Big Cats (producer)

Big Cats
Birth name Spencer Wirth-Davis
Also known as Big Cats!
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Genres Alternative hip hop
Instrumental hip hop
Underground hip hop
Occupation(s) Producer, musician
Years active 2009–present
Labels Speakeasy/Tru Ruts
Associated acts Guante, Toki Wright, The Tribe, Homeless, Catsax
Website bigcatsbeats.com

Spencer Wirth-Davis, better known by his stage name Big Cats (sometimes styled Big Cats!), is an American underground hip hop producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2] He has produced full-length collaboration albums with artists such as Guante,[3] The Tribe,[4] and Toki Wright.[5]

Discography

Albums

Solo
  • Sleep Tapes (2008)
  • For My Mother (2012)
  • What If It Doesn't Get Better? (2016)
with The Tribe
  • Forward Thinkers, Movers, Shakers (2011)
  • Make Good (2011)
  • Space (2012)
with Guante
Other full-length collaborations
  • Pangaea (2014) (with Toki Wright)
  • Detail (2015) (with Eric Mayson)
  • Catsax (2015) (with Nelson Devereaux & Miguel Hurtado, as Catsax)

EPs

Solo
  • Lesser Lights (2013)
  • Most Days (2017)
Collaborations
  • Supply and Demand: The EP (2009) (with The Tribe)
  • Start a Fire (2009) (with Guante)
  • Prelude to Pangaea (2014) (with Toki Wright)
  • The Polar Bear Rug (2015) (with Homeless)
  • Highest Self (2016) (with Chance York)

Mixtapes

Collaborations
  • The Let's Be Professional Mixtape (2010) (with The Tribe)
  • Don't Be Nice (2010) (with Guante)

References

  1. ↑ Jack Spencer (March 24, 2016). "'What If It Doesn't Get Better?': Big Cats and friends ask a musical question". The Current.
  2. ↑ Justin Schell (December 9, 2009). "Guante and Big Cats! roll out ambitious new concept album, "An Unwelcome Guest"". Twin Cities Daily Planet.
  3. ↑ Jay Boller (January 10, 2010). "Interview: Guante of Guante & Big Cats!". The Minnesota Daily.
  4. ↑ Jack Spencer (January 20, 2011). "The Tribe and Big Cats! aim for 'real hip-hop without the elitism'". City Pages.
  5. ↑ Scott Heins (September 22, 2014). "Toki Wright & Big Cats Rewrite Hip-Hop's Map On 'Pangaea' [Exclusive Full LP Premiere]". Okayplayer.
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