Luis Resto (musician)

Luis Resto
Birth name	Luis Edgardo Resto
Born	July 22, 1961 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Origin	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop, pop, jazz world music classical music
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards, organ, synthesizer bass guitar, sampler, guitar, percussion, violin
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Shady Records, Resto World Music
Associated acts	Eminem, Don Was, Was (Not Was), Patti Smith
Website	www.luisresto.com

Luis Edgardo Resto (born July 22, 1961) is an Oscar-winning, Detroit-based musician, producer and keyboardist who has worked closely with rapper Eminem since his third major-label album The Eminem Show. He is of Puerto Rican descent, with both of his parents from Puerto Rico, and was raised in Detroit (Garden City), Michigan. His career in recorded music began in the early 1980s in Detroit, with Michael Henderson and Was (Not Was). He continued playing keyboards and co-writing songs for a wide variety of artists (including many produced by Don Was), ranging from Anita Baker to Patti Smith to The Highwaymen to Vertical Horizon to Fuel, before beginning a prolific and lengthy collaboration with Eminem in 2001. He has played the keyboard for several Eminem-produced tracks and is credited for additional production on most Eminem-produced tracks on Encore. Resto released his own solo LP titled "Combo De Momento", and was released under his own imprint Resto World Music on May 18, 2010.^[1] He co-wrote the Oscar-winning song, "Lose Yourself", featured in the movie 8 Mile with Jeff Bass and Eminem.^[2]

Discography

• "Combo De Momento" (May 18, 2010)

Production credits

2002

• Various Artists – 8 Mile Soundtrack (Studio album released 2002)

01. "Lose Yourself" (Credited as "Additional Production")

05. "Places To Go" (Additional production and keyboards)

2003

• Jay-Z - The Black Album (Studio album released November 14, 2003)

09. "Moment Of Clarity" (Additional production and keyboards)

2004

• Eminem - Encore (Studio album released November 12, 2004)

02. "Evil Deeds" (Intro keyboards)

04. "Yellow Brick Road" (Additional production and keyboards)

05. "Like Toy Soldiers" (Additional production and keyboards)

07. "Puke" (Additional production and keyboards)

08. "My 1st Single" (Additional production and keyboards)

15. "Spend Some Time" (Additional production and keyboards)

16. "Mockingbird" (Additional production and keyboards)

17. "Crazy In Love" (Additional production and keyboards)

18. "One Shot 2 Shot" (Additional production and keyboards)

20. "Encore/Curtains Down" (Additional keyboards)

• Eminem - Encore (Bonus CD released November 12, 2004)

01. "We As Americans" (Additional production and keyboards)

02. "Love You More" (Additional production and keyboards)

03. "Ricky Ticky Toc" (Additional production and keyboards)

• 2Pac - Loyal to the Game (Studio album released December 14, 2004)

01. "Soldier Like Me (Return of the Soulja)"

02. "The Uppercut"

03. "Out on Bail"

04. "Ghetto Gospel"

05. "Black Cotton"

06. "Loyal to the Game"

07. "Thugs Get Lonely Too"

08. "N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant about Getting Goals Accomplished)"

09. "Who Do You Love?"

10. "Crooked Nigga Too"

11. "Don't You Trust Me?"

12. "Hennessy"

13. "Thug 4 Life"

2005

• 50 Cent - The Massacre (Studio album released March 3, 2005)

02. "In My Hood"

04. "I'm Supposed To Die Tonight"

10. "Ski Mask Way"

16. "My Toy Soldier"

2006

• Obie Trice - Second Round's on Me (Studio album released August 15, 2006)^[3]

02. "Wake Up"

03. "Violent"

05. "Lay Down"

06. "Snitch"

08. "Ballad Of Obie Trice"

09. "Jamaican Girl"

10. "Kill Me a Mutha"

12. "All of My Life"

13. "Ghetto"

14. "There They Go"

17. "Everywhere I Go"

18. "Obie Story"

2007

• Cashis - County Hound EP May 22, 2007

06. "Pistol Poppin'" Feat Eminem (Prod. by Eminem & Luis Resto)

2009

• Eminem - Relapse

17. "Beautiful"

• Eminem- Relapse: Refill

4. "Elevator"

• Lil Wayne - Rebirth

8. "Drop the World (featuring Eminem)

2010

• B.o.B - B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

12. "Airplanes, Part II" (featuring Eminem and Hayley Williams of Paramore)

• Eminem - Recovery

5. "W.T.P."

7. "Not Afraid"

• Lloyd Banks - The Hunger for More 2

17. "Where I'm At"

2011

• Bad Meets Evil — Hell: The Sequel (EP released June 13, 2011; additional keyboards)

01. "Welcome 2 Hell"

02. "Fast Lane

03. "The Reunion"

04. "Above the Law"

06. "A Kiss"

07. "Lighters" (featuring Bruno Mars)

09. "Loud Noises" (featuring Slaughterhouse)

2013

• Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP 2

04. "So Much Better"

10. "Brainless"

11. "Stronger Than I Was"

2014

• Various Artists - Shady XV

03. "Die Alone"

04. "Vegas"

09. "Fine Line"

10. "Twisted"

11. "Right for Me"

2015

• Yelawolf - Love Story

03. "American You"

• Various Artists - Southpaw (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture)

04. "This Corner"

09. "All I Think About"

13. "Phenomenal"

References

1. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003MEB1S6
2. Elson, Rachel F. "Eminem Naps Through His Oscar Victory". People. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
3. "Obie Trice - Second Round's On Me". Discogs. Accessed 3 February 2008.

External links

• Resto World Music
• Luis Resto. The main man for Hip Hop Biography (and promotional interview for the Melodyne software)