Members Digi+Phonics

1 members

1.1 tae beast
1.2 sounwave
1.3 dave free
1.4 willie b

members
tae beast

donte perkins, better known stage name tae beast american record producer los angeles, california. beast one-half of production team weirrd people, alongside skhye hutch. tae beast first got producing records when cousin , cousin s friend showed him how use mp60 keyboard, , take dad s old records , chop samples along playing keyboard. beast began love music in 80s listening old vinyl marvin gaye , curtis mayfield records father, , continued in 90 s tried loop tracks make instrumentals on karaoke machine. love likes of j dilla, rza , kanye west, name few have begun shape sound soulful hip hop producer. in career had worked likes of u-n-i, jay rock , bad lucc.

tae beast got linked top dawg entertainment (tde) after playing few beats black hippy s ab-soul, in 2010, 1 of became turn me . after had meeting tde, resulted in him signing record label producer. on july 15, 2010, tae beast released first project, instrumental mixtape titled tae beast tape. on october 1, 2012 released sequel first mixtape, aptly titled tae beast tape 2. in 2014, earned placement on schoolboy q s album oxymoron producing grooveline pt. 2 , produced logic , big sean song alright . produced 2 songs on ab-soul s third studio album these days....

tae beast known drum loops , sample chopping in productions. best known productions include kendrick lamar s ronald reagan era , heart pt.3 , ab-soul s track 2 , schoolboy q s betigotsumweed .

sounwave

mark spears, better known stage name sounwave, american record producer compton, california. sounwave credits jumps da boogie timbaland first hip hop instrumental ever listened to. age of ten started using korg drum machine make simple drum beats. there, graduated 4-track machine , mtv music generator playstation. after using while hooked rapper bishop lamont carson, california, , song produced him mtv music generator received local radio placement. in 2005, sounwave discovered top dawg entertainment co-founder terrence punch henderson, had him meet tde ceo, anthony top dawg tiffith. anthony top dawg tiffith unimpressed sounwave, however, persisted , honed craft ended blowing away tiffith.

sounwave s earliest work top dawg entertainment surfaced on self-titled kendrick lamar ep, , jay rock s compilation track fa sho in 2009 , 2010 respectively. in 2011, sounwave produced bulk of kendrick lamar s mixtape/album section.80, landed him on complex s 15 new producers watch list. produced 3 songs on lamar s critically acclaimed second album kid, m.a.a.d city (2012). sounwave best known producing kendrick lamar s hit single bitch don t kill vibe , among other songs such m.a.a.d. city , a.d.h.d , schoolboy q s there go . in 2014, earned placement on top dawg entertainment artist isaiah rashad s cilvia demo , produced hoover street , prescription/oxymoron on schoolboy q s oxymoron. known not producing artists outside of top dawg entertainment label, except here flo rida second album r.o.o.t.s. (2009). spears credited production on 4 tracks on schoolboy q s fourth studio album, blank face lp.

dave free

david friley, better known stage name dave free or dee.jay.dave, serves member of digi+phonics, president of top dawg entertainment, music video director , kendrick lamar s manager. shortly after launching top dawg entertainment , signing jay rock, anthony top dawg tiffith reached out kendrick lamar s childhood friend dave free serve president , general manager of record label. during 2004 served social media director of label. february 2006, had been promoted president of tde.

he best known producing ab-soul s song terrorist threats . has been more involved business side of top dawg entertainment rather producing.

willie b

willie brown better known stage name willie b, american hip hop recording artist , record producer began producing professionally in 2006. on january 6, 2011, willie b released mixtape titled m not producer hosted dj age & featuring guest appearances jay rock, talib kweli, busta rhymes, little brother, crooked i, kendrick lamar, bishop lamont, glasses malone, , kurupt. best known producing kendrick lamar s ignorance bliss , rigamortis lamar s overly dedicated , section 80, respectively. has produced ab-soul s black lip bastard , , schoolboy q s gangsta in designer (no concept) , second studio album habits & contradictions, among other songs tde. outside of tde has produced artists such freddie gibbs, childish gambino, wale , apollo great, among others. on july 27, 2013, released first ever instagram-only instrumental mixtape.