Quincy Delight Jones III

Quincy Delight Jones III (born December 23, 1968 in London , United Kingdom ), also known under the stage names QDIII , QDIII and QD3 , as well as similar spellings, is a music and film producer in the field of hip hop .

Career

Quincy Delight Jones III is a son of Quincy Jones . He first came into contact with hip-hop culture as a Nike- sponsored breakdancer . He later went to jams and other parties, where he was particularly interested in the hip-hop music played there. He began to produce himself and among other things made the beat for the song "Nitro" by T La Rock .

In 1989 he worked with his father on his album Back on the Block on the track of the same name. He was mainly responsible for the programming of the drum computer and received, like the other participating artists ( Big Daddy Kane , Ice-T , Kool Moe Dee , Melle Mel & Quincy Jones), the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a duo or group .

He then contacted Warner Brothers Records , who suggested that he put together an album in order to present new talent to the public. It eventually appeared as "Soundlab" under its stage name QDIII and resulted in one of the featured musicians, Justin Warfield , being awarded a recording contract. He was also the interpreter of the decoupled single "Season of the Vic", which reached position 18 in the genre-specific charts "Hot Rap Singles" of Billboard magazine .

As a result, he took over the productions on the songs of numerous other rappers. The most famous of these date back to 1993: LL Cool J's single "Back Seat", which reached number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and the two Ice Cube hits "You Know How We Do It" (Billboard Hot 100, place 30) and "Bop Gun (One nation)" (Billboard Hot 100, number 23 and gold record of the RIAA ).

In addition, Jones had already composed the score for various films and series from 1987 , including the Menace II Society , The Prince of Bel-Air and A Terrible Nice House . He later founded the company QD3 Entertainment and began producing his own films. Most of them were documentaries from the hip-hop environment, such as the artist portrayals of Tupac Shakur , “Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw”, and Lil Wayne , “The Carter” or the four-part series “Beef” about battle -Rap .

Discography

As the main artist

Albums

• 1991: Soundlab

Singles

• 1991: Season of the Vic

As a producer

Singles

• 1992: Up Menace by MC Eiht
• 1993: Back Seat from LL Cool J
• 1993: You Know How We Do It by Ice Cube
• 1993: Bop Gun (One Nation) by Ice Cube
• 1995: I'll Get Mine by Soultry
• 1998: Do You Really Want Me (Show Respect) by Robyn
• 2000: Thug Nature from 2Pac

Filmography

As a producer

• 2002: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw
• 2002: The Freshest Kids
• 2003: Beef
• 2004: Beef II
• 2005: Letter to the President
• 2005: Infamy
• 2005: Beef III
• 2006: Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
• 2006: Finesse Mitchell: Snap Famous
• 2006: Black and Blue: Legends of the Hip-Hop Cop
• 2007: Paul Mooney: Know Your History - Jesus Was Black ... So Was Cleopatra
• 2007: Beef IV
• 2008: Crips and Bloods: Made in America
• 2008: Number One with a Bullet
• 2009: The Carter
• 2009: Q: The Man
• 2009: Concrete Jungle
• 2011: Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel 2
• 2015: Freeway: Crack in the System

Awards

• 1990: Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the song "Back on the Block"

Web links

• QD3 Entertainment website
• Quincy Delight Jones III on Allmusic (English)
• Quincy Delight Jones III in the Internet Movie Database (English)

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1. ↑ Allmusic: QDIII Soundlab | Awards
2. ↑ Allmusic: 14 Shots to the Dome - LL Cool J | Songs, reviews, credits
3. ↑ riaa.com: Excellent singles from Ice Cube
4. ↑ Allmusic: Lethal Injection - Ice Cube | Songs, reviews, credits
5. ^ Search for "Quincy D. III" in the grammy.com database