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)
Instruments Vocals, FL Studio, Pro Tools
Years active 2005–present
Associated acts

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

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" 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

2010

Ab-Soul - Longterm 2: Lifestyles of the Broke & Almost Famous
Kendrick Lamar - Overly Dedicated
Jay Rock - Black Friday

2011

ScHoolboy Q - Setbacks
Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
Jay Rock - Follow Me Home

2012

ScHoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
Ab-Soul - Control System

2013

Freddie Gibbs - Evil Seeds Grow Naturally
Raven Sorvino - Queen of HeArts
Eric Bellinger - Your Favorite Christmas Songs

2014

ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive

2015

Mickey Taelor - HiiGrade Vol. 2

2016

J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive: Live
Mickey Taelor - Essentials
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
J. Anthny - Two Sides EP

Upcoming

Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt

References

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