QD3 Discography

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Starikon

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Other than 2pac - To Live and Die in La, what other tracks has he produced.
 
He also did that Ice Cube joint Ghetto Bird and I believe he did some music for Menace To Society. As a matter of fact you can hear some of the Ghetto Bird instrumental in the flick.
 
Quincy “QD3” Jones III
(Writer/Producer/Remixer/Programmer/Film & TV Composer/Film & TV Producer)

QD3 (QDIII prior to 2000) grew up in Stockholm Sweden were he got his start in Hip Hop by touring as a break-dancer. At age 13 QD3 got his first drum machine and started producing demo’s for local Hip Hop acts which eventually lead him to his first gold record at 16 years old. At that point QD3 packed up and moved to New York to pursue his dream to be a rap producer in the US. He spent a year and a half in New York working with old school legends such as T La Rock (1st artist signed to Def Jam) and Special K (of the group Treacherous 3 featuring Kool Moe Dee) for Sleeping Bag Records.

At that time (1986) Hip Hop had not developed into a profitable business yet and QD3 decided to attend Berklee College of Music to learn more about mixing records and studio technology. After Berklee, QD3 moved to Los Angeles where he immediately hooked up with Dr.Dre/Ruthless records and produced a project there and the rest is history.

With many gold, platinum and multi-platinum albums and singles to his name, QD3 is a bonafide hitmaker in Rap, R&B and Pop. In addition to his many hits on artists such as Tupac, Ice Cube and L.L. Cool J., QD3 has remixed singles for artists such as Prince, Ronald Isley, Queen Latifah, Coolio, Naughty By Nature, Everlast and Morcheeba, among others. For this work QD3 was nominated for a Source award for “Producer of The Year” along with Dr.Dre and others. QD3’s activity in the Film and Television arenas includes the score for the critically acclaimed box office smash, Menace to Society, as well as songs featured in Gang Related, Panthers and Jason’s Lyric. QD3 composed theme songs for the In The House comedy series, starring L.L. Cool J., Out All Night, featuring Patti Labelle, and most recently The PJ’s, Eddie Murphy’s weekly animated comedy series (for which QD3 received an Emmy nomination), as well as the theme for Grown Ups, starring Erkel. ASCAP honored QD3 with the 1993 ASCAP Composers Award for his work on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, starring Will Smith.

In 1999 QD3 expanded by adding a film and TV production arm to his company which goes by the name QD3 Entertainment. QD3 Entertainments first project is a 12 part series of documentary films documenting Hip Hop culture and it’s most important artists ala’ Ken Burn’s hugely successful “Jazz” series. The first installment in the series was Tupac Shakur-Thug Angel which is nearing 3x platinum on DVD, the next major release from QD3 Entertainment is “BEEF-The Definitive Look At The Harsh World Of Hip Hop Feuds” set for a Sept 30 release featuring 50 Cent, Tupac, Ja Rule, Snoop, Mobb Deep, Dr.Dre, Afeni Shakur, Russel Simmons & more.

DISCOGRAPHY
Artist (Label) Song Title Album Title Comments

TUPAC (Deathrow)
To Live & Die In L.A. Makaveli 7-Day theory Single/5Xplatinum
To Live & Die In L.A. 2Pac Greatest Hits 9XPlatinum LP
Hell Razor R U Still Down 4X Platinum LP
Heaven Ain’t Hard To Find All Eyez On Me 9X Platinum LP
Lost Souls Gang Related ST Single
Friends Too Gangsta For Radio
Thug Nature Too Gangsta For Radio Single


TUPAC (Amaru/Deathrow/Interscope)
F*** Friends Until The End of Time 3X Platinum CD

N***** Nature Mo Until The End of Time 3X Platinum CD
Remix w.Lil

U Don’t Have 2 Worry Until The End of Time 3X Platinum CD


TUPAC (Amaru/Interscope)
Starry Night The Rose That Grew From Concrete

TUPAC/OUTLAWZ (Amaru/Interscope)
Letter To The President Still I Rise 2XPlatinum LP
Teardrops & Closed Caskets Still I Rise 2XPlatinum LP

WESTSIDE CONNECTION-Featuring Ice Cube, Mack 10 & W.C. (Priority)
King Of The Hill Bow Down Platinum LP
Westward Ho Bow Down Platinum LP

LL COOL J (Def Jam)
Back Seat Of My Jeep 14 Shots To The Dome Single/Gold LP
Buckin’ Um Down 14 Shots To The Dome Gold LP
Sole Survivor 14 Shots To The Dome Gold LP

Mack10 (Cash Money)
Respect (Xzibit & Scarface)Bang or Ball


ICE CUBE (Priority)
Bop Gun Lethal Injection Gold Single/Plat LP
You Know How We Do It Lethal Injection Gold Single/Plat LP Make It Ruff, Make It Smooth Lethal Injection Platinum LP
Ghetto Bird Lethal Injection Platinum LP
Once Upon A Time In The Projects II War & Peace Platinum LP

TOO $HORT (Jive)
Just Another Day Get In Where You Fit In Gold LP

LOUCHIE LOU & MICHIE ONE (China Records)
Good Sweet Lovin’ II B Free Gold LP
Passion II B Free Gold LP
Free II B Free Gold LP

LOUCHIE LOU & MICHIE ONE (Lakeshore/Paramount)
Dangerous Seven Years of Plenty 2001 Release
All Around The World Seven Years of Plenty 2001 Release
Outcast Seven Years of Plenty 2001 Release
Body Rock Seven Years of Plenty 2001 Release

YO YO (East/West)
IBW’n With My Crew’n You Better Ask Somebody Single
Girls Gotta Gun You Better Ask Somebody
You Better Ask Somebody You Better Ask Somebody
20 Sack You Better Ask Somebody
Mackstress You Better Ask Somebody

MONICA (Arista)
Don’t Take It Personal Miss Thang 2XPlatinum Single/Plat LP
(Samples L.L. Cool J’s “Back Seat Of My Jeep”)




UPCOMING RELEASES

BEEF-A Definitive Look At MC Battles & Feuds through out Hip Hop.
TRU LIFE (Dreamworks)
Never Been Through It TBA 2002 Release
That’s Life TBA 2002 Release
Heaven TBA 2002 Release
TGIF TBA 2002 Release
We Dem Gangstas(Mack10/Kurrupt) TBA 2002 Release
Musical Chairs TBA 2002 Release
Just Be Me TBA 2002 Release
Tricky TBA 2002 Release


FILM SOUNDTRACKS AND FILMSCORING

Thug Angel – Tupac Shakur Feature length Documentary (Image Entertainment)
Composed score for film starring Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G.,Treach,
Shock G, Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight, Quincy Jones, Rashida Jones, & others.

THICKER THAN WATER (Priority)
Composed score for feature film, starring Mac 10, Big Pun, Bones, Thugs & Harmony, Fat Joe, MC Eight, CJ Mack, Ice Cube, W.C. and others. As well as below song on soundtrack.

POOTIE TANG
Composed score for film starring Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes and Missy Elliot.

GANG RELATED Soundtrack (Deathrow)
Questions Tech N9ne 2XPlatinum LP
Lost Souls (Theme Song) Tupac Single/2XPlatinum LP
Free ‘Em All J-Flexx 2X Platinum LP
MENACE II SOCIETY (New Line)
Scored critically acclaimed box office hit and below song on soundtrack.
Guerrillas Ain’t Gangstas Ice Cube & Lynch Mob Platinum LP


JASON’S LYRIC Soundtrack (Mercury)
Love Is The Key LSD Platinum LP
Song featured on soundtrack and in film

PANTHERS Soundtrack (Mercury)
The World Is A Ghetto Da Lench Mob Gold LP











TELEVISION

GROWN UPS Composed theme song featuring T-Boz for Grown Ups.

THE PJs Composed theme song with George Clinton for Eddie Murphy’s weekly animated comedy series.

FRESH PRINCE OF BEL AIR Scored all episodes and composed end title theme of this hit comedy series, starring Will Smith.

IN THE HOUSE Composed theme song and underlying music for comedy series, starring L.L. Cool J.

OUT ALL NIGHT Composed score for comedy, starring Patti LaBelle.

HARDWOOD DREAMS Scored this television documentary based on Morningside High School’s basketball team.

ADVERTISING

NIKE Co-wrote and co-produced 6 songs with George Clinton for upcoming Nike advertising campaign and LP. Da Bomb City Soundtrack features George Clinton, Militia, Rakim, Bootsy Collins, Shock G, RBX, Dial 7, and The Sleeze Boys.

TOMMY HILFIGER Produced music for Tommy Hilfiger urban advertising campaigns, featuring Aaliyah and others.



REMIX CREDITS
Isley Bros. Contagious Single
Morcheeba Let Me See Single
Robyn Do You Really Love Single(Radio&VideoVersion)
Robyn Show Me Love Single
Tech N9ne Planet Rock Single
Prince Let It Go Single
Coolio Fantastic Voyage Single
Lisa Lisa Skip To My Lou Single
Zhane Hey, Mr. D.J. Single
Kam Still Got Love Single
Naughty By Nature Written On Your Kitten Single
Whooliganz Don’t Mean A Thing Single
En Vogue Hip Hop Lover Single
Queen Latifah Unity Single
Ice Cube When I Get To Heaven Single
Da Lench Mob Freedom Got An AK Single
Everlast I Got The Knack Single









QD3 Entertainment Product:


Tupac Shakur-Thug Angel DVD
The life and times of Tupac Shakur featuring exclusive never before seen footage, photos, and materials of Tupac at all ages. Extras: Hours of bonus footage including extended interviews with Tupac Shakur and his inner circle. Produced by close friends of Tupac.
? 3 x Platinum DVD
? Directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Spirer.
? Distributor Image Entertainment’s largest initial shipment in company history.
? Picked up by Viacom and aired by VH1 as part of their “Driven” series.
? Awarded “Best TV Program of 2002” in XXL Magazine’s year-end issue.
? Embraced positively by the media including L.A. Times, Extra, and urban trades.
? Approved by Afeni Shakur and the Tupac Shakur Estate.
? #1 on UK Special Interest DVD chart.




Tupac Shakur-Thug Angel Soundtrack
? The Thug Angel soundtrack features a variety of artists who collaborated with Tupac including his crew The Outlawz, Mack10, Fatal Hussein, Mac Mall, and others. Most tracks produced by longtime Tupac associate, QDIII.
? Sales were organic and reached with minimal promotional efforts.

BEEF DVD
“BEEF”, narrated by Emmy Award Winner Ving Rhames, and directed by Academy Award nominee Peter Spirer (Rhyme & Reason, Thug Angel) covers the widely popular subject of MC battles and feuds throughout Hip Hop history. “BEEF” features an All-Star cast of artists who have participated in notable MC battles or feuds including 50 Cent, Ja Rule, DMX, Nas, KRS-ONE, Common, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Eazy E, Cypress Hill, Mobb Deep, LL, Russell Simmons, Biggie, Tupac, Afeni Shakur, & many others. MC battles are a driving force in today’s Hip Hop market, especially post “8 Mile”.
? 3 x platinum DVD
? Shipped platinum+ first week of release with re-orders before street date.
? Set to broadcast recurrently across the Viacom platform starting with VH1 on Feb 5th, 2004. (QD3 will run DVD ads within program).
? Vibe Awards “Best Music DVD Of The Year 2003”.
? BEEF was positively embraced by media including L.A. Times, Vibe, Power 106, XXL, Source, & television coverage (see press).
? BEEF is produced as a series, with a new installment being released every 8-10 months. QD3 Entertainment, Inc, has already completed production of BEEF II.
? BEEF played in several Film Festivals including Urbanworld NYC & Popcorn Festival (Sweden).


BEEF Soundtrack
The BEEF original soundtrack features many classic battle songs such as “No Vaseline” – Ice Cube and “F*** Tha Police” – NWA as well as new tracks by Mobb Deep, Tech n9ne, Warren G, KRS One, Mobb Deep, & others.

The Freshest Kids – The History Of The B-Boy DVD
Hip Hop was first brought to the limelight via mainstream’s attraction to break-dancing. “The Freshest Kids” covers the evolutionary journey of break-dancing via a blend of rare archival footage and interviews. “The Freshest Kids” also sheds light on the pioneers of Hip Hop Culture such as Kool Herc, Run DMC, Rock Steady Crew, Fab 5 Freddy & New York City Breakers among others who never received proper accolades or financial reward for creating what is now a multi billion-dollar industry - Hip Hop. The film is also jam-packed with gravity defying dance moves by today’s hottest dancers as well as current day commentary by artists such as Mos Def, Run DMC, KRS-ONE, Q-Tip, Fat Joe, & others.

? KRS-ONE was quoted saying “If Hip Hop made a film about itself, this would be it!”
? Positively embraced by the media.
? Viacom is currently considering TFK for broadcast.
? Played at several festivals including H2O.
? Current consumer/retail re-promotion campaign underway given the popularity and success of urban dance feature “You Got Served”.








Tupac Shakur-Thug Angel-Box Set (collectors edition) DVD/CD/Book
During 4th quarter 2002, QD3 Entertainment, Inc. released a collector’s edition box set of “Thug Angel” which included the Thug Angel DVD, “Holler if You Hear Me”, a Tupac- (cont.) biography by Michael Eric Dyson, the Thug Angel Soundtrack, plus a bonus DVD with never-before-seen footage of Tupac in the studio and other Tupac-related footage.

? Continuing to sell well at retail
 
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