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Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Back To Front
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With today’s release of hip-hop legend Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” CD, and burgeoning R&B superstar Chris Brown’s “Exclusive,” a lot of Atlanta producers and songwriters are getting some major exposure.
Some of them have long had it — like Jermaine Dupri (who contributed to “Gangster”), and T-Pain, Jazze Pha and Bryan-Michael Cox (who are on “Exclusive”).
But there are also local talents on these projects who are still becoming household names (Sean Garrett, DJ Toomp, Adonis); some of whom even have plans to — or are at least being prodded to —become recording artists themselves.
With behind-the-scenes Atlanta wonders like Johnta Austin and The Dream also on the verge of such a shift, it makes one wonder: What are the chances of these guys winning at both sides of the highly unpredictable music industry? Sure, one can easily point to Atlanta’s Ne-Yo as an example of someone who successfully transitioned from backdrop (writing “Let Me Love You” for R&B singer Mario) to spotlight. Then again there’s the relative thuds like Timbaland…
