Tommy Brown (record producer)

Thomas Lee "Tommy" Brown (born May 1, 1986), professionally known as TB or TB Hits, is an American record producer and songwriter from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He learned from production greats Roy Hamilton and Rodney Jerkins of Darkchild, while working alongside them. Brown has produced for several prominent artists, such as Wyclef Jean, Jennifer Lopez, Shontelle, Ray J, Ludacris, Black Eyed Peas^[1] and many more while signed under the Darkchild production team, from 2008 to 2012.

In 2011, Brown was working on projects with Travis Porter, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland and Trey Songz, among others.

Producing, songwriting and recognition

Before working in music, Brown worked at Sears in Atlanta, Georgia. Every night he would hand out around 50 CDs with his songs on them and snippets of The Notorious B.I.G's "Ten Crack Commandments" over the tracks. He was finally contacted by Gorilla Zoe who invited Brown to work in the studio with him.^[2]

Originally, starting in 2008, Brown worked with production group "Darkchild" in his early career. During this time, he worked with artists such as Jennifer Lopez, Wyclef Jean. He has also worked with The Black Eyed Peas, most notably their song"Just Can't Get Enough".

In 2012, Brown became independent with publishing through Sony/ATV Music Publishing. He is now settled in L.A. producing tracks for established stars and breaking new up-and-coming acts like Meek Mill, Travis Scott, Cee Lo Green,^[3] Nas, T.I., Ariana Grande, John Legend, Teyana Taylor, Cyhi the Prynce, Victoria Monet, Mario, Chrisette Michele, Kelly Rowland, and 2 Chainz.

He has been working with Naya Rivera for her upcoming debut album^[4][5] as well as with Mario for his upcoming album, Restoration.

Production/Songwriting Discography

References

External links

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