Rashad Smith

Burton Rashad "Ringo" Smith (born 1972 in London England) is an English/Jamaican DJ, Hip-Hop & R&B producer. His ventures in music began around the age of 19, when he sold beats to Main Source, Eric B and Rakim and A Tribe Called Quest. He proceeded further into the music business by working over at Uptown Records when Mary J Blige was signed to that label.^[1] In the following years, became an original member of Puffy Combs's Bad Boy Records's in-house production team, "The Hitmen" and has quietly produced on many Bad Boy-released projects. He has also made many notable production contributions out the Bad Boy camp for LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes, Rampage, Destiny’s Child, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, and 50 Cent.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Production credits

• 1994: Craig Mack - Making Moves With Puff
• 1995: Notorious BIG - One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix)" (remix)^[7]
• 1995: Total - Can't You See
• 1996: LL Cool J - Doin' It^[2]
• 1996: LL Cool J - Loungin
• 1996: MC Lyte - Cold Rock A Party
• 1996: Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check
• 1996: Nas feat. Lauryn Hill - If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (Produced By Rashad Smith & Trackmasters)
• 1996: A Tribe Called Quest - The Hop
• 1996: LL Cool J - Ain't Nobody
• 1996: Lil Kim - Not Tonight (Remix)
• 1996: Puff Daddy - Young G's
• 1997: Scout's Honor... By Way of Blood (Majority of Album)
• 1997: Seal - Fly Like An Eagle
• 1998: Das EFX - Set It Off
• 1998: Das EFX - Rap Scholar
• 1999: Slick Rick - "Trapped In Me"
• 2000: 50 Cent feat. Destiny’s Child - Thug Love
• 2003: Erykah Badu - Worldwide Underground (Album)
• 2003: Violator feat. A Tribe Called Quest & Erykah Badu - I C U (Doin' It)
• 2008: Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City^[8]

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