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Richard "Younglord" Frierson (born 1978) is an American
Hip Hop
and R&B record producer
.
A native of New York City
, he was signed in November 1994, at the age of sixteen, to Puff Daddy's
Hitmen
Production Team http://www.younglordonline.com/yl-about.htm producing for the label's roster including Mase
, The Lox
, Faith Evans
& 112
. He has since produced for outside acts such as Virtue
, DMX
, Lloyd Banks
, Veronica
, New Edition and Consequence
. Most recently his success was with the Diddy
comeback single "Come To Me
", which reached Number 9 on The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
.
Richard Frierson - The Talent Scout
Frierson was also partly responsible for the now infamous producer Ryan Leslie's
meeting with P. Diddy
after Leslie was given a 30-day contract as a music production intern for Frierson. When the two producers created the Beyoncé Knowles song "Keep Giving Your Love To Me" for The Bad Boys 2 Soundtrack, Ryan was asked to meet P. Diddy. http://www.ryanleslie.com/bio.htm
Frierson conceptualized an incubator system for artists, allowing creative space for growth for up and coming artists and producers. Finding such talent such as Terry "MaddScientist" Thomas and Atozzio, he helped guide and prepare them up until the point where they would be able to sign a publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing.
Identifying and supporting burgeoning artists has been a crucial factor for Frierson. After speaking at lectures at Berklee College of Music, Frierson met Keith Harris, guiding him to LA where he eventually became Production Partner for Black Eyed Peas' Will I Am, working on two of the last Black Eyed Peas albums, and also working on Estelle's hit single, "American Boy". Chris Henderson, another talent under Frierson's wings, went on to write the hit record, "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx's and has written for R&B hit man R. Kelly.
Tracklisting
01. Gotham City - Nuygen & Black
02. What Would You Do? - Quest
03. Intrigued - Kataz
04. Another Day - Marc Twain
05. Put 'Em Up - Phil & Stu
06. Red Book - Bop
07. Hands Up - Quest
08. You Can't Hurt Me - Kataz
09. Nice & Slow - Nuygen
10. Starting Sometime - Marc Twain
11. Steady Scheming - Maintain
12. Table For Two - The Crime Fam
13. Trapped In The Game - Phil Blunts
14 - 27. Instrumental Breaks
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Hip Hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
and R&B record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
.
A native of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, he was signed in November 1994, at the age of sixteen, to Puff Daddy's
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
Hitmen
The Hitmen (production team)
The Hitmen is a production team formed by Sean "Diddy" Combs to produce hip hop and R&B records for his Bad Boy label's recording artists. Because of its great success, the group has also been hired for projects outside of Bad Boy-Production:...
Production Team http://www.younglordonline.com/yl-about.htm producing for the label's roster including Mase
Mase
Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
, The Lox
The LOX
The Lox are an American hip hop group composed of Jadakiss, Sheek Louch, and Styles P. They were originally signed to Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records before joining Ruff Ryders Entertainment, and are now a part of their own label, D-Block Records-Early career:...
, Faith Evans
Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
& 112
112 (band)
112 is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream"...
. He has since produced for outside acts such as Virtue
Virtue (musical group)
Virtue is a popular Gospel music group. The group Currently consists of sisters Ebony Holland, Karima Kibble and Heather Martin.-Biography:The group was formed 1994 by Karima Trotter , Ebony Trotter , Negelle Sumter, and Shavonne Sampson...
, DMX
DMX (rapper)
Earl Simmons , better known by his stage name DMX, is a multiplatinum American rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s. His stage name pays tribute to the Oberheim DMX drum machine, an instrument he used when he made his own rap beats in the 80's...
, Lloyd Banks
Lloyd Banks
Christopher Charles Lloyd , better known by his stage name Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit. Raised in South Jamaica, Queens, he dropped out of high school in 1998. G-Unit released two albums, Beg for Mercy in 2003 and T.O.S. in 2008...
, Veronica
Veronica (singer)
Veronica is a dance music singer and theatrical actress. Along with singers Ultra Nate, Deborah Cox, she is considered to be one of the divas of the 1990s club music scene...
, New Edition and Consequence
Consequence (rapper)
Dexter Mills , better known as Consequence, is an American rapper. He is the cousin of rapper Q-Tip of the hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, and was formerly an affiliate of Kanye West's GOOD Music family. Consequence debuted in 1996 on A Tribe Called Quest's album Beats, Rhymes, and Life...
. Most recently his success was with the Diddy
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
comeback single "Come To Me
Come to Me (song)
Come to Me may refer to:* Come to Me , a 1977 album by Juice Newton* "Come to Me" , a 1979 single by France Joli* "Come to Me", a Björk song from the 1993 album Debut...
", which reached Number 9 on The U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales
Hot 100 Singles Sales
The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the...
.
Richard Frierson - The Talent Scout
Frierson was also partly responsible for the now infamous producer Ryan Leslie's
Ryan Leslie
Anthony Ryan Leslie, known professionally as Ryan Leslie, is a Grammy nominated American record producer, multi-instrumentalist, rapper, entrepreneur, and singer. Founder of the media company NextSelection Lifestyle Group, Leslie has produced singles for a number of artists in a variety of genres...
meeting with P. Diddy
Sean Combs
Sean John Combs , also known by his stage names Diddy and P. Diddy, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. He has won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America award. He was originally...
after Leslie was given a 30-day contract as a music production intern for Frierson. When the two producers created the Beyoncé Knowles song "Keep Giving Your Love To Me" for The Bad Boys 2 Soundtrack, Ryan was asked to meet P. Diddy. http://www.ryanleslie.com/bio.htm
Frierson conceptualized an incubator system for artists, allowing creative space for growth for up and coming artists and producers. Finding such talent such as Terry "MaddScientist" Thomas and Atozzio, he helped guide and prepare them up until the point where they would be able to sign a publishing deal with EMI Music Publishing.
Identifying and supporting burgeoning artists has been a crucial factor for Frierson. After speaking at lectures at Berklee College of Music, Frierson met Keith Harris, guiding him to LA where he eventually became Production Partner for Black Eyed Peas' Will I Am, working on two of the last Black Eyed Peas albums, and also working on Estelle's hit single, "American Boy". Chris Henderson, another talent under Frierson's wings, went on to write the hit record, "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx's and has written for R&B hit man R. Kelly.
Discography
Young Lord Presents... The Red Book Masters (1999)Tracklisting
01. Gotham City - Nuygen & Black
02. What Would You Do? - Quest
03. Intrigued - Kataz
04. Another Day - Marc Twain
05. Put 'Em Up - Phil & Stu
06. Red Book - Bop
07. Hands Up - Quest
08. You Can't Hurt Me - Kataz
09. Nice & Slow - Nuygen
10. Starting Sometime - Marc Twain
11. Steady Scheming - Maintain
12. Table For Two - The Crime Fam
13. Trapped In The Game - Phil Blunts
14 - 27. Instrumental Breaks