Brent Kolatalo

Brent Kolatalo is an American mixer, record producer, engineer and songwriter based in New York City. Kolatalo has worked with numerous artists and musicians, including Kanye West, Jay-Z, Eminem, Drake, Bruno Mars, X Ambassadors, Future, Chris Webby, Ella Henderson, Taylor Swift, Lorde, OneRepublic, Lady Gaga and Lana Del Rey among others.

He has worked on several albums such as, To Pimp a Butterfly, Uptown Special, If You're Reading This it's too Late, Based On a T.R.U. Story, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Watch the Throne, Just Charlie, Late Registration and The College Dropout among others.

Life and career Kolatalo was born in Barberton and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. He began practicing guitar when he was a kid, one of his tutors was Jeff Martin.

He attended Lakota West High School in West Chester, Ohio and graduated in 2000. Kolatalo dropped out in 2004 after working on Kanye West debut studio album, The College Dropout which earning several nominations at the 47th Grammy Awards.

In 2007, Kolatalo started The Skywalkers, a production team with his partner Ken Lewis which was renamed to Katalyst in 2011.

Kolatalo's songwriting credits include "The Blacker the Berry", Kendrick Lamar's track, which appeared on his album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015). In 2019, he worked on Taylor Swift's album, Lover.

Awards and recognition He is a three-time Grammy nominee by name and has worked on over sixteen Grammy nominated albums. Eminem's Eminem (Recovery) (2010) and Kanye West's The College Dropout (2004).

Grammy awards

Discography

2020: Ella Henderson, Take Care of You — Producer 2020: Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By: Side B — Recording 2019: Rick Ross, Port of Miami 2 — Bass, Composer, Drums, Keyboards 2019: Taylor Swift, Lover — Engineer 2018: Des Rocs, Let The Vultures In — Producer, Mixing 2017: Belly, Mumble Rap — Composer 2017: The Marias, Superclean Vol. I. — Mixing 2017: K. Michelle, Kimberly: People I Used to Know — Composer 2017:The Score, ATLAS — Composer 2017: Lorde, Melodrama — Drum Programming 2016: One Republic, Oh My My — Additional Production, Drums, Keys, Guitars 2016: V. Rose, Young Dangerous Heart — Mixing 2016: The Score, Unstoppable — Composer 2016: Farid Bang, Blut — Mixing 2016: Lady Gaga, Joanne — Drums, Engineer 2015: Kendrick Lamar, To Pimp a Butterfly — Composer 2015: X Ambassadors, VHS (Deluxe) — Producer 2015: Drake, If You're Reading This it's too Late — Composer 2015: Gallant, Red Bull Single for "Borderline" — Mixing 2015: Jamie Foxx, Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses — Composer 2014: Future, Honest — Producer 2014: Chris Webby, Chemically Imbalanced — Additional Production, Mixing 2014: TyDi, Redefined — Mixing 2014: Niykee Heaton, Bad Intentions — Sample Recreation 2013: Kanye West, Yeezus — Engineer 2013: Eminem, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 — Digital Editing 2013: Pusha T, My Name Is My Name — Composer 2013: Jay-Z, Magna Carta... Holy Grail — Sampling 2013: John Legend, Love in the Future — Engineer 2013: Big Sean, Hall of Fame — Musician 2013: J. Cole, Born Sinner — Engineer 2012: Timeflies, One Night Ep — Mixing 2012: Bruno Mars, Unorthodox Jukebox — Drum Engineering 2012: Lana Del Rey, Born to Die — Drums, Engineer 2012: 2 Chainz, Based on a T.R.U. Story — Bass Programming, Drum Programming 2011:Jay-Z / Kanye West, Watch the Throne — Bass, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards 2011: Drake, Take Care — Engineer, Instrumentation 2011: Maybach Music Group Presents: Self Made, Vol. 1 — Keyboards 2010: The Knocks, Magic — Mixing 2010: Rick Ross, Teflon Don — Instrumentation 2010: Charlie Wilson, Just Charlie — Musician Engineer 2010: Eminem, Recovery — Musician, Engineer 2010: Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Drum Programming, Engineer, Keyboards 2010: Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager — Engineer 2010: Rain, Back to The Basic — Mixing 2009: Mario, D.N.A. — Drum Programming 2009: SS501, Rebirth — Mixing 2008: Miggs, Unraveled — Mixing 2008: Cristian Alexanda, Too Fine — Mixing 2008: Balance, Golden State Warriorz Comp, Vol. 1 — Mixing 2008: Kanye West, 808's & Heartbreak — Musician 2008: San Quinn, From a Boy to a Man — Mixing 2007: E.P., Supastar — Mixing 2007: Skidmore Fountain, Break — Mixing 2006: Skidmore Fountain, Skidmore Fountain — Mixing 2006: D&A, Love Goes — Mixing 2006: Ghostface Killah, Fishscale — Musician 2005: Cuban Link, Chain Reaction — Engineer 2005: Common, Be — Musician 2005 : Memphis Bleek, 543 — Musician 2005: Cassidy, I'm a Hustla — Sample Recreation 2004: Jin, The Rest Is History —Engineer, Musician 2004: Kanye West, The College Dropout — Engineer 2004: Man on Earth, Disposable Sounds for the Fickle Mind — Engineer 2004: Jadakiss, Kiss of Death — Musician''