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Deleno Matthews, known professionally as Sean C (originally Sean Cane), [1] is an American producer, DJ and "artists and repertoire" (A&R) specialist. [2] [3] Sean is a member of production duo Sean C & LV (Grind Music) [4] [5] [6] which is affiliated with Sean Combs' Hitmen producers. [7] As a DJ, Sean C co-founded the New York DJ crew The X-Men (renamed The X-Ecutioners) [8] [9] Sean worked as an A&R for Steve Rifkind's Loud Records and SRC Records imprints. [10] [11] He is credited as A&R and executive producer for Mobb Deep, [12] Dead Prez, [13] Big Pun, [14] Terror Squad, [15] Remy Ma [16] and The X-Ecutioners. Sean C has produced songs for Jay-Z, [17] [18] Big Pun, [19] Diddy, [20] Jadakiss [21] and Fabolous [22] among others. He was nominated for best rap album Grammy awards for Jay Z's American Gangster [23] and for Big Pun's debut Capital Punishment . [24] [25]
Year | Album | Song and artist(s) |
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1996 | Reasonable Doubt | "Can't Knock the Hustle" (Jay-Z featuring Mary J. Blige) |
1997 | X-Pressions | "Raida's Theme" (The X-Ecutioners featuring E Bros) |
1998 | The Rude Awakening | "Won On Won" (Cocoa Brovaz) |
2000 | Yeeeah Baby | "100%" (Big Pun featuring Tony Sunshine) |
2001 | Endangered Species | "Freestyle with Remy Martin" (Big Pun featuring Remy Ma) |
Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) | "Intro" (Fat Joe) | |
"It's O.K." (Fat Joe) | ||
Child of the Ghetto | "Keep It Gangsta" (G. Dep featuring Shyne) | |
"It's All Over" (G. Dep featuring Carl Thomas) | ||
2002 | Built from Scratch | "B-Boy Punk Rock 2001" (The X-Ecutioners featuring Everlast) |
"Dramacyde" (The X-Ecutioners featuring Big Pun & Kool G Rap) | ||
Reanimation | "X-Ecutioner Style" (Linkin Park featuring Sean C, Roc Raida & Black Thought) | |
2004 | RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta | "Radio Freq" (Dead Prez featuring Sean C) |
"50 in the Clip" (Dead Prez featuring Wu Hylton) | ||
The Piece Maker 2 | "Touch 1, Touch All" (Tony Touch featuring Dead Prez) | |
Revolutions | "Old School Throwdown" (The X-Ecutioners) | |
"The Truth" (The X-Ecutioners featuring Aasim and Fat Joe) | ||
Straight Outta Cashville | "Black Gloves" (Young Buck) | |
2005 | All or Nothing | "Temptation, Part. II" A (Fat Joe) |
Duets: The Final Chapter | "Get Your Grind On" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Big Pun, Fat Joe and Freeway) | |
2006 | Press Play | "I Am" (Diddy featuring Aasim) |
Fishscale | "Momma" (Ghostface Killah featuring Megan Rochell) | |
Laugh Now, Cry Later | "Laugh Now, Cry Later" (Ice Cube) | |
There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story | "Feel So Good" A (Remy Ma featuring Ne-Yo) | |
"Bilingual" A (Remy Ma featuring Ivy Queen) | ||
"Guilty" (Remy Ma) | ||
2007 | The Big Doe Rehab | "Toney Sigel A.K.A. the Barrel Brothers" (Ghostface Killah featuring Beanie Sigel, Styles P and Solomon Childs) |
"We Celebrate" (Ghostface Killah featuring Kid Capri) | ||
"I'll Die for You" (Ghostface Killah) | ||
"Paisley Darts" (Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon, Sun God, Trife Da God, Method Man and Cappadonna) | ||
"Shakey Dog Starring Lolita" Ghostface Killah featuring Raekwon) | ||
American Gangster | "Pray" (Jay-Z) | |
"American Dreamin'" (Jay-Z) | ||
"No Hook" (Jay-Z) | ||
"Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)..." (Jay-Z) | ||
"Sweet" (Jay-Z) | ||
"Party Life" (Jay-Z) | ||
Desire | "Welcome to the Terrordome" (Pharoahe Monch) | |
2008 | The Elephant in the Room | "I Won't Tell" (Fat Joe featuring J. Holiday) |
"300 Brolic" (Fat Joe featuring Opera Steve) | ||
Joe Crack & Pistol Pete Present: K.A.R. | "Oh Baby" (K.A.R. featuring Fat Joe) | |
— | "Don't Touch Me (Throw da Water on 'Em)" (Busta Rhymes) | |
2009 | Til the Casket Drops | "Freedom" (Clipse) |
"Never Will It Stop" (Clipse featuring Ab-Liva) | ||
Loso's Way | "I Miss My Love" (Fabolous) | |
"Welcome to My Workplace" (Fabolous) | ||
"Bang Bang" (Fabolous) | ||
The Last Kiss | "One More Step" (Jadakiss featuring Styles P) | |
Ghostdini: Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City | "Lonely" (Ghostface Killah featuring Jack Knight) | |
"Stapleton Sex" (Ghostface Killah ) | ||
"Let's Stop Playin'" (Ghostface Killah featuring John Legend) | ||
"Goner" (Ghostface Killah featuring Lloyd) | ||
2010 | Apollo Kids | "Drama" (Ghostface Killah featuring Joell Ortiz and Game) |
2011 | Free Agent | "Put Some Money on It" (Joell Ortiz featuring The LOX) |
Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang | "Rich & Black" (Raekwon featuring Nas) | |
Undun | "Stomp" (The Roots featuring Greg Porn and Just Blaze) | |
2012 | The Stoned Immaculate | "Audio Dope III" (Curren$y) |
2013 | Prisoner of Conscious | "Come Here" (Talib Kweli featuring Miguel) |
The Gifted | "The Curse of the Gifted" (Wale) | |
2014 | Loud Dreams | “Hand in My Pocket” (Sean C & LV featuring Pusha T and Asap Ferg) |
“Bus Stop” (Sean C & LV featuring Busta Rhymes) | ||
“Tomorrow May Never Come” (Sean C & LV featuring Asap 12vy, Styles P and Chauncy Sherrod) | ||
“Live For Today” (Sean C & LV featuring Jadakiss, Bun B, Fabolous, Rob Zoe & Anthiny King) | ||
“Get My Money Up” (Sean C & LV featuring Tree, Bun B, J Ivy & 100s) | ||
“Where’s Your Leader” (Sean C & LV featuring Prodigy, Bun B, Remy Banks, & Chauncy Sherrod) | ||
“Break Fruit” (Sean C & LV featuring Raekwon) | ||
“Burn It Down” (Sean C & LV featuring Devin the Dude, Asher Roth, Smoke Dza, & Hypnotic Brass) | ||
“Look at us” (Sean C & LV Smoke Dza, Dom Kennedy, & Big K.R.I.T.) | ||
2015 | MMM | “Facts” (Puff Daddy and the Family) |
“Help Me” (Puff Daddy and the Family featuring Sevyn Streeter) | ||
“Everyday” (Puff Daddy and the Family featuring Jadakiss, Styles P and Pusha T) | ||
“Be My Lover" (Puff Daddy and the Family featuring Gizzle and Ty Dolla $ign) | ||
Darkest Before The Dawn | “Crutches, Crosses and Caskets” (Pusha T) | |
2017 | Friday on Elm Street | “I Pray” (Fabolous and Jadakiss featuring Swizz Beatz) |
2018 | Underground | “Temperature” (Marco Mckinnis) |
2020 | Alicia | “Jill Scott” (Alicia Keys featuring Jill Scott) |
The Light Pack | “No Explanation” (Joey Bada$$ featuring Pusha T) | |
Talk About It | “Sacred” | |
Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane & Able | "I’m Not Crazy (First Contact)" (Black Thought) | |
"State Prisoner" (Black Thought) | ||
"Good Morning" (Black Thought featuring Swizz Beatz, Pusha T, Killer Mike) | ||
"Magnificent" (Black Thought) | ||
"Experience" (Interlude) (Black Thought) | ||
"Quiet Trip" (Black Thought featuring Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr) | ||
"Nature Of The Beast" (Black Thought featuring Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr) | ||
"We Should Be Good" (Black Thought featuring CS Armstrong) | ||
"Steak Um" (Black Thought featuring Schoolboy Q) | ||
"Thought Vs. Everybody" (Black Thought) | ||
"Ghetto Boyz & Girls" (Black Thought featuring CS Armstrong) | ||
"Fuel" (Black Thought featuring Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr) | ||
"I’m Not Crazy" (Outro) (Black Thought) |
Artist Name | Year | Album |
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Mobb Deep | 1996 | Hell on Earth (Loud/RCA) - A&R assistant |
Various Artists | 1997 | Soul in the Hole (Loud/RCA) -A&R |
Big Pun | 1998 | Capital Punishment (Loud/RCA) - A&R |
Dead Prez | 2000 | Let's Get Free (Loud/Sony) - executive producer |
Big Pun | Yeaah Baby (Loud/Sony) - associate executive producer | |
2001 | Endangered Species (Loud/Sony) - co-executive producer | |
The X-Ecutioners | 2002 | Built from Scratch (Loud/Sony) - executive producer |
Xzibit | BK to LA (Loud/Sony) - A&R | |
The X-Ecutioners | 2004 | Revolutions (Sony) - executive producer |
Dead Prez | RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (Sony) - executive producer | |
Terror Squad | True Story (SRC/Universal) - A&R | |
Remy Ma | 2005 | There's Something About Mary: Based on a True Story (SRC/Universal) - A&R |
Sean C & LV | 2014 | Loud Dreams - executive producer |
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