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L.E.S. (record producer)

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L.E.S.
Born
Leshan David Lewis

OccupationMusic producer, musician

Leshan David Lewis,[1] better known as L.E.S., is a hip hop producer commonly associated with Nas and grew up with Nas in the Queensbridge housing project. His first production credit was for Nas' popular song "Life's a Bitch" from the Illmatic album in 1994. He soon produced a single, "Sugar Hill", for AZ's album Doe Or Die. In the next two years, he produced more songs for Nas as well as songs for Fat Joe, Shyheim, LL Cool J, Royal Flush and The Firm. In 1998, he started working with Poke & Tone and collaboratively produced Will Smith's #1 hit single "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It". From 1998 to 2005, he produced more songs for Nas, Big Punisher, N.O.R.E., Nature, Flipmode Squad, Kool Savas, Azad and others.[2]

Most recently, he produced three tracks for Nas's album Hip Hop Is Dead, including "Black Republican," which features a verse from Nas' former rival Jay-Z. He also produced a track called "Girl" by rapper Cormega, which was included on his 2009 album Born and Raised.

He also opened a recording studio named 64 in the Tidewater area of Virginia.

Notable productions

References

  1. ^ Discography. discogs.com
  2. ^ Anderson, Lincoln (August 18 – 24, 2011) L.E.S. hip hop history stars in Baruch brothers’ new film Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. The Villager. Vol. 81, Number 12

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