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, 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".
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| Birth name | Tyler Mathew Carl Williams |
| Born | February 25, 1988 Ajax, Ontario, Canada |
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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 edit
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 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 edit
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."[3]
Awards and nominations edit
| Year | 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 edit
Singles produced edit
| Year | 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 |
2007 edit
Drake – Comeback Season edit
- 05. "Replacement Girl" (featuring Trey Songz) (produced with Boi-1da)
2008 edit
Plies – Da REAList edit
- 15. "Co-Defendant"
Papa Duck edit
Tyra B. edit
- 00. "Break You Up"
2009 edit
LeToya Luckett – Lady Love edit
- 11. "Drained"
Mýa – Beauty & The Streets Vol.1 edit
- 15. "Black Out"
Birdman – Priceless edit
- 01. "Intro"
Birdman – Family Over Everything edit
- 02. "She Knows" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Ace Hood – The Preview edit
- 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)
Rebstar – Arrival edit
- 12. "Without You" (featuring Trey Songz)
The Weeknd edit
- 00. "Our Love"
2010 edit
Donnis – Fashionably Late edit
- 05. "Tonight"
Ludacris – Battles of the Sexes edit
- 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)
A-Game – PilotModeMuzik edit
- 00. "Go Head Shawty"
- 00. "Airplanes"
- 00. "Don't Be Mad"
Lil Scrappy – Prince of the South 2 edit
- Leftover
- 00. "Get Lost" (featuring Cutty)
P. Reign edit
- 00. "In My Hood"
Lyfe Jennings – I Still Believe edit
- 01. "Statistics"
- 02. "Love"
- 04. "Spotlight"
- 07. "Mama"
- 10. "Learn From This"
T.I. – No Mercy edit
- 12. "Poppin Bottles" (featuring Drake)
Ciara – Basic Instinct edit
- 09. "Turn It Up" (featuring Usher)
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday edit
- 07. "Moment 4 Life" (featuring Drake)
Luu Breeze – HollaLaLuuie edit
- 05. "Makin' A Killin'" (featuring Vado)
2011 edit
DJ Khaled – We the Best Forever edit
Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV edit
Wale – Ambition edit
T-Pain – RevolveR edit
- 01. "Bang Bang Pow Pow" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Drake – Take Care edit
- 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 edit
- 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
T.I. – Fuck da City Up edit
- 03. "Hot Wheels" (featuring Travis Porter & Young Dro)
Melanie Fiona – The MF Life edit
- 04. "I Been That Girl"
Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded edit
- 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)
Tank – This Is How I Feel edit
- 05. "Compliments" (featuring Kris Stephens & T.I.)
DJ Drama – Quality Street Music edit
Slaughterhouse – Welcome to: Our House edit
- 04. "Throw That" (featuring Eminem) (co-produced by Eminem)
- 12. "Frat House" (co-produced by Eminem and Nikhil S.)
Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city edit
- 09. "Swimming Pools (Drank)"
Cyhi the Prynce – Ivy League Club edit
- 13. "Tomorrow"
Roscoe Dash – Roscoe 2.0
- 17. "Substance Abuse"
T-Pain – Stoic edit
- 03. "Don't You Quit"
Keyshia Cole – Woman to Woman edit
T.I. – Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head edit
- 08. "Go Get It"
- 09. "Guns and Roses" (featuring P!nk)
- 12. "Addresses"
ASAP Rocky – Long. Live. ASAP edit
- 03. "PMW (All I Need)" (featuring ScHoolboy Q)
2013 edit
Jigg – High Grade 2 edit
- 03. "So Hot"
Joe Budden – No Love Lost edit
- 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 edit
- 09. "Rich as Fuck" (featuring 2 Chainz)
Kelly Rowland – Talk a Good Game edit
- 04. "Talk a Good Game" (featuring Kevin Cossom)
Justin Bieber – Journals edit
- 01. "Heartbreaker" (produced with Maejor Ali & Chef Tone)
2014 edit
Wink 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)
Tinashe edit
- 00. "In The Meantime"
2015 edit
Big Sean – "Dark Sky Paradise" edit
- 07. "Win Some, Lose Some" (produced with Boi-1da)
Ludacris – "Ludaversal" edit
- 16. "Problems" (featuring Cee-Lo Green)
2016 edit
Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight edit
- 14. "wonderful" (featuring The Weeknd) (produced with Boi-1da, Mike Dean and Travis Scott)
2017 edit
Drake – More Life edit
- 07. "Blem" (produced with Frank Dukes)
- 12. "Sacrifices" (featuring 2 Chainz and Young Thug) (produced with Deejae)
Bryson Tiller – True to Self edit
- 18. "Somethin Tells Me"
Lana Del Rey – Lust for Life edit
- 06. "Summer Bummer" (produced with Jahaan Sweet, Boi-1da and Rick Nowels)
Lecrae – All Things Work Together edit
- 03. "Broke" (produced with Nikhil Seetharam and Boi-1da)
PartyNextDoor – Seven Days edit
- 03. "Damage" (with Halsey) (produced with Frank Dukes)
Belly – Mumble Rap edit
- 02. "Make a Toast" (produced with Boi-1da, Vinylz, Allen Ritter and DannyBoyStyles)
- 03. "The Come Down Is Real Too"
2018 edit
6LACK – East Atlanta Love Letter edit
- 06. "Pretty Little Fears" (featuring J. Cole) (produced with Yakob)
A Boogie wit da Hoodie – Hoodie SZN
Camila Cabello – Camila edit
- 05. "Inside Out" (produced with Frank Dukes)
Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours edit
- 10. "Early Morning Trappin" (featuring Trippie Redd) (produced with J. Valle)
Tinashe – Joyride edit
- 04. "He Don't Want It"
2 Chainz – The Play Don't Care Who Makes It edit
J. Cole – KOD edit
- 07. "Kevin's Heart" (produced with Mark Pelli)
Drake – Scorpion edit
- 25. "March 14" (produced with J. Valle)
SAFE edit
- "No Diamonds" (produced with ADP)
2019 edit
Rich the Kid – The World Is Yours 2 edit
Dreamville – Revenge of the Dreamers III edit
- 16. "Middle Child" (performed by J. Cole) (produced with J. Cole)
Young Thug – So Much Fun edit
- 17. "Mannequin Challenge" (featuring. Juice Wrld) (produced with J. Cole + ProbByc03)
- 19. "The London" (featuring J. Cole & Travis Scott)
2020 edit
Aminé – Limbo edit
- 05. "Can't Decide"
- 06. "Compensating" (featuring Young Thug)
J. Cole – The Fall Off edit
2021 edit
J. Cole - The Off-Season 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)
2024 edit
Erick the Architect - I've Never Been Here Before edit
- 11. Colette
Bas - We Only Talk About Real Shit When We're Fucked Up edit
- 04. Home Alone
J. Cole - Might Delete Later edit
- 01. Pricey (with Ari Lennox featuring Young Dro and Gucci Mane)
- 04. Huntin' Wabbitz
- 10. 3001
- 12. 7 Minute Drill
See also edit
References 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.