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Deric Angelettie
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| The Madd Rapper | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Deric Michael Angelettie |
| Also known as | D-Dot, Papadot, The Mad Rapper |
| Born | July 31, 1968 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York City, United States |
| Genre(s) | Hip Hop |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, Songwriter, Record Executive, Television Host |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/d_dot1 |
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie (born July 31, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York) is a rapper, record producer, CEO and entrepreneur. A three-time Grammy Nominee and NARAS Award winner, Angelettie made a significant mark as a hip-hop music producer and label owner in the early 90's. Angelettie was the "captain" of Sean "Diddy" Combs' Bad Boy Entertainment's producing team: The Hitmen. As a producer, Angelettie was responsible for hits such as The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize" & Ma$e's "Feel So Good" as well as many other tracks for Bad Boy-affiliated artists. He created the character The Madd Rapper from interludes on Bad Boy releases, eventually also releasing an album under the pseudonym.
Angelettie is married to advice columnist Lisa Angelettie MSW of GirlShrink.com and is the father of four daughters. The daughters are Ava, Ali, Autumn, and Alexis.
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Born and raised an only child in Brooklyn, New York in 1968 to an African-American/Puerto Rican father (Eric Angelettie) and a Puerto-Rican/African American mixed mother (Noemi Angelettie), Angelettie began rapping at 8 years old, due to inspiration by the streets and up and coming rappers such as Run-DMC, Cold Crush Brothers, LL Cool J and others.
While attending Howard University in the late 1980s, Angelettie and his friend Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence formed the conscious rap duo Two Kings in a Cipher. In 1991, they released their debut album From Pyramids to Projects on Bahia/RCA with critical acclaim.[citation needed] The demise of the label eventually led to the breakup of the group in 1993, although Angelettie and Lawrence would go on to produce many tracks, both solely and together for Bad Boy.
The turning point came when fellow Howard alumnus and future music mogul, Sean “Diddy” Combs, who also in 1993, broke away from his post as V.P. of A&R for Uptown Records to start his own imprint, Bad Boy Entertainment called on Angelettie to join his team and help build his new label. In a 3 year span, Angelettie went from intern, to Director of Merchandising, to booking shows for artists Craig Mack and Notorious B.I.G., to tour-managing R&B diva Mary J. Blige on her “My Life” Tour, to becoming the head of Bad Boy’s A&R Department as Vice-President, and then finally in 1997 becoming the captain of The Infamous Hitmen -- Bad Boy’s hit-making production team.
In 1997, Angelettie went on to produce, A&R, and executive produce #1 pop chart albums for The Notorious B.I.G. (Life After Death, 1997), Puff Daddy (No Way Out, 1997) Mase (Harlem World, 1997) Faith Evans (Keep the Faith, 1998) and The Lox (Money, Power & Respect, 1998).
In 1998, after departing his position as A&R, Angelettie executive produced the multi-platinum debut album for artist Black Rob, Life Story, which spawned the major radio hit "Whoa!". As a producer, Angelettie's credits also include songs for artists: Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Lil’ Kim, Nas and has managed other artists such as Kanye West.
In 2004, Angelettie executive produced Bad Boy's new group: Da Band and was featured on MTV’s reality show Making The Band and in 2005 executive produced Black Rob's second LP, The Black Rob Report.
The Madd Rapper made his debut on a skit on The Notorious B.I.G.’s second LP (Life after Death) in 1997. Angelettie’s alter ego released his debut album, Tell 'Em Why U Madd, on his own Crazy Cat Catalogue Label in 2000. Although not a commercial success, the album received critical acclaim and continues to have a loyal underground following. Also on his Crazy Cat Catalogue label, Angelettie releases LP's from Noah in 2006, an Atlanta based rapper and Rearview, a pop band from Brooklyn.
On November 19, 1998, Angelettie was charged with participating in the assault of Blaze Magazine editor Jesse Washington. Washington claimed that the assault was made because he published a photograph (taken with Angelettie's consent) that revealed The Mad Rapper's identity, which up until that time had been concealed from the general public but widely known in the music industry. The editor and Angelettie settled out of court.
- Two Kings in a Cipher “From Pyramids to Projects” - Entire Album (BAHIA/RCA, 1991)
- Two Kings In a Cipher (Bahia/RCA, 1990)
- “Movin’ On ‘Em”
- "The Show Soundtrack" (Def Jam, 1995)
- Suga - “What’s Up Star?” (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
- Outkast “Atliens” (LaFace 1996)
- “Atliens Remix”
- Rakim “Build And Destroy” (Universal)
- Salt 'N' Pepa (MCA)
- Positive K “I Got A Man” (Remix)
- Larry Johnson - TV Commercial (MCA 1996)
- (And 1 Commercial)
- Nalini (1996)
- “Lay Down” (Bad Boy Remix) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Life After Death” (Bad Boy)
- “Hypnotize” (Featuring Pam from Total) (Produced with Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
- “The World is Filled” (Featuring Too Short, Puff Daddy, Carl Thomas) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
- “B.I.G.” Interludes (Produced with The Notorious B.I.G.)
- Puff Daddy & The Family: “No Way Out” (Bad Boy)
- “Do You Know” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
- “Been Around The World” (Featuring Ma$e & The Notorious B.I.G.)
- “It’s All About the Benjamins” (Featuring The Lox, Lil’ Kim, The Notorious B.I.G.)
- “Pain”
- Interludes
- L.L. Cool J: “Phenomenon” (Def Jam)
- “Hot, Hot, Hot” (Produced by Puff Daddy & Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, Co-Produced By D-Dot)
- Ma$e: “Harlem World” (BadBoy)
- “Feel So Good” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
- “24 Hours To Live” (Featuring The Lox, DMX & Black Rob) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick & Carlos Broady)
- “I Need To Be” (Featuring Monifah) (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
- “Do You Wanna Get $” (Featuring Kelly Price & Puff Daddy) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
- Interludes (Produced with Ma$e & Puff Daddy)
- Tracey Lee: “Many Facez” (Bystorm/Universal)
- The Theme (It’s Party Time)
- Clue
- Big Will
- SWV: “Release Some Tension” (RCA)
- "Give It Up” (Featuring Lil’ Kim) (Produced with Lantz "Wet" Mitchell)
Executive Production Credits:
- Puff Daddy & the Family: “No Way Out” (BadBoy)
- Ma$e: “Harlem World” (Bad Boy)
- Tracey Lee: “Many Facez” (Bystorm/Universal)
A&R Credits:
- Ma$e: “Harlem World” (Bad Boy)
- Puff Daddy & the Family: “No Way Out” (Bad Boy)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Life After Death” (Bad Boy)
Remix Credits:
- MC Lyte: “Cold Rock a Party” (Featuring Missy Elliott) (Produced with Puff Daddy, Stevie J., Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence) (East/West Records)
- Jody Watley: “Off the Hook” (Featuring Rakim) (MCA)
- Ray-J: “Everything You Want” (Elektra)
- Jay-Z: “In My Lifetime Vol. 1” (Roc-A-Fella)
- “Where I’m From”
- Busta Rhymes: “Extinction Level Event” (Elektra)
- “Hot Shit”
- Made Men: “Classic Limited Edition” (Priority)
- Foxy Brown: “Chyna Doll” (Def Jam)
- “My Life”
- Jermaine Dupri: “Life in 1472” (So So Def)
- The Lox: “Money, Power & Respect” (Bad Boy)
- "Yonkers Tale (Intro)" (Featuring Carl Thomas)
- “Money, Power & Respect” (Featuring DMX, Lil' Kim) (Produced with Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence)
- “Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop” (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Puff Daddy)
- “Bitches from Eastwick” (Produced with Chucky Thompson)
- "All For The Love" (Additional Production)
- "Everybody Wanna Rat" (Additional Production)
- All Interludes
- Trina & Tamara “Trina & Tamara” (Columbia)
- “Jo Anne”
- Imajin (Jive)
- “Shorty (You Keep Playin with My Mind)” (Featuring Keith Murray)
- “Have Plenty Soundtrack” (Yab Yum)
- Queen Penn & Tracey Lee: “Rock The Body”
- Harlem World: “Harlem World” (All Out/So So Def/Columbia)
- “Cali Chronic” (Featuring Snoop Dogg)
- Total: “Keisha, Kima, and Pam” (Bad Boy)
- “Sitting Home” (Produced with Blake "Karrington" Smith)
Remix Credits
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Nasty Boy” (Featuring Kelly Price) (Bad Boy)
- Puff Daddy: "Come With Me" (Featuring Jimmy Page)
- Jackson 5 - "I Want You Back '98" (Featuring Black Rob)
Executive Production Credits:
- Faith Evans: “Keep the Faith” (Bad Boy)
- The Lox: “Money, Power, Respect” (Bad Boy)
A&R Credits:
- The Lox: “Money, Power, Respect” (Bad Boy)
- Faith Evans: “Keep the Faith” (Bad Boy)
- Goodie Mob: “World Party” (LaFace)
- "Rebuilding”
- “Chain Swang”
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Born Again” (BadBoy)
- “Let Me Get Down” (Featuring Missy Elliott, Craig Mack & G-Dep)
- “ If I Should Die Before I Wake” (Featuring Beanie Sigel, Ice Cube & Black Rob) (Produced with Coptic & Charlemagne)
- Puff Daddy: “Forever” (Bad Boy)
- “Real Niggas” (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Lil Kim)
- “Mad Rapper Interlude”
- Ma$e: “Double Up” (Bad Boy)
- “Fuck Me, Fuck You” (Featuring Mysonne)
- “Mad Rapper Interlude”
- Madd Rapper: “Tell ‘Em Why U Madd” (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
- "Dot VS TMR"
- "You're All Alone" (Featuring Picasso Black)
- “That's What's Happening” (Featuring Tracey Lee & Ma$e)
- “How We Do” (Featuring Puff Daddy)
- "Stir Crazy" (Featuring Eminem)
- “Ghetto” (Featuring Raekwon & Carl Thomas)
- "Surviving The Game" (Featuring Desert Roze)
- "Bongo Break" (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
- "Whateva" (Featuring Picasso Black & Fierce)
- “They Just Don't Know" (Featuring Black Rob & Nature (artist))
- “Esta Loca” (Featuring The Beatnuts & Rambo)
- “They Just Know” (Featuring Black Rob & Nature)
- “Shysty Broads” (Featuring Babe Blue)
- “Wildside” (Featuring Desert Roze)
- Carl Thomas: “Emotional” (Bad Boy)
- “Special Lady” (Produced with Garrett "Blake" Smith)
- Black Rob: “Life Story” (BadBoy)
- “Lookin' At Us” (Featuring Cee-Lo) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)
- “Jasmine” (Featuring Carl Thomas) (Produced with Nashiem Myrick)
- “Can I Live?” (Featuring The Lox)
- “PD World Tour” (Featuring Puff Daddy) (Produced with Charlemagne)
- “B.R.” (Featuring G-Dep) (Produced with Black Rob)
- “Madd Rapper Interlude”
- Da Brat: “Unrestricted” (So So Def)
- “Hands In The Air” (Featuring Mystikal)
- Tracey Lee: “Live from the 215” (Universal)
- “We Like”
- “Go ‘Head”
Executive Production Credits:
- Madd Rapper: “Tell ‘Em Why U Madd” (Crazy Cat/Columbia)
- Black Rob: “Life Story” (Bad Boy)
Remix Credits:
- Carl Thomas: "Emotional” (Bad Boy)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Notorious” (Featuring Lil’ Kim & Puff Daddy) (Bad Boy)
- Lil’ Kim: “Notorious K.I.M.” (Atlantic)
- “Don’t Mess With Me” (Produced by Kanye West, Co-Produced by D-Dot)
- Bad Boy: “Greatest Hits” (Bad Boy)
- “Mad Rapper Interludes”
- Benzino: "The Benzino Project" (Motown)
- "Who Is Benzino?" (Featuring Puff Daddy)
- Nas: “The Lost Tapes” (Columbia)
- “Poppa Was a Playa” (Produced with Kanye West)
- Lady May “MayDay” (Crazy Cat)
- “The Dick & the Dough”
- P. Diddy: “We Invented The Remix” (Bad Boy)
- The Notorious B.I.G.: “Notorious” (Featuring Lil’ Kim, P. Diddy)
- Mary J. Blige: “Love & Life” (Geffen)
- Da Band “Too Hot 4 TV” (Bad Boy)
- “Cheers 2 Me” (Featuring Fonzworth Bentley)
- Beanie Siegel: “State Property Presents The Chain Gang Vol. 2” (Roc-A-fella)
- “It’s On” (Featuring Jay-Z)
- DJ Kay Slay “Street Sweeper Vol. 1” (Columbia)
- “Stars” (Featuring Black Rob, G-Dep, Craig Mack)
Executive Production Credits:
- Da Band: “Too Hot 4 TV” (Bad Boy)
- Lady May: “May Day” (Crazy Cat)
Remix Credits:
- 112: "Hot & Wet" (Featuring Ludacris & Chingy) (a 2nd remix with Ghostface Killah)
- Carl Thomas: “Let’s Talk About It” (Bad Boy)
- “Let’s Talk About it”
- 8 Ball & MJG: “Livin’ Legends” (Bad Boy)
- “Gangsta”
- Black Rob: “The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)
- “B.L.A.C.K.”
- “Y'all Know Who Killed ‘Em” (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
- “Help Me Out”
- "Fire In Da Hole" (Featuring Ness)
- The Notorious B.I.G. “Duets: The Final Chapter” (Bad Boy/WB)
- "I'm With Whateva" (Featuring Jim Jones (rapper), Lil Wayne & Juelz Santana)
- “What's Goin' On" (Featuring Black Rob)
- Labba - "Untitled LP" (Jive)
- "What Is It?
Executive Producer Credits
- Black Rob: “The Black Rob Report" (Bad Boy/WB)
- Noah: "The Music Man" (Crazy Cat/Jive)
- Danity Kane: "Danity Kane" (Bad Boy/Atlantic)
- "Press Pause" (Produced with Mario Winans)
- The Madd Rapper: "Still Mad"
- The Madd Rapper: "Drama - Gangsta Grillz The Album"
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