title: True Master
text: # True Master
  
  Derrick Harris (born November 4, 1969), better known by his stage name True Master, is an American hip-hop record producer and occasional rapper, known for his affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan.
  
  True Master Albums :
  
  | Title | Label | Date |
  | - | - | - |
  | Meta-Historical (with KRS-One) | Fat Beats | 2010 |
  | Master Craftsman | True Master Music | 2013 |
  | Divine Intervention (with Killah Priest) | True Master Music | 2021 |
  
  ## Production credits
  
  ### 1995
  
  * Guru presents Ill Kid Records (1995)
  
      07. True Master - "Who's the Truest"
      09. Fabidden - "Hi Energy"
  * Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (March 28, 1995)
  
      04. "Brooklyn Zoo" (Co-produced with DivineMaster Wu-Elements and Ol' Dirty Bastard)
  * Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (July 18, 1995)
  
      04. Looking Through Darkness (featuring Mica Paris) (Produced by True Master and co-produced by Guru)
      05. Medicine (featuring True Master and Ini Kamoze)
  
  ### 1996
  
  * Ghostface Killah - Ironman (October 29, 1996)
  
      09. "Fish" (featuring Cappadonna and Raekwon)
  * Various artists - NFL Jams (Import) (November 26, 1996)
  
      04. Method Man and Ricky Watters - "It's In The Game"
  
  ### 1997
  
  * Various artists - Rhyme & Reason (soundtrack) (January 14, 1997)
  
      07. The RZA - "Tragedy" (Produced by True Master and co-produced by RZA)
  * Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Forever (June 3, 1997)
  
      2-09. "The M.G.M."
      2-13. "Heaterz" (featuring Cappadonna)
  * Gravediggaz - The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel (October 14, 1997)
  
      03. "Da Bomb"
      08. "Pit of Snakes" (Produced by True Master and co-produced by RZA)
      12. "Hidden Emotions" (featuring True Master)
  
  ### 1998
  
  * Cappadonna - The Pillage (March 24, 1998)
  
      01. "Slang Editorial"
      05. "Supa Ninjaz" (featuring U-God and Method Man)
      07. "Splish Splash"
      09. "Milk the Cow" (featuring Method Man)
      10. "South of the Border"
      12. "Dart Throwing" (featuring Raekwon and Method Man)
  * Killah Priest - Heavy Mental (May 10, 1998)
  
      02. "One Step" (featuring Tekitha)
      05. "Cross My Heart" (featuring Inspectah Deck and GZA)
      11. "If You Don't Know" (featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard)
  * Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First (July 21, 1998)
  
      04. "Flaming Swords"
      11. "Collaboration '98" (featuring True Master and Method Man)
      14. "For The Lust of Money/The Grandz"
      17. "Next Up" (featuring Method Man)
      18. "Intellectuals" (featuring Raekwon and U-God)
  * Method Man - Tical 2000: Judgement Day (November 17, 1998)
  
      04. "Dangerous Grounds" (featuring Street Life)
      06. "Sweet Love" (featuring Cappadonna and Street Life)
      08. "Torture"
      16. "Party Crasher"
         The version of this song that appears on the album is actually a remix by RZA. True Master provided the original beat, but it was later replaced. In an interview, Method Man expressed his wish to have the album released with the original True Master beat once all the copies of the first retail pressings were sold. The full instrumental of the original version of "Party Crasher" is available on a white label release of instrumentals from Tical 2000: Judgement Day.
      17. "Grid Iron Rap" (featuring Street Life)
      23. "Killin' Fields" (featuring Cho-Flo)
  
  ### 1999
  
  * Ol' Dirty Bastard - Nigga Please (September 14, 1999)
  
      12. "All In Together Now"
  * Inspectah Deck - Uncontrolled Substance (October 5, 1999)
  
      08. "Longevity" (featuring U-God)
      11. "Lovin' You" (featuring La the Darkman)
      13. "R.E.C. Room"
  * U-God - Golden Arms Redemption (October 5, 1999)
  
      02. "Turbulence"
      04. "Dat's Gangsta"
  
  ### 2000
  
  * Tony Touch - The Piece Maker (April 18, 2000)
  
      05. Wu-Tang Clan - "The Abduction"
  * Afu-Ra - Body of the Life Force (October 10, 2000)
  
      04. "Big Acts, Little Acts" (featuring GZA)
  
  ### 2001
  
  * Various artists - Oz (soundtrack) (January 9, 2001)
  
      03. Wu-Tang Clan - "What You In Fo'"
  * Cappadonna - The Yin and the Yang (April 3, 2001)
  
      02. "Super Model" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
  * Gravediggaz - Nightmare in A-Minor (April 9, 2002)
  
      03. "Burn Baby Burn"
      14. "Man Only Fears" (featuring ShoGun Assasson)
      19. "Nightmare In A-Minor" (featuring 4th Disciple and Beretta 9)
  * Various artists - Wu-Chronicles, Chapter 2
  
      08. Inspectah Deck, Leatha Face and U-God - "Rumble"
      10. Leatha Face and U-God - "To The Rescue"
  * RZA - Digital Bullet (August 28, 2001)
  
      09. "La Rhumba" (featuring Method Man, Killa Sin and Beretta 9)
  * Wu-Tang Clan - Iron Flag (December 18, 2001)
  
      07. "Ya'll Been Warned"
  
  ### 2002
  
  * Afu-Ra - Life Force Radio (May 21, 2002)
  
      16. "Dangerous Language" (featuring RZA)
  * Busta Rhymes - It Ain't Safe No More (November 26, 2002)
  
      18. "Till It's Gone"
  
  ### 2003
  
  * 9th Prince - Granddaddy Flow (May 28, 2003)
  
      11. "Slang Killaz" (featuring Killarmy)
  * RZA - Birth of a Prince (October 7, 2003)
  
      05. "Fast Cars" (featuring Ghostface Killah)
  
  ### 2004
  
  * Ghostface Killah - The Pretty Toney Album (January 25, 2004)
  
      02. "Biscuits" (featuring Trife)
  * Masta Killa - No Said Date (June 6, 2004)
  
      09. "Secret Rivals" (featuring Killah Priest and Method Man)
      13. "Queen"
      15. "Silverbacks" (featuring Inspectah Deck and GZA)
  
  ### 2005
  
  * Black Rob - The Black Rob Report (October 18, 2005)
  
      12. "You Know What" (featuring Louis Farrakhan)
  
  ### 2007
  
  * Cilvaringz - I
  
      12. "Damascus"
  
  ### 2008
  
  * GZA - Pro Tools
  
      3. "Alphabets"
      9. "Paper Plates"
         This track was wrongfully credited to The RZA, but was confirmed being produced by True Master.
  
  ### 2009
  
  * Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… Pt. II
  
      17. "Fat Lady Sings"
         This track was wrongfully credited to The RZA, but was confirmed being produced by True Master.
  
  ### 2010
  
  * KRS-One & True Master - Meta-Historical
  
      entire album
  * 9th Prince - One Man Army
  
      13. "Prince Of The Empire State"
  
  ### 2013
  
  * Killah Priest - The Psychic World Of Walter Reed
  
  DISC 2
  
      01. "The PWOWR (Problem Solver)" [co-produced by GZA & Shaolin Monks]
  
  ### 2017
  
  * Masta Killa - Loyalty Is Royalty
  
      08. "Skit"
  
  2021
  
  * Killah Priest & True Master - Divine Intervention
  
  entire album
  
  ## Appearances as a rapper
  
  ### 1993
  
  * Guru presents Ill Kid Records (1993)
  
      07. True Master - "Who's the Truest"
  
  ### 1995
  
  * Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (July 18, 1995)
  
      08. "Medicine" (featuring Ini Kamoze and True Master)
  
  ### 1997
  
  * Gravediggaz - The Pick, the Sickle and the Shovel October 14, 1997
  
      12. "Hidden Emotions" (featuring True Master)
  
  ### 1998
  
  * Sunz of Man - The Last Shall Be First July 21, 1998
  
      11. "Collaboration '98" (featuring True Master and The Method Man)
  
  ### 2000
  
  * Royal Fam - Yesterday, Today, Iz Tomorrow 2000
  
      11. "Army Brickaid" (featuring Jahrule, ROC, Timbo King and True Master)
  
  ### 2006
  
  * RZA - Afro Samurai OST
  
      15. "Take Sword Part II" (featuring 60 Second Assassin)
  
  ### 2008
  
  * GZA - Pro Tools
  
      10. "Columbian Ties" (featuring True Master)
  
  ### 2010
  
  * KRS-One & True Master - Meta-Historical
  
      07. "Knowledge Reigns Supreme" (featuring True Master)
      19. "He's Us" (featuring True Master)
  
  2021
  
  * Killah Priest & True Master - Divine Intervention
  
      02. "Summer Snow" (featuring True Master)
      04. "Asiatic Nobles" (featuring True Master)
  
  05. "Cathedrals" (featuring True Master)
  
  08. "Akashic Headress" (featuring True Master)
  
  09. "Venus Succubus" (featuring True Master)
  
  