Michael Mangini is an American record producer and owner of Mojo Music, a production and artist management company. He has worked with Digable Planets, Imani Coppola, and Baha Men, among others.

Early life

Mangini started his career in the

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in 1985 at

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. He also started writing songs, singing, and playing guitar for the band China Blue. Mangini and the band relocated to Los Angeles to record songs at various studios, which is where he first learned music engineering and programming. He went from being an assistant at Chung King Studios to becoming a multi-Platinum award-winning mixing engineer within two years.

Career

In early 1993, Mangini opened a studio in New Jersey and soon recorded, co-produced and mixed Digable Planets' '' Reachin' (A New Refutation of Time and Space)'' which included " Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)", winner of the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 36th Grammy Awards. He co-produced Imani Coppola's ''Chupacabra'' released in 1997. In 2000, along with Steve Greenberg, he produced the Baha Men’s single " Who Let the Dogs Out?". The song was recorded in Mangini home studio in Miami. Mangini and Pop Rox's remix of the

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song " What's Going On" was included in the charity album of remixes released by Columbia Records in 2001. Also in 2001, Mangini produced O-Town's first full-length album '' O-Town'' and

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's sixth solo album '' Look into the Eyeball''. During this phase of his career, Mangini worked with musicians such as the

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, and

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. Mangini produced

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's first album '' The Soul Sessions'', and its follow-up '' Mind Body & Soul.'' Mangini has worked with various artists, including Little Jackie, Diane Birch, Hailey Knox and others. In 2016, along with Peter Zizzo, co-produced the

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song "Apocalypse". He also produced the 2018 debut album by Elise LeGrow, ''Playing Chess'', a collection of covers of songs produced by the early record label

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. In 2019, he produced Evancho's album '' The Debut''.Evancho, Jackie. Liner notes, ''The Debut'', JE Touring, Inc., April 2019

References

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