We are honored to bring to you our friend, Seven-time Grammy winning veteran music Producer/Mixer/Songwriter, Neal Pogue. Born and raised in Roselle, NJ, Neal has 35 years of experience in the music industry, has earned over 200 gold and platinum RIAA certified singles and albums, and has worked with a multitude of artists across just about every genre. Most notably, in 2004 Pogue won an Album of the Year Grammy Award for his work on Outkasts’ 13x platinum album SpeakerBoxx/The Love Below, which has recently become the highest certified Hip Hop album of all time and included mixing perhaps one of the most popular songs in music history: “Hey Ya!” Pogue mixed one of the biggest songs in Billboard Hot 100 Top 40 history: Awolnation’s 10x platinum single “Sail,” the groundbreaking platinum single “Waterfalls” by TLC, and made Billboard chart history with Steve Lacy’s hit single “Bad Habit” by having #1 singles on The Hot 100, Hot R&B Songs, Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Hot Alternative Songs, Hot Rock Songs and Hot Rock & Alternative Songs charts simultaneously.
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Pogue has won Best Rap Album Grammy’s for mixing Tyler The Creators’ “IGOR” and “Call Me If You Get Lost,” won two Grammy’s with Kaytranada for Best Dance Recording “10%” and Best Dance/Electronic Album “Bubba,” won a Grammy with Steve Lacy for Gemini Rights, and in 2024 won his most treasured seventh Grammy for Best Engineered Album for Victoria Monet’s “Jaguar II.” Neal has had four consecutive #1 platinum album’s with Tyler, The Creator for “IGOR”, “Call Me If You Get Lost”, “Chromakopia” and “Don’t Tap The Glass”; produced and mixed Earth,Wind and Fire’s critically acclaimed album Now, Then and Forever; and has worked on records for Doja Cat, 21 Savage, Kehlani, Devon Gilfillian, Vince Staples, Miles Caton, Johnny Venus and Olivia Rodrigo. One of the most sought after creatives in the business, Pogue has a resume that literally features a whoʼs who in the music industry, including Stevie Wonder, Tori Kelly, ASAP Rocky, Latto, N.E.R.D., Anderson.Paak, Jessie Reyez, Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, Malcolm Todd, Aretha Franklin, Lil Wayne, Janelle Monae’, Andy Shauf, Tank and The Bangas, Naomi Scott, and Kali Uchis.
