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.
Jim Beanz | |
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Background information | |
Born | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | August 26, 1980
Occupation(s) | Vocal producer, record producer, songwriter, vocalist |
Labels | Sunset, Timbaland, Reservoir |
Biography
editBeanz 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
edit2004
editHair Show Soundtrack
edit- Khaliya Williams "Wanna Get With You"
2005
editEl Feco
edit- "Like It Like That"
Apache Indian – Time For Change
edit- 18. "A Prayer For Change" (featuring Gunjan)
Shakira – Oral Fixation Vol. 2
edit- 05. "Animal City" – co-producer
Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable
edit- 05. "Can I Take U Home" – background vocals
2006
editKulcha Don – It's All About You
edit- 07 "Say So"
Nelly Furtado – Loose
edit- 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
edit- 03. "Want It" – vocal producer, co-writer
- 04. "Right Now" – vocal producer, co-writer
Fergie – The Dutchess
edit- unknown tracks with Timbaland
Diddy – Press Play
edit- 14. "After Love" (featuring Keri Hilson) – co-writer
Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape
edit- "Fast Lane"
- unknown tracks with Timbaland
Fantasia – Fantasia
edit- 12. "Bore Me (Yawn)" – co-writer
2007
editKatharine McPhee – Katharine McPhee
edit- 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
edit- 03. "Release" (featuring Justin Timberlake) – background vocals
- 06. "Come And Get Me" (featuring 50 Cent & Tony Yayo) – background vocals
- 12. "Bombay" (featuring Amar & Jim Beanz)
Lady Ru – My Addiction
edit- 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
edit- "Heat"
- "Wanna Be"
M.I.A. – K A L A
edit- 12. "Come Around" (featuring Timbaland)
Britney Spears – Blackout
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- "Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Sebastian) – vocal producer, co-writer
2008
editKeri Hilson
edit- "Get It Girl" – background vocals
Danity Kane – Welcome to the Dollhouse
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 02. "Got Me Going"
- 06. "Co Star"
- 07. "Come In (My Door's Open)
- 13. "Just Should've Told You"
Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World
edit- 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
edit- 14. "Why" – co-writer
- "For My Man"
- "The World Song"
Taio Cruz – She's Like A Star Single
edit- "I Just Wanna Know (Jim Beanz Remix)"
Donnie Klang – Just a Rolling Stone
edit- 06. "Pick It Up"
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson
edit- 03. "Pocketbook" (featuring Ludacris) – co-producer, co-writer, background vocals[11]
- "Fallin Out Of Heaven"
Craig David – Greatest Hits
edit- 04. "Insomnia" – producer
Lemar – The Reason
edit- 03. "Little Miss Heartbreaker"
Britney Spears – Circus
edit- 01. "Womanizer" – vocal producer
- 04. "Kill The Lights" – co-writer, background vocals
- 08. "Blur" – vocal producer, background vocals
Jamie Foxx – Intuition
edit- 02. "I Don't Need It" – vocal producer, background vocals
- 17. "Street Walker"
- "Nothin For Ya"
Jada
edit- unknown track
2009
edit- 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
edit- "Every Day"
- 04. "Turntables" (featuring Chris Brown) – vocal producer, background vocals
- 08. "Work" (featuring Missy Elliott) – vocal producer
Charlie Hustle
edit- "Go Hard" (featuring Rebel)
Dima Bilan – Believe
edit- 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
edit- 03. "Strobelight" – producer, vocal producer, writer
- 06. Better Now (featuring Sebastian) – producer, vocal producer, writer
Ginuwine – A Man's Thoughts
edit- "Disappearing Acts (featuring James Fauntleroy)
- "Hate To Love"
Lemar
edit- "U Got Me"
Whitney Houston – I Look To You
edit- "Undefeated" – producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Shakira – She Wolf
edit- 13. "Give It Up to Me" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment
edit- 11. "Sleepwalker" – vocal production
Leseya Lee – The Phoenix
edit- 01. "Get Up And Jump"
- 02. "Junk N Tha Trunk"
- 03. "Blow" (featuring Cavan)
Timbaland – Shock Value II
edit- 02. "Carry Out" (featuring Justin Timberlake) – writer, additional vocals
- 06. "Tomorrow in the Bottle" (featuring Chad Kroeger & Sebastian) – writer
- 07. "We Belong to the Music" (featuring Miley Cyrus) – writer, vocal producer
- 08. "Morning After Dark" (featuring Nelly Furtado & SoShy)- writer, additional vocals, vocal producer
- 09. "If We Ever Meet Again" (featuring Katy Perry) – writer, co-producer with Timbaland, vocal producer
- 10. "Can You Feel It" (featuring Esthero & Sebastian) – writer
- 11. "Ease Off the Liquor" – writer
- 12. "Undertow" (featuring The Fray & Esthero) – writer
- 13. "Timothy Where You Been" (featuring Jet) – writer
- 14. "Long Way Down" (featuring Daughtry) – writer
- 15. "Marchin On (Timbo Version)" (featuring OneRepublic) – writer
- 17. "Symphony" (featuring Attitude, Bran' Nu & D.O.E.) – writer
- "I'm in Love With You" (featuring Tyson Ritter) – writer
JC Chasez – Kate
edit- "Fire" – co-producer
Samantha Jade
edit- "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
editAmar – Show It Off
edit- 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
edit- 01. "Tum Mile"
- "Shout Out"
Rebel
edit- "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
edit- 03. "Pretty Please"
Tina
edit- "So Good" (featuring Fat Joe)
Rihanna – Loud
edit- unknown tracks with Timbaland
Chase Landon
edit- "Flirt" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Keyshia Cole – Calling All Hearts
edit- 09. "Last Hangover" (featuring Timbaland) – vocal producer
2011
editRaghav – The Phoenix
edit- "Fire" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer
- "Top of the World" – producer
Chris Brown – F.A.M.E.
editDima Bilan – Dreamer
edit- "Rocket Man" – producer, vocal producer, writer
- "Get Outta My Way" – producer, vocal producer, writer
Luigi Masi – Pick Up Line
edit- "Pick Up Line" – producer, vocal producer, writer
Demi Lovato- Unbroken
edit- 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
edit- "Go Crazy (Jim Beanz Remix)"
Joe Jonas – Fastlife
edit- 09. "Not Right Now" – writer
Real Steel Soundtrack
edit- 09. Timbaland feat. Veronica "Give It A Go"
Day26 – A New Day
edit- "Made Love Lately"
2012
editCheryl Cole – A Million Lights
edit- "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
edit- "Hell of a Song"
- "I Want Him On Top (Of My Life)"
- "Sexy to Me"
Lyrica Anderson – King Me Mixtape
edit- "Mixtape"
- "Mixtape" feat. Missy Elliott
2013
editDarin – Exit
edit- "Playing With Fire"
- "Before I Pass Out (feat. Lil Jon)"
- "Same Old Song"
- "F Your Love"
- " What It's Like"
AGNEZ MO
edit- "Coke Bottle feat Timbaland and T.I"
2015
edit- Titan TV series Empire
Lil' Kim
edit- unknown tracks with Timbaland
Deborah Cox
edit- "Baby Love"
- "Call It Love"
- "Can't Wait"
- "Famous"
- "Love Will Conquer All"
- "No Good"
- "Picky Girl"
- "Unexpected Hero"
Lemar
edit- "Our Song"
- "Turn It Off"
- "War No More"
2019
edit- 10. "Dust My Shoulders Off" (featuring Timbaland) – producer
2024
edit- 2. "Corazón" (featuring Bomba Estéreo) – vocal producer, background vocals
References
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