6ix (producer)
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Background information | |
Birth name | Arjun Ivatury |
Also known as | The Official (with OB) |
Born | February 17, 1991 |
Origin | Bowie, Maryland, United States |
Genres | Hip hop |
Occupation(s) | Record producer, musician |
Instruments | FL Studio |
Years active | 2009-present |
Labels | Visionary Music Group |
Associated acts | Logic, Dizzy Wright, QuESt, Jon Bellion |
Arjun Ivatury, known professionally as 6ix, is an American producer and songwriter from Bowie, Maryland. He is the in-house producer for rapper Logic. He is currently associated with independent record label Visionary Music Group. 6ix produces many of Logic's songs (starting with the Young Sinatra mixtape in 2011) and has produced for other artists such as Dizzy Wright, Michael Christmas, and former Visionary artist QuESt.
Music career
6ix was making beats in Maryland and was in college when he heard of Logic. When he was finally able to meet Logic, he gave him an instrumental CD and emailed him numerous beats.[1] Due to some of his production resembling that of J. Cole's mixtape Friday Night Lights and Kanye West's earlier work, Logic began to work closely with 6ix.[2] In 2011, Logic released his mixtape Young Sinatra with four of the 22 songs produced by 6ix. In 2012, Logic released his third mixtape Young Sinatra: Undeniable.
After it was announced that Logic signed to Def Jam Records, Logic revealed that 6ix would be one of many producers on his debut album along with Hit-Boy, C-Sick, No I.D., and more.[3] 6ix dropped out of pre-med at the University of Maryland to move to Los Angeles with Logic.[2] In 2013, 6ix contributed to the production of Logic's fourth mixtape Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever and Dizzy Wright's EP, State of Mind. In 2014, 6ix produced six of the songs on former Visionary artist QuESt's mixtape Searching Sylvan. He later produced numerous songs on Logic's debut album Under Pressure, giving 6ix an even bigger buzz. He provided production for nine songs on Logic's sophomore album The Incredible True Story, released on November 13, 2015, and produced all songs on Logic's 2016 mixtape Bobby Tarantino.
Selective production discography
2010
Logic - Young, Broke, & Infamous
- 08. "Love Jones"
2011
Logic - Young Sinatra
- 01. "One"
- 07. "Mind of Logic"
- 09. "Are You Ready"
- 17. "Take it Slow
- 18. "Let Me Go"
2012
Logic
- 00. "The Dream"
Logic - Young Sinatra: Undeniable
- 01. "Inception"
- 04. "Used to Hate it"
- 08. "Tic Tac Toe"
- 11. "Life of a Don"
- 13. "Numbers"
- 14. "500 Days of Summer"
- 15. "What You Want"
- 16. "Do Ya Like"
- 17. "Aye Girl"
- 20. "Dear God"
- 21. "I Made It"
- 22. "World Wide"
C Dot Castro
- 00. "World Wide" (featuring Logic)
Logic
- 00. "My Chain"
2013
Logic - Young Sinatra: Welcome to Forever
- 01. "Welcome to Forever"
- 10. "The Come Up"
- 15. "Young Jedi
Dizzy Wright - The Golden Age
- 02. "The Flavor"
- 08. "Bout That Life"
- 18. "Your Type"
2014
Logic
- 00. "24 Freestyle" (featuring QuESt, Castro, and Jon Bellion)
- 00. "Finding Forever"
Dizzy Wright - State of Mind EP
- 06. "New Generation"
QuESt - Searching Sylvan
- 04. "Automatic"
- 07. "C.O.T./Dreams Dreams Dreams"
- 09. "Hunger"
- 11. "Lost Niggas"
- 13. "Struggle Rapper"
- 17. "May 10th, 2012"
Logic - Under Pressure
- 01. "Intro"
- 02. "Soul Food"
- 03. "I'm Gone"
- 04. "Gang Related"
- 07. "Growing Pains III" (with Tae Beast)
- 10. "Nikki" (with Logic)
- 13. "Driving Ms. Daisy" (featuring Childish Gambino) (with Logic)
- 14. "Now"
2015
Logic
- 00. "Top Ten" (featuring Big K.R.I.T.)
Michael Christmas - What A Weird Day
- 17. "Shadows"
Logic - The Incredible True Story
- 03. "Upgrade" (with Logic)
- 05. "Like Woah" (with Logic)
- 06. "Young Jesus" (featuring Big Lenbo)
- 07. "Innermission" (with Sir Dylan) (featuring Lucy Rose)
- 10. "Lord Willin'" (with Logic and Sir Dylan)
- 11. "City of Stars" (with Logic)
- 14. "Paradise" (with Logic, Sir Dylan, Tae Beast) (featuring Jesse Boykins III)
- 18. "The Incredible True Story" (with Logic and DJ Khalil)
2016
Big Lenbo
- 00. "Protect Your Neck"
Silas - Shades of Blue
- 02. "Livin' Proof"
- 10. "Down on My Luck"
- 11. "Sk(i)walker"
Logic - Bobby Tarantino
- 01. "illuminatro"
- 02. "Flexicution"
- 03. "The Jam"
- 04. "Slave II"
- 05. "A Word From Our Sponsor"
- 06. "Wrist (feat. Pusha T)"
- 07. "Super Mario World"
- 08. "Studio Ambience At Night: Malibu
- 09. "44 Bars"
- 10. "Slave"
- 11. "Deeper Than Money"
References
- ↑ "6ix". Hotnewhiphop.com. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- 1 2 "Logic + 6ix talk about Working Together, J Cole, 6ix Dropping out of Med School + More". YouTube. hardknocktv. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
- ↑ Holz, Jay. "Civil Interview: Logic Says Signing to a Major Label Has a Lot of Misconceptions". Karen Civil. Karen Civil. Retrieved 21 November 2015.