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American record producer (1968–2021)
Musical artist
Carl Edward "Chucky" Thompson Jr.
[1] (July 12, 1968 – August 9, 2021)
[2] was an American
hip hop and
R&B
record producer.
[3]
Biography
Thompson was born in
Washington, D.C., in 1968.
[2] He was a member of
Bad Boy Entertainment's "
Hitmen" team of in-house producers during the 1990s, and worked with Bad Boy mogul
Sean Combs on material for artists such as
The Notorious B.I.G. and
Faith Evans.
[3]
[4]
His productions included
Mary J. Blige's
My Life,
The Notorious B.I.G.'s
Ready to Die and
Faith Evans's
Faith. Thompson also produced for
Nas ("
One Mic").
He died from complications of
COVID-19 at a hospital in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2021.
[2]
[5]
[6]
Production credits
- 1994:
Usher: "Think of You" from
Usher
- 1994:
Born Jamericans:
Kids From Foreign
- 1994:
The Notorious B.I.G.: "
Big Poppa" and "Me & My Bitch" from
Ready To Die
- 1994:
Mary J. Blige:
My Life (Nominated for a 1996
Grammy Award for Best R&B Album)
- 1995:
Total: "
No One Else (R&B Mix)"
- 1995:
Faith Evans: "
You Used to Love Me" and "Soon As I Get Home" from
Faith
- 1995:
Mariah Carey &
Boyz II Men: "
One Sweet Day (Chucky's Remix)"
- 1995:
Brian McKnight: "On The Down Low (Remix) featuring Paid & Live"
- 1996:
Puff Johnson: "All Over Your Face (Chucky T's No Rap Remix)"
- 1996:
Chantay Savage: "Baby Drive Me Crazy" from
I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
- 1996:
Soul For Real: "Never Felt This Way" from
For Life
- 1997: Frankie: My Heart Belongs To You
- 1998:
Faith Evans &
112: "Caramel Kisses" from
Keep the Faith
- 1999:
Mary J. Blige: "Time" from
Mary
- 1999:
The Notorious B.I.G.: "Can I Get Witcha" from
Born Again
- 2000:
Ice Cube featuring
Krayzie Bone: "Until We Rich" from
War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
- 2000:
Mýa: "Get Over (Outro)" from
Fear Of Flying
- 2001:
Faith Evans: "Love Song (Outro)" from
Faithfully
- 2001:
Mary J. Blige: "Your Child (Chucky Thompson Late Nite Mix)"
- 2001:
Nas:
One Mic from
Stillmatic
- 2001:
Shyne &
Barrington Levy:
Bonnie & Shyne from
Shyne
- 2002:
Nas: "U Wanna Be Me" from
8 Mile
- 2002:
Nas: "Dance" & "Pussy Killz" from
God's Son
- 2003:
Lil' Mo: "
Ten Commandments" from
Meet the Girl Next Door
- 2004:
Nas: "No One Else In The Room" featuring
Maxwell from
Street's Disciple
- 2004:
Gemma Fox: "Messy"
- 2005:
Mary J. Blige: "Show Love" from
The Breakthrough
- 2005:
Lil' Mo: "
Dem Boyz" from Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour
- 2006:
Shareefa: "No One Said" from Point Of No Return
- 2007:
Chuck Brown:
We're About the Business
- 2007:
Emily King:
East Side Story (Nominated for a 2007
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album)
- 2007:
Sev-One: "War" (Single)
- 2007:
Raheem DeVaughn: "Woman" (Grammy nominated for 2007 Best R&B Male Performance)
- 2009:
Ledisi: "Everything Changes", "Trippin'" from
Turn Me Loose
- 2010:
Chuck Brown:
We Got This
- 2010:
Leela James: "Party All Night", "Mr. Incredible Ms. Unforgettable", "Let It Roll" from
My Soul
- 2010:
Faith Evans: "Way You Move", "Worth It", "Your Lover", and "Troubled World", from
Something About Faith
- 2014:
Juvenile: "Tales from the Hood", from
The Fundamentals
- 2014:
Faith Evans: "
I Deserve It", "Fragile", "Ride The Beat (Interlude)" and "Ever Go Away", from
Incomparable
- 2015:
Ne-Yo: "Worth It" from
Non-Fiction
- 2015:
Raheem DeVaughn: "Pretty Lady" and "Queen" from
Love Sex Passion
- 2015:
Busta Rhymes: "Your Loss" from The Return of the Dragon (The Abstract Went On Vacation)
- 2016:
Fantasia Barrino: "So Blue" (Co-Writer with
Rock City and
Shareefa) from
The Definition Of...
- 2017:
Faith Evans &
The Notorious B.I.G.: "Beautiful (Interlude)", "Fool for You" and "Crazy (Interlude)" from
The King & I
- 2020: Mary J. Blige: "Can't Be Life" from the soundtrack to the motion picture
Body Cam
With Puff Daddy
- 1994:
Craig Mack: Flava In Ya Ear (Bad Boy Remix- Easy Mo Bee)
- 1994:
The Notorious B.I.G.: Big Poppa from Ready To Die
- 1994:
TLC: If I Was Your Girlfriend from CrazySexyCool
- 1995:
Faith Evans: Ain't Nobody and All This Love from Faith
- 1995:
Mary J. Blige: You Bring Me Joy from My Life
- 1995:
Pebbles: You from Straight From My Heart
- 1995:
Total: Someone Like You from Total
- 1996:
Tevin Campbell: I'll Be There from Back To The World
- 1996:
New Edition: Try Again from Home Again
- 1997: Frankie: Think Of You from My Heart Belongs To You
- 1998:
Faith Evans: My First Love from Keep The Faith
- 1999:
The Notorious B.I.G.: Dead Wrong
References
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^
"Carl Thompson". Archived from
the original on July 7, 2011.
- ^
a
b
c Genzlinger, Neil (August 18, 2021).
"Chucky Thompson, Hitmaking Producer, Is Dead at 53". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^
a
b
"Interview: Chucky Thompson Takes Us Back to His Days With Diddy's "Hitmen" and Producing Mary J. Blige's Classic "My Life" Album (Part 1)". youknowigotsoul.com. You Know I Got Soul. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
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^ Centeno, Tony.
"#DoYouRemember The Original Hitmen Of Bad Boy Records". watchloud.com. Watchloud. Archived from
the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
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^ NBC4 Washington (August 10, 2021).
"Prolific Bad Boy Producer and DC Native Chucky Thompson Dies at 53". Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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^ Saint-Vil, Sweenie (August 9, 2021).
"Chucky Thompson passes away". REVOLT. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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