Derek Ali (born November 1, 1989[1]), better known by his moniker MixedByAli, is an American mixing engineer. His career began in Los Angeles in the late 2000s recording and mixing for Top Dawg Entertainment artists – first with Schoolboy Q, then Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, and SZA, then later on and more recently Bas, Nipsey Hussle, Snoop Dogg as well as many others.[2][3]In 2018, he invented an online mixing program and community for mixing engineers called EngineEars which is aimed at teaching upcoming engineers techniques that will improve the quality of mixes they create and provide a world class mixing access to artists remotely.[4][5]
Nominations
- 2012: Album of the Year – good kid, m.A.A.d cityby Kendrick Lamar
- 2015: Album of the Year – To Pimp a Butterflyby Kendrick Lamar
- 2017: Album of the Year – by Kendrick Lamar
- 2017: Record of the Year – “HUMBLE.” by Kendrick Lamar
Wins
- 2015: Best Rap Album – To Pimp a Butterflyby Kendrick Lamar
- 2018: Record of the Year – “This Is America” by Childish Gambino