Exile (producer)

Aleksander Manfredi, better known by his stage name Exile,^[1] is an American hip hop DJ, producer and occasional rapper.

Career

His first record appearances were as a member of the hip hop duo Emanon with the rapper Aloe Blacc. They released various mixtapes, beginning in 1995 with "Stretch Marx" before releasing their first album, Anon & On. After 2002, Exile went on to release one more Emanon album, The Waiting Room (2005),^[2] a solo album, Dirty Science (2006),^[3] and another collaborative effort with the rapper Blu, Below the Heavens (2007).^[4] Exile released two more solo albums, Radio in 2009^[5] and 4TRK Mind in 2011.^[6]

Style and influences

Exile is known for "coarsely chopped beats" that give off "laid back soulful vibes".^[7] He claims his influences to be the contemporary producers J Dilla, Jon Brion and Madlib.^[8]

Discography

Studio albums

• Dirty Science (2006)
• Below the Heavens (2007) with Blu
• Radio (2009)
• Radio AM/FM (2010)
• 4TRK Mind (2011)
• Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them (2012) with Blu
• Zip Disks & Floppies (2013)

Remix albums

• Radio Bonus (2010)

Mixtapes

• Salvation (2012) with Johaz as Dag Savage

EPs

• Radio AM/FM EP (2010)
• Los Angeles 10/10 (2011) with Free the Robots
• Maybe One Day (2012) with Blu
• The Dag Savage EP (2013) with Johaz as Dag Savage

Singles

• "Time Has Come" (2005)
• "Stay Tuned" (2009)

Production credits

• Mobb Deep - "Pearly Gates" from Blood Money (2006)
• Jurassic 5 - "Baby Please" from Feedback (2006)
• Aloe Blacc - "Bilar Remix" (2007)
• Kardinal Offishall - "Graveyard Shift" (2007)
• Soopafly - "That Way" from Bangin Westcoast (2007)
• Asher Roth - "Lazy Afternoon" (2008)
• Fresh Daily - "T.I.T.S. (Two in the Shirt)" from The Gorgeous Killer: In Crimes of Passion (2009)
• Strong Arm Steady - "Give It Up" (2009)
• Blame One - "Street Astrologist" "Disturbed" "Saturday Night Special" "The Word to Say" "Documentarian" from Days Chasing Days (2009)
• Fashawn - Boy Meets World (2009)
• Has-Lo - "Face in Disguise" from Conversation B (2011)
• Blu - "Tags" from NoYork! (2011)
• Rakaa - "Human Nature (Now Breathe)" form Crown of Thorns (2011)
• Pharoahe Monch - "Evolve" from W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (2011)
• Big Sean - "Wait for Me" from Finally Famous (2011)
• M.E.D. - "Bang Your Head" (2011)
• Thirsty Fish - "Director's Cut" from Watergate (2011)
• Freestyle Fellowship - "Step 2 the Side" from The Promise (2011)
• Tanya Morgan - "Together" from You & What Army (2011)
• Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa - "You Can Put It in a Zag But Imma Roll It in a Blunt" from Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
• Fashawn - The Ecology (2012)
• Homeboy Sandman - "Cops Get Scared of Me" from Chimera EP (2012)
• Chino XL - "Crazy Love" from Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary (2012)
• Dialectrix - "The Satellite" from Satellite (2013)
• 2Mex & Maiselph - "All About Life" and "Wake Up in the Morning" from Like Farther... Like Sun... (2013)

References

External links

• Discogs