| 9th Wonder | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Patrick Douthit |
| Also known as | 9th Wonder |
| Born | January 15, 1975 |
| Origin | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Genre(s) | Hiphop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer |
| Instrument(s) | Sampler Turntables |
| Years active | 1997 – present |
| Label(s) | ABB Records Atlantic Records |
Patrick Douthit (born January 15, 1975 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina), better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop producer from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Winston-Salem is a city in the US state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census the city population was 185776 in 2004 the city annexed an additional 17483 North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Raleigh (pronounced rah-lee) is the Capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County, USA The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He began his career as the main producer for the hip-hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with the likes of Mary J. Blige, Jay-Z, Murs, and Destiny's Child. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Little Brother is an American hip hop group from North Carolina that consists of Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh. Mary Jane Blige (surname pronounced /blaɪʒ/) (born January 11, 1971) is an American Singer-songwriter, Rapper Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella This article is about the rapper The acronym MURS is also used for Multi-Use Radio Service. Destiny's Child (sometimes referred to as DC or DC3) was an R&B and pop Girl group comprising lead singer Beyoncé Knowles As part of Little Brother he gained widespread recognition and critical acclaim. He has since left Little Brother[1]. 9th Wonder stated that as long as both Phonte and Big Pooh welcomed a reunion somewhere down the line, he would be completely open to the idea. [2]
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In the mid-1990's, 9th Wonder was a DJ at the radio at North Carolina Central University while attending school there. North Carolina Central University is a comprehensive university offering programs at the baccalaureate master’s professional and selected doctoral levels He was doing production work for local artists with his keyboards. By his senior year, he was introduced to a relatively new music DAW production software called Fruity Loops (now FL Studio) by a friend who was also a producer. FL Studio, formerly known as Fruity Loops, is a Digital audio workstation, developed by Belgian company Image-Line Software. Around the same time, he met two younger schoolmates Phonte and Big Pooh, who were local emcees in the Durham area and joined to become the group known as Little Brother. Little Brother is an American hip hop group from North Carolina that consists of Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh. He then began DJ'ing for them at shows and produced a number of their beats on underground records during the rest of the 1990's.
As an up-and-coming producer, he released a remix album of Nas' 2002 album God's Son entitled God's Stepson. Nasir Jones, nɑːˈsiər (born September 14 1973 better known by his Stage name Nas, nɑːz formerly Nasty Nas, is an American rapper God's Son is the sixth Studio album by Hip hop artist Nasir Jones better known by his stage name Nas. God's Stepson is an album by hip hop producer 9th Wonder (formerly one third of the group Little Brother) This album began what is now a regular trend of remixing whole albums. 9th Wonder has a smooth and soulful production style that relies on samples from artists such as Al Green and Curtis Mayfield. Albert Greene (born April 13 1946 better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and Soul music singer who received great acclaim in Curtis Lee Mayfield ( June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, R&B, and Funk [3] He attributes the bass lines that he uses in production to DJ Premier, Pete Rock and J Dilla, while he claims to have learned "moans" from RZA. Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966) better known as DJ Premier is an American Record producer and DJ, and Pete Rock (born Peter Phillips, June 21 1970 in Bronx New York) is an American DJ, Record producer, and James Dewitt Yancey ( February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006) better known by his stage name J Dilla or Jay Dee, was an Robert F Diggs (born July 5, 1969) better known as RZA (pronounced) is an American Music producer, Rapper, and occasional [4] With the help of filmmaker Tee Smith and sound engineer Young Guru, 9th Wonder landed a coveted production credit on Jay Z's then highly-anticipated The Black Album. Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1969 better known as Jay-Z, is an American Rapper and former CEO of Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella The Black Album is a 2003 Hip hop album by rapper Jay-Z. It was promoted as his final studio album although Jay-Z subsequently announced a return The producer continued to produce for Little Brother and many other Hiphop artists/groups, including Jean Grae, Skyzoo, and Murs. Jean Grae (real name Tsidi Ibrahim) is a hip hop Artist from New York. This article is about the rapper The acronym MURS is also used for Multi-Use Radio Service. 9th Wonder has also produced for more widely known artists such as Destiny's Child, Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Mos Def, Memphis Bleek, Buckshot from Black Moon, and more recently, artists such as The Game, Lloyd Banks, and Sean Price. Destiny's Child (sometimes referred to as DC or DC3) was an R&B and pop Girl group comprising lead singer Beyoncé Knowles Mary Jane Blige (surname pronounced /blaɪʒ/) (born January 11, 1971) is an American Singer-songwriter, Rapper Erica Abi Wright (born February 26 1971 better known by her Stage name Erykah Badu is a Grammy -nominated American soul De La Soul is a Grammy Award-winning hip hop group They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky surreal lyrics and their contributions to the evolution Dante Terrell Smith (born December 11, 1973) better known by his stage name Mos Def, is an American MC and Actor. Malik Thuston Cox, better known by his rap persona of Memphis Bleek, is a New York Rapper currently signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. Buckshot (born Kenyatta Blake in Brooklyn, New York) is an underground rapper famous as the leader of Hip Hop group Boot Camp Clik Black Moon is an american hip hop group consisting of members Buckshot, 5ft and DJ Evil Dee (of Da Beatminerz) Jayceon Terrell Taylor (born November 29 1979 better known by his Stage name The Game, is an American Rapper. Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30 1982) better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American Rapper and member of the Sean Price (b March 17, 1972) is an American Rapper from Brooklyn New York, a member of the Hip Hop supergroup Recently, 9th Wonder, along with Christopher "Play" Martin from the Hiphop group Kid-n-Play, were appointed Artist-In-Residence by the Chancellor of North Carolina Central University, and instruct a Hiphop history class in NCCU's Music Dept. Christopher "Play" Martin (born July 10 1962) is an American Rapper and Actor, formerly the latter half of the late 1980s/early 1990s Kid 'n Play was a hip-hop and Comedy duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s North Carolina Central University is a comprehensive university offering programs at the baccalaureate master’s professional and selected doctoral levels
9th Wonder still resides in North Carolina. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States He has announced his dedication to the community in Durham, NC by joining P'Tones Records [www. ptonesrecords. com], giving students the opportunity to learn about the music industry and further their education by earning scholarships to NCCU. Professor Kawachi Clemons and founder (of P'Tones) Oren Rosenbaum will be opening their project January 2008, with 9th serving as spokesperson. He recently released his second solo album entitled The Dream Merchant Vol. 2. The Dream Merchant Vol 2 is the second compilation album from producer 9th Wonder, formerly of Little Brother.