![]() It had a function that allowed you to make your own beats. "My mum bought me an electronic keyboard when I was 14 years old, the Yamaha PSR500," recalls Cox, "which is one of those with the speakers built in. He relocated to Houston, Texas, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and met producer Greg Curtis, who became his mentor and his introduction into the world of music technology. Jermaine helped me to take my thing to another level, you understand? But I've always been an independent worker, and it doesn't feel any different today, you know what I'm sayin'? I was working myself to death, because I was doing stuff with Jermaine and also alone." The Ballad Manīryan-Michael Cox was born in Miami, Florida in 1977. Even when I worked with Jermaine I had records out there that I'd done without him. Various articles imply that he's been on Dupri's payroll for many years, but, stresses Cox, "I've always been independent. It's perhaps for this reason that he sounds a bit tetchy when asked about his exact status. "Yeah, it's crazy," admits Cox about the fact that he's suddenly been discovered, adding that he's been "making hit records for a long time, also without Jermaine". ![]() 'Be Without You' is in fact Cox's first major hit without Dupri, and the enormous success of this song has raised his profile more than anything else he's done. As a result, many tended to give the credit to Dupri rather than Cox. It's a truly staggering list of achievements for someone so young.Īn alternative explanation for Cox's relative obscurity is the fact that most of the above-mentioned hit records were made under the tutelage of Atlanta's big-shot hip-hop producer Jermaine Dupri. Inevitably, Grammy nominations and awards have followed. In the same year, Cox was named producer of the year by Billboard magazine after he broke the Beatles' long-held record for most consecutive number one hits on the Billboard 100 chart. SESAC, the US performing rights organisation, declared Cox songwriter of the year in 2000, 2001, 2002, 20. To have at least a stab at the latter, Cox was (co-)responsible for Mariah Carey's 'Shake It Off', Danity Kane's 'Ride For You', LeToya's 'Obvious', Mary J Blige's 'Be Without You', and Usher's 'Burn' and 'Confessions, Part 2'.Ĭox's career has also been studded with accolades. Today it's quicker to name the R&B A-list stars Cox hasn't worked with than those that he has. Come 2004, Cox already had a mind-boggling 280 hit records to his name. In 1999, as a green 21-year-old, Cox enjoyed his first production credit with the hit song 'Get Gone' by Houston band Ideal. Songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Bryan-Michael Cox is one of the world's leading hitmakers.Ī common reaction on hearing the name Bryan-Michael Cox is 'Bryan who?' One reason for this may be that he hasn't been around for very long - Cox is only 29, and his career has followed the kind of trajectory that journalists invented the word 'meteoric' for.
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