William Thomas Trenell Brown, professionally known as Willie B (or The Ichiban Don), is an American hip hop recording artist and record producer from Los Angeles, California. He is an original member of production team Digi+Phonics of Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE).
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 (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.
I'm Not a Producer (2011)
Bishop Lamont & Indef - Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces
13. "B.O.B. (Barack Over Bad Guys)" (featuring Affion Crockett and Willie B)
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)
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)
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)
Freddie Gibbs - Evil Seeds Grow Naturally
06. "Lay It Down"
Raven Sorvino - Queen of HeArts
07. "In My Mind" (featuring A$ton Matthews, Mike G and Maxo Kream)
Eric Bellinger - Your Favorite Christmas Songs
07. "Chestnuts Roasting"
ScHoolboy Q - Oxymoron
07. "Prescription / Oxymoron" (produced with Sounwave)
J. Cole - 2014 Forest Hills Drive
04. "03' Adolescence"
Mickey Taelor - HiiGrade Vol. 2
07. "Gemini 2.0 (featuring DJ Rhettmatic)
09. "Love In Time (produced with DAE ONE)
10. "Wassup" (Willie B Remix)
J. Cole - Forest Hills Drive: Live
04. "03' Adolescence (Live)"
Mickey Taelor - Essentials
01. "Essentials (Intro)"
02. "XYZ (Julie’s Song)"
03. "This Iz 4 U" (produced with Don Parker)
04. "3stacks"
05. "Work It Out" (produced with J. Anthny)
06. "Trainwreck"
07. "Gemini 3.0" (featuring J. Anthny)
09. "Complicated" (featuring Boogie)
10. "Love Architects/Roll Up" (feat. Stoney Tha Dealer)
ScHoolboy Q - Blank Face LP
14. "Black Thoughts"
J. Anthny - Two Sides EP
02. "Where's Your Money" (produced with J. Anthny)
03. "My NY Bitch"
04. "Two Sides" (featuring Elle Pierre)
05. "Down" (produced with J. Anthny)
06. "What You Want" (featuring Jessica Jolia)
07. "Risky (Interlude)"
10. "100 Miles" (featuring Mickey Taelor and Chevy Jones) [produced with J. Anthny]
Ab-Soul - Do What Thou Wilt.
03. "Huey Knew THEN" (featuring Da$H)
