Tommy Black (producer)

Tommy Black
Birth name	Fredrik Halldin
Origin	Vänersborg, Sweden
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record Producer, Musician, Songwriter, Recording Engineer, Mixer
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Top Dawg Entertainment, Soblue Music Group AB

Tommy Black (born Fredrik Halldin) is a record producer from Sweden. He has worked with Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Dr. Dre, Big Pooh, Ab-Soul and Shade Sheist. He was one of the producers of the 5 Grammy awarded album To Pimp A Butterfly by American rapper Kendrick Lamar. In 2017, Tommy Black received the award of SKAP - The Swedish Society of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

Production credits

• Joe Lefty – HeartChakra

"The Dove"

"Dive Deep"

"Keeper"

• Chapee – Mode7ty

"Come thru"

"Sumtimes"

"Out in Space" (featuring Mapei)

"Complicated" (featuring Faye)

"We Travel" (featuring Mykestro)

"Time Is Free"

"Last Call"

• Tommy Black – The Nine Lives of Tommy Black

"The Nine Lives of Tommy Black"

"Movement"

"Delusion"

"Look Outside"

"Inside the Space Capsule"

"Moonscape"

"Streets of Atlantis"

"Sly Black & the Zodiac"

"Time Voyage"

• Kendrick Lamar – Section.80

"Chapter Six"

"Blow My High"

• Ab-Soul – Longterm Mentality

"Almost There" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)

• Ab-Soul – Control System

"The Book of Soul"

• Butch Cassidy – I'm here

"Street Life" (Pr1me & Drastic))

Accolades

Year	Organisation	Award	Result
2017	SKAP	Hip Hop Award	Won

Grammy Awards

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
2016	"To Pimp a Butterfly" (as producer)	Album of the Year	Nominated
	"To Pimp a Butterfly" (as producer)	Best Rap Album	Won