Performance · Production
James Poyser
Sheffield, United Kingdom
James Poyser is credited on 719 releases across 296 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1993–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
719
Credits
296
Albums
4
Decades active
931
In collections
Biography
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Grammy Award-winning and Emmy nominated composer, producer and musician.
Hails from Philadelphia with British origins (born in Sheffield, England). A member of The Roots, he has worked with the likes of Mariah Carey, Erykah Badu, Rihanna, Common, D'Angelo, Jay-Z, Jill Scott, John Legend, Al Green and Adele, among many others
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
719 releases · 296 albums · active 1993–2026
- Performance · 1,088
- Production · 607
- Other credits · 103
- Engineering · 4
Studios: Electric Lady Studios · Battery Studios, New York · The Studio · Dallas Sound Lab
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
1998
21
2011
Mama's Gun
2000
Voodoo
2000
Baduizm
1997
Phrenology
2002
Things Fall Apart
1999
Patient Number 9
2022
How I Got Over
2010
Be
2005
Blazing Arrow
2002
Lioness: Hidden Treasures
2011
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
2000
Like Water For Chocolate
2000
Game Theory
2006
The Minstrel Show
2005
Worldwide Underground
2003
One Day It'll All Make Sense
1997
But You Caint Use My Phone
2015
New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)
2007
Who Is Jill Scott? (Words And Sounds Vol. 1)
2000
Rising Down
2008
Quality
2002
Unapologetic
2012
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Common
- Erykah Badu
- The Roots
- Vikter Duplaix
- Jill Scott
- Vivian Green
- Mariah Carey
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