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

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. He is an original member of

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production team

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(TDE). He is also a member of the hip hop collective A Room Full of Mirrors, alongside fellow rappers

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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

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, Bishop Lamont,

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, and

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'', 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 ''

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'', among other songs for TDE. Outside of TDE he has produced for artists such as

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, 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)

Mixtapes

* ''I'm Not a Producer'' (2011)

Guest appearances

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" ;

- ''

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

- '' Black Friday'' * 01. "No Joke" (featuring Ab-Soul)

2011

;

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- '' Setbacks'' * 02. "Kamikaze" ; Kendrick Lamar - ''

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

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) ; 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

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and

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)

2012

; ScHoolboy Q - ''

'' * 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

;

- '' Evil Seeds Grow Naturally'' * 06. "Lay It Down" ; Raven Sorvino - ''Queen of HeArts'' * 07. "In My Mind" (featuring A$ton Matthews,

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and Maxo Kream) ;

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- ''Your Favorite Christmas Songs'' * 07. "Chestnuts Roasting"

2014

; ScHoolboy Q - '' Oxymoron'' * 07. "Prescription / Oxymoron" (produced with Sounwave) ; J. Cole - ''

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'' * 04. "03' Adolescence"

2015

; Mickey Taelor - ''HiiGrade Vol. 2'' * 07. "Gemini 2.0 (featuring

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) * 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

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) * 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) roduced with J. Anthny ; Ab-Soul - '' Do What Thou Wilt.'' * 03. "Huey Knew THEN" (featuring

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) ; J.I.D - "BRUUUH - Single" * 1. "BRUUUH"

2017

; Daylyt & Willie B - "Let There B Lyt" * 01. "Let There B Lyt" * 02. "Finnessegawd" DJ_Swish.html" ;"title="Swish_(hip-hop_producer).html" ;"title="roduced with Swish (hip-hop producer)">DJ Swish">Swish_(hip-hop_producer).html" ;"title="roduced with Swish (hip-hop producer)">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"

References

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