Willie B (producer)

Willie B
Birth name	William Thomas Trenell Brown
Also known as	The Ichiban Don
Born	Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper record producer
Instruments	Vocals, FL Studio, Pro Tools
Years active	2005–present
Associated acts	Digi+Phonics Ab-Soul Kendrick Lamar ScHoolboy Q Jay Rock Black Hippy J. Cole Dreamville Records

William Thomas Trenell Brown, professionally known as Willie B (or The Ichiban Don), is an American hip hop rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is an affiliated member of production team Digi+Phonics.

Career

On January 6, 2011, Willie B released a mixtape titled I'm Not a Producer hosted by DJ Age & featuring guest appearances from Jay Rock, Talib Kweli, Busta Rhymes, Little Brother, Crooked I, Kendrick Lamar, Bishop Lamont, Glasses Malone, and Kurupt.^[1] He is best known for producing Kendrick Lamar's "Ignorance Is Bliss" and "Rigamortis" from Lamar's Overly Dedicated and Section 80, respectively. He has also produced Ab-Soul's "Black Lip Bastard", and Schoolboy Q's "Gangsta in Designer (No Concept)", from his second studio album Habits & Contradictions, among other songs for TDE.^[2] Outside of TDE he has produced for artists such as Freddie Gibbs, Childish Gambino, Wale and Apollo the Great, among others.^[3]^[4] On July 27, 2013, he released the first ever Instagram-only instrumental mixtape.^[5]

Discography

Mixtapes

I'm Not a Producer (2011)

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title	Year	Artist(s)	Album
"B.O.B. (Barack Over Bad Guys)"	2009	Bishop Lamont, Indef, Affion Crockett	Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces
"Holla!" (Remix)	2010	Kida, Busta Rhymes, Little Brother, Kurupt, Crooked I, Talib Kweli, Jay Rock	The Endemic
"My Wife"	2010	Curtiss King	Jet Pack On E
"Is It"	2012	Moe-D, K.D.	Out of Nowhere

Production discography

2009

Bishop Lamont & Indef - Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces

13. "B.O.B. (Barack Over Bad Guys)" (featuring Affion Crockett and Willie B)

2010

Ab-Soul - Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke & Almost Famous

07. "Soul Cry"
11. "Mayday"

Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated

06. "Opposites Attract (Tomorrow W/O Her)" (featuring JaVonté)
08. "Ignorance Is Bliss"

Jay Rock - Black Friday

01. "No Joke" (featuring Ab-Soul)

2011

ScHoolboy Q - Setbacks

02. "Kamikaze"

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80

08. "Poe Man's Dream (His Voice)" (featuring GLC)
12. "Rigamortus" (produced with Sounwave)

Jay Rock - Follow Me Home

04. "No Joke" (featuring Ab-Soul)
09. "All I Know Is"
10. "I'm Thuggin'"
11. "Kill or Be Killed" (featuring Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko)

2012

ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions

11. "Gangsta in Designer (No Concept)"

Ab-Soul - Control System

12. "Showin' Love"
17. "Black Lip Bastard (Remix)" (featuring Black Hippy)

2013

Freddie Gibbs - Evil Seeds Grow Naturally

06. "Lay It Down"

Raven Sorvino - Queen of HeArts

07. "In My Mind" (featuring A$ton Matthews, Mike G, and Maxo Kream)

Eric Bellinger - Your Favorite Christmas Songs

07. "Chestnuts Roasting"

2014

ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron

07. "Prescription / Oxymoron" (produced with Sounwave)

J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive

04. "03' Adolescence"

2015

Mickey Taelor - HiiGrade Vol. 2

07. "Gemini 2.0 (featuring DJ Rhettmatic)
09. "Love In Time (produced with DAE ONE)
10. "Wassup" (Willie B Remix)

2016

J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive: Live

04. "03' Adolescence (Live)"

Mickey Taelor - Essentials

01. "Essentials (Intro)"
02. "XYZ (Julie’s Song)"
03. "This Iz 4 U" (produced with Don Parker)
04. "3stacks"
05. "Work It Out" (produced with J. Anthny)
06. "Trainwreck"
07. "Gemini 3.0" (featuring J. Anthny)
09. "Complicated" (featuring Boogie)
10. "Love Architects/Roll Up" (feat. Stoney Tha Dealer)

ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP

14. "Black Thoughts"

J. Anthny - Two Sides EP

02. "Where's Your Money" (produced with J. Anthny)
03. "My NY Bitch"
04. "Two Sides" (featuring Elle Pierre)
05. "Down" (produced with J. Anthny)
06. "What You Want" (featuring Jessica Jolia)
07. "Risky (Interlude)"
10. "100 Miles" (featuring Mickey Taelor and Chevy Jones) [produced with J. Anthny]

Upcoming

Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt

"Huey Knew" (featuring Da$H)

References

↑ "Willie B - Im Not A Producer Hosted by DJ AGE // Free Mixtape @". Datpiff.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "Digi + Phonics — 25 New Producers To Watch Out For". Complex. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ "Re-Produced Profile: Willie B. (of Digi+Phonics) [DJBooth Interview Exclusive] - Hip Hop News". Webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ Fairfax, Jesse (2013-03-18). "Producer Willie B Says Kendrick Lamar's "Rigamortis" Led To Work With Wale, Freddie Gibbs | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
↑ Meara, Paul (2013-07-27). "Willie B of Digi+Phonics Releases First Ever Instagram Only Beat Tape | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

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