Luis Resto
Quick Facts
Biography
Luis Edgardo Resto (born July 22, 1961) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and keyboardist who has worked closely with rapper Eminem since his third major-label album The Eminem Show. He is of Puerto Rican descent and was raised in Garden City, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.
Musical career
Resto's career in recorded music began in the early 1980s in Detroit, with Michael Henderson and Was (Not Was). He continued playing keyboards and co-writing songs for a wide variety of artists (including many produced by Don Was), ranging from Anita Baker to Patti Smith to The Highwaymen to Vertical Horizon to Fuel, before beginning a prolific and lengthy collaboration with Eminem in 2001. He has played the keyboard for several Eminem-produced tracks and is credited for additional production on most Eminem-produced tracks on Encore. Resto released his own solo LP titled "Combo De Momento", and was released under his own imprint Resto World Music on May 18, 2010. He co-produced the Oscar-winning song, "Lose Yourself", featured in the movie 8 Mile with Jeff Bass and Eminem.
Discography
- "Combo De Momento" (May 18, 2010)
- "One Small Light" (2013)
Production credits
2001
- D12 – Devil's Night (Studio album released June 19, 2001)
- 19. "Girls"
2002
- Xzibit – Man vs. Machine (Studio album released October 1, 2002)
- 11. "My Name"
- Various Artists – 8 Mile (Soundtrack) (Studio album released October 29, 2002)
- 01. "Lose Yourself"
- 02. "Love Me"
- 03. "8 Mile"
- 05. "Places To Go"
- 06. "Rap Game"
- 07. "8 Miles and Runnin'"
- 08. "Spit Shine"
- 16. "Rabbit Run"
2003
- 50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Studio album released February 18, 2003)
- 03. "Patiently Waiting"
- 04. "Many Men (Wish Death)"
- 06. "High All the Time"
- 15. "Don't Push Me"
- Various Artists – Cradle 2 the Grave (Studio album released February 18, 2003)
- 02. "Go to Sleep"
- King Gordy – The Entity (Studio album released June 24, 2003)
- 02. "Nightmares"
- 03. "The Pain"
- 10. "Pass Me A Lighter"
- 16. "Nobody Hates Nothin'"
- Obie Trice – Cheers (Studio album released September 23, 2003)
- 01. "Average Man"
- 02. "Cheers"
- 03. "Got Some Teeth"
- 04. "Lady"
- 05. "Don't Come Down"
- 09. "Follow My Life"
- 13. "Hands on You"
- 14. "Hoodrats"
- 16. "Never Forget Ya"
- 17. "Outro"
- Jay-Z – The Black Album (Studio album released November 14, 2003)
- 09. "Moment Of Clarity"
- G-Unit – Beg for Mercy (Studio album released November 14, 2003)
- 03. "My Buddy"
- 04. "I'm So Hood"
2004
- DJ Kay Slay – The Streetsweeper, Vol. 2 (Studio album released March 30, 2004)
- 05. "I'm Gone"
- D12 – D12 World (Studio album released April 27, 2004)
- 01. "Git Up"
- 02. "Loyalty"
- 03. "Just Like U"
- 04. "I'll Be Damned"
- 06. "My Band"
- 08. "6 in the Morning (Come On In)"
- 10. "Leave Dat Boy Alone"
- 11. "Get My Gun"
- 13. "Bitch"
- 21. "Keep Talkin'"
- Special Edition Bonus Disc
- 02. "Slow Your Roll"
- Jadakiss – Kiss of Death (Studio album released June 22, 2004)
- 16. "Welcome to D-Block"
- Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for More (Studio album released June 29, 2004)
- 04. "On Fire"
- Eminem – Encore (Studio album released November 12, 2004)
- 02. "Evil Deeds"
- 04. "Yellow Brick Road"
- 05. "Like Toy Soldiers"
- 07. "Puke"
- 08. "My 1st Single"
- 15. "Spend Some Time"
- 16. "Mockingbird"
- 17. "Crazy In Love"
- 18. "One Shot 2 Shot"
- 20. "Encore/Curtains Down"
- Eminem – Encore (Bonus CD released November 12, 2004)
- 01. "We As Americans"
- 02. "Love You More"
- 03. "Ricky Ticky Toc"
- 2Pac – Loyal to the Game (Studio album released December 14, 2004)
- 01. "Soldier Like Me (Return of the Soulja)"
- 02. "The Uppercut"
- 03. "Out on Bail"
- 04. "Ghetto Gospel"
- 05. "Black Cotton"
- 06. "Loyal to the Game"
- 07. "Thugs Get Lonely Too"
- 08. "N.I.G.G.A. (Never Ignorant about Getting Goals Accomplished)"
- 09. "Who Do You Love?"
- 10. "Crooked Nigga Too"
- 11. "Don't You Trust Me?"
- 12. "Hennessy"
- 13. "Thug 4 Life"
2005
- The Game – The Documentary (Studio album released January 18, 2005)
- 14. "We Ain't"
- 50 Cent – The Massacre (Studio album released March 3, 2005)
- 02. "In My Hood"
- 04. "I'm Supposed To Die Tonight"
- 10. "Ski Mask Way"
- 16. "My Toy Soldier"
- Bizarre – Hannicap Circus (Studio album released June 28, 2005)
- 08. "Rockstar"
- Tony Yayo – Thoughts of a Predicate Felon (Studio album released August 30, 2005)
- 03. "It Is What It Is"
- 07. "Drama Setter"
- Trick-Trick – The People vs. (Studio album released December 27, 2005)
- 03. "Welcome 2 Detroit"
- 07. "No More to Say"
2006
- Obie Trice – Second Round's on Me (Studio album released August 15, 2006)
- 02. "Wake Up"
- 03. "Violent"
- 05. "Lay Down"
- 06. "Snitch"
- 08. "Ballad Of Obie Trice"
- 09. "Jamaican Girl"
- 10. "Kill Me a Mutha"
- 12. "All of My Life"
- 13. "Ghetto"
- 14. "There They Go"
- 17. "Everywhere I Go"
- 18. "Obie Story"
- Lloyd Banks – Rotten Apple (Studio album released October 10, 2006)
- 06. "Hands Up"
- Akon – Konvicted (Studio album released November 14, 2006)
- 03. "Smack That"
- Lil Scrappy – Bred 2 Die · Born 2 Live (Studio album released December 5, 2006)
- 19. "Lord Have Mercy"
- Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (Studio album released December 5, 2006)
- 01. "Shady Narcotics (Intro)"
- 02. "We're Back"
- 04. "Murder"
- 06. "The Re-Up"
- 07. "You Don't Know"
- 08. "Jimmy Crack Corn"
- 09. "Trapped"
- 11. "Talkin' All That"
- 16. "Smack That (Remix)"
- 17. "Public Enemy #1"
- 19. "Ski Mask Way (Eminem Remix)"
- 20. "Shake That (Remix)"
- 22. "No Apologies"
2007
- Young Buck – Buck the World (Studio album released March 27, 2007)
- 17. "Lose My Mind"
- Cashis – County Hound EP (Studio album released May 22, 2007)
- 06. "Pistol Poppin'"
2009
- Eminem – Relapse (Studio album released May 15, 2009)
- 17. "Beautiful"
- Eminem – Relapse: Refill (Studio album released December 21, 2009)
- 04. "Elevator"
2010
- Lil Wayne – Rebirth (Studio album released February 2, 2010)
- 08. "Drop the World
- B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray (Studio album released April 27, 2010)
- 12. "Airplanes, Part II"
- Eminem – Recovery (Studio album released June 18, 2010)
- 05. "W.T.P."
- 07. "Not Afraid"
- Lloyd Banks – The Hunger for More 2 (Studio album released November 22, 2010)
- 17. "Where I'm At"
2011
- Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel (EP released June 13, 2011)
- 01. "Welcome 2 Hell"
- 02. "Fast Lane
- 03. "The Reunion"
- 04. "Above the Law"
- 06. "A Kiss"
- 07. "Lighters"
- 09. "Loud Noises"
- Royce da 5'9" – Success Is Certain (Studio album released June 13, 2011)
- 01. "Legendary"
2012
- Slaughterhouse – Welcome to: Our House (Studio album released August 28, 2012)
- 01. "The Slaughter"
- 02. "Our House"
- 03. "Coffin"
- 04. "Throw That"
- 05. "Hammer Dance"
- 06. "Get Up"
- 07. "My Life"
- 08. "We Did It"
- 09. "Flip a Bird"
- 10. "Throw It Away"
- 11. "Rescue Me"
- 12. "Frat House"
- 13. "Goodbye"
- 14. "Park It Sideways"
- 15. "Die"
- 16. "Our Way"
- Deluxe version
- 17. "Asylum"
- 18. "Walk of Shame"
- 20. "Place to Be"
2013
- Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (Studio album released November 5, 2013)
- 04. "So Much Better"
- 10. "Brainless"
- 11. "Stronger Than I Was"
2014
- Various Artists – Shady XV (Studio album released November 24, 2014)
- 01. "Shady XV"
- 02. "Psychopath Killer"
- 03. "Die Alone"
- 04. "Vegas"
- 06. "Guts Over Fear"
- 09. "Fine Line"
- 10. "Twisted"
- 11. "Right for Me"
2015
- Yelawolf – Love Story (Studio album released April 21, 2015)
- 03. "American You"
- Various Artists – Southpaw (soundtrack) (Studio album released July 24, 2015)
- 02. "Kings Never Die"
- 04. "This Corner"
- 09. "All I Think About"
- 13. "Phenomenal"
2018
- Nicki Minaj – Queen (Studio album released August 10, 2018)
- 02. "Majesty"
- Eminem – Kamikaze (Studio album released August 31, 2018)
- 07. "Stepping Stone"
- 13. "Venom"
2020
- Eminem – Music to Be Murdered By