Nascent (record producer)
Nascent | |
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| Born | Christopher Ruelas |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
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Christopher Ruelas, known professionally as Nascent, is an American record producer and songwriter best known for producing and co-writing SZA's "Good Days" and the Kanye West / The Weeknd collaboration "Hurricane.".[1][2]
Career
Early life
Ruelas began to show an interest in producing music in his early teens using software Acid Pro, before giving away beats for free to any Chicago musicians looking for music to spread word of mouth of his productions.[3][4] After graduating high school, temporarily moving to New York, and watching a G-Unit documentary, Ruelas decided to go to the G-Unit Records offices and drop off a disc of beats he produced.[4][5] An on-site A&R played his music on the spot, and he received his first placement at 18: "Strong Enough" from 50 Cent's 2009 album Before I Self Destruct.[2] Recognition from this opportunity grew into burgeoning relationships with local Chicago artists Chance The Rapper, Saba, and Mick Jenkins once he returned to the city.[4]
Music career
In 2018, Ruelas was invited to a session with old friend Chance The Rapper to create songs for a Kanye West joint-project (then-named Good Ass Job), and one of the productions they created would come out three years later as top 10 single "Hurricane" on his project Donda.[2] In 2020, three years after Ruelas built on a voice note of fellow producer Los Hendrix's guitar riff with his own drums and sent it to Carter Lang, SZA heard the production and instantly began writing to it, building "Good Days," her first solo top 10 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.[2][6][7]
In 2024, Ruelas released his project Don't Grow Up Too Soon.[5]
Discography
Studio albums
| Minus The Bullshit Life's Great[1] |
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| Don't Grow Up Too Soon[1] |
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Selected production / songwriting credits
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
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| "Strong Enough" | 2009 | 50 Cent | Before I Self Destruct |
| "Flip On You" (featuring Schoolboy Q) | 2014 | Animal Ambition | |
| "Still Fucked Up" | G Herbo | Welcome to Fazoland | |
| "Gang Over Luv" | 2017 | Brent Faiyaz | Sonder Son |
| "First World Problemz/Nobody Carez" | |||
| "Stay Down" | |||
| "Why'z it so hard" | 2018 | Lost | |
| "Trust" | |||
| "Voices in My Head" | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Hoodie SZN | |
| "Hero" | 2019 | Pivot Gang | You Can't Sit with Us |
| "Daddy Knows" (featuring Ash Leone) | Dave East | Survival | |
| "Good Days" | 2020 | SZA | SOS |
| "Clouded" | Brent Faiyaz | Fuck the World | |
| "Been Away" | |||
| "Ladylike" | Kiana Ledé | Kiki | |
| "Hurricane" (with The Weeknd) | 2021 | Kanye West | Donda |
| "Price of Fame" | Brent Faiyaz | Do Not Listen | |
| "Price of Fame" | 2022 | Wasteland | |
| "Rolling Stone" | |||
| "2012" (featuring Day Wave) | Saba | Few Good Things | |
| "Afro Futurism" | 2023 | Noname | Sundial |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | Ref |
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| 2022 | 64th Annual Grammy Awards | Best R&B Song ("Good Days") | Nominated | [8] |
| Album of the Year (Donda) | Nominated | [8] | ||
References
- 1 2 3 "Grammy Winning Producer Nascent Explores Childhood and Creativity in New Album 'Don't Grow Up Too Soon'". BET.
- 1 2 3 4 Mamo, Heran (April 1, 2022). "How the Fruits of Producer Nascent's Labor Paid Off With Grammy-Nominated Hits, Ye's 'Hurricane' & SZA's 'Good Days'". Billboard.
- ↑ Rouhani, Neena (February 10, 2023). "How Five Top Producers Are Making Music in 2023". Billboard.
- 1 2 3 ""I'm Able To Express Every Piece Of My World" – An MM Exclusive With GRAMMY Winning Producer Nascent". Mixtape Madness. May 3, 2024.
- 1 2 Bernstein, Elaina (June 3, 2024). "From Chi-Town to Beyond: Nascent Is Emerging From the Shadows". Hypebeast.
- ↑ "'It's Just a Family Record': The Making of SZA's 'Good Days' as Told by Its Producers". Billboard. February 4, 2021.
- ↑ Shannon, Delisa (March 30, 2022). "The Making of SZA's 'Good Days'". Rolling Stone.
- 1 2 "Christopher Ruelas | Artist | GRAMMY.com". www.grammy.com.