4th Disciple
{{Short description|American record producer and audio engineer (born 1974)}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = 4th Disciple
| image =
| birth_name = Selwyn Bougard'
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|23}}{{cite tweet|number=469843921540235264|user=REALDOMPACHINO|title=@4thDisciple happy born day my brother stay blessed. |date=23 May 2014}}
| alias =
| origin = Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.
Staten Island, New York City, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|East Coast hip hop|boom bap|hardcore hip hop}}
| occupation = {{hlist|disc jockey|Record producer|audio engineer}}
| years_active = 1992–present
| label =
| current_member_of = Killarmy
| website = http://www.tha4thdisciple.com
}}
Selwyn Bougard, now known as El-Divine Amir Bey (born May 23, 1974),{{cite tweet|number=469843921540235264|user=REALDOMPACHINO|title=@4thDisciple happy born day my brother stay blessed. |date=23 May 2014}} better known by his stage name 4th Disciple, is a DJ, record producer and audio engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known Wu-Tang-affiliated producers.{{Cite web |title=4th Disciple - MusicBrainz |url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23b0e2f8-79a5-41b1-b6d9-120416c99cf5 |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=musicbrainz.org}} He is the only member of the Wu Elements to have worked on Wu-Tang Clan's first breakthrough album, as a mixer.
Biography
After being a turntablist on the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),{{Cite web |title=4th Disciple hometown, biography |url=https://www.last.fm/music/4th+Disciple/+wiki |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Last.fm |language=en}} 4th Disciple co-produced and helped mix several tracks with the RZA on the first three Wu-Tang solo ventures by various artists, including co-production for "Sub Crazy" by Method Man, "Damage" by Ol' Dirty Bastard as well as mixing credits for some of Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., on the tracks "Criminology," "Guillotine (Swordz)," "Spot Rusherz," and "Wu-Gambinos." 4th Disciple then produced what was at the time only the second Wu-Tang track ever to lack a RZA production credit, when the Killah Priest solo track "B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)" was included on GZA's Liquid Swords. This led to five 4th Disciple productions appearing on the double album Wu-Tang Forever.
After producing 15 of the 17 tracks on Killarmy's debut album, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, and contributing significant production to the debut albums of Killah Priest (Heavy Mental) and Sunz of Man (The Last Shall be First), 4th Disciple's beats continued to appear in the solo work of the Clan members, including Inspectah Deck, Cappadonna and Method Man. However, more recently, 4th Disciple has been concentrating his production on Killarmy, Sunz of Man, and their immediate affiliates rather than the Clan itself.
Discography
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| colspan=3 | 4th Disciple production credits (Full albums) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Artists | Album | Date/Label |
| Killarmy | Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars | 1997 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI |
| Killarmy | Dirty Weaponry | 1998 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI |
| 4th Disciple | Steel Valley Project N. 1 | 1999 Steel Valley Records |
| Killarmy | Fear, Love, & War | 2001 36/Loud/Relativity |
| Hell Razah & 4th Disciple | Freedom of Speech | 2004 X-Ray/Cleopatra |
| One Man & 4th Disciple | Crime And Punishment in America | 2006 Digital Release |
| 4th Disciple | The Best of 740 vol. 1 (Unreleased Classics) | 2007 ChamberMusik |
| Killah Priest & 4th Disciple | Don't Sit On The Speakers Vol. 1 | 2017 Proverb Records |
| 4th Disciple
|The Algorythm |2020 Sonic Ministry LLC |
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| colspan=4 | 4th Disciple production credits (Featured tracks) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artists | Track Title(s) | Album | Date/Label |
| N-Tyce
|Hush Hush Tip/Root Beer Float (co-produced with RZA) |12" |1993 Wild Pitch | |||
| Method Man
|Sub-Crazy (co-produced with Method MZA) |1994 Def Jam | |||
| Shabazz the Disciple
|Death Be the Penalty | rowspan="2" |12" |1995 -------------- | |||
| KGB
|Bless Ya Life |1995 Mascot | |||
| Ol' Dirty Bastard | Damage (co-produced with RZA) | Return to the 36 Chambers | 1995 Elektra |
| GZA | B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) | Liquid Swords | 1995 Geffen/MCA |
| rowspan="3" |Sunz of Man
|Wicked Ways |1995 SOLAR | |||
| Soldiers of Darkness/Five Arch Angels | rowspan="2" | 12" Single/CD-5 | 1995 Wu-Tang Records | |
| Bloody Choices
|1996 Wu-Tang Records | |||
| Raekwon & 12 O'Clock | Nasty Immigrants | The Nutty Professor (soundtrack) | 1996 Def Jam/PolyGram |
| Cappadonna & U-God
|If It's Alright With You |The Great White Hype (soundtrack) |1996 Epic Soundtraxx | |||
| Wu-Tang Clan | The City A Better Tomorrow Scary Hours/Cash Still Rules Older Gods Impossible (co-produced with RZA) | Wu-Tang Forever | 1997 Loud/RCA/BMG |
| Gravediggaz | "Dangerous Mindz" (co-produced with RZA) "The Night the Earth Cried" (co-produced with RZA) | The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel | 1997 Gee Street/V2/BMG |
| rowspan="2" |Killah Priest
|Fake MCs. Tai-Chi. B.I.B.L.E. Almost There It's Over. Atoms to Adam. Information Crusades. Wisdom. Science Projects | rowspan="2" |1998 Geffen/MCA | |||
| Moanin' Street Opera
|One Step 12" | |||
| Cappadonna | Check for a Nigga | The Pillage | 1998 Razor Sharp/Epic Street/SME |
| Sunz of Man | Cold Illusions The Plan Not Promised Tomorrow | The Last Shall Be First | 1998 Red Ant/BMG |
| La the Darkman | Fifth Disciple Love Element of Surprise As the World Turnz | Heist of the Century | 1998 |
| Method Man | Judgement Day (co-produced with Method Man) Shaolin What | Tical 2000: Judgement Day | 1998 Def Jam/PolyGram |
| Inspectah Deck | 9th Chamber Grand Prix | Uncontrolled Substance | 1999 Loud/Relativity |
| Vanilla Ice | Unbreakable | Bi-Polar | 2001 Liquid 8/BMG |
| AutNoyz | Should've Know (This is Hip-Hop) | 12" | 2001 |
| Killarmy | Dancing With Wolves | Wu-Tang Killa Beez: The Sting | 2002 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI |
| Warcloud | The Mighty King of Swords | Smuggling Booze in the Graveyard | 2002 |
| 9th Prince | Generation Next Burn Bridges | Grandaddy Flow | 2003 |
| U-God | A Long Time Ago | Mr. Xcitement | 2005 |
| Jag & Ho2fa | All the Way Thru Explain | Good Product $ell$ Itself | 2006 |
| Cilvaringz | Elephant Juice (with Michele Van Der Aa) Deaf, Dumb & Blind (with Roger Peterson) | I | 2007 |
| Tragedy Khadafi | The Captain | 2007 | |
| Killah Priest | Inner G | The Offering | 2007 |
| Hell Razah | Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child | 2008 | |
| Shaka Amarulu The 7th | Traps (with Mylansky, Joe Mafia & Napoleon (Wu Syndicate){{cite web|url=http://www.morningsun.net/entertainment/x1738026168/Album-review-Ultra-Sounds-of-a-Renaissance-Child-by-Hell-Razah|title=Review of Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child|publisher=morningsun.net|access-date=2008-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521013349/http://www.morningsun.net/entertainment/x1738026168/Album-review-Ultra-Sounds-of-a-Renaissance-Child-by-Hell-Razah|archive-date=2011-05-21|url-status=dead}}) | 2008 | |
| The Definite Article (Aztrolab) | Istimaah Passion of Christ | 2008 | |
| Killakikitt | Gyere velem | Ne Szarakodj! | 2009 |
| Shaka Amazulu the 7th | Memoirs of a Gravedigga | 2009 | |
| Bizz | We Shine ft. Freeway Real Shit Part of Me | Prince of Jersey | 2011 Blakglobe | |
| Shaka Amazulu The 7th | Ardipithecus Ramidus | 2009 | |
| Vinnie Paz | Washed in the Blood of the Lamb | Season of the Assassin | 2010 |
| Wu-Tang Clan
|Miracle (co-produced with RZA) Necklace |2014 Warner Bros. | |||
| Sean Price | Dead or Alive | Imperius Rex | 2017 |
Videography
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| colspan=4 |4th Disciple Videography | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist(s) | Album Title | Video Title(s) | Release Date |
| Sunz of Man | 12" Single | Soldiers of Darkness (with Killa Sin, 9th Prince, various Wu-Tang Clan cameos) | 1995 Wu-Tang Records |
| Killarmy | Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars | Fear, Love and War (with various Wu-Tang Clan cameos) Swinging Swords Wu-Renegades | 1997 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI |
| Gravediggaz | The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel | The Night the Earth Cried (co-produced with RZA) Dangerous Mindz (co-produced with RZA) | 1998 Gee Street/V2/BMG |
| Killarmy | Dirty Weaponry | The Shoot-Out (with Rza) | 1998 Wu-Tang/EMI Records |
| Sunz of Man | The Last Shall Be First | The Plan | 1998 Red Ant/BMG |
| Method Man | Tical 2000: Judgement Day (with RZA, Raekwon) | Judgement Day (co-produced with Method Man) | 1998 Def Jam/PolyGram |
| Killarmy | Fear, Love & War | Feel It | 2001 36/Loud/Relativity |
| The Definite Article (Aztrolab) | Istimaah Passion of Christ | 2008 | |
| Hell Razah & 4th Disciple | Freedom of Speech | High Science | 2009 X-Ray/Cleopatra Records |
| Bizz | Prince of Jersey | Realist Spittin (with Kinetic 9, 4th Disciple cameo) | 2009 Blakglobe |
References
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External links
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/101746-4th-Disciple 4th Disciple] on Discogs
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p166591|label=4th Disciple}}
- [https://4thdisciple.com/ Official 4th Disciple Web Site]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715120008/http://www.producerville.com/interviews/10122007_4th_disciple.htm Producerville interviews 4th Disciple 10/12/2007]
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Category:American hip-hop record producers
Category:People from Steubenville, Ohio