Digi+Phonics is an American hip hop production team, composed of California-based record producers Tae Beast, Sounwave, and Willie B, while Dave Free is a former original member and co-founder, having left to focus on his PGLang company. They currently serve as the main in-house producers for Carson-based record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Digi+Phonics work significantly on projects from all the members of former hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, who were also signed to Top Dawg and was composed of rappers Kendrick Lamar (who left TDE on 2022), Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul. Their
Digi+Phonics is an American hip hop production team, composed of California-based record producers Tae Beast, Sounwave, and Willie B, while Dave Free is a former original member and co-founder, having left to focus on his PGLang company. They currently serve as the main in-house producers for Carson-based record label, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE). Digi+Phonics work significantly on projects from all the members of former hip hop supergroup Black Hippy, who were also signed to Top Dawg and was composed of rappers Kendrick Lamar (who left TDE on 2022), Jay Rock, Schoolboy Q, and Ab-Soul. Their best known productions include "Bitch Don't Kill My Vibe" by Kendrick Lamar, "There He Go" by Schoolboy Q, and "Terrorist Threats" by Ab-Soul. They frequently co-produce songs together and put the finishing touches on the projects released by Top Dawg Entertainment.
== History == Tae Beast grew up in the Los Angeles, California, area. He started producing for Black Hippy members Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q and Ab-Soul. In November 2012, Complex named Digi Phonics (Sounwave, Tae Beast, Willie B & Dave Free) as one of the "Top 25 New Producers to Watch Out For". In July 2013, BET named Digi+Phonics as a group, as one of the top ten young producers on the rise. Members of the group also worked on ScHoolboy Q's major label debut album Oxymoron.
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