# Studio 11

Studio 11 is a recording studio in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 1996. Best known for hip hop music, duranguense, gangsta rap, and house music styles, Studio 11 has recorded, mixed, and mastered over 35,000 musical songs.

## History
### Early history

Studio 11 was initially opened in a coach house building at 11 East Superior Street by Alex Gross and Dan Scalpone, while students of sound engineering at Columbia College. By 1999 the studio expanded to the top floor at 209 W. Lake St. into two music studios to accommodate larger volumes of recording. Early adaptation of digital technology established Studio 11 as a premiere Chicago destination for recording rap and electronic music, highlighted by the early works of Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Yung Berg, and Crucial Conflict, as well as more recent recordings with Rockie Fresh, Cashis, and French rapper Gradur.

### Music

Founder Alex Gross established himself with the recording of Payroll 125, a rap album featuring the Kanye West produced song Never Change, subsequently sold to Jay Z and re-released on critically acclaimed album The Blueprint. In 2011, Studio 11 was selected as a curator for WFMU New York's Free Music Archive, and has since released nearly 200 contributions totalling over 100,000 downloads, featuring artists such as Greenskeepers, Glass Lux, Track Jackit, Angel Alanis and The Dread.

## Notable clients

| Rockie Fresh | K-Paz de la Sierra | Memphis Bleek |
| Crucial Conflict | Cashis | Patrulla 81 |
| Yung Berg | No I.D. | Greenskeepers |
| Flavor Flav | Adela Popescu | Ron Carroll |
| Lil Herb | B Howard | Lupe Fiasco |
| Young Thug | Kanye West | Gradur |
| C-Sick | Lil Durk | Seventh Wonder |
| Akon | Snoop Dogg | Juice |
| Do or Die | Groove Armada | Shawnna |
| Mos Def | Straight No Chaser | Dave Dresden |
| Warner Music Group | Atlantic Records | Om Records |
| King L | BT | Silversun Pickups |
| Filligar |

## Selected recordings
### Albums

| Year | Album | Artist |
| 2010 | The Otherside | Rockie Fresh |
| 2013 | Driving 88 | Rockie Fresh |
| 2013 | Electric Highway | Rockie Fresh |
| 2001 | Payroll 125 | Payroll & Kanye West |
| 2006 | Ziggy Franklin Radio Show | James Curd, Greenskeepers |
| 2005 | Pleetch | Greenskeepers |
| 2005 | Thank You Lenny | Treologic |
| 2006 | Succession, I Guess | Filligar |
| 2007 | The City Tree | Filligar |
| 2008 | Near or Far | Filligar |
| 2010 | The Nerve | Filligar |
| 2003 | Is There A Signal Coming Through | Life At Sea |
| 2012 | Fly Over State | Fly Over State |
| 2015 | L'homme Au Bob | Gradur |
| 2006 | Block Music | Shawnna |
| 2008 | Planet Crucon | Crucial Conflict |
| 2015 | Building A New Chicago | Track Jackit |

### Singles

| Year | Song | Artist |
| 2013 | Vraja ta | D.J. Project fet. Adela |
| 2014 | The Unbreakable Grayarea Mix | BT |
| 2009 | Cloud Atlas | Dave Dresden & Grayarea |
| 2007 | Little Lover's So Polite Grayarea Remix | Silversun Pickups |
| 2014 | A.C. Green | Rockie Fresh |
| 2012 | Into The Future | Rockie Fresh |
| 2010 | Warsaw James Curd Remix | Groove Armada |
| 2012 | Dat Ass | Ron Carroll feat. Kima'Chelle |
| 2012 | Insane | Y.P. feat. Rockie Fresh |
| 2013 | Rub A Dub | Y.P. feat. King Louie |
| 2012 | Bingo Players | Rattle feat. Ron Carroll |
| 2015 | I'm A Machine | Glass Lux |
| 2008 | Barnfire | Crucial Conflict |
| 2009 | What's Poppin' Ride? | Butta Da Prince |
| 2007 | Lake Park | Butta Da Prince |
| 2008 | Styrafoam Cups | JDP |

### 12" Vinyl Singles / EPs

| Year | Song | Artist |
| 2004 | Neurobotic | Hidden Variable |
| 2001 | The Dancing Wu Li Masters EP | Hidden Variable |
| 2002 | Polarities 1 Of 2: Positive | Hidden Variable |
| 2004 | Lunar | Gabriel Palomo & Lee Chameleon |
| 2012 | Crush Your Idols | SanFaçon |
| 2012 | When The Angels Fell | SanFaçon |
| 2012 | Midnight At Dusk Hotel | Silentcorp |
| 2012 | Naked Came The Stranger | Silentcorp |
| 2012 | Intrinsic | Gabriel Palomo |
| 2012 | Group Modulo | Kuya |
| 2014 | Curiosity | Mikey Yellow |
| 2014 | Pattern Recognition | Linear |
| 2011 | Chicago House Music EP Part 1 | Gene Farris |
| 2011 | Chicago House Music EP Part 2 | Gene Farris |

### Films

| Year | Film | Director | Musical Score |
| 2003 | When Thugs Cry | Parris Reaves | Alex Gross |
| 2005 | The Evil One | Parris Reaves | Alex Gross & Dan Scalpone |