Picture Soundtrack Unseen Lab 2013 Kurupt Money Bitches Power mixtape Listen 2014 E Dee So Badmind Unseen Lab 2014 Kurupt MoonRocks mixtape Livin 4 2Day 2015 Jillian Speer Daggers amp Suede EPAs mix engineer Edit 1996 Mint Condition Definition of a Band A amp M Funky Weekend 1998 Billy Preston Billy s Back 2001 Billy Preston Music from my Heart 2001 Billy Preston Minister of Music PepperCo 2004 Billy Preston Salute to the Beatles PMG 23 2009 Robert Glasper Double Booked Blue Note 24 GRAMMY NOMINATED 25 2010 Kenneth Whalum To Those Who Believe 26 2012 Robert Glasper Black Radio Blue Note 27 GRAMMY AWARD 25 2012 Robert Glasper Black Radio Recovered The Remix EP Blue Note 28 2012 Various Artists Out the Gate Motion Picture Soundtrack Unseen Lab 2013 Robert Glasper Black Radio 2 Blue Note 29 GRAMMY NOMINATED 25 2013 Kurupt Money Bitches Power mixtape Listen 2013 Chris Dave and the Drumhedz mixtape several songs 2014 Seun Kuti A Long Way to the Beginning Knitting Factory 30 2014 Bo Saris Gold Deram 31 2014 Kurupt Moon Rocks mixtape Living for Today 2015 Robert Glasper Covered Blue Note 2015 32 GRAMMY NOMINATED 25 2015 Jillian Speer Daggers amp Suede EP 33 2016 Tweet Charlene E One Album 34 2016 Derrick Hodge The Second Blue Note Album 35 2016 Robert Glasper ArtScience Blue Note Album 36 2016 Seun Kuti Struggle Sounds Sony EP 37 2017 Maurice Mobetta Brown The Mood Mobetta Ropeadope 2018 Seun Kuti Black Times Strut 38 Album GRAMMY NOMINATED 39 2018 R R NOW Collegially Speaking Blue Note Album 2018 Justin Kauflin Coming Home Qwest Album 2018 Phony Ppl Mozaik 300 Ent Album 2018 Alfredo Rodriquez Duo Mack Ave Album 2019 Tank and the Bangas Green Balloon Verve 40 2019 Christian Scott Ancestral Recall album Ropeadope Album GRAMMY NOMINATED 41 2019 Robert Glasper Fu k Yo Feelings Loma Vista 42 Album GRAMMY NOMINATED 2019 Mykal Kilgore Man Born Black GRAMMY NOMINATED 2020 Derrick Hodge Color Of Noise Blue Note Album 43 2020 Ledisi The Wild Card Listen Back 3 songs mixed 44 2020 Christian Scott Axiom Stretch Music Ropeadope 45 Album GRAMMY NOMINATEDAwards EditQmillion won a Grammy Award Robert Glasper s 2012 Best Contemporary R amp B Album Robert Glasper Black Radio 1 Qmillion also mixed Grammy Award winning Robert Glasper s 2014 Best Traditional R amp B Performance Jesus Children feat Lalah Hathaway and Malcolm Jamal Warner 46 and Grammy Award winning Robert Glasper s 2020 Best R amp B Song Better Than I Imagined featuring H E R and Meshell NdegeocelloGrammy Nominated Edit2009 Robert Glasper Double Booked Blue Note 24 NOMINATED 25 Grammy Award for Best Urban Alternative Performance 2012 Robert Glasper Black Radio Blue Note 27 GRAMMY AWARD 25 Best R amp B Album Best R amp B Performance 2013 Robert Glasper Black Radio 2 Blue Note 29 NOMINATED 25 Best R amp B Album 2013 Robert Glasper Jesus Children ft Lalah Hathaway Blue Note 29 GRAMMY AWARD 25 Best R amp B Performance 2015 Robert Glasper Covered Recorded Live at Capitol Records Blue Note 2015 32 NOMINATED Best Jazz Instrumental Album 2018 Seun Kuti Black Times Album NOMINATED 39 Best World Music Album 2019 Tank and the Bangas Green Balloon Verve 40 NOMINATEDBest New Artist 2019 Christian Scott Ancestral Recall album Ropeadope Album NOMINATED 41 Best Contemporary Instrumental Album 2019 Robert Glasper Fuck Yo Feelings Loma Vista 42 Album NOMINATED Best Progressive R amp B Album 2019 Mykal Kilgore Man Born Black NOMINATED Best Traditional R amp B Performance 2020 Christian Scott Axiom Stretch Music Ropeadope 45 Album NOMINATED Best Contemporary Instrumental Album 2022 Robert Glasper Black Radio III Loma Vista Album NOMINATED 47 Best R amp B Album 2022 Terrace Martin Drones Sounds of Crenshaw BMG Atmos Mix NOMINATED 48 Best Progressive R amp B Album 2022 Amir Sulaiman You Will Be Someones Ancestor Act Accordingly album NOMINATED 49 Best Spoken Word Poetry AlbumReferences Edit a b c 2012 Grammy Winners 55th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy com 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List www grammy com Retrieved November 17 2022 New York Times Out the Gate Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times 2013 Archived from the original on October 8 2013 Out the Gate Makes Jamaican Debut Jamaica gleaner com April 28 2011 Retrieved May 13 2015 Atlanta Daily World Atlantadailyworld com August 25 2011 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List www grammy com Retrieved November 17 2022 Billboard After 7 Chart History Billboard com a b imdb Qmillion IMDb com imdb Keith Lewis IMDd com imdb Keith Lewis IMDb com imdb IMDb com a b c IMDb Keith Lewis IMDb com AllMusic Cheryl Lynn AllMusic AllMusic Kool Skool AllMusic AllMusic After 7 AllMusic AllMusic White Men Can t Jump AllMusic AllMusic George Howard AllMusic com allmusic Brownstone From the Bottom Up AllMusic allmusic Ms Triniti Ragga Hop AllMusic allmusic Ms Triniti Do or Dare AllMusic allmusic E Dee JA 2 LA AllMusic allmusic E Dee Rightful Place AllMusic Discogs com Billy Preston Discogs com a b Allmusic Review of Double Booked AllMusic a b c d e f g h Robert Glasper GRAMMY com December 15 2020 Retrieved January 27 2021 AllMusic Kenneth Whalum To Those Who Believe AllMusic a b Allmusic Review of Black Radio AllMusic the making of robert glaspers black radio recovered the remix ep Lifeandtimes com October 12 2012 a b c Allmusic Review of Black Radio 2 AllMusic All Music Review of A Long Way to the Beginning AllMusic AllMusic Gold AllMusic a b Exclusive Robert Glasper s Next Experiment Is a Return to Jazz Billboard com All Music Daggers amp Suede Credits AllMusic All Music Charlene Credits AllMusic All Music The Second Credits AllMusic All Music ArtScience Credits AllMusicm Sony Seun Kuti Son Of Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti Releases New EP Struggle Sounds Sony com All Music Black Times Credits AllMusic a b Seun Kuti Gramy com November 23 2020 Retrieved January 27 2021 a b Green Balloon Tank and the Bangas Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved January 27 2021 a b Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah GRAMMY com December 16 2020 Retrieved January 27 2021 a b Fuck Yo Feelings Robert Glasper Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved January 27 2021 Derrick Hodge Biography Albums Streaming Links AllMusic Retrieved January 27 2021 Qmillion Credits AllMusic Retrieved January 27 2021 a b Axiom Christian Scott Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved January 27 2021 Past Winners Search Grammy com April 30 2017 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List www grammy com Retrieved November 17 2022 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List www grammy com Retrieved November 17 2022 2023 GRAMMY Nominations See The Complete Nominees List www grammy com Retrieved November 17 2022 External links EditOfficial website Qmillion at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Qmillion amp oldid 1136781472, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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