American record producer (1968–2021)
Musical artist
Carl Edward "Chucky" Thompson Jr.[1] (July 12, 1968 – August 9, 2021)[2] was an American hip hop and R&B record producer.[3]
Biography
Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., in 1968.[2] He was a member of Bad Boy Entertainment's "Hitmen" team of in-house producers during the 1990s, and worked with Bad Boy mogul Sean Combs on material for artists such as The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans.[3][4]
His productions included Mary J. Blige's My Life, The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die and Faith Evans's Faith. Thompson also produced for Nas ("One Mic").
He died from complications of COVID-19 at a hospital in Los Angeles, California, on August 9, 2021.[2][5][6]
Production credits
- 1994: Usher: "Think of You" from Usher
- 1994: Born Jamericans: Kids From Foreign
- 1994: The Notorious B.I.G.: "Big Poppa" and "Me & My Bitch" from Ready To Die
- 1994: Mary J. Blige: My Life (Nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best R&B Album)
- 1995: Total: "No One Else (R&B Mix)"
- 1995: Faith Evans: "You Used to Love Me" and "Soon As I Get Home" from Faith
- 1995: Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men: "One Sweet Day (Chucky's Remix)"
- 1995: Brian McKnight: "On The Down Low (Remix) featuring Paid & Live"
- 1996: Puff Johnson: "All Over Your Face (Chucky T's No Rap Remix)"
- 1996: Chantay Savage: "Baby Drive Me Crazy" from I Will Survive (Doin' It My Way)
- 1996: Soul For Real: "Never Felt This Way" from For Life
- 1997: Frankie: My Heart Belongs To You
- 1998: Faith Evans & 112: "Caramel Kisses" from Keep the Faith
- 1999: Mary J. Blige: "Time" from Mary
- 1999: The Notorious B.I.G.: "Can I Get Witcha" from Born Again
- 2000: Ice Cube featuring Krayzie Bone: "Until We Rich" from War & Peace Vol. 2 (The Peace Disc)
- 2000: Mýa: "Get Over (Outro)" from Fear Of Flying
- 2001: Faith Evans: "Love Song (Outro)" from Faithfully
- 2001: Mary J. Blige: "Your Child (Chucky Thompson Late Nite Mix)"
- 2001: Nas: One Mic from Stillmatic
- 2001: Shyne & Barrington Levy: Bonnie & Shyne from Shyne
- 2002: Nas: "U Wanna Be Me" from 8 Mile
- 2002: Nas: "Dance" & "Pussy Killz" from God's Son
- 2003: Lil' Mo: "Ten Commandments" from Meet the Girl Next Door
- 2004: Nas: "No One Else In The Room" featuring Maxwell from Street's Disciple
- 2004: Gemma Fox: "Messy"
- 2005: Mary J. Blige: "Show Love" from The Breakthrough
- 2005: Lil' Mo: "Dem Boyz" from Syndicated: The Lil' Mo Hour
- 2006: Shareefa: "No One Said" from Point Of No Return
- 2007: Chuck Brown: We're About the Business
- 2007: Emily King: East Side Story (Nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album)
- 2007: Sev-One: "War" (Single)
- 2007: Raheem DeVaughn: "Woman" (Grammy nominated for 2007 Best R&B Male Performance)
- 2009: Ledisi: "Everything Changes", "Trippin'" from Turn Me Loose
- 2010: Chuck Brown:We Got This
- 2010: Leela James: "Party All Night", "Mr. Incredible Ms. Unforgettable", "Let It Roll" from My Soul
- 2010: Faith Evans: "Way You Move", "Worth It", "Your Lover", and "Troubled World", from Something About Faith
- 2014: Juvenile: "Tales from the Hood", from The Fundamentals
- 2014: Faith Evans: "I Deserve It", "Fragile", "Ride The Beat (Interlude)" and "Ever Go Away", from Incomparable
- 2015: Ne-Yo: "Worth It" from Non-Fiction
- 2015: Raheem DeVaughn: "Pretty Lady" and "Queen" from Love Sex Passion
- 2015: Busta Rhymes: "Your Loss" from The Return of the Dragon (The Abstract Went On Vacation)
- 2016: Fantasia Barrino: "So Blue" (Co-Writer with Rock City and Shareefa) from The Definition Of...
- 2017: Faith Evans & The Notorious B.I.G.: "Beautiful (Interlude)", "Fool for You" and "Crazy (Interlude)" from The King & I
- 2020: Mary J. Blige: "Can't Be Life" from the soundtrack to the motion picture Body Cam
With Puff Daddy
- 1994: Craig Mack: Flava In Ya Ear (Bad Boy Remix- Easy Mo Bee)
- 1994: The Notorious B.I.G.: Big Poppa from Ready To Die
- 1994: TLC: If I Was Your Girlfriend from CrazySexyCool
- 1995: Faith Evans: Ain't Nobody and All This Love from Faith
- 1995: Mary J. Blige: You Bring Me Joy from My Life
- 1995: Pebbles: You from Straight From My Heart
- 1995: Total: Someone Like You from Total
- 1996: Tevin Campbell: I'll Be There from Back To The World
- 1996: New Edition: Try Again from Home Again
- 1997: Frankie: Think Of You from My Heart Belongs To You
- 1998: Faith Evans: My First Love from Keep The Faith
- 1999: The Notorious B.I.G.: Dead Wrong
References
- ^ "Carl Thompson". Archived from the original on July 7, 2011.
- ^ a b c Genzlinger, Neil (August 18, 2021). "Chucky Thompson, Hitmaking Producer, Is Dead at 53". The New York Times. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "Interview: Chucky Thompson Takes Us Back to His Days With Diddy's "Hitmen" and Producing Mary J. Blige's Classic "My Life" Album (Part 1)". youknowigotsoul.com. You Know I Got Soul. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ Centeno, Tony. "#DoYouRemember The Original Hitmen Of Bad Boy Records". watchloud.com. Watchloud. Archived from the original on July 29, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ NBC4 Washington (August 10, 2021). "Prolific Bad Boy Producer and DC Native Chucky Thompson Dies at 53". Retrieved August 11, 2021.
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- ^ Saint-Vil, Sweenie (August 9, 2021). "Chucky Thompson passes away". REVOLT. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
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