Mastering · Performance
James Cruz
James Cruz is credited on 787 releases across 276 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1994–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
787
Pressings credited
276
Albums
4
Decades active
134
In collections
Biography
James Cruz is a Grammy Award winning audio mastering engineer and owner of Zeitgeist Sound Studios in Long Island City, New York.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
787 releases · 276 albums · active 1994–2025
- Mastering · 872
- Performance · 20
- Other credits · 5
- Engineering · 3
- Production · 2
Studios: Sony Music Studios, New York City · Cash Money Studios · The Hit Factory · Circle House Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

The W
2000

Legend Of The Wu-Tang: Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits
2004

Elevators (Me & You)
1996

Most Known Unknown
2005

Hard Core
1996

Stay Trippy
2013

Made You Look: God's Son Live
2003

RBG-Revolutionary But Gangsta
2004

Unwritten
2004

2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus)
2000

#1 Stunna
2000

Holla Holla
1999

The Art Of Storytelling
1999

Can-I-Bus
1998

Year Of The Dog... Again
2006

Thief's Theme
2004

La Bella Mafia
2003

Da Unbreakables
2003

Greatest Hits
2002

The Yin And The Yang
2001

Back That Thang Up
1999

The Master
1999

Doo Wop (That Thing)
1998

Blood Money
2006
Frequent collaborators
- Mary Mary
- Three 6 Mafia
- Various
- Lil' Flip
- Mr. Cheeks
- Lil' Kim
- Slick Rick
- Large Professor
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