James David Washington (born August 26, 1980), known professionally as Jim BEANZ, is an American music producer, songwriter, singer and record producer from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Biography Beanz began his career when he was an artist in the R&B group "Tresan", during which time he received mentorship from Dru Hill. In 2005, he started working alongside Timbaland as a vocal producer. He co-wrote the winning entry of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, "Believe" by Dima Bilan. Beanz also wrote and produced songs on the first season of the FOX series Empire and portrayed the rapper "Titan."
Credits
2004
Hair Show Soundtrack Khaliya Williams "Wanna Get With You"
2005
El Feco "Like It Like That"
Apache Indian – Time For Change 18. "A Prayer For Change" (featuring Gunjan)
Shakira – Oral Fixation Vol. 2 05. "Animal City" – co-producer
Jamie Foxx – Unpredictable 05. "Can I Take U Home" – background vocals
2006
Kulcha Don – It's All About You 07 "Say So"
Nelly Furtado – Loose 01. "Afraid" (featuring Attitude) 02. "Maneater" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 03. "Promiscuous" (featuring Timbaland)– vocal producer, background vocals 04. "Glow" 05. "Showtime" – vocal producer, background vocals 06. "No Hay Igual" – vocal producer, background vocals 08. "Say It Right" – vocal producer, background vocals 09. "Do It" – vocal producer 11. "Wait For You" – vocal producer 13. "All Good Things (Come to an End)" – vocal producer, background vocals Maneater (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar) – producer Promiscuous (Jim Beanz Bhangra Remix) (featuring Amar & Timbaland) – producer, background vocals
Danity Kane – Danity Kane 03. "Want It" – vocal producer, co-writer 04. "Right Now" – vocal producer, co-writer
Fergie – The Dutchess unknown tracks with Timbaland
Diddy – Press Play 14. "After Love" (featuring Keri Hilson) – co-writer
Gwen Stefani – The Sweet Escape "Fast Lane" unknown tracks with Timbaland
Fantasia – Fantasia 12. "Bore Me (Yawn)" – co-writer
2007
Katharine McPhee – Katharine McPhee 01. "Love Story" – vocal producer 03. "Open Toes" – vocal producer 05. "Not Ur Girl" – vocal producer 06. "Each Other" – vocal producer 07. "Dangerous" – vocal producer 11. "Neglected" – vocal producer, background vocals
Timbaland – Timbaland Presents Shock Value 03. "Release" (featuring Justin Timberlake) – background vocals 06. "Come And Get Me" (featuring 50 Cent & Tony Yayo) – background vocals 12. "Bombay" (featuring Amar & Jim Beanz)
Lady Ru – My Addiction 01. "My Addiction" (featuring Amar) 02. "Snake Charmer" (featuring El Feco) 03. "Hands Up" (featuring Kuf Knotz & Azyah) 04. "Got Me (Burnin' Up)" (featuring Apache Indian, Shahin Badir & Leseya Lee) 05. "Catch Me" (featuring Taz) 06. "Your Woman" All Produced by Jim Beanz 07. "Chances Are" (featuring Channi Singh) – additional vocal producer 11. "Mr. DJ" (featuring Leseya Lee) – vocal producer, co-writer 12. "You & Me" (featuring Kino) – co-writer "My Man" (featuring Anjali & Mana) "My Obsession" (featuring Gunjan) "So Hot" (featuring Ms. Jade & Apache Indian) "So Many Ways" (featuring Kufie The MC)
Mutya Buena Real Girl "Heat" "Wanna Be"
M.I.A. – K A L A 12. "Come Around" (featuring Timbaland)
Britney Spears – Blackout 01. "Gimme More" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 04. "Break The Ice" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 06. "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)" – vocal producer, co-writer 09. "Hot As Ice" – vocal producer, background vocals 11. "Perfect Lover" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 13. "Outta This World" – vocal producer, co-writer 15. "Get Back" – vocal producer, background vocals
Duran Duran – Red Carpet Massacre 03. "Nite Runner" – additional vocals 05. "Box Full O' Honey" – vocal producer 09. "Zoom In" – vocal producer 10. "She's Too Much" – vocal producer, background vocals 11. "Dirty Great Monster" – vocal producer 12. "Last Man Standing" – vocal producer
Test Drive "Drive Me Crazy" (featuring Sebastian) – vocal producer, co-writer
2008
Keri Hilson "Get It Girl" – background vocals
Danity Kane – Welcome to the Dollhouse 02. "Bad Girl" (featuring Missy Elliott) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 03. "Damaged" – vocal producer 05. "Strip Tease" – vocal producer, co-writer 12. "Poetry" – vocal producer
Credits on the first run of this album are wrong, Jim Beanz was the vocal producer on 90% of Danity Kane album. As seen in Making the Band 4, Season 2.
Matt Pokora – MP3 01. "Dangerous" (featuring Sebastian & Timbaland) – vocal producer, co-writer 02. "Catch Me If You Can" – vocal producer, co-writer 04. "No Me Without U" – vocal producer, co-writer 12. "Why Do You Cry?" – co-producer, vocal producer, co-writer 14. "Like A Criminal" – vocal producer, co-writer
Day26 – Day26 02. "Got Me Going" 06. "Co Star" 07. "Come In (My Door's Open) 13. "Just Should've Told You"
Ashlee Simpson – Bittersweet World 01. "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 02. "Boys" – co-writer 03. "Rule Breaker" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 04. "No Time For Tears" – background vocals 05. "Little Miss Obsessive" (featuring Tom Higgenson) – vocal producer, co-writer 06. "Ragdoll" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 07. "Bittersweet World" – vocal producer, background vocals 08. "What I've Become" – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals 09. "Hot Stuff" – co-writer 10. "Murder" (featuring Izza Kizza) – vocal producer, co-writer, background vocals "Can't Get Over It" "Follow U"
Ashanti – The Declaration 14. "Why" – co-writer "For My Man" "The World Song"
Taio Cruz – She's Like A Star Single "I Just Wanna Know (Jim Beanz Remix)"
Donnie Klang – Just a Rolling Stone 06. "Pick It Up"
Jennifer Hudson – Jennifer Hudson 03. "Pocketbook" (featuring Ludacris) – co-producer, co-writer, background vocals "Fallin Out Of Heaven"
Craig David – Greatest Hits 04. "Insomnia" – producer
Lemar – The Reason 03. "Little Miss Heartbreaker"
Britney Spears – Circus 01. "Womanizer" – vocal producer 04. "Kill The Lights" – co-writer, background vocals 08. "Blur" – vocal producer, background vocals
Jamie Foxx – Intuition 02. "I Don't Need It" – vocal producer, background vocals 17. "Street Walker" "Nothin For Ya"
Jada unknown track
2009
Chris Cornell – Scream (Mosley/Interscope/Universal) 01. "Part of Me" – vocal producer, background vocals 02. "Time" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals 03. "Sweet Revenge" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy, vocal producer, background vocals 04. "Get Up" – co-writer with James Fauntleroy, vocal producer, background vocals 05. "Ground Zero" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals 06. "Never Far Away" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch, vocal producer, background vocals 07. "Take Me Alive" – co-written with Justin Timberlake, vocal producer, background vocals 08. "Long Gone" – vocal producer 09. "Scream" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals 10. "Enemy" – co-writer with Ryan Tedder & The Clutch, vocal producer, background vocals 11. "Other Side Of Town" – co-writer, vocal producer 12. "Climbing Up The Walls" – co-writer, vocal producer 13. "Watch Out" – co-writer, vocal producer, background vocals "Lost Cause"
Keri Hilson – In A Perfect World... (Zone 4-Mosley Interscope/Universal) 04. "Return the Favor" (featuring Timbaland) – vocal producer 06. "Slow Dance" – co-writer with Justin Timberlake, vocal producer, background vocals 08. "Intuition" – writer, co-producer, vocal producer 09. "How Does It Feel" – co-writer, co-producer, vocal producer, background vocals 14. "Where Did He Go" – vocal producer 15. "Quicksand" – vocal producer 16. "Hurts Me" – vocal producer "The Ring"
Dzham "Every Day"
Ciara – Fantasy Ride (Jive/RCA Records/LaFace, Sony Music, Zomba) 04. "Turntables" (featuring Chris Brown) – vocal producer, background vocals 08. "Work" (featuring Missy Elliott) – vocal producer
Charlie Hustle "Go Hard" (featuring Rebel)
Dima Bilan – Believe 01. "Automatic Lady" – producer, vocal producer, writer 02. "Don't Leave" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer 03. "Amnesia" — producer, co-writer with Ryan Tedder 04. "Number 1 Fan" — producer, vocal producer, writer 05. "Believe" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer 06. "Lonely" – producer, vocal producer, writer 07. "Mistakes" – producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer 09. "Anythin' 4 Love" (featuring D.O.E.) – producer, vocal producer, writer 11. "Circles" — producer, vocal producer, background vocals "Number 1 Fan" (featuring Sebastian) — producer, vocal producer, background vocals, writer
Esmée Denters – Outta Here (Tennman/Interscope/Universal) 04. "Love Dealer" – background vocals 05. "Gravity" – vocal producer, background vocals 10. "The First Thing" – vocal producer, background vocals 13. "Sad Symphony" – co-writer, vocal producer "Boyfriend" "Closer"
Luigi Masi – Save His Shoes 03. "Strobelight" – producer, vocal producer, writer 06. Better Now (featuring Sebastian) – producer, vocal producer, writer
Ginuwine – A Man's Thoughts "Disappearing Acts (featuring James Fauntleroy) "Hate To Love"
Lemar "U Got Me"
Whitney Houston – I Look To You "Undefeated" – producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Shakira – She Wolf 13. "Give It Up to Me" (featuring Lil Wayne)
Adam Lambert – For Your Entertainment 11. "Sleepwalker" – vocal production
Leseya Lee – The Phoenix 01. "Get Up And Jump" 02. "Junk N Tha Trunk" 03. "Blow" (featuring Cavan)
Timbaland – Shock Value II 02. "Carry Out" (featuring Justin Timberlake) – writer, additional vocals 06. "Tomorrow in the Bottle" (featuring Chad Kroeger & Sebastian) – writer 07. "We Belong to the Music" (featuring Miley Cyrus) – writer, vocal producer 08. "Morning After Dark" (featuring Nelly Furtado & SoShy)- writer, additional vocals, vocal producer 09. "If We Ever Meet Again" (featuring Katy Perry) – writer, co-producer with Timbaland, vocal producer 10. "Can You Feel It" (featuring Esthero & Sebastian) – writer 11. "Ease Off the Liquor" – writer 12. "Undertow" (featuring The Fray & Esthero) – writer 13. "Timothy Where You Been" (featuring Jet) – writer 14. "Long Way Down" (featuring Daughtry) – writer 15. "Marchin On (Timbo Version)" (featuring OneRepublic) – writer 17. "Symphony" (featuring Attitude, Bran' Nu & D.O.E.) – writer "I'm in Love With You" (featuring Tyson Ritter) – writer
JC Chasez – Kate "Fire" – co-producer
Samantha Jade "Eyez On Me" – co-producer with Timbaland "Make U Love Me" – co-producer with Timbaland and King Logan of The Royal Court "Curious" – co-writer with Samantha Jade & Corte Ellis
2010
Amar – Show It Off 01. "Masala" (featuring Jim Beanz & D.O.E.) 02. "Sajana (Pyar Ka Pehra) (featuring Shankar Mahadevan) 03. "See Me Girl" (featuring Apache Indian) 04. "Bombay Billionaire" (featuring Sonu Niigaam) 09. "Dil Ruba" 14. "Dekhne Tumko Tarse Naina"
Gunjan – Goonj: Echoes From Gunjan 01. "Tum Mile"
Lemar "Shout Out"
Rebel "Get in Fit In" "Have You Made Love Lately" "Is This What They Call Love" "Reloaded" "Roses" "Shoulda Coulda" "Snows in July" "Strung Out" "Who Are You" "Wifey" "Disappearing Acts"
JoJo – Can't Take That Away from Me 03. "Pretty Please"
Tina "So Good" (featuring Fat Joe)
Rihanna – Loud unknown tracks with Timbaland
Chase Landon "Flirt" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer with Candice Nelson
Keyshia Cole – Calling All Hearts 09. "Last Hangover" (featuring Timbaland) – vocal producer
2011
Raghav – The Phoenix "Fire" – producer, vocal producer, co-writer "Top of the World" – producer
Chris Brown – F.A.M.E. 16. "Paper, Scissors, Rock" (featuring Timbaland & Big Sean)
Dima Bilan – Dreamer "Rocket Man" – producer, vocal producer, writer