Buckwild (record producer)

Buckwild

Buckwild is a Hip hop producer hailing from The Bronx, New York. Originally a DJ, Buck began producing after meeting MC/Producer Lord Finesse. He later joined Finesse's super-crew D.I.T.C., along with Showbiz and A.G., Diamond D, Fat Joe, and the late Big L and brought O.C. with him. His first released production came in 1993, the posse-cut "Shit Is Real (You Can't Front)" featuring Diamond D, Lord Finesse and Sadat X; a B-side to Diamond & The Psychotic Neurotics's "!*! What U Heard".

His first major exposure came when he produced the majority of O.C.'s 1994 underground classic Word...Life, most notably the single "Time's Up". The same year, he produced 3 songs for Organized Konfusion's second album Stress: The Extinction Agenda, as well as a track for Brand Nubian's Everything Is Everything album. Buck continued his exposure in 1995, producing on a number of hailed underground albums, including Big L's Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, AZ's Doe Or Die, Kool G Rap's 4,5,6, and Mic Geronimo's The Natural. He also became known for being one of the most active remixers in hip-hop music at the time, remixing singles for Guru, Beastie Boys/Q-Tip, Channel Live/KRS-One, Kool Keith and many others.

In the mid-to-late 1990s, he produced for and remixed artists like Akinyele, Tha Alkaholiks, Beastie Boys, Big Pun, Show & AG, Lord Finesse, Brand Nubian, Capone-N-Noreaga, Diamond D, Fat Joe, Jay-Z, Mase, Memphis Bleek, Nas, O.C., Organized Konfusion, Sadat X, Grand Puba, Mad Skillz and The Notorious B.I.G.. In 2001 he produced 12 of 15 songs on OC's third album Bon Appetit. Perhaps his most famous beat came in 2000, with Black Rob's hit single "Whoa!".

Buckwild's publishing company is named Kurrup Money, Inc. which is also the name (minus the Inc.) of a collective of rappers that the producer has taken under his wing. The group consists of Murder Cap, Mello, Mal, Shakes, D-Lux and H-Mob; in 2003 they released their debut mixtape Hard 4 The Streets which featured production by Buckwild on 8 of the 20 songs.

In 2007 Ground Floor Recordings issued an official double CD worth of Buckwild's rare remixes and productions recorded between 1993 and 1997, Diggin' In The Crates (Rare Studio Masters 1993-1997). Shortly after Tampa MC Celph Titled reached out to the producer with an idea to create a concept album, featuring new vocals by Celph Titled and guests over unheard and previously unreleased Buckwild beats dating back to the period between 1993 and 1996. The result is the album Nineteen Ninety Now which was released through No Sleep Recordings in November 2010 to great critical acclaim.

Discography

Albums

• Still Diggin' Composition EP (1998)
• Diggin' In The Crates (Rare Studio Masters 1993-1997) (2007)
• Nineteen Ninety Now w/ Celph Titled (October 26, 2010)
• Buckwild Presents... EP (November 16, 2010)

Selected Production Work

• 50 Cent "I Don't Need Em", from The Massacre (2005)
• 702 "Better Day (Ghetto Girl)", from Star (2003)
• A+ "Me & My Microphone" and "I Wanna Be Rich" from The Latch-Key Child (1996)
• AZ "Ho Happy Jackie", from Doe or Die (1995)
• AZ "I'm Back" and "Re-Birth", from Aziatic (2002)
• AZ "Live Wire", from A.W.O.L. (2005)
• Beanie Sigel "Look At Me Now", from The B.Coming, "What A Thug About", from The Truth (2000)
• Big L "Put It On", "8 Iz Enuff", "Danger Zone" and "Da Graveyard", from Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous (1995)
• Big Pun "Dream Shatterer [Original Version]", from Endangered Species (2001)
• Black Rob "Whoa!", from Life Story (2000)
• Brand Nubian "Alladat", from Everything Is Everything (1994)
• Brand Nubian "Maybe One Day" and "Brand Nubian", from Foundation (1998)
• Capone-N-Noreaga "Neva Die Alone" and "Black Gangstas", from The War Report (1997)
• Capone-N-Noreaga "With Me", from The War Report 2: Report the War (2010)
• Cormega "Mega Fresh X", from Born and Raised (2009)
• Cormega "A Thin Line" from The True Meaning (2002)
• D.I.T.C. "Champagne Thoughts" (By O.C.), from Worldwide (1999)
• D.I.T.C. "Insomnia" (By O.C., A-Bless & D Flow), from The Movement (2008)
• Faith Evans "I Love You" from Faithfully (2001)
• Fat Joe "Walk On By" from Don Cartagena (1998)
• Fat Joe "Still Real", "My Lifestyle from Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) (2001)
• Fat Joe "Take A Look At My Life", from Loyalty (2002)
• Grand Puba "I Like It (Buckwild Remix)" (1995)
• Immortal Technique "Stronghold Grip" from The 3rd World (2008)
• Jadakiss "Pain & Torture" from The Last Kiss (2009)
• Jay-Z "Lucky Me", from In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
• Kool G Rap "Blowin' Up In The World" and "Fast Life", from 4,5,6 (1995)
• Kool G Rap "Holla Back" and "The Streets", from The Giancana Story (2002)
• Little Brother "Back At It", from Soldiers Of Fortune
• Lord Finesse "Hip 2 Da Game (Buckwild Remix)" (1996)
• Mad Skillz "VA In The House", "Doin Time In The Cypha" and "Get Your Groove On", from From Where??? (1996)
• Method Man & Redman "Mrs. International" from Blackout! 2 (2009)
• Mic Geronimo "Train Of Thought", "Masta I.C." and "Three Stories High", from The Natural (1995)
• Nas "These Are Our Heroes", from Street's Disciple (2004)
• O.C. "Word...Life", "O-Zone", "Born 2 Live", "Time's Up", "Point O Viewz", "Let It Slide", "Ma Dukes" and Outro (Sabotage), from Word...Life (1994)
• O.C. "Burn Me Slow" , "Love Child" (1997)
• O.C. "The Chosen One", "Far From Yours" and "Hypocrite", from Jewelz (1997)
• O.C. 12 of 15 songs from Bon Appetit (2001)
• Organized Konfusion "Stress", "Thirteen", "Why" and "Bring It On (Remix)", from Stress: The Extinction Agenda (1994)
• P. Diddy & The Bad Boy Family "So Complete", from The Saga Continues... (2001)
• Playaz Circle "U Can Believe It" from "Supply & Demand" (2007)
• R.A. the Rugged Man "Every Record Label Sucks Dick, from Night of the Bloody Apes
• Redman "Let's Go", from Red Gone Wild... Thee Album (2007)
• Terror Squad, "Rudeboy Salute"
• Terror Squad "Pass Away"
• The Game "Like Father, Like Son", from The Documentary (2005)
• The Notorious B.I.G. "I Got A Story To Tell", from Life After Death (1997)
• Shyne "Quasi O.G.", from Godfather Buried Alive (2004)
• Swizz Beatz "Come N' Get Me" featuring Cassidy
• Freddie Gibbs "The Wrong One", 2009
• Escobar "Zakon Cutanja" and "Znas O Cemu Pricamo (Ulica pt. II)", from Krvave Kise, 2010
• I-20 - "Work", 2010
• Celph Titled - Nineteen Ninety Now (entire album)

External links

• Pure Righteousness : Interview with Buckwild, published in Egotrip in 1995
• D-Bless interview about working with Buckwild