D-Dot

D-Dot
Nazionalità	Stati Uniti
Genere	Hip hop Rhythm and blues Pop
Periodo di attività musicale	1990 – in attività
Sito ufficiale

D-Dot, pseudonimo di Deric Angelettie (Brooklyn, 31 luglio 1968), è un rapper e produttore discografico statunitense di origini portoricane.

È noto anche come The Madd Rapper (negli interludi delle sue canzoni) e come Papa Dot.

Biografia

Emerse nella produzione hip hop nei primi anni novanta. Ha lavorato con P. Diddy e la Bad Boy Entertainment, per la squadra di produzione The Hitmen; ha anche prodotto "Hypnotize" di The Notorious B.I.G., "Feel So Good" dei Ma$e ed altri brani per artisti legati all'etichetta Bad Boy.

Attualmente è sposato con Lisa Angelettie, di GirlShrink.com. Da lei ha avuto quattro figlie, Ava, Ali, Autumn ed Alexis.

Discografia

1990-1996

• Two Kings in a Cipher “From Pyramids to Projects” - Entire Album (BAHIA/RCA, 1991)
• Two Kings In a Cipher (Bahia/RCA, 1990)
  • “Movin' On ‘Em”
• "The Show Soundtrack" (Def Jam, 1995)
  • Suga - “What's Up Star?” (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
• Outkast “Atliens” (LaFace 1996)
  • “Atliens Remix”
• Rakim “Build And Destroy” (Universal)
• Salt 'N' Pepa (MCA)
• Positive K “I Got A Man” (Remix)
• Larry Johnson - TV Commercial (MCA 1996)
  • (And 1 Commercial)
• Nalini (1996)
  • “Lay Down” (Bad Boy Remix) (Produced with Puff Daddy)

1997

• The Notorious B.I.G.: “Life After Death” (Bad Boy)
  • “Hypnotize” (Featuring Pam from Total) (Produced with Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
  • “The World is Filled” (Featuring Too Short, Puff Daddy, Carl Thomas) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • “B.I.G.” Interludes (Produced with The Notorious B.I.G.)
• Puff Daddy & The Family: “No Way Out” (Bad Boy)
  • “Do You Know” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • “Been Around The World” (Featuring Ma$e & The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • “It's All About the Benjamins” (Featuring The Lox, Lil' Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • “Pain”
  • Interludes
• L.L. Cool J: “Phenomenon” (Def Jam)
  • “Hot, Hot, Hot” (Produced by Puff Daddy & Edward Logan Sony, Co-Produced By D-Dot)
• Ma$e: “Harlem World” (BadBoy)
  • “Feel So Good” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • “24 Hours To Live” (Featuring The Lox, DMX & Black Rob) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick & Carlos Broady)
  • “I Need To Be” (Featuring Monifah) (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
  • “Do You Wanna Get $” (Featuring Kelly Price & Puff Daddy) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
  • Interludes (Produced with Ma$e & Puff Daddy)
• Tracey Lee: “Many Facez” (Bystorm/Universal)
  • The Theme (It's Party Time)
  • Clue
  • Big Will
• SWV: “Release Some Tension” (RCA)
  • "Give It Up” (Featuring Lil' Kim) (Produced with Lantz "Wet" Mitchell)

Produzioni esecutive:

• Puff Daddy & the Family: “No Way Out” (BadBoy)
• Ma$e: “Harlem World” (Bad Boy)
• Tracey Lee: “Many Facez” (Bystorm/Universal)

A&R:

• Ma$e: “Harlem World” (Bad Boy)
• Puff Daddy & the Family: “No Way Out” (Bad Boy)
• The Notorious B.I.G.: “Life After Death” (Bad Boy)

Remix:

• MC Lyte: “Cold Rock a Party” (Featuring Missy Elliott) (Produced with Puff Daddy, Stevie J., Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence) (East/West Records)
• Jody Watley: “Off the Hook” (Featuring Rakim) (MCA)
• Ray-J: “Everything You Want” (Elektra)

1998

• Jay-Z: “In My Lifetime Vol. 1” (Roc-A-Fella)
  • “Where I'm From”
• Busta Rhymes: “Extinction Level Event” (Elektra)
  • “Hot Shit”
• Made Men: “Classic Limited Edition” (Priority)
  • "Just You and I”
• Foxy Brown: “Chyna Doll” (Def Jam)
  • “My Life”
• Jermaine Dupri: “Life in 1472” (So So Def)
  • “Get Your Shit Right” (Featuring DMX, The Madd Rapper)
  • “Gotta Go” (Featuring Da Brat)
• The Lox: “Money, Power & Respect” (Bad Boy)
  • "Yonkers Tale (Intro)" (Featuring Carl Thomas)
  • “Money, Power & Respect” (Featuring DMX, Lil' Kim) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
  • “Can't Stop, Won't Stop” (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
  • “Bitches from Eastwick” (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
  • "All For The Love" (Additional Production)
  • "Everybody Wanna Rat" (Additional Production)
  • All Interludes
• Trina & Tamara “Trina & Tamara” (Columbia)
  • “Jo Anne”
• Imajin (Jive)
  • “Shorty (You Keep Playin with My Mind)” (Featuring Keith Murray)
• “Have Plenty Soundtrack” (Yab Yum)
  • Queen Penn & Tracey Lee: “Rock The Body”
• Harlem World: “Harlem World” (All Out/So So Def/Columbia)
  • “Cali Chronic” (Featuring Snoop Dogg)
• Total: “Keisha, Kima, and Pam” (Bad Boy)
  • “Sitting Home” (Produced with Blake "Karrington" Smith)

Remix

• The Notorious B.I.G.: “Nasty Boy” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Bad Boy)

Produzioni esecutive:

• Faith Evans: “Keep the Faith” (Bad Boy)
• The Lox: “Money, Power, Respect” (Bad Boy)

A&R:

• The Lox: “Money, Power, Respect” (Bad Boy)
• Faith Evans: “Keep the Faith” (Bad Boy)

1999

• Goodie Mob: “World Party” (LaFace)
  • "Rebuilding”
  • “Chain Swang”
• The Notorious B.I.G.: “Born Again” (BadBoy)
  • “Let Me Get Down” (Featuring Missy Elliott & G-Dep)
  • “ If I Should Die Before I Wake” (Featuring Beanie Sigel, Ice Cube & Black Rob) (Produced with Coptic & Charlemagne)
• Puff Daddy: “Forever” (Bad Boy)
  • “Real Niggas” (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • “Mad Rapper Interlude”
• Ma$e: “Double Up” (Bad Boy)
  • “Fuck Me, Fuck You”
  • “Mad Rapper Interlude”

2000

• The Madd Rapper: “Tell ‘Em Why U Madd” (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
  • “Stir Crazy” (Featuring Eminem)
  • “How To Rob” (Featuring 50 Cent)
  • “Dot vs. TMR”
  • “You're All Alone”
  • “How We Do” (Featuring Puff Daddy)
  • “Ghetto” (Featuring Raekwon)
  • “Survivin' The Game”
  • “Bongo Break” (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
  • “Whatever”
  • “Too Many Hos” (Featuring Jermaine Dupri & Lil' Cease)
  • “Esta Loca” (Featuring The Beatnuts)
  • “They Just Know” (Featuring Black Rob & Nature)
  • “Wildside”
  • “Shysty Broads”
• Carl Thomas: “Emotional” (Bad Boy)
  • “Special Lady” (Produced with Garrett "Blake" Smith)
• Black Rob: “Life Story” (BadBoy)
  • “Lookin' At Us” (Featuring Cee-Lo) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)
  • “Jasmine” (Featuring Carl Thomas) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)
  • “Can I Live?” (Featuring The Lox)
  • “PD World Tour” (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Charlemagne)
  • “B.R.” (Featuring G-Dep) (Produced with Black Rob)
  • “Madd Rapper Interlude”
• Da Brat: “Unrestricted” (So So Def)
  • “Hands In The Air” (Featuring Mystikal)
• Tracey Lee: “Live from the 215” (Universal)
  • “We Like”
  • “Go ‘Head”

Produzioni esecutive:

• The Madd Rapper: “Tell ‘Em Why U Madd” (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
• Black Rob: “Life Story” (Bad Boy)

Remix:

• Carl Thomas: "Emotional” (Bad Boy)
• The Notorious B.I.G.: “Notorious” (Featuring Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy) (Bad Boy)

2001

• Lil' Kim: “Notorious K.I.M.” (Atlantic)
  • “Don't Mess With Me” (Produced by Kanye West, Co-Produced by D-Dot and Edward Logan Detroit)
• Bad Boy: “Greatest Hits” (Bad Boy)
  • “Mad Rapper Interludes”
• Ray Benzino: “Who Is Benzino?” (Motown)
  • “Just You And I”
  • “Déjà Vu Remix” (Featuring Big Pun)

2002

• Nas: The Lost Tapes (Columbia)
  • Poppa Was a Playa (Produced with Kanye West)
• Lady May MayDay (Crazy Cat)
  • The Dick & the Dough
• P. Diddy: We Invented The Remix (Bad Boy)
  • The Notorious B.I.G.: Notorious (Featuring Lil' Kim, P. Diddy)

2003

• Mary J. Blige: “Love & Life” (Geffen)
  • “Don't Go” (Produced with P. Diddy)
  • “Interlude: Finally Made It” (Produced with P. Diddy)
• Da Band “Too Hot 4 TV” (Bad Boy)
  • “Cheers 2 Me” (Featuring Mr. Bentley)
• Beanie Siegel: “State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. 2” (Roc-A-fella)
  • “It's On” (Featuring Jay-Z)
• Kay Slay “Street Sweeper Vol. 1” (Columbia)
  • “Stars” (Featuring Black Rob, G-Dep, Craig Mack)

Produzioni esecutive:

• Da Band: “Too Hot 4 TV” (Bad Boy)
• Lady May: “May Day” (Crazy Cat)

Remix:

• 112: "Hot & Wet" (Featuring Ludacris)

2004

• Carl Thomas: “Let's Talk About It” (Bad Boy)
  • “Let's Talk About it”
• 8 Ball & MJG: “Livin' Legends” (Bad Boy)
  • “Gangsta”

2005

• Black Rob: “The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)
  • “B.L.A.C.K.”
  • “Y'all Know Who Killed ‘Em” (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
  • “Help Me Out”
  • "Fire In Da Hole" (Featuring Ness)
• The Notorious B.I.G. “Duets: The Final Chapter” (Bad Boy/WB)
  • "I'm With Whateva" (Featuring Jim Jones & Juelz Santana)
  • “What's Goin' On" (Featuring Black Rob)
• Labba - "Untitled LP" (Jive)
  • "What Is It?

Produzioni esecutive:

• Black Rob: “The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)
• Noah: "The Music Man" (Crazy Cat/Jive)

2006

• Danity Kane: "Danity Kane" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
  • "Press Pause" (Produced with Mario Winans and Edward Logan )

2007

• The Madd Rapper: "Still Mad"

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito ufficiale, su madrapper.com.
• (EN) D-Dot, su AllMusic, All Media Network.
• (EN) D-Dot, su Discogs, Zink Media.
• (EN) Deric “D‐Dot” Angelettie / The Madd Rapper, su MusicBrainz, MetaBrainz Foundation.
• (EN) D-Dot, su IMDb, IMDb.com.
• Bad Boy Records, su badboyonline.com.
• Revenge of the Mad Rappers, su villagevoice.com. URL consultato il 5 aprile 2007 (archiviato dall'url originale il 4 febbraio 2008).