Lee Major
Leigh Elliott, known professionally as Lee Major, is an American hip hop producer also known by the monikers Lee Major Kid and The Inkredibles.[1] Lee Major has received production credit on tracks for artists such as Jay-Z,[2] Rick Ross,[2][3] Jadakiss,[4] Ace Hood,[4] Young Jeezy,[4] DJ Khaled,[4] and others. In 2011, Lee Major established So Major Music.
Lee Major | |
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| Also known as | LeeMajorKid, The Inkredibles |
| Born | Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, R&B, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | We The Best Management |
| Member of | The Inkredibles |
| Website | LeeMajorKid on Twitter |
Biography
Lee Major[4] was born in Petersburg, Virginia. He grew up in a family of musicians: his mother played the piano, his father played the drums, and his eldest brother played bass guitar.[1] He began his production career as the co-owner and music-producing partner of the production company So Inkredible, LLC.[1] He also began going professionally by the name The Inkredibles.[4] The production duo was discovered in 2007 on MySpace[1] by SpiffTV, who in turn introduced the duo to DJ Nasty.[4] Afterwards The Inkredibles were signed to We The Best Management.[4]
Among The Inkredibles' first charting singles was Young Jeezy's "Vacation" from The Recession, which peaked at No. 16 on the Hot Rap Tracks in 2008. By the end of 2009 Lee Major had ended his affiliation with his business partner.[1][5] Through the moniker The Inkredibles, in 2011 he established So Major Music.[1]
Production discography
| Year | Title | Primary artist(s) | Album | Song chart peaks | |||
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| R&B | Rap | MS R&B |
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| 2008 | "Vacation" | Young Jeezy | The Recession (Rap #1) | 56 | 16 | 30 | — |
| "Red Light" (feat. The Game) | DJ Khaled | We Global (Rap #3) | — | — | — | — | |
| "Final Warning" (feat. Ace Hood, Blood Raw, Lil Scrappy, Shawty Lo, Brisco, Bun B, etc.) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ride" (ft. Trey Songz) | Ace Hood | Gutta (Rap #2) | — | — | — | — | |
| "Money Ova Here" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Get Him" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Call Me"(ft. Lloyd) | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Ride Remix" (ft. Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Trey Songz) |
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| 2009 | "Real As It Gets" (ft. Young Jeezy) | Jay-Z | The Blueprint 3 (Rap #1) | ||||
| "Mafia Music" | Rick Ross | Deeper Than Rap (Rap #3) | |||||
| "Usual Suspects" (ft. Nas and Kevin Cossom) | |||||||
| "Gunplay" (ft. Gunplay) | |||||||
| "Get Money" (ft. Rick Ross) | Ace Hood | Ruthless (Rap #2) | |||||
| "Don't Get Caught Slippin" | |||||||
| "Make A Toast" | |||||||
| "Headboard" (ft. Mario and Plies) | Hurricane Chris | Unleashed (Rap #20) | 63 | ||||
| "One" (ft. Akon) | Fat Joe | J.O.S.E. 2 (R&B #9) | 74 | ||||
| "Talk to Me, Big Time'" | Capone-N-Noreaga | Channel 10 (Rap #7) | |||||
| "Rewind" (ft. Wyclef Jean) | Flo Rida | R.O.O.T.S. (Rap #3) | |||||
| "Grind Hard" (ft. Mary J. Blige) | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss (R&B #1) | |||||
| 2010 | "Free Mason" (ft. John Legend & Jay-Z)[6] |
Rick Ross | Teflon Don (Rap #2) | ||||
| "Victory" (ft. Nas & John Legend) | DJ Khaled | Victory (Rap #2) | |||||
| "Can You Help Me" | Dondria | Dondria vs. Phatfffat | |||||
| "Who's Gonna Love You" (Produced with Ray Baker) |
Amerie | Cymatica Vol. 1. | |||||
| "So Sad" (ft. Young Jeezy & Plies) | JW | Untitled | |||||
| 2011 | "Don't Let Me Go" (ft. Pill & Gunplay) |
Rick Ross | Self Made Vol. 1 (Rap #1) | ||||
| "Pandemonium" (ft. Wale, Meek Mill, & Rick Ross) |
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| "Play Your Part" (ft. Rick Ross, Meek Mill, etc.) | |||||||
| "Evolve" | Mýa | K.I.S.S. (R&B #74) | |||||
| "Still Wanna" (ft. Rick Ross & Liva Don) |
Pusha T | Fear of God II: Let Us Pray (Rap #8) |
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| "This Is Just What I Needed" | Howie D | Back to Me | |||||
| 2012 | "Power Circle" (ft. Gunplay, Stalley, Wale, Rick Ross Meek Mill & Kendrick Lamar) | Rick Ross | Self Made Vol. 2 (Rap #1) | ||||
| "Young Kings" | Meek Mill | Dreams & Nightmares (Rap #1) | |||||
| 2013 | "A Me Di Te" | Fabri Fibra | Guerra e pace | ||||
| "Golden Salvation (Jesus Piece)" | Wale | The Gifted (R&B #1) | |||||
| "Black Heroes / Outro About Nothing" (ft. Jerry Seinfeld) |
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| 2014 | "D'usse" | Lil Wayne | TBA | ||||
| 2015 | "Makin' Love" (Produced with MasBeatz) |
Tamar Braxton | Calling All Lovers | ||||
| 2017 | |||||||
| "Replay" (Produced with Trauma Tone) |
Rich Homie Quan | Back to the Basics | |||||
| "DNA" (Produced with Sean Momberger) |
Wale | Shine | |||||
| "So Woke" (Produced with Ray Baker) |
No Malice | Let the Dead Bury the Dead | |||||
| "Shame on Me" (Produced with Ray Baker) |
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| "Jesus Christ" (Produced with Ray Baker) |
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| "Push" (Produced with Jarret "Keyflo" Todd) |
Kenny Lattimore | Vulnerable | |||||
| 2019 | "Nowhere To Run" (ft. Bryson Tiller) (Produced with Sean Momberger, Vinylz, Boi1da & Jahaan Sweet) |
Ryan Trey | A 64 East Saga | ||||
| "False Signal" (Produced with Sean Momberger, G.ry & Nonstop DaHitman) |
Melii | phAses | |||||
| "Pay ya Bills" (ft. Jeremih) (Produced with Sean Momberger & Vinylz) |
Pardison Fontaine | Under8ed | |||||
| 2020 | "Love On Me" (Produced with Sean Momberger / Co – Demario Bridges & Aaron Sledge) |
K. Michelle | All Monsters Are Human | ||||
| "A lot More" (Produced with Sean Momberger, Boi1da & Sevn Thomas) |
Russ | Shake the Snow Globe | |||||
| "Timeless Interlude" (Produced with Sean Momberger & Syk Sense) |
Bryson Tiller | Anniversary | |||||
| 2021 | "All She Wrote" (ft. Chandler Moore & Brandon Love) (Produced with Boi1da, Vinylz & Sean Momberger) |
Justin Bieber | Freedom | ||||
| "Angels" (featuring Kaash Paige) (Produced with Nxghts, Neenyo and Sean Momberger) |
Tinashe | 333 | |||||
| "Faces" (Produced with Wheezy and Sean Momberger) | Young Thug | Punk | |||||
| "Kush Through the Sunroof" (Produced with Trauma Tone and Sean Momberger) | Currensy | Collection Agency | |||||
| "Caramel" (Produced with iLLmaestro) | Wale | Folarin II | |||||
| "All In" (Produced with Keyflo) | Kenny Lattimore | Here to Stay | |||||
| 2022 | "Hide" (Produced with Sean momberger & DJ Mustard) | Ella Mai | Heart on My Sleeve | ||||
| "The Look" featuring. Kehlani (Produced with Some Randoms & Sean Momberger) | Ali Gatie | WHO HURT YOU? | |||||
| "Ballin" (Produced with Wheezy, Don Cannon & Sean Momberger) | A Boogie wit da Hoodie | Me vs. Myself | |||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
Mixtapes/Independent/EP's Releases
The following is an incomplete list of mixtapes, independent releases & EP tracks produced by Lee Major:
- 2008: T-Pain – PR33 Ringz
- Track: "Freakin" (ft. Gorilla Zoe & T-Pain)
- 2008: T-Pain – PrEVOLVEr
- Track: "Keep It Coming"
- 2012: Rick Ross – Rich Forever
- Track: "Keys To The Crib" (ft. Styles P)
- 2013: Jacob Latimore – This Is Me 2
- Track: "New Girl"
- 2013: Meek Mill – Dreamchasers 3
- Track: "My Life" (ft. French Montana)
- 2015: Wale – Wale x A-Trak : Festivus
- Track: "Intro Stroke Of Genius"
- 2015: Skeme – Ingleworld 2
- Track: "Still Gittin" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger)
- 2015: Trevor Jackson – "In my Feelings"
- Track: "Rock Wit Me" (ft. Iamsu!)
- 2015: Rich Homie Quan – "ABTA: Still Going In"
- Track: "The Pull Up" (Co-Produced with Trauma Tone Beats)
- 2016: Wale – "Summer on Sunset"
- Track: "Still Up Ft. Phil Ade & Jazz Cartier " (Co-Produced by Ari Pen Smith)
- 2016: Shy Glizzy – "Young Jefe 2"
- Track: "Ride 4 U" (Co Produced by Trauma Tone Beats)
- 2016: Wale – "Today....i Got Time!"
- Track: "Solbiato Freestyle"
- 2017: Shy Glizzy – "The World Is Yours "
- Track: "Give It Up Ft. 3 Glizzy" (Co-Produced by Trauma Tone Beats & Keyflo)
- 2017: Trey Songz feat MIKExAngel – "Anticipation 3"
- Track: "Sho Nuff" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger & LVM of Nasty Beat Makers)
- 2017: MIKExAngel – "Anticipation 3"
- Track: "Anxious" – Bonus
- 2017: MIKExAngel – (Promo Release/Non Album release single)
- Track: "My Oh My" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger)
- 2017: MIKExAngel – From Nothin 2 Somthin
- Track: "Anxious"
- 2017: MIKExAngel – From Nothin 2 Somthin
- Track: "Wreckless"
- 2017: MIKExAngel – From Nothin 2 Somthin
- Track: "Set It Off"
- 2017: MIKExAngel – From Nothin 2 Somthin
- Track: "Never Had It" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger)
- 2017: Jeezy – (Promo Release/Non Album release single)
- Track: "Give It To Me Ft. Chris Brown"
- 2017: Plies – Ain't No Mixtape Bih 3
- Track: "Comin 2 Eazy" (Co-Produced with Trauma Tone)
- 2017: Marcus Orelias
- Tracks: "Atrium","Twenties", "TTM"[7]
- 2018: Wale – Self Promotion
- Track: "Body Body Body" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger)
- 2018: Smoke DZA – Free Smoke
- Track: "Fiscal Thoughts ft Wale & Phil Ade" (Co-Produced with Sean Momberger)
- 2020: Kevin Gates – (Promo Release/Non Album release single)
- Track: "Always Be Gangsta Freestyle (Co-Produced with Trauma Tone)
Film and television
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
- Track: Ace Hood – "Get Him"
- Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming
- Track: Ace Hood – "Don't Get Caught Slippin"
- America's Best Dance Crew
- Track: Flo Rida – "Rewind" (featuring Wyclef Jean)
- ABC's NBA Finals
- Track: DJ Khaled – "Victory" (featuring Nas & John Legend)
- ABC's NBA Playoffs
- Track: Wale – "Golden Salvation (Jesus Piece)"
References
- Lee Major biography, umusicpub.com, retrieved July 3, 2015
- Bland, Bridget (July 26, 2010). "Rio's World of Music: July 2010". Savantsoundzllc.blogspot.com. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- Nguyen, Duy. "BTS: Rick Ross – Free Mason Ft. Jay Z". HipHopMakers.com. Hip Hop Makers. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- Board Game: The Inkredibles, Ozone Magazine June 2009, retrieved July 3, 2015
- Frankie P, Kristen Teesdale (August 24, 2010). "iStandard Exclusive iNterview with Lee Major of The Inkredibles". istandardproducers.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
- "Lee Major Producing "Free Mason"". youtube.com. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
- "20s a Difficult Age - Marcus Orelias". AllMusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lee Major.
- iStandard Exclusive iNterview with Lee Major of The Inkredibles, iStandard Producers, August 24, 2010, retrieved July 3, 2015.
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