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Rob "Reef" Tewlow

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Rob Tewlow
Birth nameRobert F. Tewlow
Also known asReef
OriginNew York, New York, U.S.
GenresHip hop
Occupations
Years active1994–present
LabelsAtlantic

Rob Tewlow, professionally known by his moniker Reef, is an American musician, record producer and audio engineer from New York City. He is a former music journalist at The Source and a former A&R music executive for Atlantic Records' hip-hop department. He also worked at the Sirius XM's station's hip-hop channel Shade 45 as an executive.[1]

Tewlow was brought by editor Matteo "Matty C" Capuluongo to work as a music reviewer and photographer for hip-hop magazine The Source, where he contributed from 1991 to 1992 before leaving to work as an A&R at Atlantic Records.[2] In 1992, he signed hip hop duo Artifacts, composed of Tame One and El Da Sensei, to Big Beat Records.[3]

As a record producer, Tewlow helmed his hip hop production on Bad Meets Evil's "Nuttin' to Do" and "Scary Movies", 50 Cent's "What Up Gangsta" and Doja Cat's "Tonight", also producing for the likes of Hussein Fatal, The High & Mighty, Fat Joe, Trick Daddy, B Rich, Royce da 5′9″, Cage, Dilated Peoples and Yo Gotti. On July 12, 2011, Jon Connor released his digital album, which was produced entirely produced by Tewlow.[4]

At the 64th Annual Grammy Awards held on 2022, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year for his production duties on Doja Cat's Planet Her (Deluxe).

Production discography

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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s

Other credits

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Big Beat/Atlantic Records
  • 1992: O.F.T.B.Straight Up Watts (A&R coordinator)
  • 1992: Double X PossePut Ya Boots On (A&R coordinator)
  • 1994: ArtifactsBetween a Rock and a Hard Place (executive producer, A&R direction)
    • Artifacts — "Wrong Side of da Tracks" (executive producer, A&R direction, editing)
    • Artifacts — "C'mon wit da Git Down" (executive producer, A&R)
    • Artifacts — "Dynamic Soul" (executive producer, A&R)
  • 1994: Down South – Lost In Brooklyn (A&R direction)
    • Down South – "Southern Comfort" (mixing)
    • Down South – "Tractors, Rakes, and Hoes" (mixing)
    • Down South – "Sitting Here" (mixing)
  • 1994: DFC – "Digga Bigga Ditch (Evil Radio Mix)" (mixing)
  • 1995: Junior M.A.F.I.A.Conspiracy (A&R coordinator)
  • 1995: Double X PosseRuff, Rugged & Raw (executive producer, A&R direction)
    • Double X Posse — "He Asked For It"/"Make Some Noise" (executive producer)
    • Double X Posse — "Stop That Playin'"/"Wreckin' It"/"The Ill Real" (executive producer)
  • 1996: Mad SkillzFrom Where??? (executive producer, A&R direction)
    • Mad Skillz — "The Nod Factor" (executive producer)
    • Mad Skillz — "Move Ya Body" (executive producer)
  • 1996: Real Live — The Turnaround: The Long Awaited Drama (A&R)
    • Real Live — "Real Live Shit" (A&R)
    • Real Live — "Real Live Shit (Remix)" (executive producer, A&R)
    • Real Live — "The Turnaround" (A&R)
  • 1996: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture High School High (associate producer)
  • 1997: ArtifactsThat's Them (executive producer, A&R)
    • Artifacts — "Art of Facts" (A&R)
    • Artifacts — "The Ultimate" (executive producer, A&R)
Loud/RCA Records
  • 1997: Mobb Deep — "The After Hours G.O.D. Pt. III" (re-mixing)
Game Recordings
Terror Squad/Big Beat/Atlantic Records
  • 1998: Fat JoeDon Cartagena (co-executive producer, A&R)
    • Fat Joe — "Bet Ya Man Can't (Triz)" (co-executive producer)
    • Fat Joe — "Misery Needs Company" (keyboards, additional programming)
Eastern Conference Records
  • 1998: Mad Skillz — "The Conceited Bastard" (executive producer)
Atlantic Records
Game Recordings
  • 1999: Royce da 5′9″ — "Take His Life" (mixing)
Rawkus Records
Terror Squad/Big Beat/Atlantic Records
  • 1999: Terror SquadThe Album (co-executive producer, A&R)
    • Terror Squad — "Whatcha Gon Do" (co-executive producer)
    • Terror Squad — "All Around the World" (mixing)
Game Recordings
  • 2000: Royce da 5′9″ — "Soldier's Story" (mixing)
Terror Squad/Atlantic Records
  • 2000: Cuban Link — "Flowers for the Dead" (executive producer)
Atlantic/Warner Sunset Records
Terror Squad/Atlantic Records
  • 2002: Fat Joe — Loyalty (co-executive producer, A&R)
    • Fat Joe — "Fight Club" (executive producer)
Eastern Conference Records
Parlophone
VP Records
  • 2003: Wayne Wonder, Mobb Deep, Fat Joe & Surprise — "Enemies (Remix)" (production coordinator)
Koch Records
Fourfivesix Entertainment/W.O.R.L.D Records
  • 2004: The UN — UN Or U Out (A&R)
Terror Squad/Atlantic Records

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2022 Planet Her (Deluxe) Grammy Award for Album of the Year Nominated [7]

References

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  1. ^ Kaufman, Gil (February 17, 2010). "'We Are The World' Remake: Was The Lineup 'Too' Contemporary?". MTV. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Charnas, Dan (November 1, 2011). "The Source". The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-56811-8.
  3. ^ Callahan-Bever, Noah (November 8, 2022). "Tame One Embodied a Moment in Underground Hip-Hop That Will Live on Forever". Complex. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  4. ^ Paine, Jake (June 18, 2011). "Jon Connor To Release iTunes Album "Salvation" On July 12". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  5. ^ Callahan-Bever, Noah; Kondo, Toshitaka (June 13, 2011). "The Oral History Of Bad Meets Evil". Complex. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  6. ^ Burgess, Omar (February 5, 2013). "Get Rich Or Die Tryin' Ten Years Later: An Oral History". HipHopDX. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  7. ^ "Rob Tewlow | Artist | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
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