Makeba Riddick

Makeba Riddick
Born	West Baltimore, U.S.
Genres	R&B, pop, urban
Occupations	Songwriter, vocal producer,
Years active	2002 – present
Labels	Bad Boy Music Publishing / EMI Music Publishing (2002–06) Roc Nation (2006 – present)

Makeba Riddick (also known as "Girl Wonder") is a singer-songwriter who has been active since 2005.^[1] She is originally from West Baltimore,^[2] United States. Currently she is managed by Jay-Z's record label and production house, Roc Nation. Their official website describes her as one of the industry's top pop music songwriters and vocal producers.^[3]

Background

Riddick attended Baltimore School of Performing Arts before graduating from Berklee College of Music (Boston) with a bachelors degree in Music Management. She moved to New York to develop her career as a songwriter. Her early break came from songwriting and singing background vocals for 3LW, Jennifer Lopez and B2K.^[4]

Song writing and vocal production

Riddick is perhaps best known for her work with multi-platinum selling R&B artist Rihanna for whom she has vocally produced and collaborated on three albums with including A Girl Like Me, Music of the Sun and Good Girl Gone Bad. She co-wrote and vocally produced the star's reggae influenced worldwide hit "Rude Boy" from Rihanna's fourth studio album, Rated R. She also produced vocals for all the remaining tracks on the album, and co-wrote the intro track "Mad House".^[2]

She has also collaborated with French DJ-come producer David Guetta, first the song "If We Ever" which is also her first solo writing credit and vocal performance, taken from Guetta's 2009 Grammy-nominated album One Love.^[2] She is also working with Guetta to produce tracks for alternative-R&B singer Kelis's upcoming album Flesh Tone including the lead single and U.S. Dance Chart topper "Acapella". Riddick's other writing and production credits include Danity Kane's eponymous album; Beyoncé Knowles' U.S. radio hit "Get Me Bodied" and her second album B'Day; Braxton's 2005 album Libra and Jennifer Lopez's 2005 album Rebirth as well as platinum-selling work for Mariah Carey. She also worked in the studio with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on material for Diddy - Dirty Money's delayed album Last Train to Paris.

Additionally she has worked on records for the British girlgroup Sugababes on the song "About a Girl" taken from their seventh studio album Sweet 7. The collaboration reached top ten in the UK. In America Riddick was reunited with Toni Braxton when a record she wrote "Make My Heart" was released by Braxton as the second single from the star's upcoming album Pulse.^[2]

Makeba produced Rihanna's vocals for Eminem's featuring Rihanna Love the Way You Lie song for the Recovery.

Solo career

She is said to be releasing her own debut solo single titled "Change Up" which will be produced by Darkchild and will serve as the lead single from the producer's collaborative project, The Writersproject Volume 1.^[2]

Production & writing credits

Date	Artist	Song	Album	Label
2002	Jennifer Lopez	"All I Have"	This Is Me... Then	Epic Records
	B2K	"Sprung"	Pandemonium!
2005	Mariah Carey	"So Lonely (One & Only Part 2)	The Emancipation of Mimi	Island Records
	Jennifer Lopez	"Hold You Down"	Rebirth	Epic Records
	Toni Braxton	"Please"	Libra	Blackground Records
2006	Rihanna	"We Ride"	A Girl Like Me'	Def Jam Records
		"If It's Lovin' That You Want"
	Danity Kane	"Touching My Body"	Danity Kane	Bad Boy Records
		"Stay with Me"
	Jessica Simpson	"I Dont Wanna Care"	A Public Affair	Columbia Records
	Fantasia	"Surround You"	Fantasia	J Records
	JoJo	"Let It Rain"	The High Road	Universal Records
	Taylor Hicks	"Heaven Knows"	Taylor Hicks'	J Records
	Cassie	"Can't Do It Without You"	Cassie	Bad Boy Records
	Brooke Hogan	"Next Time"	Undiscovered	SMC, SoBe Entertainment
2007	Beyoncé	"Déjà Vu"	B'Day	Columbia Records
		"Get Me Bodied"
		"Suga Mama"
		"Upgrade U"
	Rihanna	"Disturbia"	Good Girl Gone Bad	Def Jam Records
2007	The Cheetah Girls	"Do No Wrong"	TCG	Interscope Records
2008	T.I.	"Live Your Life"	Paper Trail	Grand Hustle Records
	Michelle Williams	"Stop This Car"	Unexpected	Columbia Records
2009	Rihanna	"Mad House"	Rated R	Def Jam Records
		"Rude Boy"
	David Guetta	"If We Ever"	One Love	Virgin Records
2010	Sugababes	"About a Girl"	Sweet 7	Island Records, Roc Nation
	Kelis	"Acapella"	Flesh Tone	will.i.am music group
	Toni Braxton	"Make My Heart"	Pulse	Atlantic Records
		"Lookin' At Me"
		"The Wave"
	Eminem	"Love the Way You Lie"	Recovery	Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records
2011	Jennifer Lopez	"Take Care"	Love?	Island Def Jam

Source:^[5]

References

1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Makeba+Riddick
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} http://musicremedy.com/m/makeba-riddick/album/change-up-8234.html
3. ^ http://rocnation.com/makebariddick
4. ^ http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/535193
5. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Makeba+Riddick Discogs

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