Rockwilder


Dana Stinson, better known by his stage name Rockwilder, is an American hip hop record producer and rapper.
A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast hip hop artists in the mid-1990s. In 1999 Rockwilder produced Method Man & Redman's hit single "Da Rockwilder". He has produced at least one track on every Redman album since 1994's Dare Iz a Darkside.

Biography

Rockwilder began his debut production on the 1994 Organized Konfusion album & the Flatlinerz album "USA. He went on to craft records by other artists, including Jay-Z's "Do It Again ", Busta Rhymes and Erykah Badu's "One", Xzibit's Front 2 Back, and De La Soul's "I.C. Y'All". He also went on to work with Janet Jackson and Destiny's Child, and was the co-producer, with Missy Elliott, of the 2001 Christina Aguilera/Lil' Kim/Mýa/Pink cover of Labelle's 1974 "Lady Marmalade" for the film Moulin Rouge! for which they received a Grammy Award. He also produced the song "Dirrty" for Aguilera featuring Redman using the original beat he produced for Redman's song "Let's Get Dirty " as a guide. In the 2000s, Rockwilder produced several tracks on Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes' Supernova. The songs include "Hot" and "Rags 2 Riches". Later in 2003, he made the collaboration between couple Kelis and Nas, "In Public", being released from Kelis' Tasty.
After a string of pop-chart hits, Rockwilder went on to score the movie How High starring Redman and Method Man.
Rockwilder has founded his own record/production company. He also used to be a rapper, being part of the duo Xross-Breed with Napalm. As a duo, they appeared as guests on Redman's Muddy Waters and the Erick Sermon compilation Insomnia.

Production discography