Eskeerdo

Cuban-American rapper and songwriter Alexander Izquierdo, better known by the mononym Eskeerdo, was born and raised in Hialeah, Florida, a city in Miami-Dade County.[1] At the age of 15, he dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of becoming an artist. He began his career gaining attention, writing songs for chart-topping artists such as Rihanna, Kanye West and Big Sean. Thanks to his writing credits he has won two Grammy awards to date. In late 2014, Eskeerdo released his debut single "For the City" which became Miami Heat's anthem and was featured in the team's short film "Heat Nation". In 2015, he released his debut EP, Eskeerdo, influenced by his hometown of Hialeah, which has the highest percentage of Cuban and Cuban American residents of any city in the United States. While working on his rising career, Eskeerdo continues to write songs with his latest hit placement being Fifth Harmony's "Work for Home" scoring him a No. 1 on Billboard's Pop and Rhythmic radio charts. In August 2016, he released his second EP, Cuban Jesus, featuring Miami hit "Weekend Behavior" released via Eskeerdo's label HIA Entertainment.[2][3][4][5]

Songwriting

The Monsters originated as a group in 2008 when Stefan Johnson[6] engineered a session for Eskeerdo. The Monsters and The Strangerz were both introduced to each other in late 2010 during a session with Def Jam artist Khalil and Atlantic Records artist Diggy Simmons. The session became the start of the group's creative partnership.

Eskeerdo has penned critically acclaimed hits for Diddy, Rihanna, Flo Rida, T.I., Big Sean, Meek Mill, John Legend, Selena Gomez, among others. Most notably, in 2012, Eskeerdo collaborated with some of hip-hop's biggest names to co-write Kanye West's "Clique[7]" which was featured on G.O.O.D Music's album Cruel Summer. That same year he co-wrote "No Love Allowed,[7]" featured on Rihanna's album Unapologetic.[8][9]

Songwriting credits

Year Song Artist Album Details
2009 "Diddy Boppin' '"[10] Diddy featuring Yung Joc & Xplicit Diddy Boppin Writer
2010 "Million Dollar Girl" Trina featuring Diddy & Keri Hilson Amazin' Writer
"Showin Out" Trina Amazin' Writer
"Nothing Like LA" Ice Cube I Am the West Writer
"I Am Not The One" Maino The Art of War Mixtape Writer
"Turn Around (5,4,3,2,1)" Flo Rida Only One Flo (Part 1) Writer
"Turnaround (5,4,3,2,1) Remix" Flo Rida featuring Pitbull Hangover 2 The Movie Writer
"Hey Cutie" Soulja Boy featuring Trey Songz The DeAndre Way Writer
"Poppin Bottles" T.I. featuring Drake No Mercy Writer
2011 "My House" Big Sean Finally Famous Album Writer
2012 "Vans On" T. Mills TBA Writer
"Countless" Alley Boy Nigganati Writer
"2 Up" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"Unforgivable Blackness" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"I Need To Know" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"Tom Edison" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"What's Going On" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"MSG" Diggy Simmons Unexpected Arrival Writer
"Naked" Kevin McCall featuring Big Sean TBA Writer
"Burn" Meek Mill featuring Big Sean Dreams and Nightmares Writer
"I Don't Like (Remix)" Chief Keef featuring GOOD Music & Jadakiss Cruel Summer Writer
"Louder" Flo Rida Wild Ones Writer
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Carly Rae Jepsen Kiss Writer
"All Night Longer" Sammy Adams TBA Writer
"Mula" Big Sean Detroit Mixtape Writer
"Clique" GOOD Music Cruel Summer Writer
"Maybach Curtains" Meek Mill Dreams and Nightmares Writer
"No Love Allowed" Rihanna Unapologetic Writer
"All That (Lady)" Game ft. Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Jeremih, Fabolous Jesus Piece Writer
2013 "Guap" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Tonight I'm Getting Over You" Remix Carly Rae Jepsen ft. Nicki Minaj Kiss Writer
"No Part of You" 98 Degrees 2.0 Writer
"Mona Lisa" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Milf" Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj, Juicy J Hall of Fame Writer
"Nothing Is Stopping You" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Beware" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Fire" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Mula" Big Sean Hall of Fame Writer
"Don't Come Around" Yo Gotti I Am Writer
2014 "Born To Run" Afrojack Forget the World Writer
"Change Your Mind" Trey Songz Trigga Writer
"Holy Ghost" Juicy J featuring Lil Bibby TBA Writer
"Dont Be Gone Too Long" Chris Brown X Writer
"Hustle Harder" Common Nobody Smiling Writer
"The Sleaze" Wiz Khalifa Blacc Hollywood Writer
"Not For Long" B.o.B featuring Trey Songz Single Writer
"Contigo Quiero Estar" Thalía Amore Mio (Thalía album) Writer
"I Don't Like It, I Love It" Flo Rida featuring Robin Thicke My House (EP) Writer
"Here It Is" Flo Rida featuring Chris Brown My House (EP) Writer
"Done With Love" Zedd True Colors Writer
"The Blacker the Berry" Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly Writer
"Stevie Knows" Olly Murs Never Been Better Writer
"The Feeling" Justin Bieber featuring Halsey Purpose Writer
"Powerful" Jussie Smollett & Alicia Keys Empire Writer
2016 "Work from Home" Fifth Harmony 7/27 Writer
"I Lied" Fifth Harmony 7/27 Writer
"Dangerously" Charlie Puth Nine Track Mind Writer
"I Belong to You" Haley Reinhart Better Writer

Production and songwriting

Year Song Artist Album Details
2010 "Big Nut Bust"[11] Big Sean Finally Famous Mixtape Part 3 Producer, Songwriter
2011 "Love Soundz" Lacey Schwimmer Love Soundz Producer, Songwriter
"Living For Tonight"[12] Sean Kingston TBA Producer, Songwriter
"For My Lady" Ray J Ft Nelly Raydiation 3 Producer, Songwriter
"Go First, Perfect Gentleman" Mario TBA Producer, Songwriter
2012 "Feb XIV" Kevin McCall TBA Producer, Songwriter
"So Many Girls" Khleo Thomas TBA Producer, Songwriter
"On Deck" Mann TBA Producer, Songwriter
"Diemonds" T Mills Thrillionaire Producer, Songwriter
"Asstrology" T Mills Thrillionaire Producer, Songwriter
"Lightweight" T Mills Thrillionaire Producer, Songwriter
"The Reason" Cody Simpson Paradise Producer, Songwriter
2013
"Never Been Hurt" Demi Lovato Demi Producer, Songwriter
"Forget Forever" Selena Gomez Stars Dance Producer, Songwriter
"Butterflies" Zendaya Zendaya Producer, Songwriter
"Heaven Lost an Angel" Zendaya Zendaya Producer, Songwriter
"Only When You're Close" Zendaya Zendaya Producer, Songwriter
"Leave My Heart Out Of This" Fifth Harmony Better Together Producer, Songwriter
"One Wish" Fifth Harmony Better Together (EP) (Target Bonus) Producer, Songwriter
2014 "On My Way" Lea Michele Louder Producer, Songwriter
"Sexercize"[13] Kylie Minogue Kiss Me Once Producer, Songwriter
"I Can't Stop Drinking About You" Bebe Rexha Single Producer, Songwriter
"Champagne" Ferras Ferras (EP) Producer
"I Know" Chris Batson Single Co-Producer, Songwriter
"It Was Always You"[14] Maroon 5 V Producer, Songwriter
"Coming Back For You" Maroon 5 V Producer, Songwriter
"Already Gone" Boyz II Men Collide Producer, Songwriter
"On My Way Home" Pentatonix PTX, Vol. III Producer, Songwriter
"Forget Forever (Remix)" Selena Gomez For You Producer, Songwriter
"Fun" Pitbull featuring Chris Brown Globalization (album) Producer, Songwriter
2015 "Stuck On Me" Invader Girl Single Producer, Songwriter
"Do What You Like"[15] Taio Cruz Single Producer, Songwriter
"Cheyenne"[16] Jason Derulo Everything Is 4 Producer, Songwriter
"Pray" Bebe Rexha I Don't Wanna Grow Up Producer, Songwriter
"Dirty Work" Austin Mahone Single Producer, Songwriter
"Body On Me"[17] Rita Ora featuring Chris Brown Single Producer, Songwriter
"El Mismo Sol" Alvaro Soler featuring Jennifer Lopez Single Producer, Songwriter
"Lipstick" Isac Elliot featuring Tyga Single Producer, Songwriter
"Levels" Nick Jonas Single Producer, Songwriter
"Hey Everybody!"[18] 5SOS Sounds Good Feels Good Producer, Songwriter
"Castaway" 5SOS Sounds Good Feels Good Producer, Songwriter
"Fine by Me" Chris Brown Royalty Producer, Songwriter
2016
"If It Ain't Love"[19] Jason Derulo Single Producer, Songwriter
"I Lied" Fifth Harmony 7/27 Producer, Songwriter
"Thank You" Meghan Trainor featuring Rock City Thank You Producer, Songwriter

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