Big Cats (producer)

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Big Cats
Birth nameSpencer Wirth-Davis
Also known asBig Cats!
Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Genres Alternative hip hop
Instrumental hip hop
Underground hip hop
Occupation(s) Producer, musician
Years active2008–present
LabelsSpeakeasy/Tru Ruts
Website bigcatsbeats.com

Spencer Wirth-Davis, better known by his stage name Big Cats (sometimes styled Big Cats!), is an American underground hip hop producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota. [1] [2] He has produced full-length collaboration albums with artists such as Guante, [3] The Tribe, [4] and Toki Wright. [5]

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Discography

Solo
  • Sleep Tapes. (2008)
  • For My Mother (2012)
  • Lesser Lights (2013) [EP]
  • What If It Doesn't Get Better? (2016)
  • Most Days (2017) [EP]
  • Long Way (2018) [EP]
  • A Movie About the End of the World, Set in 1990s Las Vegas (2021)
  • The Race to Alaska (2023) [film soundtrack]
  • Yeah. I See It. (2023)
  • Happy to See Me (2025)
with Guante
  • Start a Fire (2009) [EP]
  • An Unwelcome Guest (2009)
  • Don't Be Nice (2010) [mixtape]
  • You Better Weaponize (2012)
  • We Are Waking Up in Our Caskets (2018) [compilation]
  • War Balloons (2018)
  • All Dressed Up, No Funeral (2024)
with The Tribe(TruthBeTold & DJ Pete)
  • Supply and Demand: The EP (2009) [EP]
  • The Let's Be Professional Mixtape (2010) [mixtape]
  • Forward Thinkers, Movers, Shakers (2011)
  • Make Good (2011)
  • Space (2012)
Catsax(Big Cats with Nelson Devereaux & Miguel Hurtado)
  • Catsax (2015)
  • Catsax (2017) [EP]
  • 2 (2015)
with Toki Wright
  • Prelude to Pangaea (2014) [EP]
  • Pangaea (2014)
  • dB (2019) [EP]
with Chance York
  • Highest Self (2016) [EP]
  • Deep Dark Hope (2018)
with Lydia Liza
  • Oh Boy (2020)
  • Oh Wow (2023) [EP]
Other collaborations
  • The Polar Bear Rug (2015) [EP] (with Homeless)
  • Detail (2015) (by Eric Mayson, produced by Big Cats)
  • A-OK (2019) [EP] (with Dwynell Roland)

References

  1. ↑ Jack Spencer (March 24, 2016). "'What If It Doesn't Get Better?': Big Cats and friends ask a musical question". The Current .
  2. ↑ Justin Schell (December 9, 2009). "Guante and Big Cats! roll out ambitious new concept album, "An Unwelcome Guest"". Twin Cities Daily Planet .
  3. ↑ Jay Boller (January 10, 2010). "Interview: Guante of Guante & Big Cats!". The Minnesota Daily . Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ Jack Spencer (January 20, 2011). "The Tribe and Big Cats! aim for 'real hip-hop without the elitism'". City Pages .
  5. ↑ Scott Heins (September 22, 2014). "Toki Wright & Big Cats Rewrite Hip-Hop's Map On 'Pangaea' [Exclusive Full LP Premiere]". Okayplayer .
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