Willie B (producer)
William Thomas Trenell Brown, known professionally as Willie B or The Ichiban Don, is an American rapper and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is an original member of production team Digi+Phonics of Top Dawg Entertainment.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. 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 ", from his second studio album Habits & Contradictions, among other songs for TDE. Outside of TDE he has produced for artists such as Freddie Gibbs, Childish Gambino, Wale and Apollo the Great, among others. On July 27, 2013, he released the first ever Instagram-only instrumental mixtape.Discography
Mixtapes
- I'm Not a Producer
Guest appearances
Production discography
2009
; Bishop Lamont & Indef - Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces
; Ab-Soul - Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke & Almost Famous
- 07. "Soul Cry"
- 11. "Mayday"
; Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated
- 06. "Opposites Attract "
- 08. "Ignorance Is Bliss"
; Jay Rock - Black Friday
; ScHoolboy Q - Setbacks
; Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
- 08. "Poe Man's Dream "
- 12. "Rigamortus"
; Jay Rock - Follow Me Home
- 04. "No Joke"
- 09. "All I Know Is"
- 10. "I'm Thuggin'"
- 11. "Kill or Be Killed"
2012
; ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
- 11. "Gangsta in Designer "
; Ab-Soul - Control System
- 12. "Showin' Love"
- 17. "Black Lip Bastard "
2013
; Freddie Gibbs - Evil Seeds Grow Naturally
; Raven Sorvino - Queen of HeArts
; Eric Bellinger - Your Favorite Christmas Songs
- 07. "Chestnuts Roasting"
2014
; ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
- 07. "Prescription / Oxymoron"
; J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
- 04. "03' Adolescence"
2015
; Mickey Taelor - HiiGrade Vol. 2
- 07. "Gemini 2.0
- 09. "Love In Time
- 10. "Wassup"
2016
; J. Cole -
; Mickey Taelor - Essentials
- 01. "Essentials "
- 02. "XYZ "
- 03. "This Iz 4 U"
- 04. "3stacks"
- 05. "Work It Out"
- 06. "Trainwreck"
- 07. "Gemini 3.0"
- 09. "Complicated"
- 10. "Love Architects/Roll Up"
; ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
; J. Anthny - Two Sides EP
- 02. "Where's Your Money"
- 03. "My NY Bitch"
- 04. "Two Sides"
- 05. "Down"
- 06. "What You Want"
- 07. "Risky "
- 10. "100 Miles"
; Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt.
; J.I.D - "BRUUUH - Single"
; Daylyt & Willie B - "Let There B Lyt"
- 01. "Let There B Lyt"
- 02. "Finnessegawd"
- 03. "First Breath"
- 04. "King of Thuh Dot"
- 05. "Ratchets"
- 06. "Girl Shit"
- 07. "Day Electronica"
- 08. "Queen"
- 09. "Last Breath"
; J. Cole
