Ricci Riera

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Origin Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres Hip hop
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Instrument Logic Pro
Years active2011–present

Ricci Riera, is an American record producer, [1] DJ and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. He is best known for his production with notable hip hop artists such as Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Travis Scott, Schoolboy Q, Overdoz, and ASAP Rocky, among others. [2] Aside from his solo production, Riera was previously a member of the Grammy nominated Los Angeles production duo THC. [3] [4] Riera scored his first Grammy nomination as a producer for the Drake track "U with Me?", produced with 40, Kanye West, DJ Dahi, Axlfolie, Vinylz and Oz, from the second best selling album of 2016, Views . [5] [6] Riera most recently contributed twice on Kendrick Lamar's [7] much anticipated third studio album Damn , [8] producing on the tracks "Element", [9] produced with Sounwave, James Blake, Tae Beast and Bekon, and "God" produced with DJ Dahi, Bekon, Cardo, Top Dawg, Yung Exclusive, Mike Hector and Teddy Walton. [10] [11]

Contents

Production discography

Notable songs produced on major albums [12] [13]

List of songs as producer or co-producer, with performing artists, showing year released and album name and certification.

TitleYearPerforming artist(s)CertificationsAlbum
"M.A.A.D City"2012 Kendrick Lamar RIAA: Platinum Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
"Collard Greens" [14] [15] 2014 Schoolboy Q RIAA: Platinum Oxymoron
"Fine Whine" (featuring Future, Joe Fox and M.I.A.)2015 ASAP Rocky RIAA: Gold At. Long. Last. A$AP
"Electric Body" (featuring Schoolboy Q)RIAA: Gold
"Clubhouse" [16] 2015 Mac Miller GO:OD AM
"U Wit Me?" [17] 2016 Drake RIAA: 4× Platinum [18] Views [19]
"SDP Interlude" [20] 2016 Travis Scott RIAA: Platinum Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
"Element"2017 Kendrick Lamar RIAA: 2× Platinum Damn [21]
"God" [22] RIAA: 2× Platinum [23]
"New Choppa"(featuring ASAP Rocky) [24] 2017 Playboi Carti Playboi Carti
"Riviera"(featuring Joey Badass and Telana)2017 ASAP Twelvyy 12 [25]

Other songs

Kendrick Lamar - Section.80 [26] (2011)

(2012)

Iman Omari- Energy (2011)

Overdoz - Live For, Die For (2011) [28]

Dom Kennedy - Yellow Album (2012)

Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions - (2012)

Skeme - Alive and Living (2012)

Overdoz- BOOM (2013)

Nipsey Hussle - Mailbox Money- (2014)

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