James David Washington (born August 26, 1980[1]), known professionally as Jim BEANZ, is an American vocal producer, songwriter, actor, singer and record producer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He is signed to Timbaland Productions and Sunset Entertainment Group.

Jim Beanz
Background information
Born (1980-08-26) August 26, 1980 (age 43)
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Occupation(s)Vocal producer, actor, record producer, songwriter, vocalist
LabelsSunset, Timbaland, Reservoir

Biography edit

Beanz began his career when he was an artist in the R&B group "Tresan", during which time he received mentorship from Dru Hill. In 2005, he started working alongside Timbaland as a vocal producer. He co-wrote the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Believe" by Dima Bilan. Beanz also wrote and produced songs on the first season of the FOX series Empire and portrayed the rapper "Titan."[1]

Credits edit

2004 edit

Hair Show Soundtrack edit

  • Khaliya Williams "Wanna Get With You"

2005 edit

El Feco edit

  • "Like It Like That"

Apache Indian – Time For Change edit

  • 18. "A Prayer For Change" (featuring Gunjan)

Shakira – Oral Fixation Vol. 2 edit

  • 05. "Animal City" – co-producer

Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable edit

2006 edit

Kulcha Don – It's All About You edit

  • 07 "Say So"

Nelly Furtado – Loose edit

  • 01. "Afraid" (featuring Attitude)
  • 02. "Maneater" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 03. "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)– vocal producer, background vocals
  • 04. "Glow"
  • 05. "Showtime" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 06. "No Hay Igual" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 08. "Say It Right" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 09. "Do It" – vocal producer
  • 11. "Wait For You" – vocal producer
  • 13. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • Maneater (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar) – producer
  • Promiscuous (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar & Timbaland) – producer, background vocals

Danity Kane – Danity Kane edit

  • 03. "Want It" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 04. "Right Now" – vocal producer, co-writer

Fergie – The Dutchess edit

  • unknown tracks with Timbaland

Diddy – Press Play edit

Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape edit

  • "Fast Lane"
  • unknown tracks with Timbaland

Fantasia – Fantasia edit

  • 12. "Bore Me (Yawn)" – co-writer

2007 edit

Katharine McPhee – Katharine McPhee edit

  • 01. "Love Story" – vocal producer
  • 03. "Open Toes" – vocal producer
  • 05. "Not Ur Girl" – vocal producer
  • 06. "Each Other" – vocal producer
  • 07. "Dangerous" – vocal producer
  • 11. "Neglected" – vocal producer, background vocals

Timbaland – Timbaland Presents Shock Value edit

Lady Ru – My Addiction edit

  • 01. "My Addiction" (featuring Amar)
  • 02. "Snake Charmer" (featuring El Feco)[2]
  • 03. "Hands Up" (featuring Kuf Knotz & Azyah)[3]
  • 04. "Got Me (Burnin' Up)" (featuring Apache Indian, Shahin Badir & Leseya Lee)
  • 05. "Catch Me" (featuring Taz)[4]
  • 06. "Your Woman"[5]

All Produced by Jim Beanz

  • 07. "Chances Are" (featuring Channi Singh) – additional vocal producer[6]
  • 11. "Mr. DJ" (featuring Leseya Lee) – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 12. "You & Me" (featuring Kino) – co-writer
  • "My Man" (featuring Anjali & Mana)[7]
  • "My Obsession" (featuring Gunjan)[8]
  • "So Hot" (featuring Ms. Jade & Apache Indian)[9]
  • "So Many Ways" (featuring Kufie The MC)[10]

Mutya Buena Real Girl edit

  • "Heat"
  • "Wanna Be"

M.I.A. – K A L A edit

Britney Spears – Blackout edit

  • 01. "Gimme More" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 04. "Break The Ice" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 06. "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 09. "Hot As Ice" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 11. "Perfect Lover" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 13. "Outta This World" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 15. "Get Back" – vocal producer, background vocals

Duran Duran – Red Carpet Massacre edit

  • 03. "Nite Runner" – additional vocals
  • 05. "Box Full O' Honey" – vocal producer
  • 09. "Zoom In" – vocal producer
  • 10. "She's Too Much" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 11. "Dirty Great Monster" – vocal producer
  • 12. "Last Man Standing" – vocal producer

Test Drive edit

  • "Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Sebastian) – vocal producer, co-writer

2008 edit

Keri Hilson edit

  • "Get It Girl" – background vocals

Danity Kane – Welcome to the Dollhouse edit

  • 02. "Bad Girl" (featuring Missy Elliott) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 03. "Damaged" – vocal producer
  • 05. "Strip Tease" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 12. "Poetry" – vocal producer

Credits on the first run of this album are wrong, Jim Beanz was the vocal producer on 90% of Danity Kane album. As seen in Making the Band 4, Season 2.

Matt Pokora – MP3 edit

  • 01. "Dangerous" (featuring Sebastian & Timbaland) – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 02. "Catch Me If You Can" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 04. "No Me Without U" – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 12. "Why Do You Cry?" – co-producer, vocal producer, co-writer
  • 14. "Like A Criminal" – vocal producer, co-writer

Day26 – Day26 edit

  • 02. "Got Me Going"
  • 06. "Co Star"
  • 07. "Come In (My Door's Open)
  • 13. "Just Should've Told You"

Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World edit

  • 01. "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 02. "Boys" – co-writer
  • 03. "Rule Breaker" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 04. "No Time For Tears" – background vocals
  • 05. "Little Miss Obsessive" (featuring Tom Higgenson) – vocal producer, co-writer
  • 06. "Ragdoll" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 07. "Bittersweet World" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 08. "What I've Become" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • 09. "Hot Stuff" – co-writer
  • 10. "Murder" (featuring Izza Kizza) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
  • "Can't Get Over It"
  • "Follow U"

Ashanti – The Declaration edit

  • 14. "Why" – co-writer
  • "For My Man"
  • "The World Song"

Taio Cruz – She's Like A Star Single edit

  • "I Just Wanna Know (Jim Beanz Remix)"

Donnie Klang – Just a Rolling Stone edit

  • 06. "Pick It Up"

Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson edit

  • 03. "Pocketbook" (featuring Ludacris) – co-producer, co-writer, background vocals[11]
  • "Fallin Out Of Heaven"

Craig David – Greatest Hits edit

Lemar – The Reason edit

  • 03. "Little Miss Heartbreaker"

Britney Spears – Circus edit

  • 01. "Womanizer" – vocal producer
  • 04. "Kill The Lights" – co-writer, background vocals
  • 08. "Blur" – vocal producer, background vocals

Jamie Foxx – Intuition edit

  • 02. "I Don't Need It" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 17. "Street Walker"
  • "Nothin For Ya"

Jada edit

  • unknown track

2009 edit

Chris CornellScream (Mosley/Interscope/Universal) edit

  • 01. "Part of Me" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 02. "Time" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 03. "Sweet Revenge" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 04. "Get Up" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 05. "Ground Zero" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 06. "Never Far Away" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 07. "Take Me Alive" – co-written with Justin Timberlake, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 08. "Long Gone" – vocal producer
  • 09. "Scream" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 10. "Enemy" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 11. "Other Side Of Town" – co-writer, vocal producer
  • 12. "Climbing Up The Walls" – co-writer, vocal producer
  • 13. "Watch Out" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • "Lost Cause"

Keri HilsonIn A Perfect World... (Zone 4-Mosley Interscope/Universal) edit

  • 04. "Return the Favor" (featuring Timbaland) – vocal producer
  • 06. "Slow Dance" – co-writer with Justin Timberlake, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 08. "Intuition" – writer, co-producer, vocal producer
  • 09. "How Does It Feel" – co-writer, co-producer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • 14. "Where Did He Go" – vocal producer
  • 15. "Quicksand" – vocal producer
  • 16. "Hurts Me" – vocal producer
  • "The Ring"

Dzham edit

  • "Every Day"

CiaraFantasy Ride (Jive/RCA Records/LaFace, Sony Music, Zomba) edit

Charlie Hustle edit

  • "Go Hard" (featuring Rebel)

Dima Bilan – Believe edit

  • 01. "Automatic Lady" – producer, vocal producer, writer
  • 02. "Don't Leave" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
  • 03. "Amnesia" — producer, co-writer with Ryan Tedder
  • 04. "Number 1 Fan" — producer, vocal producer, writer
  • 05. "Believe" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
  • 06. "Lonely" – producer, vocal producer, writer
  • 07. "Mistakes" – producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
  • 09. "Anythin' 4 Love" (featuring D.O.E.) – producer, vocal producer, writer
  • 11. "Circles" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals
  • "Number 1 Fan" (featuring Sebastian) — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer

Esmée DentersOutta Here (Tennman/Interscope/Universal) edit

  • 04. "Love Dealer" – background vocals
  • 05. "Gravity" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 10. "The First Thing" – vocal producer, background vocals
  • 13. "Sad Symphony" – co-writer, vocal producer
  • "Boyfriend"
  • "Closer"

Luigi Masi – Save His Shoes edit

  • 03. "Strobelight" – producer, vocal producer, writer
  • 06. Better Now (featuring Sebastian) – producer, vocal producer, writer

Ginuwine – A Man's Thoughts edit

Lemar edit

  • "U Got Me"

Whitney Houston – I Look To You edit

  • "Undefeated" – producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson

Shakira – She Wolf edit

Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment edit

Leseya Lee – The Phoenix edit

  • 01. "Get Up And Jump"
  • 02. "Junk N Tha Trunk"
  • 03. "Blow" (featuring Cavan)

Timbaland – Shock Value II edit

JC Chasez – Kate edit

  • "Fire" – co-producer

Samantha Jade edit

  • "Eyez On Me" – co-producer with Timbaland
  • "Make U Love Me" – co-producer with Timbaland and King Logan of The Royal Court
  • "Curious" – co-writer with Samantha Jade & Corte Ellis

2010 edit

Amar – Show It Off edit

  • 01. "Masala" (featuring Jim Beanz & D.O.E.)
  • 02. "Sajana (Pyar Ka Pehra) (featuring Shankar Mahadevan)
  • 03. "See Me Girl" (featuring Apache Indian)
  • 04. "Bombay Billionaire" (featuring Sonu Niigaam)
  • 09. "Dil Ruba"
  • 14. "Dekhne Tumko Tarse Naina"

Gunjan – Goonj: Echoes From Gunjan edit

  • 01. "Tum Mile"

Lemar edit

  • "Shout Out"

Rebel edit

  • "Get in Fit In"
  • "Have You Made Love Lately"
  • "Is This What They Call Love"
  • "Reloaded"
  • "Roses"
  • "Shoulda Coulda"
  • "Snows in July"
  • "Strung Out"
  • "Who Are You"
  • "Wifey"
  • "Disappearing Acts"

JoJo – Can't Take That Away from Me edit

  • 03. "Pretty Please"

Tina edit

Rihanna – Loud edit

Chase Landon edit

  • "Flirt" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson

Keyshia Cole – Calling All Hearts edit

  • 09. "Last Hangover" (featuring Timbaland) – vocal producer

2011 edit

Raghav – The Phoenix edit

  • "Fire" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer
  • "Top of the World" – producer

Chris Brown – F.A.M.E. edit

Dima Bilan – Dreamer edit

  • "Rocket Man" – producer, vocal producer, writer
  • "Get Outta My Way" – producer, vocal producer, writer

Luigi Masi – Pick Up Line edit

  • "Pick Up Line" – producer, vocal producer, writer

Demi Lovato- Unbroken edit

  • 01. "All Night Long" (featuring Missy Elliott & Timbaland) – writer, vocal producer
  • 04. "Together" (featuring Jason Derulo) – writer, co-produced with Timbaland, vocal producer
  • 05. "Lightweight" – writer, co-produced with Timbaland, vocal producer

Patricia Kazadi edit

  • "Go Crazy (Jim Beanz Remix)"

Joe Jonas – Fastlife edit

  • 09. "Not Right Now" – writer

Real Steel Soundtrack edit

Day26 – A New Day edit

  • "Made Love Lately"

2012 edit

Cheryl Cole – A Million Lights edit

  • "Screw You" (featuring Wretch 32) – vocal producer
  • "Sexy Den a Mutha" – co-writer, producer
  • "All Is Fair" – co-writer, producer
  • "Boys Lie" – co-writer, producer, background vocals
  • "I Like It" – co-writer, producer, additional vocals
  • "Teddy Bear" – co-writer, producer

JoJo – Jumping Trains edit

  • "Hell of a Song"
  • "I Want Him On Top (Of My Life)"
  • "Sexy to Me"

Lyrica Anderson – King Me Mixtape edit

2013 edit

Darin – Exit edit

  • "Playing With Fire"
  • "Before I Pass Out (feat. Lil Jon)"
  • "Same Old Song"
  • "F Your Love"
  • " What It's Like"

AGNEZ MO edit

2015 edit

  • Titan TV series Empire

Lil' Kim edit

Deborah Cox edit

  • "Baby Love"
  • "Call It Love"
  • "Can't Wait"
  • "Famous"
  • "Love Will Conquer All"
  • "No Good"
  • "Picky Girl"
  • "Unexpected Hero"

Lemar edit

  • "Our Song"
  • "Turn It Off"
  • "War No More"

2019 edit

Jane ZhangPast Progressive edit

References edit

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