4th Disciple

El-Divine Amir Bey (born Selwyn Bougard), better known by his stage name 4th Disciple, is a hip hop producer and engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known Wu-Tang-affiliated producers.

Biography

After being the resident turntablist on the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, 4th Disciple co-produced several tracks with The RZA on the first three Wu solo ventures by various artists, including some of Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx' tracks: "Criminology", "Guillotine (Swordz)", "Spot Rusherz", and "Wu-Gambinos,". 4th Disciple then produced what was at the time only the second Wu-Tang track ever to lack a RZA production credit, when the Killah Priest solo track "B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)" was included on GZA's Liquid Swords. This led to five 4th Disciple productions appearing on the double album Wu-Tang Forever.

After producing 15 of the 17 tracks on Killarmy's debut album, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, and featuring heavily on the debut albums of Killah Priest (Heavy Mental) and Sunz of Man (The Last Shall be First), 4th Disciple's beats continued to appear on the solo work of the Clan members, including Inspectah Deck and Method Man. However, more recently, 4th Disciple has been concentrating his production on Killarmy, Sunz of Man, and their immediate affiliates rather than the Clan itself. The RZA did, in fact, produce the tracks "Wake Up" and "War Face" from Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars

4th Disciple's latest production is with a new artist from New Jersey named Bizz, who is signed to independent Blakglobe Records and has a distribution deal through Colossal Entertainment and E1/Koch.^[2]

Discography

Albums

• • Sunz of Man, No Love without Hate, (1995)
  • Killarmy, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars (1997)
  • Killah Priest, Heavy Mental (1998)
  • Steel Valley Project, (1999)
  • Killarmy, Dirty Weaponry (1999)
  • Killarmy, Fear, Love, & War (2001)
  • Freedom of Speech, (2004)

Production credits

• • "B.I.B.L.E.," GZA featuring Killah Priest, Liquid Swords (1995)
  • "Damage," (co-produced tracks with RZA) - Ol' Dirty Bastard, Return to the 36 Chambers (1995)
  • "Criminology," "Guillotine (Swordz)," "Spot Rusherz," "Wu Gambinos," (co-produced tracks with RZA) - Raekwon, Only Built for Cuban Linx (1996)
  • "The City," "A Better Tomorrow," "Scary Hours/Cash Still Rules," "Older Gods," "Impossible," Wu-Tang Clan, Wu-Tang Forever (1997)
  • "Dangerous Mindz," "The Night the Earth Cried," Gravediggaz, The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel (1998)
  • "Nasty Immigrants," Raekwon & 12 O'Clock, The Nutty Professor (soundtrack) (1998)
  • "Cold," "Illusions," "The Plan," "Not Promised Tomorrow," Sunz of Man, The Last Shall be First (1998)
  • "Shaolin What," Method Man, Tical 2000: Judgement Day (1998)
  • "Check for a Nigga," Cappadonna, The Pillage (1998)
  • "Fifth Disciple," "Love," "Street Life," "Element of Surprise," "As the World Turnz," La The Darkman, Heist of the Century (1998)
  • "9th Chamber," "Grand Prix," Inspectah Deck, Uncontrolled Substance (1999)
  • AutNoyz feat. 4th Disciple, "Should've Know (this is Hip-Hop)" Produced by 4th Disciple(2001)
  • "Dancing With Wolves," Killarmy, Wu-Tang Killa Beez: The Sting compilation (2002)
  • "The Mighty King of Swords"- Warcloud : Smuggling Booze in the Graveyard (2002)
  • "Generation Next", "Burn Bridges" - 9th Prince, Grandaddy Flow (2003).
  • "A Long Time Ago" - U-God (2005)
  • "If it's All Right with You" - Cappadonna
  • Jag & Ho2fa, "All the Way Thru," "Explain" Good Product $ell$ Itself, (2006)
  • "The Captain" Tragedy Khadafi, (2007)
  • "Inner G" Killah Priest The Offering (2007)
  • "Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child", Hell Razah (2008)
  • "Traps" Shaka Amazulu The 7th ft. Shyheim & Myalansky (2008) ^[3]
  • "Istimaah" - The Definite Article (Aztrolab) (2008)

External links

• 4th Disciple at MySpace
• 4th Disciple at Allmusic
• Official 4th Disciple Web Site
• Producerville interviews 4th Disciple 10/12/2007

References