in 2009, he received a grammy nomination for best engineered album for engineering al green's "lay it down". elevado has worked with some of the most influential artists and producers of his time, including alicia keys, questlove, rick rubin, tony visconti, mark ronson, roberta flack and blackalicious. he remains faithful to analog recording techniques and equipment in the modern era of digital recording and is one of only a handful of engineers and producers who still prefer analog tape as their recording medium.