Kerry Brothers, Jr.
Kerry Brothers, Jr. (born October 1, 1970) better known as "Krucial" or, as Alicia Keys often referred to him, "K" is Multi-Grammy Award winning producer who is an American songwriter, executive producer and record producer, who was once rumored to be the boyfriend of multiple Grammy Award-winning R&B and soul singer Alicia Keys,[1] with whom he has worked on her four multi-platinum albums Songs in A Minor (2001), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007) and The Element of Freedom (2009).[2] Brothers and Keys are the co-founders of KrucialKeys Enterprises, an independent music production company,[3] and they also co-own a Long Island-based recording studio named The Oven Studios.[4] In addition to Keys, he has worked with R&B and hip hop artists like Mario, Rakim, Angie Stone, Nas, Keyshia Cole, Toni Braxton and rising stars Drake and K'naan. In a prolific musical partnership with Keys that first developed in the early 1990s, Brothers helped write and produce a number of tracks for her debut and second albums, Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys, respectively, which have both sold over 30 million copies worldwide. Brothers has produced, written, arranged, and composed songs that have appeared on motion picture soundtracks such as Dr. Dolittle, Drumline, Shaft, and Ali.[5] With his work with Keys, earned him three Grammy Awards; Best R&B Album (Songs in A Minor and The Diary of Alicia Keys), Best R&B Song ("No One").
[edit] Production discography
[edit] Written songs with Alicia Keys
Brothers, Jr. co-wrote and co-produced songs of albums Alicia Keys; additional writers and producers are listed below.
- Songs in A Minor
- "Troubles"
- "Rock wit U" (Taneisha Smith)
- "The Life" (Taneisha Smith)
- "Ghettoman" (Syl Johnson, Jimmy Jones, Bernard "Doss" Malik, Glenn Watts)
- "I Won't (Crazy World)"
- "Juiciest (Mixtape Version)" (James Mtume)
- "Typewriter"
- The Diary of Alicia Keys
- Unplugged
- "Stolen Moments" (Lamont Green, Wah Wah Watson)
- As I Am
- "As I Am" (Intro)
- "Go Ahead" (Mark Batson, Marsha Ambrosius)
- "No One" (George D. Harry)
- "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
- "Where Do We Go from Here" (Mary Frierson, Johnnie Frierson)
- "Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)" (Novel Stevenson, Ron Haney, Paul L. Green, Steve Mostyn)
- The Element of Freedom
- "Doesn't Mean Anything"
- "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" (Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Noah "40" Shebib)
- "Love Is My Disease" (Toby Gad, Melini Smith)
- "This Bed" (Mostyn)
- "Distance and Time" (Mostyn)
- "How It Feels to Fly"
- Other Songs
- "Fight" (from Ali Ali Original Soundtrack)
- "Rear View Mirror" (LaShawn Daniels, Green, Fred Jenkins, Rodney Jenkins) (from Dr. Dolittle 2 Original Soundtrack)
[edit] References
- ^ "Alicia Keys Nearly Spills Secrets To Jane". MTV News. January 18, 2006. http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1521106/20060118/keys_alicia.jhtml?headlines=true. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "Alicia Collaborator Krucial Goes Solo". Rolling Stone. December 7, 2005. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/8933895?rnd=1134046051968&has-player=true&version=6.0.11.847. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "Alicia Keys - A Legend Grows". ASCAP. Summer 2005. http://www.ascap.com/playback/2005/summer/features/keys.html. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
- ^ "Alicia Keys Opens Recording Studio in New York". Mix. October 1, 2005. http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_oven_studios/. Retrieved 2006-12-07.
- ^ "Artist Profile - Kerry Brothers, Jr.". EMI Music Publishing. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927025654/http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/kerry-brothers-jr_profile.html. Retrieved 2007-09-02.
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