William Thomas Trenell Brown (born July 5, 1983), known professionally as Willie B or by the stage name the Ichiban Don, is an American hip hop record producer and recording artist from Los Angeles, California. He is an original member of West Coast hip hop production team Digi+Phonics of Top Dawg Entertainment. He is also a member of the hip hop collective A Room Full of Mirrors, alongside fellow rappers Punch, Nick Grant and Daylyt, among others.
Musical career On January 6, 2011, Willie B released a mixtape titled I'm Not a Producer hosted by DJ Age and 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 (No Concept)", 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 Studio albums Let There B Lyt (2017) Heroes (2021)
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" 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)
Wale - Folarin 14. "Fa We We Freestyle"
2013 Freddie Gibbs - Evil Seeds Grow Naturally 06. "Lay It Down"
Raven Sorvino - Queen of HeArts 07. "In My Mind" (featuring A$ton Matthews, Mike G and Maxo Kream)
Eric Bellinger - Your Favorite Christmas Songs 07. "Chestnuts Roasting"
2014 ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron 07. "Prescription / Oxymoron" (produced with Sounwave)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive 04. "03' Adolescence"
2015 Mickey Taelor - HiiGrade Vol. 2 07. "Gemini 2.0 (featuring DJ Rhettmatic) 09. "Love In Time (produced with DAE ONE) 10. "Wassup" (Willie B Remix)
2016 J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive: Live 04. "03' Adolescence (Live)"
Mickey Taelor - Essentials 01. "Essentials (Intro)" 02. "XYZ (Julie’s Song)" 03. "This Iz 4 U" (produced with Don Parker) 04. "3stacks" 05. "Work It Out" (produced with J. Anthny) 06. "Trainwreck" 07. "Gemini 3.0" (featuring J. Anthny) 09. "Complicated" (featuring Boogie) 10. "Love Architects/Roll Up" (feat. Stoney Tha Dealer)
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP 14. "Black Thoughts"
J. Anthny - Two Sides EP 02. "Where's Your Money" (produced with J. Anthny) 03. "My NY Bitch" 04. "Two Sides" (featuring Elle Pierre) 05. "Down" (produced with J. Anthny) 06. "What You Want" (featuring Jessica Jolia) 07. "Risky (Interlude)" 10. "100 Miles" (featuring Mickey Taelor and Chevy Jones) [produced with J. Anthny]
Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt. 03. "Huey Knew THEN" (featuring Da$H)
J.I.D - "BRUUUH - Single" 1. "BRUUUH"
2017 Daylyt & Willie B - "Let There B Lyt" 01. "Let There B Lyt" 02. "Finnessegawd" [produced with DJ Swish] 03. "First Breath" 04. "King of Thuh Dot" (featuring J.Anthny) 05. "Ratchets" 06. "Girl Shit" (featuring Mickey Taelor) 07. "Day Electronica" (featuring Chevy Jones) 08. "Queen" 09. "Last Breath"
J. Cole 00. "Want You to Fly"
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