T-Minus (producer)

Tyler Mathew Carl Williams (born February 25, 1988), known professionally as T-Minus, is a Canadian record producer. Noted for his downtempo, synth-driven production style, he was an early collaborator of fellow Ontario native Drake, having produced his 2007 single "Replacement Girl". Williams has since contributed to several of Drake's hits, including "HYFR", "The Motto", "Make Me Proud" (featuring Nicki Minaj) and "Blem".

Williams has also produced for high-profile music industry acts in hip hop and R&B, including Nicki Minaj, The Weeknd, Lil Wayne, Logic, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Camila Cabello, Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Belly, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, DMX, DJ Khaled, 2 Chainz, Lana Del Rey, Sia, H.E.R., J. Cole, and Nelly Furtado, among others. He has contributed to eight Grammy Award-nominated singles or albums, and received an Album of the Year nomination for his work on Lamar's Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (2012). He won Top Producer at BMI's 2012 R&B/Hip Hop Awards.

Early life

T-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 playing the drum kit for a few years, he decided to try making his own rhythms, which led him to download the digital audio workstation program Fruity Loops at the age of 15. Soon after, he started creating full songs using the software.

Artistry

On 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."

Awards and nominations

He also won Top Producer at the 2012 BMI Urban Awards.

Discography

Singles produced

2007

Drake – Comeback Season

• 05. "Replacement Girl" (featuring Trey Songz)

2008

Plies – Da REAList

• 15. "Co-Defendant"

Papa Duck

• 00. "Look At My Swagg" (featuring Rick Ross & Ace Hood)

Tyra B.

• 00. "Break You Up"

2009

LeToya Luckett – Lady Love

• 11. "Drained"

Mýa – Beauty & The Streets Vol.1

• 15. "Black Out"

Birdman – Priceless

• 01. "Intro"

Birdman – Family Over Everything

• 02. "She Knows" (featuring Lil Wayne)

Ace Hood – The Preview

• 15. "White Leather"

Jazzfeezy – '

• 03. Unstoppable" (featuring Burna, Bass Line and Dean Gray)
• 04. "Words Won't Do" (featuring August)
• 14. "Flying High" (featuring Phax and Red Shortz)

Rebstar – Arrival

• 12. "Without You" (featuring Trey Songz)

The Weeknd

• 00. "Our Love"

2010

Donnis – Fashionably Late

• 05. "Tonight"

Ludacris – Battles of the Sexes

• 02. "How Low"
• 16. "How Low (Remix)" (featuring Ciara & Pitbull)

Travis Porter – Proud to Be a Problem

• 14. "Mighty Mighty" (featuring F.L.Y.)

Travis Porter – I Am Travis Porter

• 17. "Lay Ya Body Down"

Diggy Simmons – Airborne

• 02. "Thinkin' 'Bout U" (featuring Bei Maejor)

A-Game – PilotModeMuzik

• 00. "Go Head Shawty"
• 00. "Airplanes"
• 00. "Don't Be Mad"

Lil Scrappy – Prince of the South 2

Leftover

• 00. "Get Lost" (featuring Cutty)

P. Reign

• 00. "In My Hood"

Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe

• 01. "Statistics"
• 02. "Love"
• 04. "Spotlight"
• 07. "Mama"
• 10. "Learn From This"

T.I. – No Mercy

• 12. "Poppin Bottles" (featuring Drake)

Ciara – Basic Instinct

• 09. "Turn It Up" (featuring Usher)

Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday

• 07. "Moment 4 Life" (featuring Drake)

Luu Breeze – HollaLaLuuie

• 05. "Makin' A Killin'" (featuring Vado)

2011

DJ Khaled – We the Best Forever

• 01. "I'm On One" (featuring Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne)

Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV

• 06. "She Will" (featuring Drake)

Wale – Ambition

• 11. "Ambition" (featuring Meek Mill & Rick Ross)

T-Pain – RevolveR

• 01. "Bang Bang Pow Pow" (featuring Lil Wayne)

Drake – Take Care

• 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)

A-Game – Since 1988

• 11. "Cool Boyz" / 00. "Cool Boyz" (Remix) (featuring Red Cafe)

Don Trip & Starlito – Step Brothers

• 12. "Pray For Me"

Alley Boy – Definition of Fuck Shit 2

• 07. "Word Law" (featuring Veli Sosa)

Birdman & Mack Maine – Billionaire Minds

• 04. "Mr. Lottery" (featuring Short Dawg & Jae Millz)

2012

T.I. – Fuck da City Up

• 03. "Hot Wheels" (featuring Travis Porter & Young Dro)

Melanie Fiona – The MF Life

• 04. "I Been That Girl"

Nicki Minaj – '

• 07. "Champion" (featuring Nas, Drake and Young Jeezy)

D-WHY – Don't Flatter Yourself

Leftover

• 00. "Macchiato Music"

Burd & Keyz – Keyz of Life

• 05. "Faithful" (featuring Luu Breeze, A-Game & Jahron B) (produced with Burd & Keyz)

Tank – This Is How I Feel

• 05. "Compliments" (featuring Kris Stephens & T.I.)

DJ Drama – Quality Street Music

• 03. "My Moment" (featuring 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih)

Slaughterhouse – '

• 04. "Throw That" (featuring Eminem) <small>(co-produced by Eminem)</small>
• 12. "Frat House" <small>(co-produced by Eminem and Nikhil S.)</small>

Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city

• 09. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"

Cyhi the Prynce – Ivy League Club

• 13. "Tomorrow"

Roscoe Dash – Roscoe 2.0

• 17. "Substance Abuse"

T-Pain – Stoic

• 03. "Don't You Quit"

Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman

• 02. Zero (featuring Meek Mill) (produced with Vidal)
• 11. Forever

T.I. – '

• 08. "Go Get It"
• 09. "Guns and Roses" (featuring P!nk)
• 12. "Addresses"

ASAP Rocky – Long. Live. ASAP

• 03. "PMW (All I Need)" (featuring ScHoolboy Q)

2013

Jigg – High Grade 2

• 03. "So Hot"

Joe Budden – No Love Lost

• 03. "She Don't Put It Down" (featuring Lil Wayne & Tank)
• 17. "She Don't Put It Down (Remix)" (featuring Fabolous, Twista & Tank)

Lil Wayne – I Am Not a Human Being II

• 09. "Rich as Fuck" (featuring 2 Chainz)

Kelly Rowland – Talk a Good Game

• 04. "Talk a Good Game" (featuring Kevin Cossom)

Justin Bieber – Journals

• 01. "Heartbreaker"

2014

Wink Loc

• 00. "Want Me Dead (featuring Jeezy and Jigg)"

Bizzle – Well Wishes

• 13. "You Know (Remix)" (featuring Lecrae)

Eric Bellinger – The Rebirth

• 06. "Delorean"

Tinashe

• 00. "In The Meantime"

2015

Big Sean – "Dark Sky Paradise"

• 07. "Win Some, Lose Some"

Ludacris – "Ludaversal"

• 16. "Problems" (featuring Cee-Lo Green)

2016

Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

• 14. "wonderful" (featuring The Weeknd)

2017

Drake – More Life

• 07. "Blem"
• 12. "Sacrifices" (featuring 2 Chainz and Young Thug)

Bryson Tiller – True to Self

• 18. "Somethin Tells Me"

Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life

• 06. "Summer Bummer"

Lecrae – All Things Work Together

• 03. "Broke"

PartyNextDoor – Seven Days

• 03. "Damage" (with Halsey)

Belly – Mumble Rap

• 02. "Make a Toast"
• 03. "The Come Down Is Real Too"

2018

6LACK – East Atlanta Love Letter

• 06. "Pretty Little Fears" (featuring J. Cole)

A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN

• 05. "Startender" (featuring Offset & Tyga)

Camila Cabello – Camila

• 05. "Inside Out"

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours

• 10. "Early Morning Trappin" (featuring Trippie Redd)

Tinashe – Joyride

• 04. "He Don't Want It"

2 Chainz – The Play Don't Care Who Makes It

• 02. "Proud" (featuring YG & Offset)

J. Cole – KOD

• 07. "Kevin's Heart"

Drake – Scorpion

• 25. "March 14"

SAFE

• "No Diamonds"

2019

Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours 2

• 06. "Two Cups" (featuring Offset & Big Sean)

Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III

• 16. "Middle Child"

Young Thug – So Much Fun

• 17. "Mannequin Challenge" (featuring. Juice Wrld)
• 19. "The London" (featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott)

2020

Aminé – Limbo

• 05. "Can't Decide"
• 06. "Compensating" (featuring Young Thug)

J. Cole – The Fall Off

"Lion King on Ice"

2021

J. Cole - The Off-Season

• 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"

Young Thug - Punk

• 02. "Stressed" (featuring J. Cole & T-Shyne)

Juice WRLD - Fighting Demons

• 08. "Rockstar In His Prime"

Bas

• "The Jackie" (featuring J. Cole & Lil Tjay)

IDK - USEE4YOURSELF

• 06. "Shoot My Shot" (featuring Offset)

Eminem - Music to Be Murdered By - Side B

• 14. "Zeus" (featuring White Gold)

2022

Virgin Miri

• Basic Ordinary Ugly

2023

Virgin Miri

• Kill Me
• Make a Movie (feat. Young Thug)
• h4msterb0y
• Only God Forgives

2024

Erick the Architect - I've Never Been Here Before

• 11. Colette

Virgin Miri

• Roller Girl
• Don't Wanna Be Saved

Bas - We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up

• 04. Home Alone

J. Cole - Might Delete Later

• 01. Pricey (with Ari Lennox featuring Young Dro and Gucci Mane)

• 02.Crocodile Tearz

• 03. Ready '24 (featuring Cam'ron)

• 04. Huntin' Wabbitz

• 10. 3001

• 12. 7 Minute Drill

Wale - Ghetto Speak

• Mission Statement (featuring T-Minus)

Nelly Furtado - 7

• 02. Corazón (featuring Bomba Estéreo)

• 07. Crown (featuring Blxckie)

• 09. Save Your Breath (featuring Williane 108, Charmie, Taborah Johnson and Tynomi Banks)

• 11. Fantasy

• 13. Take Me Down

2025

Lizzo - My Face Hurts From Smiling

• 07. Bend It Ova

Travis Scott - Jackboys 2

• 04. Kick Out

2026

J.Cole - Birthday Blizzard '26

• 04. 99 Build Freestyle

J.Cole - The Fall-Off

Disc 29

• 2. Two Six
• 4. Run a Train
• 5. Poor Thang
• 6. Legacy
• 10. The Let Out
• 11. Bombs in the Ville / Hit the Gas

Disc 39

• 1. 39 Intro
• 5. Life Sentence
• 6. Only You

See also

References

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