Nottz

Nottz
Birth name	Dominick Lamb
Origin	Norfolk, Virginia
Genres	Hip hop, soul, alternative, rock,
Occupations	Producer, rapper, writer
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Teamsta Entertainment Raw Koncept Media Group
Associated acts	Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Bilal, J Dilla, Dr. Dre, Scarface, Game, Kardinal Offishall, Dwele, R. Kelly, Royce da 5'9", M.O.P., Asher Roth, Mayer Hawthorne, Rah Digga, Murs, Slaughterhouse, 50 Cent,

Dominick Lamb better known by his stage name, Nottz is a music producer, writer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.^[1] He sometimes extends his executive name to Nottz Raw.

History

Nottz has produced for some of the biggest names in hip hop including Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, The Game, Notorious B.I.G., Scarface, J Dilla, and Asher Roth. Some of his earliest production work was on the Rawkus Records compilation Lyricist Lounge, Volume One, in 1998. From there he landed three tracks on Busta Rhymes' Extinction level Event LP, after Rhymes stumbled across one of his beat tapes.

Like many other hip hop producers to emerge before the 2000s, Nottz samples from old (primarily soul) records and film soundtracks to reconstruct new beats. West Coast hip hop icon, Dr. Dre, has named Nottz as one of his favourite producers, and has selected him as one of the few guest producers on his much delayed, yet anticipated Detox album.

Nottz also has a group called D.M.P., which stands for "Durte Muzik Prahdukshun". They released an EP in 2004 and a full length album on Koch Records, titled Nottz Presents D.M.P., in 2005.

On October 26, 2010, Nottz released his first solo album, You Need This Music under Raw Koncept. The album features Nottz as an MC as well as a producer. He is also working on rapper Game upcoming album The R.E.D. Album, after having 3 of his beats on Game's last two albums Doctor's Advocate and LAX. He has worked with female rapper Rah Digga on her long-awaited comeback album, Classic, and it has been released on September 14, 2010. Nottz also worked with rapper Asher Roth on their collaboration EP entitled Rawth, released for free on the internet, on December 27, 2010. an will tour in the UK and Canada in 2011

Discography

The following is the discography by American Hip hop producer, Nottz.^[2]

Studio albums

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S.	U.K.	U.S. Rap (iTunes)
2010	You Need This Music 1st studio album Released: October 26, 2010 Label: Raw Koncept	—	—	10

Nottz - You Need This Music

[Entire album] Released Date: October 19, 2010

• 01. "Intro" (feat. Travis Barker)
• 02. "Fair Warning"
• 03. "Blast That" (feat. Black Milk)
• 04. "Shine So Brite"
• 05. "You Need This Music" (feat. Dwele)
• 06. "I Do It For Yawl" (feat. Kardinal Offishall & Little Brother)
• 07. "How Long Will It Last?" (feat. Joy Denalane)
• 08. "A Dream Come True"
• 09. "I Still Love You" (feat. Mayer Hawthorne)
• 10. "Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor)" (feat. Asher Roth & Colin Munroe)
• 11. "No Money Down" (feat. Terese Cook)
• 12. "The Cycle" (feat. Joell Ortiz)
• 13. "Never Caugh Slippin'" (feat. Snoop Dogg & Royce da 5'9")
• 14. "Right Here" (feat. Bilal)
• 00. "Cars"

Rah Digga - Classic

[Entire album] Released: September 14, 2010

• 01. "The Book Of Rashia"
• 02. "Who Gonna Check Me Boo"
• 03. "This Ain't No Lil' Kid Rap"
• 04. "Straight Spittin' IV"
• 05. "Classic"
• 06. "Solidified"
• 07. "Feel Good"
• 08. "Viral"
• 09. "Back It Up"
• 10. "You Got It"
• 11. "Look What You Done Started" (iTunes Bonus Track)
• 11. "Smokin' My Life Away" (Amazon MP3 Bonus Track)
• 00. "Warning Shots"
• 00. "Do Your Numbers"
• 00. "A Few Thoughts" (DJ Booth.net exclusive)

Music Videos

• Shine So Brite (2010) ^[3]
• Cars (2010) ^[4]
• Intro (2010) ^[5]
• Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor) (2010) ^[6]

EPs

Nottz Raw & Asher Roth - The Rawth EP (released December 27, 2010)

• "Dontcha Wanna Be (My Neighbor)" feat. Colin Munroe
• "Gotta Get Up" feat. DA of Chester French
• "Enforce The Law"
• "Break Bread"
• "In My Mind"
• "Comin/Going" feat. Rhymefest
• "Run It Back" feat. Kardinal Offishall
• "Nothing You Can’t Do"

Singles

• 2008: "Can't Hide The Truth" (feat. Kardinal Offishall & Cory Gunz)

Guest appearances

• 2001: Ed O.G. - "What U Know" (feat. Nottz)
• 2005: Canibus - "Hip-Hop" (feat. Nottz)
• 2005: Diamond D - "We Gangstas" (feat. J Dilla & Nottz)
• 2008: J Dilla – "Fight Club" (feat. Nottz & Boogieman)
• 2008: Jake One, Nottz & Black Milk - "I'm Coming"
• 2009: Edgar Allen Floe - "Mighty Floe Young" (feat. Nottz & Royce Da 5'9")
• 2010: John Regan - "Nobody's Somebody" (feat. Nottz)(additional production)
• 2010: Nefew - "The Fan" (feat. Nottz)

Production discography

Singles are in bold, albums are in bold and italic.

1998

3rd Eye - Studio Life (Unreleased)

• 00. "Final Exam"
• 00. "'88 Flashback"

D.V. Alias Khrist - BlackMask Soundtrack - Movie starring, "Jet Li"

• 00. "Thee Attack is on"

D.V. Alias Khrist and Lord Have Mercy - Lyricist Lounge, Volume One

• 2-08. "Holy Water"

Busta Rhymes - E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front

• 02. "Everybody Rise"
• 03. "Where We Are About To Take It"
• 04. "Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation)"

1999

Various - Violator: The Album

• 03. "Whatcha Come Around Here For?" - Flipmode Squad

The Notorious B.I.G. - Born Again

• 05. "Dangerous MCs" feat. Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes & Mark Curry

Fat Joe - Thicker Than Water soundtrack

• 05. "Thicker Than Blood" feat. Terror Squad

Lord Have Mercy - Thee Ungodly Hour (Unreleased)

• 00. "Paint Ya Face"
• 00. "These Men Don't Cry" feat. Method Man
• 00. "Home Sweet Home" feat. M.O.P.

2000

Busta Rhymes - Anarchy

• 11. "Get Out!!"
• 13. "A Trip Out Of Town"
• 21. "Anarchy"

Rah Digga - Dirty Harriet

• 08. "Showdown"
• 09. "The Last Word"
• 11. "Straight Spittin' Part II"
• 12. "What's Up Wit' That"
• 14. "Just For You"

Funkmaster Flex - 60 Minutes Of Funk - The Mix Tape Volume IV

• 19. "Uhhnnh" - The Bad Seed

M.O.P. - Warriorz

• 14. "Home Sweet Home" feat. Lord Have Mercy

Xzibit - Restless

• 04. "U Know" feat. Dr. Dre (co-producer)

2001

Krumbsnatcha - Long Awaited - Snatcha Season Pt. 2

• 04. "Blaze" feat. Blackndekuh, Nottz & Spoon^{[disambiguation needed ]}
• 09. "Do U Wanna" feat. Boogieman & Top Gun
• 11. "Can't Get None" feat. Lord Tariq
• 13. "Hood Turn Hot"
• 14. "Killer In Me"
• 15. "Jungle"
• 16. "Take Your Pain Away"

Krumbsnatcha - Training Day Soundtrack

• 02. "W.O.L.V.E.S." feat. M.O.P.

Busta Rhymes - Genesis

• 01. "Intro"
• 09. "Pass The Courvoisier"
• 20. "Bad Dreams"

2002

Snoop Dogg - Snoop Dogg Presents…Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1

• 13. "Don't Make A Wrong Move" feat. Prodigy & Special Ed

Scarface - The Fix

• 06. "Keep Me Down"

Krumbsnatcha - Respect All Fear None

• 09. "Oxygen" feat. Boogieman

50 Cent - "Guess Who's Back?"

• 09. "Be a Gentleman"

2003

G-Unit - Beg for Mercy

• 09. "Footprints"

Kardinal Offishall - Firestarter Vol. 2: The F-Word Theory (Unreleased)

• 00. "Sick!" feat. Bounty Killer

Black Moon - Total Eclipse

• 06. "Why We Act This Way?"

Craig G - This Is Now!!!

• 05. "Now That's What's Up" feat. Mr. Cheekz

Pitch Black - Pitch Black Law

• 08. "R You Ready 4 This?"

2004

Krumbsnatcha - Let The Truth Be Told

• 03. "Do Me"
• 04. "Boston To VA" feat. Fam-Lay
• 06. "Thorough" feat. Ghostface Killah & Solomon Childs
• 14. "Get Live" feat. DMP
• 00. "Never Grow Up"

Cassidy - Split Personality

• 12. "Real Talk"

213 - The Hard Way

• 07. "Lonely Girl"

Ghostface - The Pretty Toney Album

• 14. "Be This Way"
• 16. "Tooken Back" feat. Jacki-O

Kardinal Offishall - Kill Bloodclott Bill (Mixtape)

• 04. "Gas"

D.M.P. - Nottz Presents D.M.P. The E.P.

• [Entire album]

2005

Ghostface Killah and Trife Da God - Put It On The Line

• 03. "Struggle" - Ghostface Killah

Consequence - Caught Up in the Hype (Single 12')

• "Caught Up in the Hype"

D.M.P. - Nottz Presents D.M.P. The album

• [Entire album]

Skillz - Confessions Of A Ghostwriter

• 06. "Wave Ya Hands" feat. Musiq Soulchild
• 07. "Imagine"
• 08. "S.K.I.L.L.Z."

Canibus - Hip-Hop for Sale

• 01. "It's No Other Than"
• 02. "Back Wit Heat"
• 04. "Show 'Em How"
• 05. "Dear Academy"
• 06. "I Gotcha"

Royce Da 5'9" - Independent's Day

• 05. "Politics" feat. Cee-Lo Green
• 09. "Blow Dat..."

2006

Little Brother - Soldiers of Fortune (Hall of Justus album)

• 07. "Life of The Party" feat. Carlitta Durand

Snoop Dogg - Tha Blue Carpet Treatment

• 05. "That's That Shit" feat. R. Kelly

The Game - Doctor's Advocate

• 10. "One Night"

2007

Sunshine Anderson - Sunshine At Midnight

• 03. "My Whole Life"

Boot Camp Clik - Casualties of War

• 04. "Bubblin' Up"

WC - Guilty by Affiliation

• 03. "Jack & The Bean Stalk"

Swizz Beatz - One Man Band Man

• 03. "Big Munny"

Kanye West - Graduation

• 07. "Barry Bonds" feat. Lil' Wayne (co-prodced by Nottz)

Little Brother - Getback

• 08. "Two-Step Blues" feat. Darien Brockington

Scarface - Made

• 04. "Girl You Know" feat. Trey Songz

Cassidy - B.A.R.S. The Barry Adrian Reese Story

• 11. "I Get My Paper"

2008

Snoop Dogg - Ego Trippin'

• 11. "Deez Hollywood Nights"

Dwele - Sketches of a Man

• 05. "A Few Reasons (Truth Pt. 2)"

AZ - Undeniable

• 04. "Fire"
• 10. "Now I Know"

The Game - L.A.X.

• 07. "Cali Sunshine" feat. Bilal
• 08. "Ya Heard" feat. Ludacris

Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale

• 08. "Ill Eagle Alien"

Murs - Murs for President

• 10. "Me and This Jawn"
• 11. "Think You Know Me"
• 00. "Better Than The Best" (Leftover)

J Dilla - Pay Jay (Unreleased MCA Album)

• 01. "Diamonds"

Termanology - Politics As Usual

• 05. "Please Don't Go"
• 06. "Float"
• 08. "Drugs Crimes Gorillaz" feat. Freeway & Sheek Louch

Bishop Lamont - The Confessional (unrelease)

• "Ghetto Song" feat. YM
• "What People Do"
• "Why U Wanna Piss Me Off"

Scarface - Emeritus

• 04. "Can't Get Right" feat. Bilal
• 05. "Still Here" feat. Shateish

Adama

• "Take Me Home"/ Remix

Rapper Big Pooh - Rapper's Delight

• "Rapper's Delight" feat. Chaundon

Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles

• 03. "D-I-A-M-O-N-D"

Nottz - n/a

• "Can't Hide The Truth" feat. Kardinall Offishall & Cory Gunz

Ne-Yo - n/a

• "Free Me"

Drake - n/a

• "One More Time"

2009

Asher Roth - Asleep in the Bread Aisle

• 15. "Y.O.U." (UK Bonus Track) feat. Slick Rick

Slaughterhouse - Slaughterhouse

• 00. "Woodstock (Hood Hop)" feat. M.O.P

Finale - A Pipe Dream and A Promise

• 06. "Jumper Cables"
• 11. "Brother's Keeper"

T.I. - n/a

• "The Way You Want It"

Skyzoo - The Salvation

• 05. "Popularity"
• 16. "Maintain"

M.O.P. - Foundation

• 11. "I'm A Brownsvillain"

KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills

• 09. "One Shot" feat. Pharoahe Monch

Cormega -"Born & Raised"

• 10. "What Did I Do"

Shafiq Husayn - Shafiq En' A-Free-Ka (Nottz Remix)

• 03. "Cheeba" feat. Bilal

Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop

• 02. "Count for Nothing"
• 13. "Street Hop"

Rakim - The Seventh Seal

• 04. "Man Above" feat. Tracey Horton

Snoop Dogg - Malice n Wonderland

• 11. "Pimpin' Ain't EZ" feat. R. Kelly

2010

Snoop Dogg - More Malice

• 02. "Protocol"

Dwele - W.ants W.orld W.omen

• 02. "I Wish"
• 16. "Give Me A Chance"

Mayer Hawthorne - bonus "Stones Throw Records recording artist's

• "I Need You"

Bilal - Airtight's Revenge

• 04. "Flying"
• 12. "Lost My Mind" (Bonus)
• 00. "Free"

Ghostface Killah - The Apollo Kids

• 09. "Handcuffin Them Hoes"

2011

Pusha T - Fear of God

• 13. "Alone in Vegas"

Strong Arm Steady - Arms & Hammers

• 06. "All the Brothers" feat. Chace Infinite, Talib Kweli, KRS-One & Planet Asia

Reks - R.E.K.S. (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme)

• 03. "Limelight"

Asher Roth feat. Quan

• 00. "SummerTime"

Royce da 5'9" - Success Is Certain

• 03. "Merry Go Round"
• 06. "On The Boulevard f. Nottz & Adonis"

Upcoming projects

"SEVEN"

"DMP"

^{[disambiguation needed ]}

References

1. ^ "Interview with Notts". HitQuarters. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Nottz_int.html. Retrieved 30 October 2010. 
2. ^ [1]. Discogs.com. Accessed October 3, 2010.
3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ybxoKE8QM&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
4. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgXRI6ANigo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
5. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFeAclpNQjo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL
6. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaeF5G5v6uk&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

External links

• Nottz at MySpace
• Nottz at Discogs
• http://www.rawkoncept.com

Interviews links

• Nottz at HipHopGame
• http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/features/id.1400/title.producers-corner-nottz
• Interview, HitQuarters Aug 04

• Collabos and Bullets (2003)

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