Cainon Renard Lamb (born March 22, 1978), professionally known as Lamb or Lamb Litty, is an American

record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

from

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. He has worked with artists including

Beyoncé Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. With a career spanning over three decades, she has established herself as one of the most Cultural impact of Beyoncé, ...

, SWV,

Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the Contemporary R&B, R&B girl group 4 All the Sistas Arou ...

, Monica,

Keyshia Cole Keyshia Myeshia Cole (née Johnson; born October 15, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, television personality and actress. Dubbed by critics as the " Princess of Hip-Hop Soul", she is known for her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Bor ...

and

Jazmine Sullivan Jazmine Marie Sullivan (born April 9, 1987) is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She has won two Grammy Awards, a ''Billboard'' Women in Music Award, and two BET Awards over the course of her career. In 2022, ''Time'' placed her on their ...

. In 2017, Lamb made his rapping debut on colleague

's single "

I'm Better "I'm Better" is a song by American recording artist Missy Elliott, and features accompanying vocals by frequent production partner Cainon Lamb, Lamb. Critical reception In a retrospective review of the song, Steven J. Horowitz from ''Vulture (we ...

Biography

Early life

A native of

, Lamb's involvement with music started in the church, as a drummer in the church band. As a youth, Lamb continued to develop his musical talents and excelled in sports, particularly football. He earned a full scholarship to

Florida A&M University Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU), commonly known as Florida A&M, is a Public university, public Historically black colleges and universities, historically black land-grant university in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. ...

and became a wide receiver for the FAMU Rattlers football team. During his college years, Cainon Lamb was given an MPC, also known as a "Beat Machine," as a gift from his late mother Regina T. Lamb. He utilized his musical background to create music for his local gospel rap group, Against da Grain. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Lamb went on to play professional arena football with the Tallahassee Thunder and Florida Firecats. During his Firecats tenure as a record-breaking wide receiver, Lamb and his team won the

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Championship in 2004.

Music career

In 2004, Lamb's music caught the ear of Grammy Award-winning artist, producer, and songwriter

, who was given a beat CD through Lamb's affiliation with Elliott's Goldmind artist Lil Brianna. The CD contained a track which became Lamb's first major song placement—American Idol winner

Fantasia Barrino Fantasia Monique Barrino-Taylor (born June 30, 1984), known professionally by her mononym Fantasia, is an American singer and actress. She rose to prominence in 2004 for her performance of the ''Porgy and Bess'' standard " Summertime" during th ...

's 2004 debut album '' Free Yourself.'' After retiring from football in late 2005, Lamb and Elliott went on to work with artists including Monica,

Ruben Studdard Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978) is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as the winner of the second season of ''American Idol'' and received a Grammy Award nomination in 2003 for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for his recordi ...

, Fantasia,

Trina Katrina Laverne Kearse (née Taylor; born December 3, 1974), is an American rapper. She rose to prominence in the late 1990s for her collaborations with Trick Daddy on the singles " Nann Nigga", " Shut Up", and " Take It to da House". In 2000, ...

and Jagged Edge. In 2007, Lamb produced his first #1 record with Keyshia Cole's Grammy-nominated single "Let It Go". In 2008, Lamb went on to produce " Need U Bad," Jazmine Sullivan's debut single. He also produced " Holding You Down (Goin' in Circles)", the lead single from Jazmine's sophomore album'' Love Me Back''. In addition to producing songs on Monica's 5th studio album ''The Making of Me,'' in 2010 Lamb produced 3 songs for Monica's 6th studio album '' Still Standing''. While producing Monica's #1 hit single "Everything to Me", Lamb made his television debut on the December 8, 2009 episode of Monica's BET reality television show '' Monica: Still Standing''. In 2011, Lamb started his own company—Lambo Music Group. That same year, he co-produced the track "

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" by Beyonce, which peaked at #1 on the Billboard Dance Club/Play Songs Chart. 2017 opened with Lamb making his first rapping debut on colleague

's single "I'm Better". In 2018, Lamb began to release music as a solo artist with songs like “Tru Luv and "Ya Birthday." The latter includes the line "And now we sip lemonade like Beyoncè," a reference to the artist's 2016 album ''

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'' in which she used a sample of a song Lamb produced for her called “Countdown” in the song “Hold Up”. In late 2019, Lamb produced Ozuna Feat. Diddy & DJ Snake's single “Eres Top”. Lamb and his production partner Bigg D sample “I Need a Girl Part 2” by P. Diddy Featuring from Ginuwine, Loon, Mario Winans and Tammy Ruggeri in the song, which is the first single on

Ozuna Juan Carlos Ozuna Rosado (; born March 13, 1992), known simply by his surname Ozuna, is a Puerto Rican singer, born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico to a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. Five of his studio albums have topped ...

’s album ''Nibiru''. In 2020, Lamb and Bigg D signed new artists Rapper Love, Hip-Hop Miami, and social media star Sukihana under their production company 12th and Collins Ent.

Discography

2004

; Fantasia — '' Free Yourself'' * 04. "Selfish (I Want You to Myself)" (co-produced by

)

2006

; Fantasia — '' Fantasia'' * 08. "I'm Not That Type" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) * 10. "Two Weeks Notice" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) * 13. "Sunshine" (co-produced by Harold Lilly) ; Monica — '' The Makings of Me'' * 06. "Doin' Me Right" (co-produced by Missy Elliott & Miguel "Pro" Castro) * 07. "Raw" ;

— '' The Return'' * 09. Ain't No Party

2007

;

— '' Just like You'' * 01. "

Let It Go "Let It Go" is a song from Disney's 2013 computer-animated feature film '' Frozen'', whose music and lyrics were composed by husband-and-wife songwriting team Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. The song was performed in its original show ...

" (featuring

Lil' Kim Kimberly Denise Jones (born July 11, 1974), Those giving 1974 include: * * * * * better known by her stage name Lil' Kim, is an American rapper. She was born and raised in New York City and lived much of her adolescent life on the streets after ...

& Missy Elliott) (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Chart; #7 on the

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2008

; '' Step Up 2: The Streets (soundtrack)'' * 02. " Shake Your Pom Pom" * 08. "

Ching-a-Ling "Ching-a-Ling" is a song by American rapper Missy Elliott. It was written by Elliott along with frequent collaborator Cainon Lamb as well as Shawn Campbell and Marshall Leathers from production duo The Arkitects for what was supposed to be Ellio ...

" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) ;

— '' Fearless'' * 02. " Need U Bad" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart * 08. " Dream Big" (co-produced by Missy Elliott)

2009

; Crystal Aikin — ''Crystal Aikin'' * 06. "Love Him" ; Billy Blue — ''Trap Certified'' (mixtape) * 22. "Story of My Life"

2010

; Monica — '' Still Standing'' * 03. " Everything to Me" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #1 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart * 06. "If You Were My Man" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) * 11. "Blackberry" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) onus track/small> ;

— '' Love Me Back'' * 01. " Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) #3 for 8 weeks on the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart * 07. "Excuse Me" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) ;

Flo Rida Tramar Lacel Dillard (born September 16, 1979), known professionally as Flo Rida ( ), is an American rapper and singer. His 2007 debut and breakout single "Low (Flo Rida song), Low" was number one for 10 weeks in the United States and broke the ...

'' Only One Flo (Part 1)'' * 09. "Momma" * Puzzle (promo single) ;

— '' Amazin''' * 10. Always (featuring Monica)

2011

;

— '' 4'' * 09. "

" (co-produced by Beyoncé Knowles, Shea Taylor) #1 on Billboard Dance Club/Play Chart ;

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— '' Face Off'' (mixtape) * 03 — "I'm Super (Kim)" * 05 — "

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" ; Jagged Edge — '' The Remedy'' * 03. "Baby" * 06. "I Need A Woman" ; Git Fresh — ''Eat It Up'' (mixtape) * 04. "She Be Like" ; Isaac Carree — ''Uncommon Me'' * 13. "Navigation"

2012

; SWV — ''I Missed Us'' * 01 "Co-Sign" * 02. "All About You" * 03. "Show Off" * 04 "Everything I Love" * 05. "Do Ya" (featuring

Brianna Perry Brianna Perry (born January 11, 1992), also known as Lil' Brianna, is an American rapper and actress from Miami-Dade County, Florida. She was the youngest act signed to Missy Elliott's label The Goldmind Inc. Perry made her debut on Trina's al ...

) * 06. "The Best Years" * 07. "I Missed Us" * 08. "Better Than I" * 09. "Keep You Home" ; Monica — '' New Life'' * 01. "New Life (Intro)" * 05. "Big Mistake" * 08. " Until It's Gone" (co-produced by Missy Elliott) * 12. "New Life (Outro)" * 13. "Breathe" (co-produced by Ray Ray) * 14. "In 3D" * 16. "

Anything (To Find You) "Anything (To Find You)" is a song by American recording artist Monica taken from her seventh studio album, '' New Life'' (2012). It features additional vocals from American rapper Rick Ross, and was written and produced by longtime contributors ...

" (featuring

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) (co-produced by Missy Elliott) ; Mandy Capristo — ''

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'' * 01. "Allow Me"

2014

;

— ''

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'' * 00. "Rather" (co-produced by

)

2015

; Jay Burna — ''TBA'' * 00. "Mood" (co-produced by Bigg D) ;

Ludacris Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in American English), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age ...

– '' Ludaversal * 17. “In My Life" (co-produced by Bigg D)

2017

;

— ''Single'' * 00. "I'm Better" (featuring Lamb)

2018

;

City Girls City Girls were an American hip hop duo consisting of Yung Miami (Caresha Romeka Brownlee; born February 11, 1994) and JT (Jatavia Shakara Johnson; born December 3, 1992), both of whom originate from Miami, Florida. The duo signed with Qualit ...

— '' PERIOD'' * 02. "Take Yo Man" (co-produced by Bigg D) * 06. "Where The Bag At" (co-produced by Bigg D) ; DJ Nasty 305 — ''I Like'' * 00. "I Like (featuring Lamb Litty, Ball Greezy, Tory Lanez & Mike Smiff)"

2019

; PJ — ''One Missed Call'' * 00. "One Missed Call" ; PJ — ''My Best Life'' * 00. "My Best Life" ; Ball Greezy — ''I'm In Love'' * 00. "I'm In Love"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Cainon Living people Record producers from Florida Hip-hop record producers 1978 births Tallahassee Thunder players Florida Firecats players Florida A&M Rattlers football players Musicians from Miami Players of American football from Miami