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Walter Millsap III

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}

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Walter Worth Millsap III, sometimes also credited as Lil Walt,{{cite web |title=Did You Know That Iota Phi Theta's Mike City Produced 'I Wish' by Carl Thomas? |url=https://www.watchtheyard.com/iotas/did-you-know-that-iota-phi-thetas-mike-city-produced-i-wish-by-carl-thomas/ |website=watchtheyard.com |date=February 7, 2023 |publisher=Watch The Yard LLC |access-date=2023-05-11}} is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and music executive.{{cite web |title=Showtime With Lady Gaga: Walter Millsap III|url=https://www.yamaha.com/allaccess/artists/issue19-millsap_walter.asp?issue=issue19|website=yamaha.com |access-date=April 3, 2025}}

Career

In 1997,{{cite web |title=Dev Campbell sit down w/Super Producer and Deal Maker Walter Millsapp|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYTvz9W1Bu0|via=YouTube |date=December 21, 2022|access-date=April 3, 2025}} as a teenager, Millsap inked a publishing deal with Jon Platt at EMI and signed a management contract with Jay Brown of Elektra Records.{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://www.waltermillsap.com/|date=February 7, 2023 |website=waltermillsap.com |access-date=April 3, 2025}} In the early 2000s, he became a protégé of producer Timbaland, with whom he engineered "Heatburn" on Alicia Keys' second album The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003). His worked on the song later earned him a Grammy Award nomination in the Album of the Year category. Along with Timbaland, Millsap also co-wrote songs for artists such as Jennifer Lopez and Kiley Dean. In 2004, he co-wrote the majority of Brandy's fourth studio album Afrodisiac.

In the late 2000s, Millsap ventured into artist development and founded his own label Conjunction Entertainment. He teamed up with Streamline Records chief Vincent Herbert to find members for a boy group which was later named Mindless Behaviour. Millsap signed them to Interscope Records and produced their top ten debut album Number 1 Girl.{{cite web |last=Lipshutz|first=Jason|title=Just The Beginning|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGl78gyjknMC&printsec=frontcover&hl|website=Billboard |date=October 2, 2010|access-date=April 3, 2025}} In the 2010, he would sign singers Angie Stone and Dave Hollister, both of whom he had worked before, to Conjunction Entertainment. Stone would release three out of four final studio albums, before her death, with Millsap, who co-wrote and produce most of her material and took over Stone's management.{{cite magazine|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/videos/popular/6738655/angie-stone-talks-dream-album-dangelo|title=Angie Stone Talks About Her 'Dream' Album, D'Angelo and More: 'I Wanted to Quit'|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=April 3, 2025}}

Written and produced songs

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1999

! scope="row"| "He'll Arrive (Coming Back)"

| Yolanda Adams

| Mountain High... Valley Low

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Mountain High... Valley Low|others=Yolanda Adams|year=1999|publisher=Elektra Records |type=booklet}}

2000

! scope="row"| "Don't Take My Girl Away"

| Dave Hollister

| Chicago '85... The Movie

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Chicago '85... The Movie|others=Dave Hollister|year=2000|publisher=DreamWorks Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="10" | 2002

! scope="row"| "I've Been Changed"

| Karen Clark Sheard

| 2nd Chance

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=2nd Chance|others=Karen Clark Sheard|year=2000|publisher=Elektra Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row" | "All Because of You"

| rowspan="3" | Next

| rowspan="3" | The Next Episode

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| rowspan="3" | {{cite AV media notes|title=The Next Episode|others=Next|year=2002|publisher=J Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Girl, Lady, Woman"

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scope="row"| "Lights Out"

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scope="row" | "As Long as U Know"

| rowspan="6" | RL

| rowspan="6" | RL: Ements

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| rowspan="6" | {{cite AV media notes|title=RL: Ements|others=RL|year=2002|publisher=J Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Elements"

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scope="row"| ""K.N.O.W."

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scope="row"| "Tempted"

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scope="row"| "Thank You"

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scope="row"| "Whatcha Wanna Do"

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rowspan="3" | 2003

! scope="row"| "Doing Me Wrong"

| Lil Mo

| Meet the Girl Next Door

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Meet the Girl Next Door|others=Lil Mo|year=2000|publisher=Elektra Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Make Me a Song"

| Kiley Dean

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Make Me a Song|others=Kiley Dean|year=2003|publisher=Beatclub Records, Interscope Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Insane"

| Timbaland & Magoo

| Under Construction, Part II

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Under Construction, Part II|others=Timbaland & Magoo|year=2003|publisher=Blackground Records, Universal Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="11" | 2004

! scope="row" | "Finally"

| rowspan="8" | Brandy

| rowspan="8" | Afrodisiac

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| rowspan="8" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Afrodisiac|others=Brandy|year=2000|publisher=Elektra Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Focus"

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scope="row"| "I Tried"

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scope="row"| "How I Feel"

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scope="row"| "Nodding Off"

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scope="row"| "Should I Go"

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scope="row"| "Turn It Up"

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scope="row"| "Who Is She 2 U"

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scope="row"| "You're Gonna Get It"

| Angie Stone

| Stone Love

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Stone Love|others=Angie Stone|year=2004|publisher=J Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Heartburn"

| Alicia Keys

| The Diary of Alicia Keys

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=The Diary of Alicia Keys|others=Alicia Keys|year=2004|publisher=J Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "By Your Side"

| Timbaland, Kiley Dean, Utada

| Unity

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album|others=Various Artists|year=2004|publisher=EMI Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="3" | 2005

! scope="row"| "Could It Be"

| Tweet

| It's Me Again

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=It's Me Again|others=Tweet|year=2005|publisher=Atlantic Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Long as You Come Home"

| Brooke Valentine

| Chain Letter

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Chain Letter|others=Brooke Valentine|year=2005|publisher=Virgin Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "He'll Be Back"

| Jennifer Lopez

| Rebirth

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Rebirth|others=Jennifer Lopez|year=2005|publisher=Epic Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="3" | 2006

! scope="row"| "No More"

| rowspan="2" | LeToya

| rowspan="2" | LeToya

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| rowspan="2" | {{cite AV media notes|title=LeToya|others=LeToya|year=2006|publisher=Capitol Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "She Don't"

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scope="row"| "Resentment"

| Beyoncé

| B'Day

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=B'Day|others=Beyoncé|year=2006|publisher=Columbia Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="4" | 2007

! scope="row"| "Something I Wanna Give You"

| Sunshine Anderson

| Sunshine at Midnight

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Sunshine at Midnight|others=Sunshine Anderson|year=2007|publisher=Music World Entertainment |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "So Right for Me"

| Marques Houston

| Veteran

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=Veteran|others=Marques Houston|year=2007|publisher=Universal Motown Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row" | "Fantasy"

| rowspan="2" | Timbaland

| rowspan="2" | Shock Value

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| rowspan="2" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Shock Value|others=Timbaland|year=2007|publisher=Blackground Records, Interscope Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "2 Man Show"

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2009

! scope="row"| "Return the Favor"

| Keri Hilson

| In a Perfect World...

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| {{cite AV media notes|title=In a Perfect World...|others=Tweet|year=2009|publisher=Interscope Records |type=booklet}}

rowspan="8" | 2011

! scope="row" | "#1 Girl"

| rowspan="8" | Mindless Behavior

| rowspan="8" | Number 1 Girl

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| rowspan="8" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Number 1 Girl|others=Mindless Behavior|year=2011|publisher=Interscope Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Future"

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scope="row"| "Girls Talkin' Bout"

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scope="row"| "Hello"

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scope="row"| "Hook It Up"

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scope="row"| "Mrs. Right"

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scope="row"| "My Girl"

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scope="row"| "Missing You"

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rowspan="9" | 2015

! scope="row" | "2 Bad Habits"

| rowspan="9" | Angie Stone

| rowspan="9" | Dream

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| rowspan="9" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Dream|others=Angie Stone|year=2015|publisher=Shanachie Entertainment |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Begin Again"

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scope="row"| "Clothes Don't Make a Man"

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scope="row"| "Didn't Break Me"

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scope="row"| "Dollar Bill"

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scope="row"| "Dream"

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scope="row"| "Forget About Me"

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scope="row"| "Magnet"

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scope="row"| "Quits"

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rowspan="10" | 2016

! scope="row" | "Barbershop"

| rowspan="10" | Dave Hollister

| rowspan="10" | The Manuscript

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| rowspan="9" | {{cite AV media notes|title=The Manuscript|others=Dave Hollister|year=2016|publisher=Shanachie Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Blind"

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scope="row"| "Creation (H.E.R.)"

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scope="row"| "Definition of a Woman"

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scope="row"| "Geometry"

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scope="row"| "Let Him"

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scope="row"| "Ooh Ya Ya"

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scope="row"| "One Great Love"

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scope="row"| "Receipts"

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scope="row"| "Shortage"

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rowspan="9" | 2019

! scope="row" | "Dinosaur"

| rowspan="9" | Angie Stone

| rowspan="9" | Full Circle

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| rowspan="9" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Full Circle|others=Angie Stone|year=2019|publisher=Conjunction Entertainment, Cleopatra Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Grits"

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scope="row"| "Gonna Have to Be You"

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scope="row"| "Let Me Know"

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scope="row"| "Neverbride"

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scope="row"| "Perfect"

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scope="row"| "Recipe"

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scope="row"| "Same Number"

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scope="row"| "Magnet"

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rowspan="8" | 2023

! scope="row" | "All I Need"

| rowspan="8" | Angie Stone

| rowspan="8" | Love Language

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| rowspan="8" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Love Language|others=Angie Stone|year=2023|publisher=Conjunction Entertainment, SoNo Recordings |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Good Man"

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scope="row"| "The Gym"

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scope="row"| "High"

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scope="row"| "Love Is Real"

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scope="row"| "Love Language"

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scope="row"| "Love the Feeling"

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scope="row"| "Old Thang Back"

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rowspan="9" | 2024

! scope="row" | "Because of Your Grace"

| rowspan="9" | Vanessa Bell Armstrong

| rowspan="9" | Today

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| rowspan="9" | {{cite AV media notes|title=Today|others=Vanessa Bell Armstrong|year=2024|publisher=Shanachie Records |type=booklet}}

scope="row"| "Everything You Are"

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scope="row"| "I Trust in You"

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scope="row"| "Lift Him Up"

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scope="row"| "Miracles"

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scope="row"| "Never Ending Grace"

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scope="row"| "Satisfied with Me"

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scope="row"| "Today"

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scope="row"| "Until the End"

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.waltermillsap.com/ Official Website]

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