Tyran Donaldson
{{Short description|American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist (born 1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Tyran Levon Donaldson Jr.
|alias = Scum, The Antydote, Pete Nebula
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1994|8|1}}
|birth_place = Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States{{cite news|url=https://djbooth.net/features/2017-06-06-sza-ctrl-production|title=Meet All 10 Producers on SZA's 'Ctrl' Album|access-date=21 March 2023|work=DJbooth|date=6 June 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320223036/https://djbooth.net/features/2017-06-06-sza-ctrl-production|url-status=live}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist |embed=yes
|genre = {{hlist|R&B|hip-hop|indie rock|soul}}
|label = Top Dawg Entertainment
|occupation = {{Hlist | Songwriter | producer | multi-instrumentalist}}
|background = person
}}
}}
Tyran Donaldson II, also known as Scum, Pete Nebula and The Antydote, is an American songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Rihanna ("Consideration"), SZA ("Love Galore"), Kendrick Lamar ("Complexion (A Zulu Love)"), and Isaiah Rashad ("Rope // rosegold"), among many others. He is currently an in-house producer for label Top Dawg Entertainment.{{cite web | url=https://www.complex.com/music/2016/01/a-look-at-the-production-credits-for-rihannas-anti-album | title=A Look at Who's Who on Rihanna's 'ANTI' Album | website=Complex Networks | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=March 17, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317035240/https://www.complex.com/music/2016/01/a-look-at-the-production-credits-for-rihannas-anti-album | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://performermag.com/new-music-and-video/interviews-and-features/a-city-in-flux-exploring-the-chattanooga-hip-hop-scene/ | title=Exploring the Chattanooga Hip-Hop Scene | Performer Mag | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=December 27, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227165849/https://performermag.com/new-music-and-video/interviews-and-features/a-city-in-flux-exploring-the-chattanooga-hip-hop-scene/ | url-status=live }}
Donaldson, a novice guitarist and early music industry friend of fellow producer ThankGod4Cody, began playing several melancholy guitar chords while in the studio with SZA, who requested a looped recording of the chords at the conclusion of the studio session.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/thankgod4cody-sza-ctrl-interview-8047078/ | title=Producer ThankGod4Cody Talks Going from Memphis to Producing on SZA's Grammy-Nominated Album 'CTRL' | magazine=Billboard | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=November 28, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128080619/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/thankgod4cody-sza-ctrl-interview-8047078/ | url-status=live }} This loop would become the soundscape for 2017 Ctrl album opener "Supermodel", later Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Song.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sza-supermodel-how-it-went-down-video-7998571/ | title=SZA Reveals Pharrell Tried to Add Drums to 'Supermodel,' but It Just Didn't Work | magazine=Billboard | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320223035/https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/sza-supermodel-how-it-went-down-video-7998571/ | url-status=live }}
Songwriting and production credits
Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Spotify, and AllMusic.
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! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Part III"
| rowspan="3"| 2013 | rowspan="7"| Isaiah Rashad | rowspan="3"| Welcome to the Game/Pieces of a Kid |
| scope="row"|"Hurt Cobaine" |
| scope="row"|"Mani Lux" |
| scope="row"|"Ronnie Drake" (Featuring SZA)
| rowspan="6"| 2014 | rowspan="4"| Cilvia Demo |
| scope="row"|"West Savannah" (Featuring SZA) |
| scope="row"|"Banana" |
| scope="row"|"Shot You Down (Remix)" (Featuring Schoolboy Q & Jay Rock) |
| scope="row"|"Warm Winds" (With Isaiah Rashad)
| SZA | Z (EP) |
| scope="row"|"Cuban Pete" (Featuring SZA)
| {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"|"Complexion (A Zulu Love)" (Featuring Rapsody)
| rowspan="3"|2015 |
| scope="row"|"Easy Bake" (Featuring Kendrick Lamar & SZA)
| rowspan="2"| Jay Rock | rowspan="2"| 90059 |
| scope="row"|"Wanna Ride" (Featuring Isaiah Rashad) |
| scope="row"|"Consideration" (Featuring SZA)
| rowspan="5"|2016 |Anti |
| scope="row"|"Rope // rosegold" (Featuring SiR)
| rowspan="2"| Isaiah Rashad | rowspan="2"| The Sun's Tirade |
| scope="row"|"Don't Matter" |
| scope="row"|"Portishead in the Morning" / / / "HER World"
| Ab-Soul |
| scope="row"|"Untitled" (Featuring Isaiah Rashad) {{cite web | url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/10/20/isaiah-rashad-goldlink-untitled-new-song | title=Isaiah Rashad and Goldlink Share New "Untitled" Track | date=October 5, 2016 | access-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-date=March 20, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320223036/https://www.thefader.com/2016/10/20/isaiah-rashad-goldlink-untitled-new-song | url-status=live }}
| GoldLink | {{N/A|Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"|"Supermodel"
| rowspan="9"| 2017 | rowspan="9"| SZA | rowspan="9"| Ctrl |
| scope="row"|"Love Galore" (Featuring Travis Scott) |
| scope="row"|"Drew Barrymore" |
| scope="row"|"Prom" |
| scope="row"|"Go Gina" |
| scope="row"|"Anything" |
| scope="row"|"Normal Girl" |
| scope="row"|"Pretty Birds" (Featuring Isaiah Rashad) |
| scope="row"|"20 Something" |
| scope="row"|"Heaven's Gate"
|2018 |Dying From Crying (Shelved) |
| scope="row"|"Blue Moon"
| rowspan="5"|2019 |
| scope="row"|"Wires In The Way"
|SiR |
| scope="row"|"Afraid to Fall"
| rowspan="3"| Tayla Parx | rowspan="3"| We Need to Talk |
| scope="row"|"Read Your Mind" (Featuring Duckwrth) |
| scope="row"|"Tomboys Have Feelings Too (Interlude)" |
| scope="row"|"Static"
|2020 |Stock Child Wonder |
| scope="row"|"HB2U"
| rowspan="2"|2021 |
| scope="row"|"What About Heaven" |
| scope="row"|"Love Galore (Alt Version)"
| rowspan="5"| 2022 | rowspan="6"| SZA | rowspan="3"| Ctrl (Deluxe) |
| scope="row"|"Miles" |
| scope="row"|"Percolator" |
| scope="row"|"Seek & Destroy"
| rowspan="2"| SOS |
| scope="row"|"Far" |
| scope="row"|"Diamond Boy (DTM)"
|2024 |Lana |
Awards and nominations
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| 2018
| Grammy Award for Best R&B Song ("Supermodel") | {{nom}} |
References
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