American producer and songwriter
Jim Beanz
Beanz in 2015
Born (1980-08-26 ) August 26, 1980 (age 44) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Occupation(s) Vocal producer, record producer, songwriter, vocalist Labels Sunset, Timbaland, Reservoir
Musical artist
James David Washington (born August 26, 1980[ 1] ), known professionally as Jim BEANZ , is an American vocal producer, songwriter, singer and record producer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania . He is signed to Timbaland Productions and Sunset Entertainment Group.
Biography
Beanz began his career when he was an artist in the R&B group "Tresan", during which time he received mentorship from Dru Hill . In 2005, he started working alongside Timbaland as a vocal producer. He co-wrote the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 , "Believe " by Dima Bilan . Beanz also wrote and produced songs on the first season of the FOX series Empire and portrayed the rapper "Titan."[ 1]
Credits
2004
Hair Show Soundtrack
Khaliya Williams "Wanna Get With You"
2005
El Feco
Apache Indian – Time For Change
18. "A Prayer For Change" (featuring Gunjan)
Shakira – Oral Fixation Vol. 2
05. "Animal City" – co-producer
Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable
2006
Kulcha Don – It's All About You
Nelly Furtado – Loose
01. "Afraid" (featuring Attitude)
02. "Maneater " – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
03. "Promiscuous " (featuring Timbaland ) – vocal producer, background vocals
04. "Glow"
05. "Showtime" – vocal producer, background vocals
06. "No Hay Igual " – vocal producer, background vocals
08. "Say It Right " – vocal producer, background vocals
09. "Do It " – vocal producer
11. "Wait For You" – vocal producer
13. "All Good Things (Come to an End) " – vocal producer, background vocals
Maneater (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar ) – producer
Promiscuous (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar & Timbaland) – producer, background vocals
Danity Kane – Danity Kane
03. "Want It" – vocal producer, co-writer
04. "Right Now" – vocal producer, co-writer
Fergie – The Dutchess
unknown tracks with Timbaland
Diddy – Press Play
Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
"Fast Lane"
unknown tracks with Timbaland
Fantasia – Fantasia
12. "Bore Me (Yawn)" – co-writer
2007
Katharine McPhee – Katharine McPhee
01. "Love Story " – vocal producer
03. "Open Toes" – vocal producer
05. "Not Ur Girl" – vocal producer
06. "Each Other" – vocal producer
07. "Dangerous" – vocal producer
11. "Neglected" – vocal producer, background vocals
Timbaland – Timbaland Presents Shock Value
Lady Ru – My Addiction
01. "My Addiction" (featuring Amar )
02. "Snake Charmer" (featuring El Feco) [ 2]
03. "Hands Up" (featuring Kuf Knotz & Azyah) [ 3]
04. "Got Me (Burnin' Up)" (featuring Apache Indian , Shahin Badir & Leseya Lee)
05. "Catch Me" (featuring Taz) [ 4]
06. "Your Woman"[ 5]
All Produced by Jim Beanz
07. "Chances Are" (featuring Channi Singh ) – additional vocal producer[ 6]
11. "Mr. DJ" (featuring Leseya Lee) – vocal producer, co-writer
12. "You & Me" (featuring Kino) – co-writer
"My Man" (featuring Anjali & Mana) [ 7]
"My Obsession" (featuring Gunjan) [ 8]
"So Hot" (featuring Ms. Jade & Apache Indian ) [ 9]
"So Many Ways" (featuring Kufie The MC) [ 10]
Mutya Buena Real Girl
M.I.A. – K A L A
Britney Spears – Blackout
01. "Gimme More " – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
04. "Break The Ice " – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
06. "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)" – vocal producer, co-writer
09. "Hot As Ice" – vocal producer, background vocals
11. "Perfect Lover" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
13. "Outta This World" – vocal producer, co-writer
15. "Get Back" – vocal producer, background vocals
Duran Duran – Red Carpet Massacre
03. "Nite Runner" – additional vocals
05. "Box Full O' Honey" – vocal producer
09. "Zoom In" – vocal producer
10. "She's Too Much" – vocal producer, background vocals
11. "Dirty Great Monster" – vocal producer
12. "Last Man Standing" – vocal producer
Test Drive
"Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Sebastian ) – vocal producer, co-writer
2008
Keri Hilson
"Get It Girl" – background vocals
Danity Kane – Welcome to the Dollhouse
02. "Bad Girl " (featuring Missy Elliott ) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
03. "Damaged " – vocal producer
05. "Strip Tease" – vocal producer, co-writer
12. "Poetry" – vocal producer
Credits on the first run of this album are wrong, Jim Beanz was the vocal producer on 90% of Danity Kane album. As seen in Making the Band 4, Season 2.
Matt Pokora – MP3
01. "Dangerous " (featuring Sebastian & Timbaland ) – vocal producer, co-writer
02. "Catch Me If You Can" – vocal producer, co-writer
04. "No Me Without U" – vocal producer, co-writer
12. "Why Do You Cry?" – co-producer, vocal producer, co-writer
14. "Like A Criminal" – vocal producer, co-writer
Day26 – Day26
02. "Got Me Going "
06. "Co Star"
07. "Come In (My Door's Open)
13. "Just Should've Told You"
Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World
01. "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya) " – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
02. "Boys" – co-writer
03. "Rule Breaker" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
04. "No Time For Tears" – background vocals
05. "Little Miss Obsessive " (featuring Tom Higgenson ) – vocal producer, co-writer
06. "Ragdoll" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
07. "Bittersweet World" – vocal producer, background vocals
08. "What I've Become" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
09. "Hot Stuff" – co-writer
10. "Murder" (featuring Izza Kizza ) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals
"Can't Get Over It"
"Follow U"
Ashanti – The Declaration
14. "Why" – co-writer
"For My Man"
"The World Song"
Taio Cruz – She's Like A Star Single
"I Just Wanna Know (Jim Beanz Remix)"
Donnie Klang – Just a Rolling Stone
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
Craig David – Greatest Hits
Lemar – The Reason
03. "Little Miss Heartbreaker"
Britney Spears – Circus
01. "Womanizer " – vocal producer
04. "Kill The Lights" – co-writer, background vocals
08. "Blur" – vocal producer, background vocals
Jamie Foxx – Intuition
02. "I Don't Need It " – vocal producer, background vocals
17. "Street Walker"
"Nothin For Ya"
Jada
2009
01. "Part of Me " – vocal producer, background vocals
02. "Time" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
03. "Sweet Revenge" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy , vocal producer, background vocals
04. "Get Up" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy , vocal producer, background vocals
05. "Ground Zero " – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
06. "Never Far Away" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch , vocal producer, background vocals
07. "Take Me Alive" – co-written with Justin Timberlake , vocal producer, background vocals
08. "Long Gone " – vocal producer
09. "Scream " – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
10. "Enemy" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch , vocal producer, background vocals
11. "Other Side Of Town" – co-writer, vocal producer
12. "Climbing Up The Walls" – co-writer, vocal producer
13. "Watch Out " – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals
"Lost Cause"
04. "Return the Favor " (featuring Timbaland ) – vocal producer
06. "Slow Dance" – co-writer with Justin Timberlake , vocal producer, background vocals
08. "Intuition" – writer, co-producer, vocal producer
09. "How Does It Feel" – co-writer, co-producer, vocal producer, background vocals
14. "Where Did He Go" – vocal producer
15. "Quicksand" – vocal producer
16. "Hurts Me" – vocal producer
"The Ring"
Dzham
Charlie Hustle
"Go Hard" (featuring Rebel)
Dima Bilan – Believe
01. "Automatic Lady" – producer, vocal producer, writer
02. "Don't Leave" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
03. "Amnesia" — producer, co-writer with Ryan Tedder
04. "Number 1 Fan" — producer, vocal producer, writer
05. "Believe " — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
06. "Lonely" – producer, vocal producer, writer
07. "Mistakes" – producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
09. "Anythin' 4 Love" (featuring D.O.E.) – producer, vocal producer, writer
11. "Circles" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals
"Number 1 Fan" (featuring Sebastian ) — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
04. "Love Dealer" – background vocals
05. "Gravity" – vocal producer, background vocals
10. "The First Thing" – vocal producer, background vocals
13. "Sad Symphony" – co-writer, vocal producer
"Boyfriend"
"Closer"
Luigi Masi – Save His Shoes
03. "Strobelight" – producer, vocal producer, writer
06. Better Now (featuring Sebastian ) – producer, vocal producer, writer
Ginuwine – A Man's Thoughts
Lemar
Whitney Houston – I Look To You
"Undefeated" – producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Shakira – She Wolf
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment
Leseya Lee – The Phoenix
01. "Get Up And Jump"
02. "Junk N Tha Trunk"
03. "Blow" (featuring Cavan)
Timbaland – Shock Value II
JC Chasez – Kate
Samantha Jade
"Eyez On Me" – co-producer with Timbaland
"Make U Love Me" – co-producer with Timbaland and King Logan of The Royal Court
"Curious" – co-writer with Samantha Jade & Corte Ellis
2010
Amar – Show It Off
01. "Masala" (featuring Jim Beanz & D.O.E.)
02. "Sajana (Pyar Ka Pehra) (featuring Shankar Mahadevan )
03. "See Me Girl" (featuring Apache Indian )
04. "Bombay Billionaire" (featuring Sonu Niigaam )
09. "Dil Ruba"
14. "Dekhne Tumko Tarse Naina"
Gunjan – Goonj: Echoes From Gunjan
Rebel
"Get in Fit In"
"Have You Made Love Lately"
"Is This What They Call Love"
"Reloaded"
"Roses"
"Shoulda Coulda"
"Snows in July"
"Strung Out"
"Who Are You"
"Wifey"
"Disappearing Acts"
JoJo – Can't Take That Away from Me
Tina
Rihanna – Loud
Chase Landon
"Flirt" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Keyshia Cole – Calling All Hearts
09. "Last Hangover" (featuring Timbaland ) – vocal producer
2011
Raghav – The Phoenix
"Fire" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer
"Top of the World" – producer
Chris Brown – F.A.M.E.
Dima Bilan – Dreamer
"Rocket Man" – producer, vocal producer, writer
"Get Outta My Way" – producer, vocal producer, writer
Luigi Masi – Pick Up Line
"Pick Up Line" – producer, vocal producer, writer
Demi Lovato- Unbroken
01. "All Night Long" (featuring Missy Elliott & Timbaland ) – writer, vocal producer
04. "Together" (featuring Jason Derulo ) – writer, co-produced with Timbaland, vocal producer
05. "Lightweight" – writer, co-produced with Timbaland, vocal producer
Patricia Kazadi
"Go Crazy (Jim Beanz Remix)"
Joe Jonas – Fastlife
09. "Not Right Now" – writer
Real Steel Soundtrack
Day26 – A New Day
2012
Cheryl Cole – A Million Lights
"Screw You" (featuring Wretch 32) – vocal producer
"Sexy Den a Mutha" – co-writer, producer
"All Is Fair" – co-writer, producer
"Boys Lie" – co-writer, producer, background vocals
"I Like It" – co-writer, producer, additional vocals
"Teddy Bear" – co-writer, producer
JoJo – Jumping Trains
"Hell of a Song"
"I Want Him On Top (Of My Life)"
"Sexy to Me"
Lyrica Anderson – King Me Mixtape
2013
Darin – Exit
"Playing With Fire"
"Before I Pass Out (feat. Lil Jon )"
"Same Old Song"
"F Your Love"
" What It's Like"
AGNEZ MO
2015
Lil' Kim
Deborah Cox
"Baby Love"
"Call It Love"
"Can't Wait"
"Famous"
"Love Will Conquer All"
"No Good"
"Picky Girl"
"Unexpected Hero"
Lemar
"Our Song"
"Turn It Off"
"War No More"
2019
2024
1. "Showstopper" – vocal producer
2. "Corazón " (featuring Bomba Estéreo ) – vocal producer, additional vocals
4. "Better for Worse" (featuring Gray Hawken) – producer, songwriter, engineer
10. "Ready for Myself" - vocal producer, additional vocals
11. "Fantasy" - additional vocals
12. "Better than Ever" - vocal producer, additional vocals
13. "Take Me Down" - vocal producer, engineer
References
^ a b Jurgensen, John (January 27, 2015). "Meet Jim Beanz, Who Helped Build a Music 'Empire' " . The Wall Street Journal . Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
^ "ASCAP ACE – Search Results" . ascap.com . Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
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^ Boogie, J. (March 18, 2008). "Jennifer Hudson "Pocketbook" in Sex in the City Movie" . thomascrownchronicles.blogspot.com . Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
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