No I.D, formerly known as Immenslope and also
known as Ernest Wilson (born Dion Wilson in
Chicago, Illinois), is a hip hop and R&B
record producer, best known for his early
work with Chicago rapper, and life long
friend, Common (formerly Common Sense) and is
known as "The Godfather of Chicago Hip
Hop".[1] As a co-producer (and sometimes
ghost producer) for Jermaine Dupri, No I.D.
has worked on hit singles such as "My Boo" by
Usher and Alicia Keys, "Let Me Hold You" by
Bow Wow featuring Omarion, and "Smile" by
G-Unit, "Retrospect for Life" by Common Feat.
Lauryn Hill, as well as the hip hop staple "I
Used to Love H.E.R." and "Ressurection" which
garnered Common his early fame. No I.D. also
introduced Kanye West to hip hop production,
inviting him to his sessions with Common when
West was only beginning[2]. He also
introduced Kanye to a long time friend named
Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshua, who was A&R for
Roc-a-fella Records who eventually signed
West to his imprint Hip Hop since 1978 which
launched West's carrer as an artist. Kanye
cites No I.D. as his mentor in "Last Call"[3]
and "Big Brother".
In 1997, No I.D. released an album under his
own name, Accept Your Own and Be Yourself
(The Black Album)[4]. He and Dug Infinite
also put out a two-album package called The
Sampler, vol. 1. He's also worked with the
likes of, Jay-Z[5], Nas, DMX, Tony Braxton,
Jaheim, Janet Jackson, Jamie Foxx, John
Legend, Bow Wow, Beanie Sigel, Ghostface and
Method Man to name a few. He is currently
working on Nas and Killer Mike.

Come out to the II [GOOD TIMES] party. If you
missed last month you missed a good time
(Just ask anyone that was there)!! Last month
we had Jasper & Big Reese, D. Woods, SCAR,
Proton, Super Model Sincerely Ward & Toure
from BET's Black Carpet!
Nov. 9th will be Crazy as we have NO.ID
(Kanye's Mentor..if you heard "Big Brother"
off the Graduation Album then you know who
I'm talking about) If you don't just google
him....he's sure to have produced atleast one
of your favorite songs!!!

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educate these kids lol! good stuff!
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