Ricci Riera

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Ricci Riera
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Background information
Origin Los Angeles, California
Genres Hip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer, disc jockey, songwriter
Instrument(s) 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 LA production duo THC. [3] [4] Riera scored his first Grammy nomination as a solo producer with "U With Me?" on the second best selling album of 2016, Views. [5] [6] Ricci most recently appeared twice on Kendrick Lamar's [7] much anticipated 3rd studio album Damn. [8] producing on songs "Element" [9] co produced by James Blake and "God". [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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