Ruwanga Samath | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ruwanga Samath |
| Genres | Hip hop, pop, R&B, dancehall |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, composer, songwriter, musician |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards, synthesizer, drum machine [ citation needed ] |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Smooth Blaq |
| Website | http://www.smoothblaq.com |
Ruwanga Nirashad Samath is an American record producer and songwriter born in Sri Lanka. He is best known for his music in blockbuster movies such as Fast Five [1] and Ted .
Ruwanga was born in Sri Lanka, into a musically influenced environment. Through his mother, Renuka, who is a musician, young Ruwanga was surrounded by some of the best musicians in the country. At the height of the country's unstable political atmosphere and civil war, his family decided to and eventually moved to Pasadena, CA when he was 12. Since then, Ruwanga attended John Muir High School before moving to La Verne, California, and graduating from Bonita High School. After High School, Ruwanga attended Cal State San Bernardino for a semester until he dropped out to pursue a career in music.
Ruwanga has either composed and produced music for over 50 movies including the end title songs for movies such as Fast Five (Universal Pictures) Busta Rhymes, Don Omar and J. Doe titled "How we Roll, Morgan Spurlock's The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (Sony Pictures) "CameraBuggin" features Big Boi from the legendary Outkast, as well as Matt & Kim, Reality High (Netflix) & Gideon's Army (HBO). He has also placed songs in movies such as TED (Universal Pictures), Spare Parts (Lionsgate), Tower Heist (Universal Pictures), You're Next (Lionsgate), Generation Iron , Saw IV (Lionsgate), Christmas in Compton, Son of Morning, Doubletime & Wonder(Lionsgate).
Ruwanga has written and produced theme songs for several television programs, including History Channel's Mounted in Alaska , [2] TLC's Unleashed : K9, [3] Lifetime's Preacher's Daughters Seasons 1 & 2, [4] Playboy's King of Clubs & Hulu's Mother Up! [5] His songs were also featuring in MTV's Jersey Shore and Battle Ground Earth : Ludacris vs Tommy Lee [6]
Ruwanga has composed several movies, including Netflix Original #RealityHigh, STARZ original Flock of Dudes & National Lampoon's" Another Dirty Movie". He has also composed several documentaries such as "Cosplay Universe", "Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos'', "How I Got Over" and the upcoming Muhumad Ali documentary titled "City of Ali''.
In 2013, Ruwanga released his first mixtape through Roc Nation/ Three Six Zero titled #Backin20 [7]
Ruwanga has done several remixes for artists such as including Beyoncé Knowles' "Ring the Alarm" remix, Britney Spears' "Break the Ice" remix, Kelly Rowland's "Work" remix, The Virgins' "Rich Girls" remix.
Ruwanga has worked with and collaborated with artists such as Busta Rhymes, [8] Rachel Crow, [9] Meghan Trainor, [10] Ke$ha, Mistah F.A.B., Clyde Carson, Don Omar, SOB X RBE & Leven Kali. [11] Ruwanga founded the record label/ multimedia company, Smooth Blaq in 2017. Smooth Blaq artists include Tyler Sellers.
| Artist | Title | Album | Product Format | Label Name | Release Date | Genre | Writers | Producer | Credited |
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| Busta Rhymes, Don Omar, J Doe, Reek da Villian | How We Roll - Fast Five Remix | Fast Five (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | CD & Digital | ABKCO Music & Records, Inc | 2011-04-26 | Hip Hop/ Rap | James Smith, Tariek Williams, Ruwanga Samath, Trevor Smith, William Omar Landron | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Greg Cahn | Love Burns | Sundown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Digital | Ultra Records, LLC | 2016-05-06 | Rock | Ruwanga Samath, Greg Cahn, Oscar Doniz | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Ruwanga Samath | Crack The Ground | Sundown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Digital | Ultra Records, LLC | 2016-05-06 | Dance | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, SOB x RBE | Drippin | Blindspotting : The Miles EP | Digital | Republic Records | 2018-11-23 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Ruwanga Samath, Jabbar Kingston Brown Jr., Juwon Lee, Wayman Zachariah Barrow & George Harris III | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Maxwell D & Ruwanga | I Got The Love (Feat. Stella Mwangi & Janiece) | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-13 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron, Janice Meyers, Stella Mwangi, Matt Von Roderick | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Ruwanga | Sail Away (feat. Maxwell D) | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-14 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Maxwell D & Ruwanga | Drop N Get Low (feat. Zoh) | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-14 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron, Brandon Hicks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Ruwanga & Vandela | Right There | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-15 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath, Vendela Palmgren | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Joey Diggs Jr | You | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-16 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Joey Diggs Jr, Taylor Mackall | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Matt Allenn & Ruwanga | 9 to 5 | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-17 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Matt Allenn | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Dilini | Way Back Home | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-17 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath, Dilini Ranaweera | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Tyler Sellers | Slave For Your Love | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-18 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath, Tyler Sellers | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Matt Allenn & Ruwanga | Messy | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-19 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Matt Allenn | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Vendela | Somewhere in California | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-20 | Pop | Ruwanga Samath, Vendela Palmgren | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Maxwell D & Ruwanga | Ex-Lover | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-21 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| ZOH | Flew Here | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-22 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq | Weather (feat. Joey Diggs Jr & Taylor Mackall) | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-23 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Joey Diggs Jr, Taylor Mackall | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| ZOH & Tree of Lyfe | Taking Off | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-24 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Brandon Hicks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Triple S & Ruwanga | Party Girl (Feat DeStorm) | Best of... #RealityHigh Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-09-25 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Shron Spicer, Destorm Powers | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Mind The Gap | Never Gonna Stop (feat. Quan) | Generation Iron (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | CD & Digital | Milan Entertainment | 2013-09-24 | Soundtrack | Greg Cahn, Oscar Doniz & Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Rachel Crow | Solo | Solo (From the Netflix Original Film "Deidra & Laney Rob a Train") - Single | Digital | S-Curve Records | 2017-04-21 | Pop | Rachel Crow, Ruwanga Samath & Matt Allenn | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Better | Better - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-10-19 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Superficial Love | Superficial Love - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-04-19 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Goodbye Highscool | Goodbye Highschool - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-05-17 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Better (Acoustic Version) | Better (Acoustic Version) - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-10-18 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Call | Call - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-09-13 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | Honey | Honey - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2020-03-20 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Tyler Sellers | WTSB | WTSB - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2020-05-29 | Pop | Tyler Sellers, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Che Lingo | Mad Angle | Mad Angle | Digital | TRIP | 2018-06-12 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Che Lingo, Ruwanga Samath, Tyler Sellers | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Che Lingo | Mad Angle | Sensitive | Digital | TRIP | 2019-01-18 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Che Lingo, Ruwanga Samath, Tyler Sellers | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Ebon Lurks | Drip Different | Drip Different - Single | Digital | The Label Music Group | 2019-09-13 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Michael Grammy & Ebon Lurks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq | Come Thru | Come Thru (feat. Leven Kali) - Single | Digital | The Bird Call Productions, Inc | 2016-11-29 | R&B/ Soul | Leven Kali, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq | Inspiration | Inspiration (feat. Tyler Sellers) - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2017-11-14 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Tyler Sellers | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & ZOH | Sade | Sade - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-01-29 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Brandon Hicks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & ZOH | Vibe | Vibe - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-05-04 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Brandon Hicks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq, Madi Wolf & Sinclair | California | California - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-06-26 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Madi Wolfe, Dominique, Christian Plenty | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq, Sinclair & Dilini | Breathe | Breathe - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-12-07 | R&B/ Soul | Ruwanga Samath, Dilini Ranaweera, Christian Plenty | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Amon | Perfect (feat. Amon) | Perfect/Poison - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-06-28 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Amon-Ra Cunningham, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Amon | Poison (feat. Amon) | Perfect/Poison - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-06-29 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Amon-Ra Cunningham, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Hannah Faye | Darker | Wonder (Original Soundtrack Album) | CD & Digital | Milan Entertainment | 2017-11-17 | Soundtrack | Hannah Hoberman | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Amon | Sheabutter (feat. Amon) | The Summer Pack | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-08-23 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Amon-Ra Cunningham | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Amon | Work (feat. Amon) | The Summer Pack | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-08-24 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Amon-Ra Cunningham, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Exco Levi | Wise Man | Narrative | CD & Digital | Silly Walks Discoteque | 2017-11-24 | Reggae | W. Levy, A. Themelkos, M. Kfos, S. Chalkiotis, Ruwanga Samath, M. Lechleitner & O. Schrader | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & Amon | 4th (feat. Amon) | The Summer Pack | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2019-08-25 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Amon-Ra Cunningham | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Smooth Blaq & ZOH | Plug | Plug - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2020-06-12 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Brandon Hicks | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Maxwell D & Ruwanga | New One | New One - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-01-08 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Maxwell D & Ruwanga | Tap Out | Tap Out - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-11-30 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Denzol Cameron | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Dyli | 2312 | 2312 | Digital | DaliO Music, Inc | 2019-10-25 | R&B/ Soul | Dylan O'Byrne, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Dyli | 18+ | 18+ | Digital | DaliO Music, Inc | 2020-01-17 | R&B/ Soul | Dylan O'Byrne, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Dyli | Backseat. | Backseat. | Digital | DaliO Music, Inc | 2020-03-27 | R&B/ Soul | Dylan O'Byrne, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Joey Diggs Jr & Ruwanga | Good Part | Good Part - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-05-04 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Joey Diggs Jr | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Joey Diggs Jr & Ruwanga | Let Me Know | Blindspotting Playlist | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2018-07-20 | Hip Hop/ Rap | Ruwanga Samath, Joey Diggs Jr | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
| Ruwanga & RastaLeeves | Make Peace | Make Peace - Single | Digital | Smooth BLAQ | 2020-06-09 | Reggae | Angelo Themelkos, Ruwanga Samath | Ruwanga Samath | Produced By Ruwanga Samath |
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