Honorable C.N.O.T.E.

Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
Honorable C.N.O.T.E.
	Honorable C.N.O.T.E in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Carlton Davis Mays Jr.
Also known as	Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E.; C-Note;
Born	April 8, 1981 (age 43); Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, US
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Record producer; songwriter;
Instrument(s)	FL Studio; AKAI;
Years active	2007–present
Labels	1017

Carlton Davis Mays Jr. (born April 8, 1981), known professionally as Honorable C.N.O.T.E., is an American hip hop record producer and songwriter.^[2]

Career

Mays started producing at the age of 15 in the Benton Harbor Area of Michigan, before moving to Atlanta in 2006. He has over 7,000 placements on albums and is best known for producing "New Level" by rapper ASAP Ferg, as well as the song "M'$" by rapper ASAP Rocky.^[3] Mays has also produced several tracks for various artists such as 2 Chainz, Migos, Ne-Yo, Flo Rida, Gucci Mane, Travis Scott, Yo Gotti, Future, Meek Mill, Lil Uzi Vert and Trippie Redd among others.^[4]^[5]

Production discography

Charted songs


Title	Year	Peak chart positions			Album
Title	Year	US	US R&B/HH	CAN	Album
"I Don't Know" (Meek Mill featuring Paloma Ford)	2014	—^[A]	35	—	Non-album single
"New Level" (ASAP Ferg featuring Future)	2015	90	30	—	Always Strive and Prosper
"Way Back" (Travis Scott)	2016	—^[B]	50	—	Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight
"20 Min" (Lil Uzi Vert)	2017	—^[C]	—	—	Luv Is Rage 2
"Dark Knight Dummo" (Trippie Redd featuring Travis Scott)	2017	72	29	93	Life's a Trip
"Supastars" (Migos)	2018	53	27	51	Culture II
"White Sand" (Migos featuring Travis Scott, Ty Dolla Sign, and Big Sean)		64	31	58	Culture II
"Solitaire" (Gucci Mane featuring Migos and Lil Yachty)		—^[D]	—	—	Evil Genius

Production credits

2007

Birdman – 5 Stunna*

18. "So Tired" (featuring Lil Wayne)

Flo Rida – Mail on Sunday

01. "American Superstar" (featuring Lil Wayne)
12. "Don't Know How to Act" (featuring Yung Joc)

2 Pistols – Death Before Dishonor

02. "Death Before Dishonor"
04. "Been Throwin' Money"

2009

Mack 10 – Soft White

11. "Dedication (To the Pen)"

Eminem – Relapse 2

00. "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (featuring D12)

2010

B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

14. "I See Ya" (American iTunes deluxe edition bonus track / Target edition bonus track)

Bizarre – Friday Night at St. Andrews

05. "Pussy" (featuring Fiona Simone and KB)
10. "Believer" (featuring Tech N9ne and Nate Walka)
16. "Warning" (featuring Bonecrusher and Anamul House)

2011

Z-Ro – Meth

01. "Real or Fake"

2012

Coke Boys – Coke Boys 3

15. "Dirty Money" (French Montana featuring L.E.P. Bogus Boyz)

Future – Pluto

12. "Long Live the Pimp" (featuring Trae tha Truth)

Waka Flocka Flame – [Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family

08. "Candy Paint & Gold Teeth" (featuring Bun B and Ludacris; produced with Redwine)
19. "Barry Bonds" (featuring ASAP and P Smurf)

Gucci Mane – Trap God

19. "I Fuck with That" (produced with Mike Will Made It and Southside)

2013

Gucci Mane – Trap God 2

07. "Bob Marley"
23. "Supposed 2" (produced with Zaytoven)

Gucci Mane – World War 3:Lean

00. "Servin Lean" (Peewee Longway)
00. "Extacy Pill" (Young Thug)

Gucci Mane – Trap House III

03. "Use Me" (featuring 2 Chainz)
05. "Hell Yes"
06. "I Heard" (featuring Rich Homie Quan; produced with Lex Luger)
15. "Chasen Paper" (featuring Rich Homie Quan and Young Thug)
16. "Off the Leash" (featuring PeeWee Longway and Young Thug)

2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time

07. "Netflix" (featuring Fergie; produced with Diplo and DJA)
10. "Beautiful Pain" (featuring Lloyd and Mase)

Yo Gotti – I Am

09. "Die a Real Nigga"

Lil Bibby – Free Crack

03. "Change"

E-40 – The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6

05. "Pablo" (featuring Gucci Mane and Trinidad James)

Lil B – 05 Fuck Em

02. "Welcome to 05"

Gucci Mane – The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings

06. "Double"
09. "Too Many"
17. "Threw with That Shit"

2014

Meek Mill – I Don't Know – Single

01. "I Don't Know" (featuring Paloma Ford; produced with CyFyre)

G Herbo – Welcome to Fazoland

16. "All I Got" (featuring Lil Bibby)

Gucci Mane – Trap House 4

06. "Drugs Like You"
19. "Outro"

Migos – No Label 2

15. "Freak No More"

Kevin Gates – By Any Means

09. "Bet I'm on It" (featuring 2 Chainz)

Gucci Mane – Trap God 3

07. "Swole Pocket Shawty"
10. "Start Pimpin'" (featuring Chief Keef)
11. "Finger Waves"

Gucci Mane – The Oddfather

03. "Kick Door" (featuring OJ da Juiceman; produced with C4)

Lil Bibby – Free Crack 2

15. "Tomorrow"

Gucci Mane – East Atlanta Santa

12. "Riding Dirty" (produced with Metro Boomin and Doughboy Beatz)

2015

Gucci Mane – 1017 Mafia: Incarcerated

08. "Story" (featuring Young Dolph)

Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife

11. "Safe Sex Pay Checks"

Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction

20. "Worth It" (produced with Jesse "Corporal" Wilson and Chucky Thompson)

G Unit – The Beast Is G Unit

02. "I'm Grown"

Gucci Mane – Trap House 5

13. "Constantly" (featuring Chief Keef)

ASAP Rocky – At. Long. Last. ASAP

15. "M'$" (featuring Lil Wayne; produced with Mike Dean)

Migos – Yung Rich Nation

01. "Memoirs"
02. "Dab Daddy"
04. "Spray the Champagne" (produced with Murda Beatz)
05. "Street Nigga Sacrifice"
06. "Highway 85"
13. "Trap Funk"

K Camp – Only Way Is Up

03. "Yellow Brick Road" (produced with Big Fruit)
11. "Rolling" (featuring Snoop Dogg)

Pusha T – King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude

04. "Crutches, Crosses, Caskets" (produced with Puff Daddy, Mario Winans, Sean C & LV, and Yung Dev)

2016

Yo Gotti – The Art of Hustle

13. "Hunnid" (featuring Pusha T)
14. "Luv Deez Hoes" (featuring 2 Chainz)

2 Chainz – ColleGrove

02. "Smell Like Money" (featuring Lil Wayne)

ASAP Ferg – Always Strive and Prosper

07. "New Level" (featuring Future)

Belly – Another Day in Paradise

04. "Exotic" (featuring Waka Flocka Flame)

DJ Drama – Quality Street Music 2

07. "Onyx" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign, Trey Songz, and August Alsina)
09. "Back and Forth" (featuring Skeme and Yakki Divioshi)

Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

02. "Way Back" (produced with Hit-Boy, Cashmere Cat, Rogét Chahayed, and Mike Dean)

Gucci Mane – Woptober

04. "Money Machine" (featuring Rick Ross)

Migos

"Dat Way" (featuring Rich the Kid)

SremmLife Crew – Adult Swim Singles Program 2016

20. "Ball Out the Lot" (featuring Bobo Swae and Swae Lee)^[6]

ASAP Ferg – New Level (Remix) – Single

01. "New Level (Remix)" (featuring Future, ASAP Rocky, and Lil Uzi Vert)

Meek Mill – DC4

11 "Way Up" (featuring Tracy T)

Gucci Mane

01. "Floor Seats" (featuring Quavo)^[7]

Lil Uzi Vert & Gucci Mane – 1017 vs. The World

01. "Changed My Phone"
02. "Today!!"

2017

Kodak Black – Painting Pictures

16. "Feeling Like" (featuring Jeezy) (produced with Derelle Rideout)^[8]

Zaytoven

00. "East Atlanta Day" (featuring Gucci Mane and 21 Savage) (produced with Zaytoven)

Philthy Rich

00. "Water Leak" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert, Offset and Sauce Walka)^[9]

Meek Mill – Wins & Losses

12 "Glow Up"

Trippie Redd

"Dark Knight Dummo" (featuring Travis Scott)

Quality Control – Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1

13. "The Load" (featuring Gucci Mane, Lil Baby & Marlo)
18. "Holiday" (featuring Lil Yachty & Quavo) (produced with Supah Mario)

2018

Migos – Culture II

02. "Supastars" (produced with Buddah Bless, DJ Durel and Quavo)

Gucci Mane, Migos, Lil Yachty

00. "Solitaire"

Christina Aguilera – Liberation

12. "Accelerate" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign and 2 Chainz)

scarlxrd

00 "MAD MAN."

Trippie Redd

"Ghost Busters" (featuring Quavo, XXXTentacion, Ski Mask the Slump God)

Jack Harlow – Loose

04. "Slide for Me"

2019

Jack Harlow – Confetti

04. "Sunday Night"

2020

21 Savage & Metro Boomin – Savage Mode II

03. "Glock in My Lap" (produced with Metro Boomin and Southside)

2022

Metro Boomin & Future – Heroes & Villains

03. "Too Many Nights" (featuring Don Toliver)

2023

Lecrae – Church Clothes 4: Dry Clean Only

14. "They Ain't Know"

Metro Boomin – Metro Boomin Presents Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

12. "Givin' Up (Not the One)" (featuring 21 Savage, Don Toliver and 2 Chainz)

Kid Cudi – Insano

03. "Keep Bouncin'"

2024

Metro Boomin & Future – We Still Don't Trust You

24. "Show of Hands" (featuring ASAP Rocky; produced with Metro Boomin)

Megan Thee Stallion – Megan

14. "Down Stairs DJ"

Notes

^ "I Don't Know" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
^ "Way Back" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
^ "20 Min" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.
^ "Solitaire" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

References

^ "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E." HotNewHipHop. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "BMI | Repertoire Search". repertoire.bmi.com.
^ "Honorable C Note Talks About Producing on A$AP Rocky's New Track "M's"". Complex. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. on Genius". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Explains His Approach to Production". 9 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Swae Lee Drops 'Ball Out the Lot' with Bobo Swae – XXL". XXL. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
^ "Gucci Mane Drops 'Floor Seats' with Quavo – Complex". Complex. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "Instagram". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
^ "Philthy Rich - Water Leak Feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Offset & Sauce Walka (Prod. By Honorable C.N.O.T.E)". HotNewHipHop. 2 June 2017.

External links

Honorable C.N.O.T.E. on X
Honorable C.N.O.T.E. at AllMusic
Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. discography at Discogs

[6] "I Don't Know" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 16 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

[7] "Way Back" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

[8] "20 Min" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

[9] "Solitaire" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number eight on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart.

[1] "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E." HotNewHipHop. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[2] "BMI | Repertoire Search". repertoire.bmi.com.

[3] "Honorable C Note Talks About Producing on A$AP Rocky's New Track "M's"". Complex. 8 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[4] "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. on Genius". Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[5] "Da Honorable C.N.O.T.E. Explains His Approach to Production". 9 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[10] "Swae Lee Drops 'Ball Out the Lot' with Bobo Swae – XXL". XXL. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.

[11] "Gucci Mane Drops 'Floor Seats' with Quavo – Complex". Complex. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

[12] "Instagram". Archived from the original on 2017-05-07. Retrieved 2017-04-01.

[13] "Philthy Rich - Water Leak Feat. Lil Uzi Vert, Offset & Sauce Walka (Prod. By Honorable C.N.O.T.E)". HotNewHipHop. 2 June 2017.

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Career

Production discography

Charted songs

Production credits

2007

Birdman – 5 * Stunna

Flo Rida – Mail on Sunday

2 Pistols – Death Before Dishonor

2009

Mack 10 – Soft White

Eminem – Relapse 2

2010

B.o.B – B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray

Bizarre – Friday Night at St. Andrews

2011

Z-Ro – Meth

2012

Coke Boys – Coke Boys 3

Future – Pluto

Waka Flocka Flame – [Triple F Life: Friends, Fans & Family

Gucci Mane – Trap God

2013

Gucci Mane – Trap God 2

Gucci Mane – World War 3:Lean

Gucci Mane – Trap House III

2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time

Yo Gotti – I Am

Lil Bibby – Free Crack

E-40 – The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 6

Lil B – 05 Fuck Em

Gucci Mane – The State vs. Radric Davis II: The Caged Bird Sings

2014

Meek Mill – I Don't Know – Single

G Herbo – Welcome to Fazoland

Gucci Mane – Trap House 4

Migos – No Label 2

Kevin Gates – By Any Means

Gucci Mane – Trap God 3

Gucci Mane – The Oddfather

Lil Bibby – Free Crack 2

Gucci Mane – East Atlanta Santa

2015

Gucci Mane – 1017 Mafia: Incarcerated

Rae Sremmurd – SremmLife

Ne-Yo – Non-Fiction

G Unit – The Beast Is G Unit

Gucci Mane – Trap House 5

ASAP Rocky – At. Long. Last. ASAP

Migos – Yung Rich Nation

K Camp – Only Way Is Up

Pusha T – King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude

2016

Yo Gotti – The Art of Hustle

2 Chainz – ColleGrove

ASAP Ferg – Always Strive and Prosper

Belly – Another Day in Paradise

DJ Drama – Quality Street Music 2

Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight

Gucci Mane – Woptober

Migos

SremmLife Crew – Adult Swim Singles Program 2016

ASAP Ferg – New Level (Remix) – Single

Meek Mill – DC4

Gucci Mane

Lil Uzi Vert & Gucci Mane – 1017 vs. The World

2017

Kodak Black – Painting Pictures

Zaytoven

Philthy Rich

Meek Mill – Wins & Losses

Trippie Redd

Quality Control – Quality Control: Control the Streets Volume 1

2018

Migos – Culture II

Gucci Mane, Migos, Lil Yachty

Christina Aguilera – Liberation

scarlxrd

Trippie Redd

Jack Harlow – Loose

Birdman – 5 Stunna*