THE STORY BEHIND THE ALBUM
TITAN
THE ALBUM THAT BUILT THE PRODUCER.
Produced by Double AA, TITAN brings together artists, composers, and engineers across 23 tracks of soulful, modern R&B, guided by trust, collaboration, and one uncompromising rule: leave the ego at the door and do what is best for the song.
THE WHY
I BECAME A TITAN WHILE CREATING TITAN.
TITAN began as a reflection of how I saw myself and a challenge to prove that I could bring a complete vision to life. I wanted to create an album that honored the trust every artist, composer, and engineer placed in me, bringing the best of what each person carried together with the best of what I could give.
Across 23 tracks, the process demanded more than musical instinct. It required patience, discernment, leadership, and the discipline to leave ego at the door. Song by song, I learned how to recognize talent, combine the right creative ingredients, and guide many individual contributions toward one unified body of work.
By the time TITAN was complete, I no longer had to imagine the producer I wanted to become. The work had revealed him.
The album began as something I wanted to prove. It ended by revealing who I had become.
DOUBLE AA
THE SOUND
SOULFUL AT THE CORE. MODERN IN ITS FORM.
TITAN is the clearest expression of the musical language that shaped me. Its foundation lives in the Black Church and Gospel, where harmony, conviction, and feeling could never be separated. New jack swing taught me movement and precision. Hip-Hop taught me the power of drums, texture, and space.
The influence of The Winans, Teddy Riley, RZA, and Timbaland lives within the album’s DNA, not as imitation, but as foundation. Their work showed me how soul, groove, atmosphere, and rhythm could coexist inside one production. I carried those lessons into 23 tracks of soulful, modern R&B, bringing emotion, hard drums, rich harmony, and contemporary production into one unified sound.
Through the process, I discovered that R&B was not simply one of the genres I could produce. It was the place where every part of my musical identity could meet. TITAN gave that identity a sound.
THE MUSICAL LINEAGE
THE WINANS
RZA
TEDDY RILEY
TIMBALAND
TITAN DIDN’T JUST
REVEAL MY SOUND.
IT REVEALED WHERE I BELONGED.
THE COLLABORATION
TRUST CAME BEFORE THE MUSIC.
The foundation of TITAN was relationship. Before I could ask an artist, composer, or engineer to trust my direction, I had to earn their trust as a person and as a creator.
I was not interested in simply collecting features or contributions. I wanted to understand what each person carried, create the environment for their best work, and combine it with mine in a way that honored both the collaborator and the song.
That trust allowed a wide circle of artists, composers, and engineers to move toward one shared vision. Across 23 tracks, many individual gifts became one complete body of work.
I BROUGHT THE VISION.
WE BROUGHT TITAN TO LIFE.
THE RULE
LEAVE YOUR EGO AT THE DOOR.
As the producer, I was responsible for the vision, but responsibility did not mean control for control’s sake. It meant stewardship. Every decision had to answer one question:
WHAT IS BEST FOR THE SONG?
Sometimes that meant leading with conviction. Other times it meant listening, changing direction, or making room for an idea stronger than my own. The source of the idea mattered less than whether it moved the music forward.
That principle kept TITAN honest. It created room for every collaborator to bring their best without competition, and it allowed each song to become what it needed to be.
THE SONG CAME FIRST.
EVERYTHING ELSE
HAD TO SERVE IT.
THE SONIC STANDARD
MUSIC IS SUBJECTIVE.
THE STANDARD WASN’T.
I knew I could not control whether every listener would love every song. Taste is personal. What I could control was whether each record had the clarity, depth, balance, and finish to stand beside the music they already trusted.
For TITAN, the sonics were not the final polish. They were part of the production itself. Every vocal, drum, harmony, texture, and transition had to feel intentional. Wherever a song appeared, it had to compete with the major-label records surrounding it.
When TITAN was played at IMI Studios in New York City, the response in the room affirmed the work. The album felt cohesive, full, and ready to carry the weight of the vision behind it.
I COULD NOT CONTROL WHETHER THEY LOVED THE SONG.
I COULD CONTROL WHETHER THE RECORD MET THE STANDARD.
THE TRACKLIST
23 RECORDS. ONE COMPLETE
BODY OF WORK.
Released March 10, 2023, TITAN spans 1 hour and 19 minutes of soulful, modern R&B. Across the album, a wide circle of artists brings a distinct voice to each record while Double AA’s production holds the full sequence together with one creative and sonic identity.
MARCH 10, 2023 · 1 HOUR 19 MINUTES
TITAN SOUND
1
TELL ME
Young Steff + Sharod Starks
13
ALL IN
Brandy Haze
2
MISS RIGHT
Kaydence + Ricky Belfort
14
MORE
Ka’miko + Trez Bell
3
GET IT RIGHT
RL
15
HOW YOU DO IT
Melissa Jones
4
COLLAPSE
SixoneSixx
16
TALK TO ME
DS Quattro + Ka’miko
5
TAKE MY TIME
2 Much Dope + Daniel El
17
YOU NEED A VIBE
Ninja Santos
6
FOR A DAY
Ka’miko + Yuneer Gainz
18
REMEMBER
Mistr Roundtree
7
WAITING ON YOU
Keva Soullilly + She Real
19
WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER
Ka’miko
8
AND THEN SOME
Skinny Lo
20
SWIM GOOD
Ninja Santos
9
SELFISH
Yuneer Gainz
21
JUST WANNA KNOW
Brandy Haze
10
DIFFICULT
Lenisha Nelson
22
NO EXCUSES
Young Steff
11
ANYTIME
Cherell Terri
23
I’LL STAY
Ka’miko
12
ON MY KNEES
Young Steff
THE CREDITS
THE PEOPLE WHO BROUGHT TITAN TO LIFE.
TITAN was shaped by artists, composers, musicians, and engineers who trusted the vision and brought their own gifts to the work. Across 23 records, Double AA guided those individual contributions toward one complete creative and sonic identity.
Every name below is part of the album’s story.
ARTISTS
Young Steff
Sharod Starks
Kaydence
Ricky Belfort
RL
SixoneSixx
Doeboy Philly
Big Brown
Daniel El
Ka’miko
Yuneer Gainz
Keva Soullilly
She Real
Skinny Lo
Lenisha Nelson
Double AA
Cherell Terri
Brandy Haze
Melissa Jones
DS Quattro
Ninja Santos
Mistr Roundtree
Trez Bell
SONGWRITERS
Young Steff
Sharod Starks
Kaydence
RL
SixoneSixx
Doeboy Philly
Big Brown
Daniel El
Double AA
Ka’miko
Yuneer Gainz
Keva Soullilly
She Real
Skinny Lo
Lenisha Nelson
Saki Bomb
Cherell Terri
Tasha Lanae
Brandy Haze
Melissa Jones
DS Quattro
Ninja Santos
Mistr Roundtree
Trez Bell
COMPOSERS
Double AA
Ricky Belfort
Paul Cabbin
Darren Gooden
Blacka Din Me
Sam Mandell
Sliced Kiwi Beats
Daniel El
Tay Supreme
ProdbyDru
Q Keyzz
Karl McNeill Sr
Sir Elroy
EGOMI
Wu10
ENGINEERS
Ace the Engineer
B Flat
Ja B
Che Rhenosonce
Benjamin Bryant
Smart Boy Beatz
EDG
Double AA
Auden
Lenisha Nelson
Q Keyzz
Cristal Viramontes
Skool
EGOMI
PRODUCED BY DOUBLE AA
THE COLLECTOR’S EDITION
THE FIRST CHAPTER,
MADE PHYSICAL.
The TITAN USB Edition houses the complete 23-track album in a distinctive physical format created to be held, collected, and revisited.
As the physical expression of Double AA’s first full-length album, it preserves TITAN as a lasting piece of the catalog and the first complete chapter in the story of the producer he became through the work.