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Infobox musical artist |name = Sleepy Brown (Patrick Brown)|image = Sleepy Brown.jpg|caption = Sleepy Brown performing in Detroit , Michigan .|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Patrick Brown|birth_date = Birth date and age |1970|1|24|origin = Savannah, Georgia|Savannah , Georgia (US state)|Georgia |genre = Contemporary R& B|R& B , Pop music|Pop , Hip-hop music|Hip-Hop |occupation = Singing|Singer |years_active = 1995–present|label = Purple Ribbon Records |associated_acts = Organized Noize , OutKast |website = URL|sleepybrown.com|notable_instruments = Patrick "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970 in Savannah, Georgia|Savannah , Georgia (US state)|Georgia ) is an Contemporary R& B|R& B singer-songwriter , and record producer . He is one-third of the successful Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta -based production team of Organized Noize , which has created hit record|hits for musician|acts such as OutKast , Goodie Mob , and TLC (band)|TLC . TLC's " Waterfalls (TLC song)|Waterfalls ", penned by Brown and Organized Noize's Rico Wade and Ray Murray, was a chart-topper|#1 hit single on '' Billboard (magazine)|Billboard's Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100 in the summer of 1995.
Career
Patrick Brown was born on January 24, 1970. http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2502/Brown-Patrick-Sleepy.html/ Patrick "Sleepy" Brown Biography http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2010/01/24/general-history_7298161.html? partner=alerts/ Associated Press: Today in History - January 24, 2010 In his early days, Brown was fascinated with music and often used to carry around an old four-track machine and small keyboard instrument|keyboard everywhere he went. That earnestness appealed to Wade and Murray when they first met Brown around 1990. A talented keyboardist and advocate for live musical instrument|instrumentation , Brown developed into a multi-instrumentalist , mastering various types of synthesizer s and electric piano s; however, his inclination for using sampling (music)|samplers and drum machine s always kept him rooted in hip hop . A personal milestone for Brown, however, was the opportunity to work with funk legend Curtis Mayfield in 1996, on his final album New World Order . In the early 2000s, Brown gradually ascended from behind the recording studio|studio mixing desk|boards into the artist spotlight.
Besides his production work, Brown also sound recording and reproduction|records as an musician|artist himself, both for his own recordings (including his 2004 single (music)|single "I Can't Wait" from the Barbershop 2: Back in Business film soundtrack ), and on songs with collaborators such as Beyoncé and Big Boi (on the latter's US #1 and UK #7 hit " The Way You Move ").cite web |first= |last= |url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p464443|pure_url=yes |title=Biography by Cyril Cordor |publisher=Allmusic.com |accessdate=22 January 2009 Brown independently released his debut solo (music)|solo album , ''Sleepy's Theme - The Vinyl Room'' in 1998. He was slated to release an album on the DreamWorks Records record label|label . called 'For the Grown and Sexy', but the release was scrapped when DreamWorks label folded.
He is now signed to Big Boi's label Purple Ribbon Records and released his second album, Mr. Brown (album)|Mr. Brown on October 3, 2006. Brown never cut his ties with Organized Noize as shown by Wade's and Murray's contribution to Mr. Brown 's arrangement s and unconventional production. However, Pharrell of The Neptunes chipped in for the single "Margarita."
Brown is the son of Jimmy Brown (musician)|Jimmy Brown , the lead vocalist and saxophone|saxophonist for the 1970s funk musical ensemble|band , Brick (group)|Brick .
Discography
Albums
Society of Soul - Brainchild (1995)
''Sleepy's Theme - The Vinyl Room (1998)
Mr. Brown (album)|Mr. Brown (2006)
Sex, Drugs, & Soul (2012)
Singles
2004: "I Can't Wait" ( Billboard Hot 100|U.S. #40, Hot R& B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R& B #18) http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do? JSESSIONID=kzjyJMwJWP2phQ3Shhw2HRnKQwrk1p5bPJHyjPD9nQcjskn17npl!16413001& model.vnuArtistId=428816& model.vnuAlbumId=797018 Billboard.com
2006: "Margarita" (feat. Big Boi & Pharrell ) (US #108)
; Featured singles
2002: " Saturday (Oooh Oooh!) " ( Ludacris featuring Sleepy Brown) (US #22, US R& B #10, US Hot Rap Tracks|Rap #5, UK Singles Chart|UK #5)
2002: "Land of a Million Drums" ( OutKast featuring Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown) (US R& B #116, UK #46)cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 82
2003: " The Way You Move " (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (US #1, US Pop #1, US R& B #2, US Rap #1, UK #7)
2005: "The Otherside" ( Bubba Sparxxx featuring Petey Pablo and Sleepy Brown)
2006: " Morris Brown (song)|Morris Brown " (OutKast featuring Scar and Sleepy Brown) (US #95, US R& B #102, UK #43)
Idlewild (film)|Idlewild (2006) - Syncopated Church Orchestra
References
Reflist
External links
http://www.sleepybrown.com/ Official website
https://twitter.com/sleepybrownatl/ Official Twitter
http://www.thedungeonfamily.com/ Dungeon Family Official Site
http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-261705-00.html "Margarita" Music Video
http://www.craveonline.com/music/articles/04646786/sleepy_brown_long_time_coming.html Sleepy Brown Interview: September 2006 with Crave Online
http://www.thesituation.co.uk/us_interviews/06/sleepy_brown/sleepy_brown.html Sleepy Brown interview with Luke Davis (The Situation)
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