Jake and the Phatman
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Jake and the Phatman (Glenn Standridge and Robert Ozuna) are Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum producers, songwriters, DJ's and Multi-Instrumentalists.
Both were born in the mid 70's in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their early work included the Luniz, 3x Crazy, Keak da Sneak, Dawn Robinson (Formally of En Vogue and Lucy Pearl) and Dr. Dre. In 1997 they started work on what was to become the supergroup Lucy Pearl's debut album, featuring Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Toné!), Dawn Robinson, and Ali Shaheed (A Tribe Called Quest). It was during this time they developed their working relationship with Raphael Saadiq. After the success of the Lucy Pearl album Raphael Saadiq began to use them exclusively as his production partners.
As producers Jake and the Phatman have racked up a long list of credits Tupac, Snoop Dogg, Devin the Dude, Kelis, Mary J. Blige, Teedra Moses, TLC, Joss Stone, Musiq Soulchild, Anthony Hamilton, Erykah Badu, Floetry, Jill Scott, Ginuwine, Dwele, The Isley Brothers, Angie Stone, D'Angelo, Stevie Wonder, Beyonce, Chante Moore, Leela James, and Earth, Wind & Fire
