Also known as The Spaniard Years active 1987 – present | Website www.michaelfellis.com Name Michael Ellis | |
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Born May 12, 1959 (age 64)
Panama City, Panama ( 1959-05-12 ) Genres Spanish reggae, reggaeton, hip hop, R&B, salsa, merengue Occupation(s) Producer, arranger, engineer, composer Associated acts Earth, Wind & Fire, Kurtis Blow, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Eric Clapton, Beres Hammond, TLC | ||
Michael F. Ellis (May 12, 1959 - Dec 6, 2014) Was a Panamanian master 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 also known as "El General", Smooth the Hustler, Pesos, Tricky, El Profeta (Oscar Jemmoth), Carlos Miller (Carlito Miller), Owie Irie and Frank Bent also known as "Killer Ranks" were born. Michael Ellis is pioneer international producer for the genres Spanish reggae and reggaeton.
Michael F. Ellis produced the First production to EL GENERAL, 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", "¿Que Pasa Nena?" by Carlos Miller (Carlito Soul), "Do That to Me One More Time", "Caramelo", "Mermaid Body" and "Killing you Suave" by Killer Ranks in association with Warner Brothers.
Michael F. Ellis is the pioneer of Spanish reggae, founder of reggaeton and winning producer of "La Gaviota de Plata 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.)", 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 Oscar Jemmoth aka 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" produced in Creation Studios in 1998 by Michael F. Ellis, Kazey Ellis and Derrick Barrnett, also with this release given birth to the term "Spanglish" created by Michael F. Ellis meaning a mixture of English and Spanish lyrics. Streaming from New York to Puerto Rico in association with Prime entertainment, Michael F. Ellis laid the foundation for the widespread Reggaeton movement seen today.
This movement was a product of a team of individuals along with Michael F. Ellis such as Nando Alvarechi, Luis Pisterman (Former Vice President of WEA Latina), Jesus Lopez (Former VP of Latin North America at BMG International), Hector Marcano, Eric Clark, Jimmy Delgado and Freddy Beras-Goyco all played a role in marketing and exposing at the time, the mostly unknown genre of reggaeton.