Michael Ellis (record producer)

Michael Ellis
Background information
Also known as	"The Spaniard"
Born	May 12, 1959 (1959-05-12) (age 52)
Origin	Panama City, Panama
Genres	Hip hop, R&B, Spanish Reggae, Reggaeton, Salsa
Occupations	Producer, arranger, engineer, composer
Years active	1987–present
Associated acts	El General, Killer Ranks, Vico C

Michael Ellis (born May 12, 1959) is a Panamanian record producer and founder of New Creation Entertprises (established in 1987) along with associate David Uriel in Manhattan, New York (47 Charles Street), where artists such as Edgardo Franco (aka) "El General", Smooth the Hustler,^[1] Pesos, Tricky, El Profeta, Calito Soul, Owie Irie and Frank Bent (aka) "Killer Ranks" were born. Michael Ellis is responsible for the genres RegRapBlues, Spanish Reggae and Reggaeton.

Michael Ellis produced the smash hits as "El Gran Pana", "El Maestro", "Son Bow", "Buduff Kun Kun", "Te Ves Buena", "La Quemé", "El Paré", "No Mas Guerra", "Wine Your Body", "Cross The Border", "Do That to Me One More Time", "Caramelo", "Mermaid Body" and "Killing you Suave" by Killer Ranks in association with Warner Brothers.

Producer Michael Ellis and El General win "La Gaviota de Plata" at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar, en Chile.

Producer Michael Ellis and Mentor Don King.

Michael Ellis is the pioneer of Spanish Reggae, founder of Reggaeton and winning producer of "La Gaviota de Plata"^[2] at the Festival de la Canción de Viña del Mar, en Chile, the biggest honor in Latin music, Grammy Award winning producer of "Gran Pana", "El Maestro" and "Muevelo, Muevelo (also MTV Video Music Award – International Viewer's Choice Video of the Year 1992.)",^[3] The Premio lo Nuestro award from 1989 - 1993.

New Creation’s reach expanded far from the streets of New York and the borders of the United States. In 1988 New Creation Enterprises was the first record label to record Reggaeton in Puerto Rico with titles such as, "Yo Quiero Un Amor" by El Profeta, "Ingles y Espanol" by Owie Irie, "Te vez Buena" and "Tu Pum Pum" by El General and "Hombre Murio" by Killer Ranks.

Other titles from the Spanish Reggae genre includes "The Best of Spanglish Reggae Vol. 1"^[4] produced in in Creation Studios in 1998 by Michael Ellis, Kazey Ellis and Derrick Barrnett, also with this release given birth to the term "Spanglish" created by Michael Ellis meaning a mixture of English and Spanish lyrics. Streaming from New York to Puerto Rico in association with Prime entertainment, Michael Ellis laid the foundation for the widespread Reggaeton movement seen today.

This movement was a product of a team of individuals along with Michael Ellis such as Nando Alvarechi, Luis Pisterman^[5] (Former Vice President of WEA Latina), Jesus Lopez (Former VP of Latin North America at BMG International), Hector Marcano and Freddy Beras-Goyco all played a role in marketing and exposing at the time, the mostly unknown genre of Reggaeton.

Michael Ellis' mentor Melvin Haber (owner of KC and The Sunshine Band) once said to him "Life is what you make it, you always have to discipline yourself to achieve your goals, a wise man is a holy man and a knowledgeable man is a force of empowerment". His other mentor Don King once said to him "Once you have freedom, there is nothing you can't accomplish, there is no wrong in not knowing, what is wrong is...knowing that you need the knowledge and not accquiring it....Only in America, God Bless America".

References

1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Smoothe+Da+Hustler
2. ^ http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_General
3. ^ http://www.latin-artists.com/biography.php?id=127
4. ^ http://www.discogs.com/various-Artist-The-Best-of-Spanglish-Reggae-Volume-1/release/2097952
5. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1991-11-21/news/ti-5_1_more-latino-music?pg=3

External links

• Producer Michael Ellis

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Name	Ellis, Michael
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Short description	Music producer
Date of birth	May 12, 1959
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