Rasool Diaz

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Rasool Diaz
Birth nameRasool Ricardo Elijah Eugene Diaz
Also known asSool, SoolGotHits
Born (1990-05-01) May 1, 1990 (age 33)
Bloomington, Illinois, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • record producer
LabelsWarner Chappell Music Publishing
Member ofThe Order

Rasool Ricardo Elijah Eugene Diaz, (born May 1, 1990) also known as SoolGotHits, is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and co-producing Beyoncé's 2013 single "Drunk in Love" from her eponymous fifth album, winning a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song in 2015.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Diaz befriended fellow R&B/Hip-Hop producers Andre Eric Proctor and Brian Soko while attending university classes for sound engineering together in Tampa, Florida, and they decided to form production group "The Order" under the tutelage of record producer Detail.[3] Each producer in the group works on their own music independently, before coming together to review and critique each other.[3] After pitching their productions to a number of labels and artists, their first break came when "No Worries", one of their first co-written and co-produced songs, was placed onto Lil' Wayne's 2012 mixtape Dedication 4 and was chosen as a single.[1]

Selected songwriting and production credits[edit]

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Spotify, and AllMusic.

Title Year Artist Album
"No Worries" 2012 Lil Wayne Dedication 4 and I Am Not a Human Being II
"Curtains" (Featuring Boo) 2013 I Am Not a Human Being II
"100K" (Featuring 2 Chainz) Nelly M.O.
"Ready" (Featuring Future) B.o.B Underground Luxury
"Drunk in Love" (Featuring Jay-Z) Beyoncé Beyoncé
"Jealous"
"Standing on the Sun Remix" (Featuring Mr. Vegas) 2014 Beyoncé: Platinum Edition
"Pretend" (Featuring ASAP Rocky) Tinashe Aquarius
"Do Not Disturb" (Featuring Chris Brown) Teyana Taylor VII
"Maybe" (Featuring Pusha T & Yo Gotti)
"True Colors" (Featuring Nicki Minaj) Wiz Khalifa Blacc Hollywood
"Wamables" Nicki Minaj The Pinkprint
"Put You In A Room"
"4 My Dawgs" (Featuring Lil Wayne) 2015 Tyga The Gold Album: 18th Dynasty
"All Right" 2016 Future Purple Reign
"I'm So Real" 2017 Young Dolph Bulletproof
"Yellow Tape" (Featuring 21 Savage) Yo Gotti I Still Am
"LLC" 2018 Nicki Minaj Queen
"Miami"
"123" Smokepurpp & Murda Beatz Bless Yo Trap
"Do Not Disturb" (Featuring Lil Yachty and Offset)
"Mayo"
"Bumblebee"
"Workin Me" Quavo Quavo Huncho
"Champagne Rosé" (Featuring Madonna & Cardi B)
"I'm Not Goin'" (Featuring Kevin Gates) Gucci Mane Evil Genius
"Mama" (Featuring Kanye West & Nicki Minaj) 6ix9ine Dummy Boy
"Far Gone" (Featuring Lil Baby) Ski Mask the Slump God Stokeley
"Guess Who" Ace Hood Trust the Process II: Undefeated
"Lost & Found" 2019 Cordae The Lost Boy
"Night Shift" (Featuring Lil Baby) Dave East Survival
"Stevie" Smokepurpp Deadstar 2
"Rebound" (Featuring Joey Badass) Tayla Parx We Need to Talk
"Hate on Me" (Featuring Lil Tjay) 2020 YG My Life 4Hunnid
"Relentless" Polo G The Goat
"Big Shit" A Boogie wit da Hoodie Artist 2.0
"Too Far" Jidenna Godfather of Harlem (soundtrack)
"Malibu" (Featuring Polo G) 2021 Migos Culture III
"Antisocial" (Featuring Juice Wrld)
"Double Standards" Don Toliver Life of a Don
"Mama's Hood" 2022 Cordae From a Birds Eye View
"Solteiras Shake" (With DJ Gabriel do Borel) 2023 Ludmilla Vilã
"Free My N****" Sexyy Red Hood Hottest Princess

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Ceremony Award Result Ref
2014 BMI Awards Most Performed R&B/Hip-Hop Song (No Worries) Won [4]
Billboard Hot #1 R&B/Hip-Hop Song (Drunk in Love) Won [4]
Billboard Hot #1 R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay (Drunk in Love) Won [4]
2015 57th Annual Grammy Awards Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (Drunk in Love) Won [2][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Drunk in love with music: B-N native's Beyonce hit up for Grammy". February 5, 2015. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Rasool Diaz; Artist". The Recording Academy. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Zimbabwean award-winning producer, Brian Soko to promote local artistes". The Sunday Mail. September 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Christopher 'Ludacris' Bridges and Top Songwriters Honored at the 2014 BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards". August 23, 2014. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  5. ^ "The Winners". The New York Times. February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  6. ^ "BMI Songwriters Win More Than Half of 2015 GRAMMYs". February 9, 2015. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.