Controller 7
American record producer
Controller 7 (born Tommy McMahon) is an underground hip hop producer from San Jose, California.
History
Controller 7 released the debut album Left Handed Straw in 2000. It was reissued on 6months in 2001.
He has produced and remixed tracks for Anticon artists such as Sole, Sage Francis and Themselves.
The Bumps mixtape was released in 2005.
Discography
Albums
Left Handed Straw (2000)
Bumps (2005)
The Lost Tapes (1997-1998) (2007)
Exhale01 (2020)
EPs
Expansions (2003)
Egg (2005)
Productions
Sole - "Dismantling of Sole's Ego" "Furthermore" from Bottle of Humans (1999)
Deep Puddle Dynamics - "Rainmen (Controller 7 Remix)" from The Taste of Rain... Why Kneel?
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