Big Cats (producer)
Big Cats | |
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| Also known as | Big Cats! |
| Born | Spencer Wirth-Davis |
| Origin | Minneapolis, Minnesota, US |
| Genres | Alternative hip hop Instrumental hip hop Underground hip hop |
| Occupations | Producer, musician |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Label | Speakeasy/Tru Ruts |
| Website | bigcatsbeats.com |
Spencer Wirth-Davis, better known by his stage name Big Cats (sometimes styled Big Cats!), is an American underground hip hop producer from Minneapolis, Minnesota.[1][2] He has produced full-length collaboration albums with artists such as Guante,[3] The Tribe,[4] and Toki Wright.[5]
Discography
- Solo
- Sleep Tapes. (2008)
- For My Mother (2012)
- Lesser Lights (2013) [EP]
- What If It Doesn't Get Better? (2016)
- Most Days (2017) [EP]
- Long Way (2018) [EP]
- A Movie About the End of the World, Set in 1990s Las Vegas (2021)
- The Race to Alaska (2023) [film soundtrack]
- Yeah. I See It. (2023)
- Happy to See Me (2025)
- with Guante
- Start a Fire (2009) [EP]
- An Unwelcome Guest (2009)
- Don't Be Nice (2010) [mixtape]
- You Better Weaponize (2012)
- We Are Waking Up in Our Caskets (2018) [compilation]
- War Balloons (2018)
- All Dressed Up, No Funeral (2024)
- with The Tribe (TruthBeTold & DJ Pete)
- Supply and Demand: The EP (2009) [EP]
- The Let's Be Professional Mixtape (2010) [mixtape]
- Forward Thinkers, Movers, Shakers (2011)
- Make Good (2011)
- Space (2012)
- Catsax (Big Cats with Nelson Devereaux & Miguel Hurtado)
- Catsax (2015)
- Catsax (2017) [EP]
- 2 (2015)
- with Toki Wright
- Prelude to Pangaea (2014) [EP]
- Pangaea (2014)
- dB (2019) [EP]
- with Chance York
- Highest Self (2016) [EP]
- Deep Dark Hope (2018)
- with Lydia Liza
- Oh Boy (2020)
- Oh Wow (2023) [EP]
- Other collaborations
- The Polar Bear Rug (2015) [EP] (with Homeless)
- Detail (2015) (by Eric Mayson, produced by Big Cats)
- A-OK (2019) [EP] (with Dwynell Roland)
References
- ^ Jack Spencer (March 24, 2016). "'What If It Doesn't Get Better?': Big Cats and friends ask a musical question". The Current.
- ^ Justin Schell (December 9, 2009). "Guante and Big Cats! roll out ambitious new concept album, "An Unwelcome Guest"". Twin Cities Daily Planet.
- ^ Jay Boller (January 10, 2010). "Interview: Guante of Guante & Big Cats!". The Minnesota Daily. Archived from the original on April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2016.
- ^ Jack Spencer (January 20, 2011). "The Tribe and Big Cats! aim for 'real hip-hop without the elitism'". City Pages.
- ^ Scott Heins (September 22, 2014). "Toki Wright & Big Cats Rewrite Hip-Hop's Map On 'Pangaea' [Exclusive Full LP Premiere]". Okayplayer.