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  Background non_performing_personnel
  Birth Name Pat Douthit
  Alias 9th Wonder
  Origin Winston-Salem , North Carolina
  Instrument Sampler <br> Turntables
  Genre Hip Hop
  Occupation Producer
  Years Active 2002&ndashpresent
  Label ABB Records <br> Atlantic Records


9th Wonder (born '''Patrick Douthit''', January 15 , 1975 in Winston-Salem , North Carolina ) is a Grammy Award winning Hip Hop Producer from Raleigh, North Carolina , USA . He began his career as the main producer for the group Little Brother , and has also worked with the likes of Mary J. Blige , Jay-Z , and Destiny's Child . As part of Little Brother he gained widespread recognition and critical acclaim from hip-hoppers worldwide. He has recently left Little Brotherhttp://www.hiphopgame.com/news.php3?id=1510.


HISTORY

Originally making music industry. As an up-and-coming producer, he released a remix album of Nas ' 2002 album '' God's Son '' entitled '' God's Stepson ''. This album began what is now a regular trend of remixing whole albums.

9th Wonder has a smooth and soulful production style that relies on samples from artists such as and sound engineer Young Guru, 9th Wonder landed a coveted production credit on Jay Z 's then highly-anticipated '' The Black Album ''. The producer continued to produce for Little Brother and many other hip hop artists/groups, including Jean Grae , Skyzoo , and Murs . 9th Wonder has also produced for more widely known artists such as Destiny's Child , Mary J. Blige , De La Soul , Mos Def , Memphis Bleek , and Buckshot from Black Moon and more recently, artists such as The Game , Lloyd Banks , and Sean Price . Recently, 9th Wonder, along with Christopher "Play" Martin from the hip-hop group Kid-n-Play , were appointed Artist of Residence by the Chancellor of North Carolina Central University , and instruct a hip-hop history class in NCCU's Music Dept.

9th Wonder still resides in North Carolina . 9th Wonder has announced his dedication to the community in Durham, NC by joining P'Tones Records (www.ptonesrecords.com), giving students the opportunity to learn about the music industry and then further their education by earning scholarships to NCCU. Professor Kawachi Clemons and Founder (of P'Tones) Oren Rosenbaum will be opening their project January 2008, 9th will be the sites Spokesperson. He is currently working on a solo album entitled ' The Dream Merchant Vol. 2 '. The release date has been set for October 9th, 2007.


EQUIPMENT

Below is a list of equipment used by 9th Wonder to produce beats. The information is extracted from remixmag.com .

Computers, DAWs, recording hardware:

Consoles, mixers, interfaces:
  • Behringer Eurorack UB802 mixer


Samplers, drum machines, turntables, DJ mixer:
  • Technics SL-1200 turntables


Synths, modules, software, plug-ins, instruments:
  • Image-Line FL Studio 4 software

  • Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro 1.2 software


Mics, mic preamps, EQs, compressors, effects:
  • Apex 430 condenser mic

  • ART Tube MP mic preamp


Monitors:


DISCOGRAPHY


Albums



Tracks


  • 9th Wonder & Pete Rock - Class is in Session (2003)

  • 9th Wonder & Spectac - Shake N Beats (2003)

  • 9th Wonder - Black Album Rejects (Beats Only) (2004)

  • 9th Wonder - Changing the Game Vol 2 (2005)



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