K-Def

K-Def (full name Kevin Hansford) (born June 17, 1970) is an American, New Jersey–based, hip hop producer/DJ who has been actively involved in the music industry since the early 1990s. He has recently produced music for artists such as Ghostface Killah and Puff Daddy. K-Def earned critical praise early in his career for his work with Marley Marl on the album Here Come the Lords by the hip hop group Lords of the Underground.^[1] Among the songs from that album that benefited from K-Def's production work include the hits "Funky Child" and "Chief Rocka".

K-Def was also a member of the duo Real Live, which released one album The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama on Big Beat/Atlantic Records in 1996. "Real Live Shit (Remix)" featured Cappadonna, Ghostface Killah, Killa Sin and Lord Tariq. In April 2018, Rhino Entertainment issued a digital download of the album.

K-Def is mostly known for his blues-soul sampling style. While the majority of his early-mid 1990s productions were produced using the Akai MPC sampler/sequencer, around 1997 he started incorporating computers into his work flow and now exclusively uses a software based setup.

In 2004 K-Def produced "Its Over" on the Ghostface Killah release The Pretty Toney Album . He then contributed tracks to another Ghostface project, Theodore Unit , and Ol' Dirty Bastard's The Osirus Mixtape. He was a contributor to Diddy's 2006 release Press Play, and, in 2007, he produced a track on UGK's album Underground Kingz.

In 2006, K-Def released an instrumental album called Willie Boo Boo The Fool. The album was originally only available on CD and vinyl, but it was digitally re-released in 2008.

In 2008, K-Def released a collaborative EP with the rapper Dacapo under the name the Program, which was titled The Article.^[2]

• The Turnaround: A Long Awaited Drama (1996), (with Larry-O as Real Live)
• Willie Boo Boo The Fool (2006)
• The Article EP (2008), (with DaCapo as The Program)
• Beats From The 90's Vol. 1 (2008)
• Beats From The 90's Vol. 2 (2009)
• Gangster Instrumentals (2010)
• Night Shift (2011)
• One Man Band (2013)
• The Exhibit (2013)
• The Meeting EP (2013)

• UGK - Underground Kingz - "Next Up" - (Jive/SME, 2007)
• KRS-One & Marley Marl – Hip Hop Lives - "The Teacha" - (Koch, 2007)
• Diddy - Press Play – "We Gon Make It" - (Bad Boy/Atlantic, 2006)
• El Da Sensei – The Unusual – (Fat Beats, 2006)
• Ol' Dirty Bastard – Osirus – "Rock It Out" - (Sure Shot, 2005)
  • "Who Can Make It Happen Like Dirt"
  • "High In The Clouds"
  • "Pussy Keep Calling"
  • "Fuck Y'all"
• Theodore Unit – 718 – (Sure Shot, 2005)
  • "Paychecks"
  • "Wicked With Lead"
  • "Pass The Mike"
• Ghostface Killah – The Pretty Toney Album – "It's Over" – (Def Jam/IDJMG/Universal, 2004)
• Jayo Felony – Crip Hop - "True'd Up" (Remix) (Loco, 2002)
• Jayo Felony – Bulletproof Love - True'd Up – (Motown/Universal, 2001)
• Lords of the Underground – Resurrection – "If You" (2000)
• Lord Tariq – This Cold World (2000)
• Craig Mack – Please Listen To My Demo (2000)
• Artifacts – It's Gettin Hot (Remix) – (Big Beat/Atlantic, 1997)
• Mic Geronimo – Vendetta – "For Tha Family" – (TVT, 1998)
• World Renown – How Nice I Am – (Warner Bros., unreleased, 1995)
• DE'1 – I'm Rather Unique - (Reprise/Warner Bros., 1995)
• A.D.O.R. – "One for the Trouble" – (Atlantic, 1994)
• Nonchalant – "5 O'Clock" (Remix) – (MCA, 1995)
• Shabba Ranks - Ting A Ling (Remix) - Rough & Ready Volume 1 (Epic/SME, 1994)
• Da Youngsta's – No Mercy (East West America/Atlantic, 1994)
  • "Mad Props"
  • "Backstabbers"
  • "Stayed Away"
  • "Illy Philly Funk"
  • "Reality"
• Lords of the Underground – Keepers of the Funk – (Pendulum/EMI, 1994)
  • "Steam From The Knot"
  • "What I'm After"
  • "No Pain"
  • "Frustrated"
  • "Faith"
  • "What I'm After" (Remix)
• Lords of the Underground – Here Come the Lords – (Pendulum/Elektra, 1993)
  • "From The Bricks"
  • "Funky Child"
  • "Mad Skillz"
  • "Lotug"
  • "Lord Jazz Hit Me One Time"
  • Chief Rocka"
• Positive K - "Ain't No Crime" (K-Def DL Mix) – (Island/PolyGram, 1993)
• Sah-B - Some Od' Sah-B Shit – (Reprise/Warner Bros., 1994)
• Tragedy Khadafi – "Street Life" - Return of The Life (Remix) – (Tuff Break/A&M/PolyGram, - 1993)
• Tragedy Khadafi – Tragedy: Saga of a Hoodlum – (Tuff Break/A&M/PolyGram, 1993)
  • "Shalom A Leck"
  • "Pass The Teck"
  • "Uunderground"
  • "Funkmode"
  • "Grand Groove"
  • "Mad Brothas Know His Name"
• Monie Love - In a Word or 2 – (Warner Bros., 1993)
  • "There's a Better Way"
  • "For da Children"
  • "Let a Woman be a Woman"

• K-Def's official website

• Musicians from New Jersey
• American hip-hop record producers
• 1970 births
• Living people
• Wu-Tang Clan affiliates

• BLP articles lacking sources from September 2010
• All BLP articles lacking sources