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Scott Storch

Scott Spencer Storch (born December 16, 1973) is a Canadian[1] entertainment mogul, hip hop, pop, and R&B record producer, arranger and instrumentalist of Jewish descent.

Early Years

Storch is the son of a Fahad court reporter and a singer. He eventually moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey where he grew up middle class, and dropped out of school in ninth grade to pursue a career in music. He eventually moved to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and then Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became the keyboard player for the Philadelphia hip-hop band The Roots. He also played keyboards for other Philadelphia artists including Schoolly D and G. Love.

Storch began experimenting with his own productions by playing with The Roots. He then left the band and learned more about the art of making beats by working with Dr. Dre and Timbaland. Storch is now one of the most in demand hip-hop producers today, working on beats for a wide variety of artists. Unlike many of his contemporaries (Mannie Fresh, Kanye West and 9th Wonder), Storch rarely uses samples in his beats, preferring to compose all parts himself. He also has an interest in Middle Eastern and Indian music, which comes across in some of his songs, most notably "Candy Shop" and "Just a Lil' Bit" by 50 Cent,"Let's Ride" By The Game, "Playas Only" by R. Kelly (featuring The Game) as well as "Naughty Girl" and "Baby Boy", both by Beyoncé (the latter featuring dancehall artist, Sean Paul).

Private Life

In his private life he has been musically linked with rapper Lil' Kim, chat show host Jenny Jones, video model Erica Mena, and hotel heiress Paris Hilton. He has been romantically linked to Jade TrueLove. Despite his flashy appearance wearing enormous amounts of diamond jewelry [4], he prefers privacy, and is relatively shy compared to fellow hip-hop producers Pharrell Williams or Kanye West, both of whom have become musical stars themselves after becoming successful producers. His car collection includes 4 Rolls-Royce Phantoms (one Phantom with the roof chopped off), a Bentley Continental GT, a 2007 Bentley Azure, an Aston Martin Vanquish S, a Maybach 62, a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a Ferrari Enzo, a Ferrari F430, a Ferrari 575M Maranello, a Lamborghini Murciélago roadster and a Bugatti Veyron 16.4. He lives in a $10.5m home in Miami with a $25m yacht called Tiffany docked behind it.[2] In mid-2006, Rolling Stone magazine reported Storch's fortune to be worth somewhere near $70 million dollars. On April 16, 2006, Scott and his on-and-off girlfriend of four years, Dae Daniel Esquire, welcomed his first son, Jalen Storch.[3] Dae Daniel filed a paternity suit against Storch, verifying that he is the father of the baby, and claiming that her only assets are valued at $21,000. She wants custody and child support. Storch did not respond to the suit and was judged to be the baby's biological father. Further judgment on money and such is yet to be determined.

Later Years

Storch's own production company is called Tuff Jew Productions. Storch also has his own record label, called Storchaveli, which is distributed under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. For a short while in 2005, Storch worked with fellow mega-producer Lil' Jon to produce hits for Lil' Flip, Angel Doze and Tony Sunshine among others. However, the relationship soon turned sour and ended with Lil' Jon criticizing Storch for being a "biter".

Storch made his first appearance in DJ Khaled's Holla At Me Baby music video. His second appearance was at the end of Fat Joe's music video titled Make It Rain. He has also appeared in various home videos, some of which have surfaced on YouTube. He also made an appearance in DMX's Video for "Give Em What They Want", however the video was never released. Storch appears at the end of Fat Joe's music video titled Make It Rain (Remix) and is in Birdman & Lil' Waynes video You Ain't Know playing the piano.

Controversies with other artists

Storch has been criticized by many industry artists such as Lil' Jon, Christina Aguilera, and Timbaland.

Timbaland

Hip-hop producer Timbaland refers to Storch in his new single "Give It To Me," singing: I get a half a mil for my beats, you get a couple grand-d-d-d-d/Never gon' see the day that I ain't got the upper hand/I'm respected from California way down to Japan/I'm a real producer n' you just a piano man/Your songs don' top the charts, I heard em, am not a fan." Timbaland confirmed that he was talking about Storch in an interview with MTV personality Sway. He said that he would go after the trashtalkers on his new album Timbaland Presents Shock Value. [5]

Storch responded with the track "Built Like That" on February 26, 2007, which features Philadelphia rapper Nox. On the track, Storch claims to have been solely responsible for the production of the 2002 Justin Timberlake hit "Cry Me a River," for which he received credit as a co-writer and pianist, but production was solely creditted to Timbaland. He also claims that Timbaland's production partner Danja has been responsible for his recent string of hits with Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake, and mocks the commercial failure of Timbaland's former Beat Club label.[4]

Rapper Artist D.O.E. (An affiliate of the Mosley Music Group) took it upon himself to respond with the song Piano Man, produced apparently by Timbaland. He mocks Storch for producing such artists as MC Hammer. Ms. Jade also released a diss track, "Beam You Up," in response to Scott's lines about Beat Club being wack and Timbo being incapable of signing talent. Nox has also released another diss track titled "1st Degree Murder."

List of songs produced by Scott Storch

Main article: List of songs produced by Scott Storch

Singles produced by Scott Storch

Notes

  1. ^ "e-Talk Daily, December 6, 2006". CTV. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
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