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Noah Goldstein
BornPhiladelphia, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • composer
  • engineer
  • mixer
Years active2008–present
LabelsGOOD
Musical artist

Noah Goldstein is an American record producer, composer, engineer, and mixer, and also works in A&R. He won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for his work on Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and has been nominated for six others.

Early life

Goldstein was born and raised in Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University with a master's degree in media studies. After graduating, he did a three-month internship at Greenhouse Studios in Iceland, and then moved to New York. He began working at Electric Lady Studios, where his first session was with Patti Smith.

Career

Goldstein has produced, mixed, and engineered on songs and albums including Arcade Fire's Grammy-winning album The Suburbs, Frank Ocean's album Blonde (which Pitchfork named the best album of the 2010s), the single "FourFiveSeconds" by Rihanna, Kanye West and Paul McCartney, Travis Scott's album Rodeo, Anohni's album Hopelessness, and Pusha T's album Daytona, and for artists including Drake, FKA Twigs, Nas, Jay-Z, RZA, and Bon Iver.

In 2010, he began working regularly with Kanye West and GOOD Music as a producer, mixer, and engineer, on albums including Watch the Throne, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Yeezus, The Life of Pablo, Kids See Ghosts, and Ye. Following his departure from West in 2018, Goldstein was named SVP of A&R at Columbia Records. In 2021, he began production on Rosalía's album Motomami.

Awards

Year Award Category Work Result
2012 Grammy Award Best Rap Album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West Won
2014 Grammy Award Best Rap Song "New Slaves" by Kanye West Nominated
2015 Grammy Award Best Rap Song "Bound 2" by Kanye West Nominated
2016 Grammy Award Album of the Year Beauty Behind the Madness by the Weeknd Nominated
Grammy Award Best Rap Song "All Day" by Kanye West feat. Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom and Paul McCartney Nominated
2017 Grammy Award Best Rap Song "Ultralight Beam" by Kanye West Nominated
Grammy Award Best Rap Song "Famous" by Kanye West Nominated
2022 Latin Grammy Award Album of the Year Motomami by Rosalía Won
Best Alternative Music Album Won
Record of the Year "La Fama" by Rosalía with the Weeknd Nominated
Song of the Year "Hentai" by Rosalía Nominated
Best Alternative Song Nominated
2023 Grammy Award Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album Motomami by Rosalía Won

Discography

Production credits

Year Artist(s) Album Role
2008 Secret Machines Secret Machines Engineer
2009 Elvis Perkins Elvis Perkins in Dearland Engineer
Lloyd Banks H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More 2) Engineer
2010 Daniel Merriweather Love & War Engineer
Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Engineer
T.I. No Mercy Engineer
Hole Nobody's Daughter Engineer
Arcade Fire The Suburbs Engineer
2011 Snoop Dogg Doggumentary Engineer
Big Sean Finally Famous Vocal engineer, recording
Jay-Z and Kanye West Watch the Throne Producer, engineer, mixing
2012 Compilation Cruel Summer Producer, engineer, mixing, keyboards, vocals
2 Chainz Based on a T.R.U. Story Engineer
DJ Khaled Kiss the Ring Engineer
Fun Some Nights Engineer
RZA The Man with the Iron Fists Engineer
WZRD WZRD Engineer, mixing
2013 Big Sean Hall of Fame Composer, engineer
John Legend Love in the Future Engineer
Pusha T My Name Is My Name Engineer, mixing, programming
Kanye West Yeezus Producer, engineer, mixing, programming
2014 Future Honest Engineer
Rick Ross Mastermind Engineer
Kanye West feat. Paul McCartney "Only One" Composer, producer
2015 Kanye West "All Day" Composer, producer, engineer, mixer
A$AP Rocky At.Long.Last.A$AP Engineer
The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness Engineer
Tyler, the Creator Cherry Bomb Engineer
Big Sean Dark Sky Paradise Composer, engineer
Paul McCartney, Rihanna, Kanye West "FourFiveSeconds" Composer, engineer
Travis Scott Rodeo Producer, engineer, composer, mixing
Pusha T King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude Engineer
2016 Frank Ocean Endless Mixing
Frank Ocean Blonde Mixing
Gucci Mane Everybody Looking Engineer
Kanye West The Life of Pablo Producer, composer, engineer
Schoolboy Q Blank Face LP Engineer, composer
Sia This Is Acting Composer, producer
2017 Drake More Life Composer
2018 Kids See Ghosts Kids See Ghosts Producer, engineer
Teyana Taylor K.T.S.E. Composer
Christina Aguilera Liberation Composer, engineer, producer
Nas Nasir Producer, composer, engineer
Swizz Beats Poison Engineer
Muse Simulation Theory Producer
Kanye West Ye Producer, composer, engineer
2019 Bon Iver I, I Composer, engineer
FKA Twigs Magdalene Producer, composer, engineer
Dirty Projectors Sing the Melody Composer
Frank Ocean "DHL" Producer
2021 Why Don't We The Good Times and the Bad Ones Composer
2022 Denzel Curry Melt My Eyez See Your Future Producer
Omar Apollo Ivory Producer, composer
Rosalía Motomami Producer, composer
2023 Rosalía and Rauw Alejandro RR Producer
Yves Tumor Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) Producer, composer
Travis Scott Utopia Producer

References

  1. ^ "Noah Goldstein". Grammy.com. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  2. Robertson, Emma. "NOAH GOLDSTEIN: "I'VE ALWAYS TRUSTED MY TASTE"". The Talks. Archived from the original on April 21, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Thomas, Chris. "NOAH GOLDSTEIN IS THE PRODUCER & ENGINEER BEHIND YOUR FAVORITE ALBUMS". High Snobiety. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  4. Stairiker, Kevin (December 4, 2012). "Kanye West hires alumnus as main audio engineer". Temple News. Archived from the original on May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Kanye West Producer Noah Goldstein Signs With Milk & Honey for Management". Variety. October 19, 2020. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  6. "The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s". Pitchfork. October 8, 2019. Archived from the original on November 6, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "Noah Goldstein on Good A&R, Working With Kanye West, and Why He 'Stopped Feeling Pressure a Long Time Ago'". Music Business Worldwide. July 21, 2022. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
  8. ^ Ness, Jimmy (August 29, 2013). "Question in the Form of An Answer: An Interview with Engineer Noah Goldstein (Kanye West, Jay-Z, Nas, etc.)". Passion of the Weiss. Archived from the original on February 5, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  9. ^ "KANYE WEST COLLABORATOR NOAH GOLDSTEIN NAMED SVP OF A&R AT COLUMBIA RECORDS". Music Business Worldwide. August 17, 2018. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  10. Dombal, Ryan (June 24, 2013). "The Yeezus Sessions". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  11. Aswad, Jem (March 18, 2022). "Rosalia Moves to the Head of the Class With the Dazzling 'Motomami'". Variety. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.

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