4th Disciple

American record producer and audio engineer (born 1974)

4th Disciple
Birth name	Selwyn Bougard
Born	(1974-05-23) May 23, 1974 (age 50)^[1]
Origin	Steubenville, Ohio Staten Island, New York
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer
Years active	1992–present
Member of	Killarmy

Website	http://www.tha4thdisciple.com

Musical artist

Selwyn Bougard, now known as El-Divine Amir Bey (born May 23, 1974),^[2] better known by his stage name 4th Disciple, is a record producer and audio engineer who was one of the founding members of Killarmy and one of the best-known Wu-Tang-affiliated producers. He is the only member of the Wu Elements to have worked on Wu-Tang Clan's first breakthrough album, as a mixer.

Biography

After being a turntablist on the Wu-Tang Clan's debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 4th Disciple co-produced and helped mix several tracks with the RZA on the first three Wu-Tang solo ventures by various artists, including co-production for "Sub Crazy" by Method Man, "Damage" by Ol' Dirty Bastard as well as mixing credits for some of Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., on the tracks "Criminology," "Guillotine (Swordz)," "Spot Rusherz," and "Wu-Gambinos." 4th Disciple then produced what was at the time only the second Wu-Tang track ever to lack a RZA production credit, when the Killah Priest solo track "B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)" was included on GZA's Liquid Swords. This led to five 4th Disciple productions appearing on the double album Wu-Tang Forever.

After producing 15 of the 17 tracks on Killarmy's debut album, Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars, and contributing significant production to the debut albums of Killah Priest (Heavy Mental) and Sunz of Man (The Last Shall be First), 4th Disciple's beats continued to appear in the solo work of the Clan members, including Inspectah Deck and Method Man. However, more recently, 4th Disciple has been concentrating his production on Killarmy, Sunz of Man, and their immediate affiliates rather than the Clan itself. RZA did, in fact, produce the tracks "Wake Up" and "War Face" from Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars

Discography

4th Disciple production credits (Full albums)
Artists	Album	Date/Label
Sunz of Man	No Love without Hate (CD-5)	1995 Wu-Tang
Killarmy	Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars	1997 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI
Killarmy	Dirty Weaponry	1998 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI
4th Disciple	Steel Valley Project N. 1	1999 Steel Valley Records
Killarmy	Fear, Love, & War	2001 36/Loud/Relativity
Hell Razah & 4th Disciple	Freedom of Speech	2004 X-Ray/Cleopatra
One Man & 4th Disciple	Crime And Punishment in America	2006 Digital Release
4th Disciple	The Best of 740 vol. 1 (Unreleased Classics)	2007 ChamberMusik
Killah Priest & 4th Disciple	Don't Sit On The Speakers Vol. 1	2017 Proverb Records
4th Disciple	The Algorythm	2020 Sonic Ministry LLC

4th Disciple production credits (Featured tracks)
Artists	Track Title(s)	Album	Date/Label
Method Man	"Sub-Crazy (co-produced with Method MZA)	Tical	1994 Def Jam
Shabazz the Disciple	"Death Be the Penalty"	12"	1995 --------------
Ol' Dirty Bastard	Damage (co-produced with RZA)	Return to the 36 Chambers	1995 Elektra
GZA	B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)	Liquid Swords	1995 Geffen/MCA
Sunz of Man	Wicked Ways	One Million Strong	1995 SOLAR
Sunz of Man	Soldiers of Darkness/Five Arch Angels	12" Single/CD-5	1995 Wu-Tang Records
Raekwon & 12 O'Clock	Nasty Immigrants (with Raekwon & 12 O'Clock)	The Nutty Professor (soundtrack)	1996 Def Jam/PolyGram
Cappadonna & U-God	If It's Alright with You	The Great White Hype (soundtrack)	1996 Epic Soundtraxx
Wu-Tang Clan	The City A Better Tomorrow Scary Hours/Cash Still Rules Older Gods Impossible (co-produced with RZA)	Wu-Tang Forever	1997 Loud/RCA/BMG
Gravediggaz	"Dangerous Mindz" (co-produced with RZA) "The Night the Earth Cried" (co-produced with RZA)	The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel	1997 Gee Street/V2/BMG
Killah Priest	Fake MCs. Tai-Chi. B.I.B.L.E. Almost There It's Over. Atoms to Adam. Information Crusades. Wisdom. Science Projects	Heavy Mental	1998 Geffen/MCA
Cappadonna	Check for a Nigga	The Pillage	1998 Razor Sharp/Epic Street/SME
Sunz of Man	Cold Illusions The Plan Not Promised Tomorrow	The Last Shall Be First	1998 Red Ant/BMG
La the Darkman	Fifth Disciple Love Street Life Element of Surprise As the World Turnz	Heist of the Century	1998
Method Man	Judgement Day (co-produced with Method Man) Shaolin What	Tical 2000: Judgement Day	1998 Def Jam/PolyGram
Inspectah Deck	9th Chamber Grand Prix	Uncontrolled Substance	1998 Loud/Relativity
Vanilla Ice	Unbreakable	Bi-Polar	2001 Liquid 8/BMG
AutNoyz	Should've Know (this is Hip-Hop)		2001
Killarmy	Dancing With Wolves	Wu-Tang Killa Beez: The Sting	2002 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI
Warcloud	The Mighty King of Swords	Smuggling Booze in the Graveyard	2002
9th Prince	Generation Next Burn Bridges	Grandaddy Flow	2003
U-God	A Long Time Ago	Mr. Xcitement	2005
Jag & Ho2fa	All the Way Thru Explain	Good Product $ell$ Itself	2006
Cilvaringz	Elephant Juice (with Michele Van Der Aa) Deaf, Dumb & Blind (with Roger Peterson)	I	2007
Tragedy Khadafi	The Captain		2007
Killah Priest	Inner G	The Offering	2007
Hell Razah	Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child		2008
Shaka Amarulu The 7th	Traps (with Mylansky, Joe Mafia & Napoleon (Wu Syndicate)^[3])		2008
The Definite Article (Aztrolab)	Istimaah Passion of Christ		2008
Killakikitt	Gyere velem	Ne Szarakodj!	2009
Shaka Amazulu the 7th	Memoirs of a Gravedigga (with Shabazz The Disciple, Frukwan, Warcloud a.k.a. Holocaust, Killah Priest)		2009
Bizz	We Shine ft. Freeway Real Shit Part of Me	Prince of Jersey	2011 Blakglobe
Shaka Amazulu The 7th	Ardipithecus Ramidus (with J-Boo, lin Que & Champ Diva)		2009
Vinnie Paz	Washed in the Blood of the Lamb	Season of the Assassin	2010
Wu-Tang Clan	Miracle (co-produced with RZA) Necklace	A Better Tomorrow	2014 Warner Bros.
Sean Price	Dead or Alive	Imperius Rex	2017

Videography

4th Disciple Videography
Artist(s)	Album Title	Video Title(s)	Release Date
Sunz of Man	12" Single	Soldiers of Darkness (with Killa Sin, 9th Prince, various Wu-Tang Clan cameos)	1995 Wu-Tang Records
Killarmy	Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars	Fear, Love and War (with various Wu-Tang Clan cameos) Swinging Swords Wu-Renegades	1997 Wu-Tang/Priority/EMI
Gravediggaz	The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel	The Night the Earth Cried (co-produced with RZA) Dangerous Mindz (co-produced with RZA)	1998 Gee Street/V2/BMG
Killarmy	Dirty Weaponry	The Shoot-Out (with Rza)	1998 Wu-Tang/EMI Records
Sunz of Man	The Last Shall Be First	The Plan	1998 Red Ant/BMG
Method Man	Tical 2000: Judgement Day (with RZA, Raekwon)	Judgement Day (co-produced with Method Man)	1998 Def Jam/PolyGram
Killarmy	Fear, Love & War	Feel It	2001 36/Loud/Relativity
The Definite Article (Aztrolab)		Istimaah Passion of Christ	2008
Hell Razah & 4th Disciple	Freedom of Speech	High Science	2009 X-Ray/Cleopatra Records
Bizz	Prince of Jersey	Realist Spittin (with Kinetic 9, 4th Disciple cameo)	2009 Blakglobe

References

^ @REALDOMPACHINO (May 23, 2014). "@4thDisciple happy born day my brother stay blessed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @REALDOMPACHINO (May 23, 2014). "@4thDisciple happy born day my brother stay blessed" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Review of Ultra Sounds of a Renaissance Child". morningsun.net. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2008-10-07.