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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, Vado,

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, Redman,

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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 ''

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'' and "No 1 Can Compare" from

's debut album ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', and "Swagga Back" from

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debut ''

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''. 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

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to the single "

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

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'', which won the 2007

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, thus earning Omen his first

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award and certificate. Omen was also featured on Redman's ''

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'' album, producing the song " Soopaman Luva 6" which featured

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''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 "

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" featured on ''

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''. The video for "

" premiered on

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on April 18th, 2010. "

" was also released on

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on May 11th, 2010.

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

from "

" *2012 **"What Happened 2 U" by Usher from "

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" **"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

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from ''

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'' **"

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" by

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, Ashton Travis,

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, Luckie Day, and The C3 Choir from ''

'' **" 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 ''

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'' **"

" by

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

featuring

from ''

'' *2009 **"

" by

from ''

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

, and

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from

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*2007 **" Soopaman Luva 6" by Redman featuring

from ''

'' *2006 **" Tell It Like It Is" by

from ''

'' *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

from ''

'' *2001 **"One Day" by

from ''

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

from ''

'' *1999 **"

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" by Memphis Bleak from ''

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 musicians