About daedaePIVOT
Originally from New Jersey, daedaePIVOT is a Grammy Award Winning, Billboard #1, RIAA Certified Gold music producer. He received a bachelors degree from Northwestern University in classical percussion and was a regular member in the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, as well as a percussion/drum instructor at the high school level for 10+ years. He served as the music director for Saba's live shows from 2015 to 2020, preparing show tracks and playing keys / synth bass / percussion on the Bucket List Tour and Care For Me Tours, as well as countless music festivals and college shows. He currently co-owns Top Note Studios in North Hollywood CA, and produces for many artists in the industry. DaedaePIVOT is also an engineer for hire; mixing, recording, and mastering at Top Note Studios.
Accolades:
- Grammy Award for Best Rap Album 2024: Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal
- RIAA Certified Gold Producer for Kehlani song "RPG feat. 6LACK"
- RIAA Certified Gold Producer for Kehlani album "While We Wait" and Wiz Khalifa Album "Rolling Papers II"
- Billboard #1 Album on the Billboard Top R&B Albums for "While We Wait" and #2 for "Rolling Papers II"
- Billboard #2 Album on the Billboard 200 for "Rolling Papers II"
- Billboard #9 Album on the Billboard 200 for "While We Wait"
- Billboard #14 Album on the Billboard 200 for "Alligator Bites Never Heal"
- Billboard #43 Album on the Billboard 200 for "CARE FOR ME"
- Billboard #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 for "RPG"
Executive Production Credits:
- Saba - Care For Me
- Saba - Few Good Things
- Pivot Gang - You Can't Sit With Us
- Benjamin Earl Turner - Bad Nature
Production Credits:
Doechii
Kehlani
- RPG (feat. 6LACK)
- Get Me Started (feat. Syd)
Wiz Khalifa
- Hot Now
Saba
- Still (feat. 6LACK and Smino)
- Survivor's Guilt (feat. G Herbo)
- Logout (feat. Chance the Rapper)
- Few Good Things (feat. Black Thought and Eryn Allen Kane)
- Make Believe (feat. Fousheé)
- Come My Way (feat. Krayzie Bone)
- Beautiful Smile (feat. IDK)
- Areyoudown? Pt. II (feat. tobi lou)
- Temporary (feat. Tink)
- Stay Right Here (feat. Mick Jenkins and Xavier Omar)
- Next Door (feat. Lucki)
- Busy / Sirens (feat. theMIND)
- Broken Girls
- Life
- Calligraphy
- Fighter (feat. KAINA)
- Smile
- Grey
- Prom / King
- Heaven All Around Me
- Free Samples (feat. Cheflee)
- One Way
- an Interlude Called 'Circus' (feat. Eryn Allen Kane)
- Fearmonger (feat. Daoud)
- Soldier (feat. Pivot Gang)
- If I Had A Dollar (feat. Benjamin Earl Turner)
- Stop That
- Westside Bound 3 (feat. Joseph Chilliams)
- Excited
- World in My Hands (feat. Smino and Legit)
- Bucket List (feat. Matthew Santos)
- Rich Don't Stop
- Mrs. Whoever
- Something in the Water
- Where Its At
- Symmetry
- United Center
Rexx Life Raj
- what am i afraid of?
- Couple Months in LA
Jean Deaux
- Moody! (feat. Saba)
- TWUG (That's What U Get)
- Body
- Who Dis!
- Speakerphone (Trust Issues)
Mynameisntjmack
Pivot Gang
- Who at the Door?
- Bad Boys (feat. Smino)
- No Vest (feat. Mick Jenkins)
- Edward Scissorhands (feat. Jean Deaux)
- Mortal Kombat (feat. Kari Faux)
- Mathmatics (feat. femdot.)
- SoHo Freestyle (feat. Kota The Friend)
- Houdini (feat. theMIND)
- Death Row
- Hero
- Bible
- Clark Kent
- Studio Ground Rules
- Jason Statham, Pt. 2
- Aang
- 911
- Blood
Joseph Chilliams
- Unfriendly Black Hotties (feat. Saba)
- Shake My Ass (feat. Jamila Woods)
- Wishlist
- B2KK
- Burn Book (feat. Mama Yaya and Sen Morimoto)
- Fergie
- Opening Theme (intro to Henry Church)
MFn Melo
- Yallwhadinthere
- Damn Crazy
- Unsung (feat. Qari)
- Mood Swing
- Vindikation
- Rollin
- White Cheddar
- Ociety
Benjamin Earl Turner
- A Necessary Skit
- DUI
- Urgency
- Vanilla Ice
- Ignorants
- Bad Nature (feat. MFnMelo)
- Free.99
- Nine / Y2K
- Lake Erie
Frsh Waters
- OTW (feat. Ohana Bam)
- Off Instinct
Patrick Paige II
- Intro (Hard Times)
- Runway (feat. Ohana Bam)
Seiji Oda
- She Go! [ocaso]
P.O.S.
- Pieces/Ruins (feat. Busdriver and Dwynell Roland)
- Thieves/Kings
- Infinite Scroll (feat. Manchita and Open Mike Eagle)
- Gravedigger (feat. Angel Davanport)
Featuring daedaePIVOT:
Saba
- Papaya (feat. daedaePIVOT)
MFnMelo
- Watcha Feel (feat. daedaePIVOT)
As 'if only' (lofi/instrumental music):
- Washed Away (with Lomme, Elk Beats, and Kayba thru Lofi Girl)
- 4am (with Kayba and Lomme thru Lofi Girl)
- Yesterday's News (with Enluv thru Chillhop)
- Midnight Haze (with Lenny Loops and 18YOMAN thru Lofi Chill Records)
- Palm Springs (with Sebastian Kamae thru Steezyasfuck)
- Horizon (with Sebastian Kamae thru Steezyasfuck)
- Lost in Thought (with letmode thru Steezyasfuck)
- Wintermint (with letmode and berlo thru Steezyasfuck)
- Nightcap (with Kayba, Lomme, and Elk Beats)
- Safe and Sound (with Lomme and Elk Beats)
- 8pm (with Foam and Lenny Loops)
- Starry (EP with Slo Loris thru Musicbed)
- Due North (with Slo Loris thru Musicbed)
- Starry (with Slo Loris thru Musicbed)
- Sky Meadow (with Kayba, Lomme, and Elk Beats)
- Night Rain (with Kayba, Lomme, and Elk Beats)
- Ask Laura (with letmode thru Kindbrew Records)
- Coffee Guy (with letmode thru Kindbrew Records)
- Wine and Dine (with letmode thru Kindbrew Records)
- Crest (thru freshgoodies)
- Flower (with letmode)
- Dear Diary (with letmode and berlo)
- Blueberry Jam (with letmode)
- Dreamscape (with letmode)
- Forest Lane (with letmode)
- Evening Brew (with letmode)
- Remember to Forget (with letmode)
Mixing Credits:
Pivot Gang
- Who At The Door
- SoHo Freestyle (feat. Kota The Friend)
- Houdini (feat. theMIND)
Rexx Life Raj
Frsh Waters