Michael Uzowuru

Michael Uzowuru
Michael Uzowuru
Born	November 10, 1991; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, Pop, Ambient
Years active	2010–present
Associated acts	Frank Ocean; Donald Glover; Vince Staples;

Michael Uzowuru (born November 10, 1991) is an American record producer. He has produced and written for Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, Donald Glover, Vince Staples, and Earl Sweatshirt, among others.

Life and Career

Michael Uzowuru was born on November 11, 1991 in Los Angeles and raised in both Cypress, California and Rancho Cucamonga, California. He is of Igbo descent.

2010 to 2015: Beginnings

Uzowuru began his music career by making independent beat tapes and working with a number of collaborators. His early projects include works with Vince Staples and Odd Future's Domo Genesis, Matt Martians from The Jet Age of Tomorrow, and Hodgy Beats.

In 2012, Uzowuru released a mixtape entitled Winter in Prague with longtime friend and collaborator Vince Staples.[1] The mixtape received positive reviews from critics and fans. In 2013, Uzowuru produced the opening track "Pre" for Earl Sweatshirt's debut album Doris. Later that year, he produced "Tweakin" and "Yap Yap" for Chicago rapper Vic Mensa's second mixtape Innanetape.

In addition to producing for other artists, he has released a number of instrumental and solo projects. Notably Paisley Palm Trees, which was premiered by The FADER magazine[2] and his most recent independent project Pink Orchids, released in August 2014. A departure from his usual beat production, the project is composed of cinematic instrumentals with a feature from Vic Mensa on the track "Waves".

2016 to Present

Uzowuru's name appeared on the production credits for Frank Ocean's 2016 visual album Endless and Ocean's long-awaited second studio album Blonde. Uzowuru is credited as both a writer and a producer on the track "Nights".[3][4] He also executive produced rapper Kevin Abstract's second album American Boyfriend, which debuted in the Fall of 2016.[5][6]

In 2017, he appeared as co-producer on Frank Ocean's single "Chanel", released on Ocean's Beats1 radio show. Scott Vener and Pharrell Williams premiered a remix done by Uzowuru and collaborator Jeff Kleinman of Little Dragon's "High" featuring Denzel Curry and Twelve'len[7]

In 2018, Uzowuru's work appeared on Anderson Paak's "Til It's Over" which was used in Apple's Welcome Home commercial directed by Spike Jonez. Following Welcome Home, he produced and wrote an additional song for Apple's iPad Pro commercial of the same year.

In Spring 2019, Uzowuru composed the score for the short film Guava Island, starring and produced by Donald Glover, which was released by Amazon Studios. That following summer, Uzowuru was credited for writing and production on Beyoncé's compilation album The Lion King: The Gift, having worked on the tracks "Mood 4 Eva" and "Brown Skin Girl"[8][9].

Continuing with his production and writing work, Uzowuru appears on credits for artists like FKA Twigs and GoldLink. In Fall of 2019, Uzowuru appeared on the production and writing credits of Frank Ocean's "In My Room".

Discography

Music for Film


Year	Film	Studio / Company	Director	Credit
2020	Becoming	Netflix	Nadira Hallgren	Producer & writer: "August 15th", "January 5th Prophet v2", "July 7th Joseph & Joshua", "March 11th"
2019	Guava Island	Amazon	Hiro Murai	Composer
2018	Welcome Home (commercial)	Apple	Spike Jonze	Producer: "Til It's Over" by Anderson Paak
2018	5 Reasons iPad Pro Can Be Your Next Computer (commercial)[10]	Apple		Producer & writer: "Light the Torch"

Writing & Production Credits


Year	Artist	Album	Song
2019	Frank Ocean	Single	"Little Demon"
	Frank Ocean	Single	"In My Room"
	SiR	Chasing Summer	"Hair Down" (featuring Kendrick Lamar)
	Beyoncé	The Lion King: The Gift	"Brown Skin Girl" (with Saint Jhn & Wizkid, featuring Blue Ivy Carter)
	Beyoncé	The Lion King: The Gift	"Mood 4 Eva" (with Jay-Z & Childish Gambino)
	GoldLink	Diaspora	"Days Like This" (featuring Khalid)
	FKA Twigs	Magdalene	"Cellophane"
2018	Kelsey Lu	Single	"Due West"
Anderson Paak	Single	"Til It's Over"
Jorja Smith	Lost & Found	"February 3rd"
Ludwig Göransson	Black Panther: Wakanda Remixed	"Ancestral Plane"
Choker	Honeybloom	"Drift" "Starfruit NYC" "Jet Stereo" "Daisy"
Troye Sivan	Bloom	"Running Shoes"
2017	Little Dragon	Single	"High (Michael Uzowuru & Jeff Kleinman Remix)"
	Rex Orange County	Apricot Princess	"Waiting Room"
	Frank Ocean	Single	"Chanel"
2016		Blonde	"Nights"
		Endless	"Rushes To"
	Kevin Abstract	American Boyfriend	"Empty" "Seventeen" "Blink" "Tattoo" "Yellow" "Kin" "Runner" "Papercut" "June 29th" "Miserable America" "Echo" "I Do"
2014	Vic Mensa	Single	"Major Payne"
2013	Vic Mensa	Innanetape	"Tweakin" (featuring Chance the Rapper) "Yap Yap"
2013	Earl Sweatshirt	Doris	"Pre"
2012	Domo Genesis	Single	"Crushed Velvet"
	Vince Staples	Winter in Prague	"Winter in Prague" "Lord" "SK La Sermon" "Twitch" "Waterpark" "Matlock" "Traffic" "SK Climactic" "Mattress" "Black Oprah"
		Single	"Champagne Wishlist"
2011		Generic	"Martin Ruger King" "Barreta Scott King" "Gold Chain Ricky" "Vicoden"
		Shyne Goldchain Vol. 1	"Versace Rap"
	Domo Genesis	Single	"Cashmere"
	Domo Genesis	Under the Influence	"Mind Games"
	Hodgy Beats	Single	"April 27th"
2010	The Jet Age of Tomorrow	Journey to the 5th Echelon	"Want You Still" (featuring Kilo Kish)

Mixtapes & EPs


Year	Title	Notes
2014	Pink Orchids
2012	Winter in Prague	with Vince Staples
2011	Paisley Palm Trees
2010	Space is the Place
	The Mellowest Trip
	No Need for Sense

Singles


Year	Title
2015	"Without You" (featuring Anderson Paak)
2014	"April 13th" (featuring Vic Mensa)

References

Diep, Eric. "Vince Staples & Michael Uzowuru "Winter in Prague"". complex.com. complex.com. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
Cooper, Duncan. "Michael Uzowuru's Paisley Palm Trees Beat Tape". thefader.com. the fader magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
http://pitchfork.com/news/67826-frank-oceans-blonde-songwriting-credits-revealed/
http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1259-frank-oceans-blond-6-things-to-know/
http://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2016/05/kevin-abstract
https://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/kevin-abstracts-american-boyfriend-is-unlike-any-record-youve-heard-this-year
https://twitter.com/LittleDragon/status/843539627898105856
Bailey, Alyssa (July 19, 2019). "Blue Ivy Carter Sings on Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' and Twitter Had a Meltdown". ELLE. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
Leight, Elias; Leight, Elias (July 19, 2019). "Inside Beyoncé's Bold Bet to Get Americans to Listen to African Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
Apple (November 19, 2018), 5 Reasons iPad Pro can be your next computer — Apple, retrieved July 21, 2019

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[1] Diep, Eric. "Vince Staples & Michael Uzowuru "Winter in Prague"". complex.com. complex.com. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

[2] Cooper, Duncan. "Michael Uzowuru's Paisley Palm Trees Beat Tape". thefader.com. the fader magazine. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

[3] ttp://pitchfork.com/news/67826-frank-oceans-blonde-songwriting-credits-revealed/

[4] ttp://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1259-frank-oceans-blond-6-things-to-know/

[5] ttp://pigeonsandplanes.com/in-depth/2016/05/kevin-abstract

[6] ttps://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/article/kevin-abstracts-american-boyfriend-is-unlike-any-record-youve-heard-this-year

[7] ttps://twitter.com/LittleDragon/status/843539627898105856

[8] Bailey, Alyssa (July 19, 2019). "Blue Ivy Carter Sings on Beyoncé's 'The Lion King: The Gift' and Twitter Had a Meltdown". ELLE. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

[9] Leight, Elias; Leight, Elias (July 19, 2019). "Inside Beyoncé's Bold Bet to Get Americans to Listen to African Music". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

[10] Apple (November 19, 2018), 5 Reasons iPad Pro can be your next computer — Apple, retrieved July 21, 2019