Mel-Man

Melvin Charles Bradford, professionally known as Mel-Man, is an American West Coast hip hop record producer and songwriter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Signed with Aftermath Entertainment, he is best known for his work with Dr. Dre, producing songs for the likes of Eminem, Xzibit, Truth Hurts, The Firm, Busta Rhymes and Snoop Dogg.^[1]

Not to be confused with Melvin "Mel-Man" Breeden.

Mel-Man
Birth name	Melvin Charles Bradford
Also known as	Mel-Man
Origin	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	West Coast hip hop
Occupations	Record producer songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Aftermath

A man named Michael Lowe filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Xzibit, Dr. Dre and Bradford about the song "X".^[2]

In 2002, French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier filed a $10 million lawsuit that was later settled out of court. The lawsuit claimed the beat for the Eminem track "Kill You" was stolen from his song "Pulsion".^[3]

Credits

Year	Song	Artist	Album	Credits
1993	"Knock Em Off"	Mel-Man
1996	"The Aftermath (Intro)"	RC & Sid McCoy	Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath	Songwriter, co-producer
	"Shittin' on the World"	Mel-Man		Vocals, songwriter, producer
1997	"Los Angeles Times"	Xzibit	Soul in the Hole soundtrack and 40 Dayz & 40 Nightz	Songwriter, producer
	"Untouchable"	The Firm	The Album
1998	"Eve of Destruction"	Eve	Bulworth soundtrack
1999	"Role Model"	Eminem	The Slim Shady LP
	"The Watcher"	Dr. Dre	2001	Producer
	"Fuck You"	Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Devin the Dude
	"Still D.R.E."	Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg		Songwriter, producer
	"Big Ego's"	Dr. Dre & Hittman
	"Xxplosive"	Dr. Dre, Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Six-Two		Producer
	"What's the Difference"	Dr. Dre, Eminem, Xzibit & Phish		Songwriter, producer
	"Light Speed"	Dr. Dre & Hittman		Producer
	"Forgot About Dre"	Dr. Dre & Eminem		Songwriter, producer
	"The Next Episode"	Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
	"Let's Get High"	Dr. Dre, Kurupt & Ms. Roq		Additional vocals, producer
	"Bitch Niggaz"	Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Hittman & Six-Two		Bass, songwriter, producer
	"The Car Bomb"	Dr. Dre, Mel-Man & Charis Henry		Vocals
	"Murder Ink"	Dr. Dre, Hittman & Ms. Roq		Producer
	"Some L.A. Niggaz"	Dr. Dre, Hittman, Defari, Xzibit, Knoc-turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren & Kokane
	"Housewife"	Dr. Dre, Hittman & Kurupt		Songwriter, producer
	"Ackrite"	Dr. Dre & Hittman
	"Bang Bang"	Dr. Dre, Hittman & Knoc-turn'al		Producer
2000	"Kill You"	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP	Songwriter, producer
	"Who Knew"	Eminem
	"The Real Slim Shady"	Eminem
	"Remember Me?"	Eminem, RBX & Sticky Fingaz		Producer
	"I'm Back"	Eminem		Songwriter, producer
	"Bitch Please II"	Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit & Nate Dogg		Songwriter
	"Year 2000 (Remix)"	Xzibit & KoЯn	Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture Black and White	Songwriter, producer
	"X"	Xzibit	Restless
	"Get Your Walk On"	Xzibit
2001	"What Would You Do?"	City High	Music Inspired from the Motion Picture Life and City High	Songwriter
	"Bounce (Let Me See Ya Throw It)"	Busta Rhymes	Genesis	Producer
	"Benefit of the Doubt"	Truth Hurts & Shaunta	The Wash (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
	"No"	Joe Beast
2002	"Tired"	Truth Hurts	Truthfully Speaking
	"The One and Only"	Snoop Dogg	Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$	Songwriter
2003	"Breathe"	Blu Cantrell	Bittersweet
2004	"Watch Out"	Knoc-turn'al & Hittman	The Way I Am	Producer
2015	"D.G.I.F.U."	Chris Brown & Tyga	Fan of a Fan: The Album	Songwriter
2017	"That's My Nigga"	Meek Mill, YG & Snoop Dogg	Bright: The Album
2023	"Doomsday"	Lyrical Lemonade, Juice Wrld & Cordae	All Is Yellow	Co-producer