Tyler Mathew Carl Williams[1] (born February 25, 1988), professionally known as T-Minus, is a Canadian record producer. He has produced hit records and worked with many popular artists including Lil Wayne, Logic, Eminem, Drake, Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Belly, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, DMX, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Lana Del Rey, Sia, J. Cole, Nelly Furtado, and more. He is one of Drake's longest and most frequent collaborators, contributing to songs such as "HYFR", "The Motto", "Make Me Proud" (featuring Nicki Minaj) and "Blem".
T-Minus | |
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Birth name | Tyler Mathew Carl Williams |
Born | Ajax, Ontario, Canada | February 25, 1988
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Years active | 2006–present |
He has garnered over 20 awards and nominations including Grammys, Platinum certifications, and BMI's Producer of the Year (earned on multiple occasions).
Early life
editT-Minus first started experimenting with music as a student at Pickering High School. "I’ve always loved music," he says. "I used to play the drums, so I’ve always been interested in music in that way." After sitting at the drum kit for a few years, he decided to try making his own rhythms, so he downloaded a digital audio workstation program called Fruity Loops when he was 15 years old and was soon creating entire songs.[2]
Artistry
editOn his sound, T-Minus has said: "I'm just taking things to a new place as far as music goes. I don't want to go to the same route that I was going to before so far as how everything sounds, how everything sits in your ears... I'm going back to the roots of R&B, mid-'90s, from hearing a Timbaland record, an Aaliyah, something from Blackground Music, for example. When the music had so much emotion."[3]
Awards and nominations
editYear | Award | Category | Result |
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2013 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Song (Drake featuring Lil Wayne – The Motto) | Nominated |
2014 | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year (Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid M.a.A.d City) | Nominated |
2019 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Performance (J. Cole - Middle Child) | Nominated |
2019 | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year (H.E.R - Used to Know Her) | Nominated |
2019 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap/Sung Performance (Young Thug featuring J.Cole and Travis Scott – The London) | Nominated |
2019 | Grammy Awards | Best Rap Album (Dreamville - Revenge of the Dreamers III | Nominated |
2022 | Grammy Awards | Album of the Year (J. Cole - The Off-Season) | Nominated |
2022 | Grammy Awards | Best Melodic Rap Performance (J. Cole featuring Lil Baby - Pride Is the Devil|) | Nominated |
He also won Top Producer at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards.
Discography
editSingles produced
editYear | Single | Chart positions | Album | |||||
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US Hot 100 | US R&B |
US Rap |
US Pop |
CAN | UK | |||
2009 | "How Low" (Ludacris) |
6 | 2 | 1 | – | 41 | 67 | Battle of the Sexes |
2010 | "Moment 4 Life" (Nicki Minaj featuring Drake) |
13 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 27 | 22 | Pink Friday |
2011 | "I'm On One" (DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne) |
10 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 67 | 78 | We the Best Forever |
"She Will" (Lil Wayne featuring Drake) |
3 | 1 | 2 | – | 16 | 58 | Tha Carter IV | |
"Make Me Proud" (Drake featuring Nicki Minaj) |
9 | 1 | 1 | – | 25 | 49 | Take Care | |
"The Motto" (Drake featuring Lil Wayne) |
14 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 22 | ||
2012 | "HYFR" (Drake featuring Lil Wayne) |
62 | 20 | 17 | – | – | – | |
"My Moment" (DJ Drama featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill and Jeremih) |
89 | 23 | 16 | – | – | – | Quality Street Music | |
"Swimming Pools (Drank)" (Kendrick Lamar) |
17 | 3 | 3 | – | – | 63 | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | |
"Go Get It" (T.I.) |
77 | 40 | 23 | – | 86 | – | Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head | |
"She Don't Put It Down" (Joe Budden featuring Lil Wayne and Tank) |
96 | 32 | – | – | – | – | No Love Lost | |
2013 | "Rich as Fuck" (Lil Wayne featuring 2 Chainz) |
38 | 11 | 9 | – | – | – | I Am Not a Human Being II |
"Heartbreaker" (Justin Bieber) |
13 | – | – | – | 15 | 14 | Journals | |
2017 | "Somethin Tells Me" (Bryson Tiller) |
74 | 29 | – | – | – | 84 | True to Self |
"Broke" (Lecrae) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | All Things Work Together | |
2020 | "Give Up"[4] (Russ) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | Non-album single |
"Lion King on Ice" (J. Cole) |
51 | 15 | – | – | 59 | 65 | The Fall Off | |
2021 | "Interlude" (J. Cole) |
8 | 5 | – | – | 16 | 25 | The Off-Season |
2024 | "Corazón" (Nelly Furtado with Bomba Estéreo) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
2007
edit- 05. "Replacement Girl" (featuring Trey Songz) (produced with Boi-1da)
2008
edit- 15. "Co-Defendant"
Papa Duck
edit- 00. "Break You Up"
2009
edit- 11. "Drained"
- 15. "Black Out"
- 01. "Intro"
Birdman – Family Over Everything
edit- 02. "She Knows" (featuring Lil Wayne)
- 15. "White Leather"
Jazzfeezy – Jazzfeezy Presents: Unveiling the Rapture
edit- 03. Unstoppable" (featuring Burna, Bass Line and Dean Gray) (produced with Jazzfeezy)
- 04. "Words Won't Do" (featuring August) (produced with Jazzfeezy and Boi-1da)
- 14. "Flying High" (featuring Phax and Red Shortz) (produced with Jazzfeezy)
- 12. "Without You" (featuring Trey Songz)
- 00. "Our Love"
2010
edit- 05. "Tonight"
- 02. "How Low"[5]
- 16. "How Low (Remix)" (featuring Ciara & Pitbull)
Travis Porter – Proud to Be a Problem
edit- 14. "Mighty Mighty" (featuring F.L.Y.)
Travis Porter – I Am Travis Porter
edit- 17. "Lay Ya Body Down"
Diggy Simmons – Airborne
edit- 02. "Thinkin' 'Bout U" (featuring Bei Maejor)
- 00. "Go Head Shawty"
- 00. "Airplanes"
- 00. "Don't Be Mad"
- Leftover
- 00. "Get Lost" (featuring Cutty)
- 00. "In My Hood"
- 01. "Statistics"
- 02. "Love"
- 04. "Spotlight"
- 07. "Mama"
- 10. "Learn From This"
- 12. "Poppin Bottles" (featuring Drake)
- 09. "Turn It Up" (featuring Usher)
- 07. "Moment 4 Life" (featuring Drake)
Luu Breeze – HollaLaLuuie
edit- 05. "Makin' A Killin'" (featuring Vado)
2011
edit- 01. "Bang Bang Pow Pow" (featuring Lil Wayne)
- 07. "Under Ground Kings" (Produced with Noah "40" Shebib)
- 08. "We'll Be Fine" (featuring Birdman)
- 09. "Make Me Proud" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
- 14. "HYFR" (featuring Lil Wayne)
- 19. Bonus Track: "The Motto" (featuring Lil Wayne)
- 11. "Cool Boyz" / 00. "Cool Boyz" (Remix) (featuring Red Cafe)
Don Trip & Starlito – Step Brothers
edit- 12. "Pray For Me"
Alley Boy – Definition of Fuck Shit 2
edit- 07. "Word Law" (featuring Veli Sosa)
Birdman & Mack Maine – Billionaire Minds
edit- 04. "Mr. Lottery" (featuring Short Dawg & Jae Millz)
2012
edit- 03. "Hot Wheels" (featuring Travis Porter & Young Dro)
- 04. "I Been That Girl"
- 07. "Champion" (featuring Nas, Drake and Young Jeezy) (produced with Boi-1da)
D-WHY – Don't Flatter Yourself
edit- Leftover
- 00. "Macchiato Music"
Burd & Keyz – Keyz of Life
edit- 05. "Faithful" (featuring Luu Breeze, A-Game & Jahron B) (produced with Burd & Keyz)
- 05. "Compliments" (featuring Kris Stephens & T.I.)
- 04. "Throw That" (featuring Eminem) (co-produced by Eminem)
- 12. "Frat House" (co-produced by Eminem and Nikhil S.)
- 09. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Cyhi the Prynce – Ivy League Club
edit- 13. "Tomorrow"
Roscoe Dash – Roscoe 2.0
- 17. "Substance Abuse"
- 03. "Don't You Quit"
- 08. "Go Get It"
- 09. "Guns and Roses" (featuring P!nk)
- 12. "Addresses"
- 03. "PMW (All I Need)" (featuring ScHoolboy Q)
2013
editJigg – High Grade 2
edit- 03. "So Hot"
- 03. "She Don't Put It Down" (featuring Lil Wayne & Tank)
- 17. "She Don't Put It Down (Remix)" (featuring Fabolous, Twista & Tank)
- 09. "Rich as Fuck" (featuring 2 Chainz)
- 04. "Talk a Good Game" (featuring Kevin Cossom)
- 01. "Heartbreaker" (produced with Maejor Ali & Chef Tone)
2014
editWink Loc
- 00. "Want Me Dead (featuring Jeezy and Jigg)"
Bizzle – Well Wishes
- 13. "You Know (Remix)" (featuring Lecrae) (produced with Boi-1da)
Eric Bellinger – The Rebirth
edit- 06. "Delorean" (produced with Matthew Burnett)
- 00. "In The Meantime"
2015
edit- 07. "Win Some, Lose Some" (produced with Boi-1da)
Ludacris – "Ludaversal"
edit- 16. "Problems" (featuring Cee-Lo Green)
2016
edit- 14. "wonderful" (featuring The Weeknd) (produced with Boi-1da, Mike Dean and Travis Scott)
2017
edit- 07. "Blem" (produced with Frank Dukes)
- 12. "Sacrifices" (featuring 2 Chainz and Young Thug) (produced with Deejae)
- 18. "Somethin Tells Me"
- 06. "Summer Bummer" (produced with Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da and Rick Nowels)
- 03. "Broke" (produced with Nikhil Seetharam and Boi-1da)
- 03. "Damage" (with Halsey) (produced with Frank Dukes)
- 02. "Make a Toast" (produced with Boi-1da, Vinylz, Allen Ritter and DannyBoyStyles)
- 03. "The Come Down Is Real Too"
2018
edit- 06. "Pretty Little Fears" (featuring J. Cole) (produced with Yakob)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN
- 05. "Inside Out" (produced with Frank Dukes)
- 10. "Early Morning Trappin" (featuring Trippie Redd) (produced with J. Valle)
- 04. "He Don't Want It"
- 07. "Kevin's Heart" (produced with Mark Pelli)
- 25. "March 14" (produced with J. Valle)
- "No Diamonds" (produced with ADP)
2019
editRich the Kid – The World Is Yours 2
edit- 16. "Middle Child" (performed by J. Cole) (produced with J. Cole)
- 17. "Mannequin Challenge" (featuring. Juice Wrld) (produced with J. Cole + ProbByc03)
- 19. "The London" (featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott)
2020
edit- 05. "Can't Decide"
- 06. "Compensating" (featuring Young Thug)
2021
edit- 02. "a m a r i"
- 06. "1 0 0 . m i l'"
- 07. "p r i d e . i s . t h e . d e v i l"
- 09. "i n t e r l u d e"
- 02. "Stressed" (featuring J. Cole & T-Shyne)
- 08. "Rockstar In His Prime"
- 06. "Shoot My Shot" (featuring Offset)
2022
editVirgin Miri
edit- Basic Ordinary Ugly
2023
editVirgin Miri
edit- Kill Me
- Make a Movie (feat. Young Thug)
- h4msterb0y
- Only God Forgives
2024
editErick the Architect - I've Never Been Here Before
edit- 11. Colette
Virgin Miri
edit- Roller Girl
- Don't Wanna Be Saved
- 04. Home Alone
- 01. Pricey (with Ari Lennox featuring Young Dro and Gucci Mane)
- 04. Huntin' Wabbitz
- 10. 3001
- 12. 7 Minute Drill
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "BMI | Repertoire Search". Repertoire.bmi.com.
- ^ Dolabaille, DC. "Who is T-Minus?". Black Ink Magazine. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ Krishnamurthy, Sowmya. "T-Minus on What Happened to "Partynauseous" and Writing New Drake Beats". MTV. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
- ^ "Give Up prod by T-Minus droppin this Friday..." July 7, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2020 – via @russdiemon on Twitter (confirmed account).
- ^ "Diddy Parties After BET Hip-Hop Awards with Ludacris, Shawty Lo, More | News | VH1.com". www.vh1.com. Archived from the original on 15 October 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.