Cainon Lamb
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Cainon Lamb | |
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Birth name | Cainon Renard Lamb |
Also known as | Lamb, Lamb Litty |
Born | Miami, Florida , U.S. | March 22, 1978
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Occupation(s) | rapper, hype man |
Years active | 2004–present |
Cainon Renard Lamb (born March 22, 1978), professionally known as Lamb or Lamb Litty, is an American
Biography
Early life
A native of
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Lamb went on to play professional arena football with the Tallahassee Thunder and Florida Firecats. During his Firecats tenure as a record-breaking wide receiver, Lamb and his team won the ArenaCup Championship in 2004.[3]
Music career
In 2004, Lamb's music caught the ear of Grammy Award-winning artist/producer/songwriter
After retiring from football in late 2005, Lamb and Elliott went on to work with artists that included
.In 2007, Lamb produced his first #1 record with Keyshia Cole's Grammy-nominated single
In 2011, Lamb started his own company—Lambo Music Group.[5]
That same year, he co-produced the track "
2017 opened with Lamb making his first rapping debut on colleague Missy Elliott's single "I'm Better".
In 2018, Lamb, also known as Lamb Litty, stepped from behind producing and penning hits for several major artist, he released his own music as a solo independent artist with songs like “Tru Luv”, in which he confesses his love for a woman all while rapping over a beat that is colorful with high energy. With songs like “Ya Birthday” Lamb sings “It’s Ya Birthday” to an uptempo party soulful beat. He flows metaphors like “And now we sip lemonade like Beyoncè” as he gives a nod to the artist's 2016 album Lemonade in which Beyoncè used a piece of a song Lamb produced for her called “Countdown” in the middle of her song called “Hold Up”. All 6 of his songs were released on steaming platforms and received great responses as he continues to build his fanbase as a recording artist.
In late 2019, Lamb moved his production skills over into the Latin music marking with a hit single by Ozuna Feat. Diddy & DJ Snake called “Eres Top”. Lamb and his production partner Bigg D have broken genre boundaries with the hit song sampling “I Need a Girl Part 2” by P. Diddy Featuring from Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans and Tammy Ruggeri. This is where the producers made hip-hop/R&B meet reggaeton. The song is the first single on Ozuna’s album Nibiru.
In 2020, Lamb and Bigg D signed new artist Rapper Love, Hip-Hop Miami, and social media star Sukihana under their production company 12th and Collins Ent.
Discography
2004
- Fantasia — Free Yourself
- 04. "Selfish (I Want You to Myself)" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
2006
- Fantasia — Fantasia
- 08. "I'm Not That Type" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 10. "Two Weeks Notice" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 13. "Sunshine" (co-produced by Harold Lilly)
- Monica — The Makings of Me
- 06. "Doin' Me Right" (co-produced by Missy Elliott & Miguel "Pro" Castro)
- 07. "Raw"
- 09. Ain't No Party
2007
- Just like You
- 01. "Billboard Hot 100
2008
- 02. "Shake Your Pom Pom"
- 08. "Ching-a-Ling" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 02. "Need U Bad" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
- 08. "Dream Big" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
2009
- Crystal Aikin — Crystal Aikin
- 06. "Love Him"
- Billy Blue — Trap Certified (mixtape)
- 22. "Story of My Life"
2010
- Monica — Still Standing
- 03. "Everything to Me" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
- 06. "If You Were My Man" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 11. "Blackberry" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) [bonus track]
- Love Me Back
- 01. "Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #3 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart
- 07. "Excuse Me" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 09. "Momma"
- Puzzle (promo single)
- 10. Always (featuring Monica)
2011
- 4
- 09. "Countdown" (co-produced by Beyoncé Knowles, Shea Taylor) #1 on Billboard Dance Club/Play Chart
- Face Off(mixtape)
- 03 — "I'm Super (Kim)"
- 05 — "Marilyn Monroe"
- 03. "Baby"
- 06. "I Need A Woman"
- Git Fresh — Eat It Up (mixtape)
- 04. "She Be Like"
- Isaac Carree — Uncommon Me
- 13. "Navigation"
2012
- SWV — I Missed Us
- 01 "Co-Sign"
- 02. "All About You"
- 03. "Show Off"
- 04 "Everything I Love"
- 05. "Do Ya" (featuring Brianna Perry)
- 06. "The Best Years"
- 07. "I Missed Us"
- 08. "Better Than I"
- 09. "Keep You Home"
- Monica — New Life
- 01. "New Life (Intro)"
- 05. "Big Mistake"
- 08. "Until It's Gone" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 12. "New Life (Outro)"
- 13. "Breathe" (co-produced by Ray Ray)
- 14. "In 3D"
- 16. "Anything (To Find You)" (featuring Rick Ross) (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
- 01. "Allow Me"
2014
- Block Party
- 00. "Rather" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)
2015
- Jay Burna — TBA
- 00. "Mood" (co-produced by Bigg D)
- 17. “In My Life" (co-produced by Bigg D)
2017
- Missy Elliott — Single
- 00. "I'm Better" (featuring Lamb)
2018
- DJ Nasty 305 — I Like
- 00. "I Like (featuring Lamb Litty, Ball Greezy, Tory Lanez & Mike Smiff)"
2019
- PJ — One Missed Call
- 00. "One Missed Call"
- PJ — My Best Life
- 00. "My Best Life"
- Ball Greezy — I'm In Love
- 00. "I'm In Love"
References
- ^ "Cainon Lamb". Discogs. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "Complete Attack". tribunedigital-sunsentinel. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ "Ten years later, Florida Firecats still celebrate title". The News-Press. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
- ^ Moore, Leslie. "Cainon Lamb: FAMU Alumnus Becomes Successful Producer". Leslie Moore. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
- ^ a b "With Grammy Nominations for Work With Missy Elliott, Lamb Sets Sights on Producing Entire Project". You Know I Got Soul. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ Moore, Leslie. "Cainon Lamb: FAMU Alumnus Becomes Successful Producer". Journey Magazine. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
- ^ "Song Stories Beyonce "Countdown"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-16.