Bangladesh (record producer)

Shondrae Lee Crawford (born March 13, 1978), known professionally as Bangladesh, is an American record producer, songwriter, and rapper from Des Moines, Iowa. He has been credited with production work on the Billboard Hot 100-top 40 singles "What's Your Fantasy" by Ludacris, "A Milli" and "6 Foot 7 Foot" by Lil Wayne, "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Break Up" by Mario, and "Bossy" by Kelis.^[2] A two-time Grammy nominee, Crawford has also worked with Usher, Nicki Minaj, Brandy, Rihanna and Ciara, among others.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Bangladesh
Crawford in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Shondrae Lee Crawford
Also known as	Bangladesh, Mr. Bangladesh
Born	(1978-03-13) March 13, 1978 (age 46)[1] Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Origin	Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Genres	R&B pop hip hop
Occupations	Record producer songwriter rapper disc jockey
Labels	Cash Money

In 2010, Crawford sued Lil Wayne over unpaid royalties stemming from "A Milli"; the lawsuit was settled amicably in 2012.^{[9][10][11][12]} Crawford established an eponymous record label in 2015, through which he signed fellow Midwestern producer Harv.^[13]

Songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Title	Year	Artist	Album
"What's Your Fantasy" (Featuring Shawnna)	1999	Ludacris	Incognegro
"U Got a Problem?"
"1st & 10" (Featuring Infamous 2-0 and Fate Wilson)
"Ho"
"Stick 'Em Up" (Featuring UGK)	2000		Back for the First Time
"Coming 2 America"	2001		Word of Mouf
"Go 2 Sleep" (Featuring Three 6 Mafia, I-20 & Fate Wilson)
"Get the F*** Back" (Featuring Fate Wilson, Shawnna & I-20)
"Freaky Thangs" (Featuring Twista & Jagged Edge)
"Block Lockdown" (Featuring I-20)
"Slum" (Featuring Shawnna and Tity Boi)	2003	I-20	2 Fast 2 Furious Soundtrack
"Intro"	2004	8Ball & MJG	Living Legends
"You Don't Want Drama" (Featuring Diddy)
"Forever" (Featuring Lloyd)
"Living Legends (Interlude)"
"Don't Make"
"Vibrate" (Featuring Rasheeda)		Petey Pablo	Still Writing in My Diary: 2nd Entry
"Hotline"		Ciara	Goodies
"I Tried To Tell Ya"		Yung Wun	The Dirtiest Thirstiest
"R.P.M." (Featuring Twista and Ludacris)		Shawnna	Worth tha Weight
"I Be Comin' Down"		Chamillionaire	The Mixtape Messiah
"Click Clack"	2005	Missy Elliott	The Cookbook
"Bossy" (Featuring Too Short)	2006	Kelis	Kelis Was Here
"Aww Shit!" (Featuring Smoke)
"Handful"
"Make Dat Pussy Pop" (Featuring Paul Wall)		Tha Dogg Pound	Cali Iz Active
"Get Low"	2007	8Ball & MJG	Ridin High
"A Milli"	2008	Lil Wayne	Tha Carter III
"Diva"		Beyoncé	I Am... Sasha Fierce
"Video Phone"
"Talkin' Out da Side of Ya Neck!"		Dem Franchize Boyz	Our World, Our Way
"Lemonade"	2009	Gucci Mane	The State vs. Radric Davis
"Stupid Wild" (Featuring Lil Wayne & Cam'ron)
"Break Up" (Featuring Gucci Mane & Sean Garrett)		Mario	D.N.A.
"Beam Me Up" (Featuring T-Pain & Rick Ross)		Tay Dizm	Welcome To The New World
"Cut My Check"		Tyga	The Potential
"Ghetto Tour Guide" (Skit)"		Willy Northpole	Tha Connect
"Ghetto Tour Guide"
"Get Up, Get Down"
"Get It All" (Featuring Nicki Minaj)	2010	Sean Garrett	The Inkwell
"Did It On'em"		Nicki Minaj	Pink Friday
"She Don't Know" (Featuring Ludacris)		Usher	Raymond v. Raymond
"Everybody Drunk" (Featuring Lil Scrappy)		Ludacris	Battle of the Sexes
"Party No Mo'" (Featuring Gucci Mane)
"Rollercoaster" (Featuring Dru Hill & Shawnna)
"She Couldn't Make It On Her Own" (Featuring OMG & Doughboy)		Ice Cube	I Am the West
"Speak French" (Featuring Gucci Mane)		Jamie Foxx	Best Night of My Life
"Get 'Em Girls" (Featuring Snoop Dogg)		Jessica Mauboy	Get 'Em Girls
"Picture Phone Foreplay" (Featuring Kevin Cossom)		Sheek Louch	Donnie G: Don Gorilla
"By My Side"		Shareefa	The Misunderstanding Of Shareefa
"Sleazy"		Kesha	Cannibal (EP)
"Move That Body" (Featuring T-Pain & Akon)		Nelly	5.0
"Orange Juice"		EarlWolf	Radical
"Cockiness (Love It)"	2011	Rihanna	Talk That Talk
"6 Foot 7 Foot" (Featuring Cory Gunz)		Lil Wayne	Tha Carter IV
"A Kiss"		Bad Meets Evil	Hell: The Sequel
"So Obvious"		Pusha T	Fear of God II: Let Us Pray
"So Sick"	2012	Brandy	Two Eleven
"Let Me Go"
"Put It Down" (Featuring Chris Brown)
"What You Need"
"Love Through The Speaker"		Kevin Cossom	Hook Vs. Bridge II
"Basshead" (Featuring YG)		Far East Movement	Dirty Bass
"Dessert"		JLS	Evolution
"Hottest Girl in the World"
"All The Way"
"Gotta Try It"
"Dope Peddler"		2 Chainz	Based on a T.R.U. Story
"Drop"		Rye Rye	Go! Pop! Bang!
"Hotter"
"They Point" (Featuring Juicy J & 2 Chainz)		E-40	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1
"IDGAF"	2013	Ludacris	#IDGAF
"Can I Have Your Attention"	2014	Lil Bibby	Free Crack 2
"Come Up"		Kap G	Like A Mexican
"That Paper"
"Trappin Out the Mansion"		Gucci Mane	East Atlanta Santa
"Classic" (Featuring Swizz Beatz)	2015	Meek Mill	Dreams Worth More Than Money
"El Chapo" (With Skrillex)		The Game	The Documentary 2.5
"Kill" (Featuring Lil Wayne)		Jadakiss	Top 5 Dead or Alive
"Bales"	2016	Gucci Mane	The Return of East Atlanta Santa
"Pay The Price"		Yo Gotti	The Art of Hustle
"Breathe"	2017	T-Pain & Lil Wayne	T-Wayne
"Been A Minute" (Featuring August Alsina)		Sevyn Streeter	Girl Disrupted
"Peace Sign" (Featuring Dave East)
"On Me" (Featuring Cardi B)	2018	Meek Mill	Championships
"Jefe" (Featuring Meek Mill)		T.I.	Dime Trap
"I'm In Love U Lost" (Featuring Jacquees)	2020	Luke James	For No Reason
"6:30 Tip-Off"	2021	Conway the Machine	La Maquina
"Old Memories (Unlocked)"		Alicia Keys	Keys
"Feinin"	2022	Erica Banks	Diary of The Flow Queen
"F Everybody"	2023	idontknowjeffery	The Jeffery LP
"Presha"		2 Chainz & Lil Wayne	Welcome 2 Collegrove
"I Luv It" (with Playboi Carti)	2024	Camila Cabello	C,XOXO
"Edible" (featuring Gunna)		Flo Milli	Fine Ho, Stay

Guest appearances

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other performer(s)	Album
"Rep Yo Click"	2018	Lil Jon, Freeway & Cyhi the Prynce	Superfly (soundtrack)

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Award	Result	Ref
2009	ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards	Award-Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (A Milli)	Won	[14]
		Award-Winning Rap Songs (A Milli)	Won
2009	51st Annual Grammy Awards	Grammy Award for Album of the Year (Tha Carter III)	Nominated	[15]
2010	52nd Annual Grammy Awards	Grammy Award for Album of the Year (I Am... Sasha Fierce)	Nominated	[16]
2010	BMI Urban Awards	BMI Top Urban Producers Award	Won	[17]
		BMI Most-Performed Urban Songs Of The Year (Break Up)	Won
		BMI Most-Performed Urban Songs Of The Year (Diva)	Won
2010	ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards	Award-Winning R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Diva)	Won	[18]

References

1. "Bangladesh". HNHH. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
2. "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Archived from the original on September 18, 2021. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
3. "Billboard Q&A: Shondrae "Bangladesh" Crawford". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
4. "From Ludacris to Lil Wayne, Bangladesh Remembers His Best Beats". MTV. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
5. Everett-Green, Robert (November 18, 2008). "Beyoncé backfires". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
6. Everett-Green, Robert (November 18, 2011). "Disc of the week: Rihanna gets bad, and then badder". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
7. "Bangladesh Tells All: The Stories Behind His Biggest Hits". Complex Networks. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
8. "Justin Bieber's band leader Bernard "HARV" Harvey is a new KC hero". March 27, 2020. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
9. Michaels, Sean (May 6, 2010). "Lil Wayne sued for half a Milli". The Guardian. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
10. "Bangladesh Buries Beef with Lil Wayne". September 8, 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
11. "Producer Bangladesh plots his pop domination, but not before settling differences". Los Angeles Times. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
12. "Producer Bangladesh Settles Dispute over Lil Wayne Track". March 27, 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
13. "Producer Bangladesh announces new label and new artists, Famous 2 Most - Rolling Out". April 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
14. "Billboard". July 4, 2009. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
15. "Grammy Awards: List of Winners". The New York Times. February 9, 2009. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
16. Artists Shondrae Crawford Archived February 10, 2023, at the Wayback Machine Grammy Awards
17. "BMI Honors will.i.am, Lil Wayne, Polow da Don, EMI Music Publishing & More at Urban Awards". September 11, 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
18. "Award Winning R&B;/Hip-Hop Songs". Archived from the original on August 11, 2010.