Allen Ritter | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Allen Raphael Ritter [1] |
Born | Yonkers, New York, U.S. | June 19, 1988
Origin | Danbury, Connecticut, U.S. |
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Labels | Sony/ATV |
Allen Raphael Ritter (born June 19, 1988) is an American record producer and songwriter. [1] A frequent collaborator of fellow producers Boi-1da, Vinylz, and Sevn Thomas, Ritter has worked in production for high-profile hip hop and R&B artists since 2007. He has been credited on Drake's "Controlla", Travis Scott's "Pick Up the Phone", Kanye West's "All Day" and "Father Stretch My Hands", Rihanna's "Work", and Nicki Minaj's "Regret in Your Tears", among others. [2] [3]
Ritter was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in Danbury, Connecticut. He taught himself to play piano in his youth and began producing music as a teenager in the mid-2000s. [4] [5] In 2007/2008, he connected with New York-based producer Vinylz online and the two later began working with Toronto producer Boi-1da who had already been working with Drake. [5] [6] Together, they have produced a number of hits for artists like Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Chris Brown. Ritter also co-produces with Metro Boomin, with whom he produced much of Travis Scott's 2015 album Rodeo and Metro's 2018 album Not All Heroes Wear Capes , as well as other Toronto-based producers like Frank Dukes and Nineteen85.
As a solo artist, Ritter has worked on music for a number of years and released three singles in 2018. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Title | Year | Album |
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"Never Leave" [7] | 2018 | Non-album singles |
"Temporary (No Love)" [8] | ||
"Falling" [9] | ||
Year | Awards | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2015 | Grammy Awards [11] [12] | Best Rap Song | "All Day" (Kanye West) | Nominated |
2016 | Album of the Year | Views (Drake) | ||
2017 | Record of the Year | Work (Rihanna) | ||
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance | ||||
2017 | ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards [13] | Songwriter of the Year | Himself | Won |
2019 | Grammy Awards [14] | Best Rap Album | Invasion of Privacy (Cardi B) | |
Album of the Year | Scorpion (Drake) | Nominated | ||
List of songs as producer or co-producer, with performing artists and other credited producers, showing year released and album name. Partial discography, adapted from Jaxsta. [15]
† indicates songwriting credit only.
Title | Year | Performing artist(s) | Album | Other producer(s) |
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Headphones † | 2013 | Nelly | M.O | Soul Unique |
Castles | Joe Budden | No Love Lost | Vinylz | |
No New Friends | Dj Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne | Suffering From Success | Vinylz, Boi-1da, Robert Bullock, 40 | |
5AM in Toronto | Drake | Non-album single | Boi-1da, Vinylz | |
The Language | Nothing Was the Same | Vinylz, Boi-1da | ||
We Go Wherever We Want | French Montana, Ne-Yo, Raekwon | Excuse My French | Vinylz, Reefa | |
Was it Worth It | Kid Ink, Sterling Simms | Almost Home | Vinylz | |
Grindin' | Lil Wayne, Drake | Non-album single | Vinylz, Boi-1da, Detail | |
Dreams | 2014 | Teyana Taylor | VII | — |
Don't Play | Travis Scott, Big Sean, The 1975 | Days Before Rodeo | Vinylz, Travis Scott, Anthony Kilhoffer | |
All Things Go | Nicki Minaj | The Pinkprint | Vinylz, Boi-1da | |
Vulnerable | Tinashe, Travis Scott | Black Water | ||
Chiraq | Nicki Minaj, G Herbo | Non-album single | ||
Blessings | 2015 | Big Sean, Drake, Kanye West | Dark Sky Paradise | Vinylz |
All Day | Kanye West | Non-album single | Kanye West, French Montana, Puff Daddy, Velous, et al. | |
Remember Me | Chris Brown, Tyga | Fan of a Fan: The Album | Jess Jackson, Vinylz, Boi-1da | |
You & the 6 † | Drake, Travis Scott | If You're Reading This It's Too Late | WondaGurl, Travis Scott, Southside, TM88 | |
Know Yourself † | Drake | Boi-1da, Vinylz, Syk Sense | ||
You Changed Me | Jamie Foxx, Chris Brown | Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses | Boi-1da, Vinylz, DJ Scout, Jordan Evans | |
On The Dot | Jamie Foxx, Fabolous | Vinylz | ||
Like Me | Lil Durk, Jeremih | Remember My Name | Boi-1da, Vinylz | |
R.I.C.O. | Meek Mill, Drake | Dreams Worth More Than Money | Vinylz, Cubeatz | |
Paradise | Young Thug | Non-album single | — | |
Party Favors | Tinashe, Young Thug | Nightride | Boi-1da, Vinylz, Illangelo | |
On My Vibe | Lil Duke, Travis Scott | Lil Duke | — | |
Oh My Dis Side | Travis Scott, Quavo | Rodeo | Travis Scott, Frank Dukes, Mike Dean | |
3500 | Travis Scott, Future, 2 Chainz | Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, Travis Scott, Mano, Zaytoven | ||
90210 | Travis Scott, Kacy Hill | DJ Dahi, Mike Dean, Travis Scott, WondaGurl | ||
Pray 4 Love † | Travis Scott, The Weeknd | Illangelo, The Weeknd, Mike Dean, Ben Billions, Travis Scott | ||
Nightcrawler † | Travis Scott, Swae Lee, Chief Keef | Metro Boomin, Mike Dean, Travis Scott, Southside, TM88 | ||
Impossible † | Travis Scott | Mike Dean, Travis Scott | ||
Maria I'm Drunk † | Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Young Thug | Travis Scott, Frank Dukes, Maneesh Bidaye, Mike Dean | ||
Flying High | Travis Scott, Toro y Moi | Pharrell, Mike Dean, Travis Scott | ||
I Can Tell | Travis Scott | Mike Dean, Travis Scott, FKi | ||
Never Catch Me | Travis Scott | Sonny Digital, WondaGurl | ||
Thought It Was a Drought | Future | DS2 | Metro Boomin | |
Back to Sleep | Chris Brown | Royalty | Vinylz, Boi-1da | |
A-Team | 2016 | Travis Scott | Non-album single | — |
Work † | Rihanna, Drake | Anti | Boi-1da, Sevn Thomas, Kuk Harrell, 40 | |
Drippin' | Young Thug | Slime Season 3 | — | |
The Hooch | Travis Scott | Non-album single | Vinylz, Boi-1da | |
Controlla | Drake | Views | Boi-1da, Supa Dups, Di Genius | |
4PM In Calabasas | Non-album single | Frank Dukes, Vinylz | ||
Diamonds Dancing | Drake, Future | What a Time to Be Alive | Metro Boomin, Frank Dukes | |
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 | Kanye West | The Life of Pablo | Kanye West, Mike Dean, Metro Boomin, DJDS, Noah Goldstein | |
Saint Pablo | Kanye West, Mike Dean, Noah Goldstein | |||
Pick Up The Phone | Travis Scott, Young Thug, Quavo | Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight | Vinylz, Frank Dukes, Mike Dean | |
Lose | Travis Scott, Cassie | |||
Circles | Pusha T, Ty Dolla Sign, Desiigner | Def Jam Presents: Direct Deposit Vol. 1 | Vinylz, Boi-1da, Frank Dukes | |
Hello | Ty Dolla Sign | Campaign | — | |
Pu$$y | Ty Dolla Sign, Trey Songz, Wiz Khalifa | Mustard | ||
Go | 2017 | Huncho Jack | Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho | Vinylz, Cubeatz |
Moon Rock | ||||
Run Me Dry | Bryson Tiller | True to Self | Boi-1da | |
Forever | Joyner Lucas | 508-507-2209 | Boi-1da, Joyner Lucas | |
Free Smoke | Drake | More Life | Boi-1da, Akira Woodgrain | |
Do Not Disturb | Boi-1da, 40 | |||
No Limit | G-Eazy, Cardi B, ASAP Rocky | The Beautiful & Damned | Boi-1da | |
Make a Toast | Belly | Mumble Rap | Boi-1da, Vinylz, T-Minus, DannyboyStyles | |
Regret in Your Tears | Nicki Minaj | Non-album single | Boi-1da, Frank Dukes | |
Sacrifices | Big Sean, Migos | I Decided | Metro Boomin | |
Night Call † | Steve Aoki, Lil Yachty, Migos | Steve Aoki Presents Kolony | Steve Aoki | |
Imitadora | Romeo Santos | Golden | Vinylz, Frank Dukes, Romeo Santos | |
Sin Filtro | Vinylz, Frank Dukes, Illangelo, Illmind | |||
The Bloodiest | 2018 | Jay Rock | Redemption | Boi-1da, Jake One |
Joyride | Tinashe | Joyride | Hit-Boy | |
Best Life | Cardi B, Chance The Rapper | Invasion of Privacy | Boi-1da | |
Over Me | G-Eazy, RJ, Jay Ant | The Vault | Vinylz, Cubeatz | |
Mob Ties | Drake | Scorpion | Boi-1da | |
Stargazing | Travis Scott | Astroworld | Sonny Digital, 30 Roc, B Wheezy, Bkorn, Mike Dean, Travis Scott | |
NC-17 | Travis Scott, 21 Savage | Boi-1da, Cubeatz, Mike Dean | ||
Dreamcatcher | Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Travis Scott | Not All Heroes Wear Capes | Metro Boomin | |
Space Cadet | Metro Boomin, Gunna | Metro Boomin, Wheezy | ||
Up to Something | Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Young Thug | Metro Boomin, Southside | ||
Only You | Metro Boomin, Wizkid, Offset, J Balvin | Metro Boomin | ||
Miami † | Bri Steves | Non-album single | Bri Steves | |
No Static | District 21 | No Static | Vinylz, Frank Dukes | |
Tell Them | 2019 | James Blake, Moses Sumney, Metro Boomin | Assume Form | James Blake, Metro Boomin, Dre Moon |
Wild Wild West | Offset, Gunna | Father of 4 | Metro Boomin | |
North Star | Offset, CeeLo Green | |||
After Dark | Offset | Metro Boomin, Dre Moon | ||
HMP | PnB Rock | TrapStar Turnt PopStar (Deluxe) | Rex Kudo | |
C7osure (You Like) | Lil Nas X | 7 | Boi-1da, Abaz, X-Plosive | |
Need a Stack | Chris Brown, Lil Wayne, Joyner Lucas | Indigo | Boi-1da, Frank Dukes | |
Too Late | Pardison Fantaine, Jadakiss | Under8ed | Boi-1da, Frank Dukes | |
So What | 2020 | dvsn, Popcaan | A Muse in Her Feelings | Nineteen85, Raaheim |
A Muse | dvsn | Nineteen85 | ||
...Again † | dvsn, Shantel May | Nineteen85, Joe Reeves | ||
Until I Say So | Shantel May, Westside Gun | Nineteen85, Neenyo | ||
Where You Are | Savannah Ré | Opia | Boi-1da | |
Love Me Back † | Boi-1da, Jordan Manswell, Sean Fisher | |||
Konklusions | Kehlani, YG | Non-album single | Boi-1da, Jahann Sweet | |
IDWK | 2021 | 347aiden, Kenny Beats | Non-album single | Kenny Beats, Frank Dukes |
Access Denied † | Lucky Daye | Table for Two | Vinylz | |
Born 2 Be Great † (sampled) | Lil Tjay | Destined 2 Win | Bordeaux, Non Native | |
Chi-Raq | Nicki Minaj, G Herbo | Beam Me Up Scotty (Rerelease) | Boi-1da, Vinylz | |
You | Don Toliver | Life of a Don | Mike Dean | |
Poochie Gown | 2022 | Gunna | Drip Season 4Ever | Metro Boomin, Southside |
Golden | Russ | Chomp 2 | Boi-1da, Don Mills | |
One Time | Metro Boomin, John Legend | Heroes and Villains | Peter Lee Johnson, TM88, DJ Moon, Johan Lenox | |
Superhero (Heroes & Villains) | Metro Boomin, Future, Chris Brown | Metro Boomin, David x Eli | ||
Too Many Nights | Metro Boomin, Don Toliver, Future | Metro Boomin, Honorable C Note | ||
Trance | Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Young Thug | Metro Boomin, Peter Lee Johnson | ||
Metro Spider | Metro Boomin, Young Thug | Metro Boomin, Nik D, OZ, Elkan | ||
Niagara Falls (Foot or 2) | Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, 21 Savage | Metro Boomin, Peter Lee Johnson, My Best Friend Jacob | ||
Lock on Me | Metro Boomin, Travis Scott, Future | Metro Boomin, Chris Townsend | ||
Time Heals All | 2023 | Don Toliver | Love Sick | 206derek, Bryvn, Matty Spat |
Want me Dead | Young Thug, 21 Savage | Business is Business | Metro Broomin, Dre Moon, David x Eli | |
Thank God | Travis Scott | Utopia | Wondagurl, FNZ, BoogzDaBeast, Kanye West, Travis Scott, | |
Del Resto | Travis Scott, Beyonce | Hit-Boy, Mike Dean, Beyonce, Travis Scott | ||
Lost Forever | Travis Scott, Westside Gunn | The Alchemist, James Blake, Dom Maker | ||
Somebody | Jung Kook | Golden | Roza, Jon Bellion | |
Pop Your S**t | 2024 | 21 Savage, Young Thug | American Dream | Metro Boomin |
Sorry's and Ferraris | Polo G | Non Album Single | Metro Boomin, Dre Moon | |
Cinderella | Future, Metro Boomin, Travis Scott | We Dont Trust You | Metro Boomin, Dre Moon | |
Seen it All | Future, Metro | Metro Boomin, Peter Lee Johnson |
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