Bizkit & Butta is a multi-Grammy nominated, platinum selling record production duo consisting of Keith "Butta" Justice and Allen "BizKit" Arthur. Currently located in Los Angeles, the two were previously part of the Philadelphia-based production team known as "Phatboiz", along with colleague Jason "Gravy" Gottwald.
Formation
Justice and Arthur first met as teenagers at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, when Arthur was playing the saxophone in a jazz band there. Arthur, a saxophonist, spent much of the early 2000s performing with soul, R&B, and Hip Hop artists such as Kanye West, Chrisette Michele, Rick Ross, and eventually secured a place in John Legend's band. He also played saxophone on the Beyoncé single Déjà Vu, produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Justice, a pianist since the age of 8, attended Long Island University where he received a B.A. in music. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he worked as musical director for a number of artists, including Chrisette Michele
In 2010, Justice and Arthur were offered a publishing deal with Cherry Lane/BMG and Homeschool Entertainment; they subsequently produced a number of singles including the Soul Train Award-Winning and Grammy Nominated "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)", performed by John Legend, ft. Ludacris.
Discography Singles Produced + List of singles as either producer or co-producer, with certifications, showing year released, performing artists and album name Title Year Certifications Album "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"*(John Legend, featuring Ludacris) 2012 RIAA: Platinum FIMI: Platinum Think Like a Man Soundtrack "The Thrill"*(Miguel) RIAA: Gold Kaleidoscope Dream "Forever Now"*(Ne-yo) "Derrière"*(Hamilton Park Featuring Alley Boy) 2013 "Meant to Be"*(TLC) 20 "'84"*(Ro James featuring Snoop Dogg) Cadillacs "ISFU"*(RaVaughn featuring Fabolous) 2014 "Who Knows"(Jovanie) 2015 What's the Move Pt. II * denotes a recording that was produced as "Phatboiz"
2010 Rick Ross featuring John Legend —Sweet Life - Cut from a Different Cloth... Sweet Life
2011 Ledisi — Pieces of Me I Miss You Now
2012 John Legend, featuring Ludacris — Think Like a Man Soundtrack Tonight (Best You Ever Had)
Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream The Thrill
Ne-Yo — R.E.D. "Forever Now" "Jealous" "Unconditional"
2013 Hamilton Park Featuring Alley Boy Derrière (single)
TLC — 20 Meant to Be
Yo-Gotti featuring Ne-Yo — I Am Respect That You Earn
Sean Kingston — Back 2 Life Love Ecstasy
Ro James featuring Snoop Dogg — Cadillacs 84
2014 RaVaughn featuring Fabolous ISFU (single)
2015 SoMo — My Life II Make Up Sex On and On Why Wait
Jovanie — What's the Move Pt. II Who Knows Whatchu Think About
Tracy T — 50 Shades of Green Be Wit Me
2016 Eric Bellinger — Eventually Mean What You Say
Awards and nominations Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Butta-N-BizKit have been nominated three times.
|rowspan="1"|2012 |"Pieces of Me" (Ledisi) |Best R&B Performance
|rowspan="2"|2013 |"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" (John Legend, featuring Ludacris) |Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
|"Kaleidoscope Dream" (Miguel) |rowspan="2"|Best Urban Contemporary Album
Soul Train Awards
Year Nominated work Award Result2012"'Tonight (Best You Ever Had)"Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s Award Song of the Year
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