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Bizkit & Butta is a multi-Grammy nominated, platinum selling record production duo consisting of Keith "Butta" Justice and Allen "BizKit" Arthur. Currently located in Los Angeles, the two were previously part of the Philadelphia-based production team known as "Phatboiz", along with colleague Clayton "Gravy" Riley.
Formation
Justice and Arthur first met as teenagers at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, when Arthur was playing the saxophone in a jazz band there. Arthur, a saxophonist, spent much of the early 2000s performing with soul, R&B, and Hip Hop artists such as Kanye West, Chrisette Michele, Rick Ross, and eventually secured a place in John Legend's band. He also played saxophone on the Beyoncé single Déjà Vu, produced by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins
Justice, a pianist since the age of 8, attended Long Island University where he received a B.A. in music. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he worked as musical director for a number of artists, including Chrisette Michele
In 2010, Justice and Arthur were offered a publishing deal with Cherry Lane/BMG and Homeschool Entertainment; they subsequently produced a number of singles including the Soul Train Award-Winning and Grammy Nominated "Tonight (Best You Ever Had)", performed by John Legend, ft. Ludacris.
Discography
= Singles Produced
== 2010
=Rick Ross featuring John Legend —Sweet Life - Cut from a Different Cloth...
Sweet Life
= 2011
=Ledisi — Pieces of Me
I Miss You Now
= 2012
=John Legend, featuring Ludacris — Think Like a Man Soundtrack
Tonight (Best You Ever Had)
Miguel — Kaleidoscope Dream
The Thrill
Ne-Yo — R.E.D.
"Forever Now"
"Jealous"
"Unconditional"
= 2013
=Hamilton Park Featuring Alley Boy
Derrière (single)
TLC — 20
Meant to Be
Yo-Gotti featuring Ne-Yo — I Am
Respect That You Earn
Sean Kingston — Back 2 Life
Love Ecstasy
Ro James featuring Snoop Dogg — Cadillacs
84
= 2014
=RaVaughn featuring Fabolous
ISFU (single)
= 2015
=SoMo — My Life II
Make Up Sex
On and On
Why Wait
Jovanie — What's the Move Pt. II
Who Knows
Whatchu Think About
Tracy T — 50 Shades of Green
Be Wit Me
= 2016
=Eric Bellinger — Eventually
Mean What You Say
Awards and nominations
= Grammy Awards
=The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Butta-N-BizKit have been nominated three times.