Anthony Kilhoffer

Anthony Kilhoffer is an American hip hop record producer, songwriter, and engineer, best known for his collaborations with Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Keyshia Cole and John Legend.[1]

Biography

Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Kilhoffer got his start in the music business as an intern at Trax Records, where he worked with Ministry and other hardcore music acts.[2] He soon moved to Los Angeles to take a job at Record Plant studios, where he began his professional relationship with Kanye West, first acting as an engineer on a series of Floetry recordings, produced by West.[3]

This commenced a working relationship with West that extended more than a decade, serving as engineer and/or producer on West's albums The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, 808s and Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Watch The Throne (with Jay-Z), Cruel Summer, Yeezus, and The Life of Pablo.

Kilhoffer eventually expanded his musical collaborations to include Iggy Azalea (with whom he shared a 2015 Grammy Award nomination for Record of the Year), John Legend, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross, Keisha Cole, Common, The Pussycat Dolls, Rihanna, and Travis Scott, whom Kilhoffer discovered and initially managed upon Scott's 2012 debut.[4][5]

Kilhoffer's musical output has resulted in four Grammy Award wins and five additional nominations.[6]

Select discography

2020s
  • Free The Beast (album) - B-Free

2010s

2000s

1990s

Awards

Grammy Award for Best Rap Album

Grammy Award for Best R&B Album

References
  1. "Articles: The Yeezus Sessions". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  2. "Interview: From Ministry to Kanye, four-time Grammy winner Anthony Kilhoffer has done it all". Newsome Wolf Tracks. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  3. "Kanye West and Kid Cudi Engineer Anthony Kilhoffer Drops Gems in New Interview". Complex. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  4. "How Hip-Hop Superstar Travis Scott Has Become Corporate America's Brand Whisperer". Forbes. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  5. "Producer Anthony Kilhoffer Talks Kanye West & Travis Scott in 'Kids Take Over' Interview". Hypebeast. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  6. "Past Winners Search". The GRAMMYs. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
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