Sidney Brown (born August 21, 1976), better known as Omen is an American record producer from

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. He has produced for artists such as

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, Beyoncé,

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, Vado,

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, Redman, Keith Murray,

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, and

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Early life and career

Omen's production was featured on early

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releases by

and

. Omen produced "Everybody" from

's debut album '' Coming of Age'' and "No 1 Can Compare" from

's debut album '' All Money Is Legal''. Further placements include "Change You or Change Me" and "Why Wouldn't I" from

's '' Street Dreams'', "Taste This" from

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's '' Moodring'', and "Swagga Back" from Keith Murray's Def Jam debut '' He's Keith Murray''. Omen also provided the entire score for the

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release ''

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'' in 2002.

Commercial breakthrough and Grammy Award

In 2006 Omen produced " Tell It Like It Is" for

which appeared as the b-side to the single "

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." " Tell It Like It Is" was featured on

's double album '' Release Therapy'', which won the 2007

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, thus earning Omen his first Grammy award and certificate. Omen was also featured on Redman's '' Red Gone Wild'' album, producing the song " Soopaman Luva 6" which featured Hurricane G.

''Thank Me Later''

Through Omen's collaborations with

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music producer

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, he was introduced to

who recorded the song " Shut It Down" featuring

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, for his album, ''

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''. Further co-production with

led Omen to co-produce

’s " I'm Single" featured on ''

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''. The video for " I'm Single" premiered on MTV2 on April 18th, 2010. " I'm Single" was also released on iTunes on May 11th, 2010. I'm Single was officially released on

's '' I'm Not A Human Being'' album, which reached #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

Production credits

*2015 **"Actin' Crazy" by

*2013 **"Mine" by Beyoncé from " Beyoncé" *2012 **"What Happened 2 U" by Usher from " Looking 4 Myself" **"Black Hero Theme Musik Mixtape" By Omen and The Elaborate Musik Orchestra **"Vans On" by T. Mills Single **"Circus Act" by Angelina Lavo **"Jealous Girls" by Angelina Lavo *2011 **"Applause" by Omen and the Elaborate Musik Orchestra featuring XV, 4IZE, Ashton Travis and Jigsaw Tha Puzzla
**"Get Back" by

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, Ashton Travis, and Mike Jaggerr from '' Black Hero Theme Musik'' **"

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" by

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, Ashton Travis, Nickelus F, Luckie Day, and The C3 Choir from '' Black Hero Theme Musik'' **" All For Me" by XV, Vado, Cyhi Da Prynce, and Erin Christine from ''Zero Heroes'' *2010 **"Polo" remix by Vado featuring

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**"Polo" by Vado from '' Slime Flu'' **" I'm Single" by

from '' I'm Not A Human Being'' **" Shut It Down" by

featuring

from ''

'' *2009 **" I'm Single" by

from ''

'' *2008 **"Overdose On Life" featuring

, and Travis McCoy from Gym Class Heroes *2007 **" Soopaman Luva 6" by Redman featuring Hurricane G from '' Red Gone Wild'' *2006 **" Tell It Like It Is" by

from '' Release Therapy'' *2003 **" Why Wouldn't I" and " Change Your or Change Me" by

from '' Street Dreams'' **"The Cause Of Death by

from '' Revolutionary Vol. 2'' **" Swagger Back" by Keith Murray from '' He's Keith Murray'' *2001 **"One Day" by

from ''

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'' *2000 **" No 1 Can Compare" by

from '' All Money Is Legal'' *1999 **" Everybody" by Memphis Bleak from '' Coming of Age''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omen Living people 1976 births African-American record producers Record producers from New York (state) People from Harlem 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people