RedZone Entertainment is an Atlanta-based, music-production entity. Redzone's discography includes collaborations with many artists, producers, and composers of note, and is responsible for over 25 million records sold.
RedZone Entertainment has produced acts such as
P!nk
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,
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productio ...
,
Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion ( ; born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled vocals, Dion is the best-selling Canadian recording artist, and the best-selling French-language artist of all time. Her ...
,
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...
,
Usher,
Ciara
Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...
,
Sting
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* Irritating hairs or prickles of a stinging plant, or the plant itself
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* Sting (Middle-ear ...
,
Rihanna
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, and
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...
.
Founded in 1995 by music producer
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart
Christopher Alan "Tricky" Stewart (born January 4, 1974) is an American record producer, record executive, songwriter, and music publisher. In a career spanning over 30 years, Stewart has won 5 Grammys and is responsible for over 50 million rec ...
and artist manager Mark E. Stewart, RedZone Entertainment serves as both the parent company and production arm of the Stewart brothers' music business. This includes two publishing companies, an Atlanta recording studio, and an artist management company.
Origins and history
Family beginnings
The Stewart brothers grew up in a family heavily involved in the business of making music. Their mother and her two sisters were background singers for such artists as
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...
and
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Lee Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer, and one of the most influential musicians behind soul and politically conscious African-American music. , and the trio were also jingle singers featured on many national ad campaigns. Their father and his brother operated a jingle company in Chicago whose clients included
Ford Motor Company
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,
McDonald's
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,
Coca-Cola
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, Bud Light, and many others.
In 1989, Big brother
Laney Stewart opened his own jingle company, Minute Men Music. This was the company that gave Mark, Tricky and Judi (Tricky's sister-in-law) their start as professionals in the music business, Tricky in the area of recording and music production, Mark and Judi in the area of business. In 1989 when
Laney Stewart signed an exclusive publishing agreement with Famous Music, and the family left jingles and began writing and producing records full-time for major artists.
Record production
In 1990, at the age of 16, Tricky got his first major label placement when he produced a song entitled "Hold Me Tight" for
MCA
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recording artist, Troy Hinton. In the next two years Tricky went on to produce records for Aaron Hall, Damion Hall,
Immature and others.
Company moves
In the fall of 1992 Mark and Tricky moved the RedZone base of operations from Chicago to Los Angeles.
In 1994, the Stewarts met record producer and songwriter L.A. Reid of LaFace records. Reid offered them a deal to move their production company to Atlanta, and the brothers accepted.
RedZone established in Atlanta
In 1995, with the support of Reid, his brother Mark Stewart, and his sister-in-law Judi Stewart, Tricky established RedZone Entertainment and Triangle Sound studios in West Buckhead, Atlanta, GA.
Early years 1998–2003
Early years
1998 was a pivotal year for RedZone Entertainment. Christopher "Tricky" Stewart wrote and produced
JT Money
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's single "Who Dat", which featured rapper
Solé
Tonya Michelle Johnston (born July 17, 1973), better known by her stage name Solé, is an American rapper from Kansas City, Missouri.
Biography
Solé was born in 1973 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Phyllis Frazier and James Johnston, Her siblin ...
. "Who Dat" reached #1 on the Billboard Rap chart and #5 on Billboards "Hot 100" in 1999. In 2000 Stewart and his writers penned
Mýa
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's "
Case of the Ex
"Case of the Ex" (sometimes subtitled "Whatcha Gonna Do") is a song by American singer Mýa. It was written and composed by Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and his songwriting partners Traci Hale and Thabiso "Tab" Nkhereanyne for Mýa's second stu ...
". The single debuted at #12 on the Hot Singles Sales and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. It remains Mýa's highest-charting solo single on the Hot 100 to date.
Solé went on to sign with RedZone, who produced her album "Skin Deep" released in September 1999. "Skin Deep" peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200, and #27 on the top hip-hop albums chart. The single off the album "4,5,6" was Ascap's "Female Rap Song of the Year." 1998 was also the year RedZone discovered producers
Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
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and Eric "Nealante" Phillips who produced
TLC's "
No Scrubs
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" and
Destiny's Child
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's "
Bills, Bills, Bills". During this time, Redzone signed Music Producer
Chuckey Charles, R&B singer
Sam Salter, and R&B singer/songwriter Blu Cantrell.
Blu Cantrell
In 2000, Tricky Stewart and producer/writer Tab started working with
Blu Cantrell
Blu Cantrell (born Tiffany Cobb; March 16, 1976) is an American contemporary R&B, R&B and soul music, soul singer-songwriter.
Cantrell rose to fame in 2001, with the release of her debut single, "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)", which peaked at num ...
on a demo recording and helped her break into the business singing back up for such artists as
Diddy,
Gerald Levert
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,
Aaron Hall, and
Faith Evans
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.
[Sonya Shelton, Musicianguide.com/biographies] Once the demo was complete
L.A. Reid was invited to hear Cantrell, and he signed her immiediately to
Arista Records
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.
Reid was quoted as saying:
Cantrell's debut album, ''
So Blu'', was released on July 31, 2001, debuting at number eight on the
''Billboard'' 200.
In 2001, Cantrell received nominations for Best New Artist from both the Grammy Awards and the
American Music Award
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s as well as a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance for the song "
Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)
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". The song was written and produced by
Dallas Austin
Dallas L. Austin (born December 29, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer.
Biography
Early life
During a 2019 interview with DJ Vlad, Dallas Austin detailed previously unknown or unconfirmed events in ...
, and spent weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2002, Cantrell was nominated for a Grammy Award and an American Music Award. She collaborated with RedZone on her follow-up album ''
Bittersweet
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Biology
* A vine in the nightshade family, ''Solanum dulcamara''
* Some species of vines in the genus ''Celastrus'', including American bittersweet (''C. scandens'') and Oriental bitters ...
''.
A creative community
In 2003, RedZone expanded from just a producer driven company to a creative community, fostering and collaborating with many writers and producers. The list over the years includes, but is not limited too,
The-Dream
Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His co-writing credits include songs with " Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, " Ri ...
,
P. Magnet,
Traci Hale, Tab, B. Cox,
Kuk Harrell
Thaddis Laphonia "Kuk" Harrell ( ) is an American songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and engineer. He was a member of a songwriting–production team composed of himself, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash. In 2011, Kuk ...
,
Jazze Pha
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,
Dallas Austin
Dallas L. Austin (born December 29, 1970) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and film producer.
Biography
Early life
During a 2019 interview with DJ Vlad, Dallas Austin detailed previously unknown or unconfirmed events in ...
, Battery Five, Jermaine Dupri, Dean,
J "Q" of The Clutch,
Dru Castro
Andrew Luis "Dru" Castro is a 5x Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, producer and songwriter in Atlanta, Georgia. He has produced or engineered songs for artists such as Childish Gambino, Usher, Nelly, Anitta, Pentatonix, Ciara, Keyshia Cole, ...
,Todd Herfindel, J.B. of "the Movement", Zeke and
Ciara
Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...
. RedZone has served as the springboard for many influential writers, artists, producers, and music industry professionals.
Britney Spears
In 2003 RedZone produced
Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer. Often referred to as the "Princess of Pop", she is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s. After appearing in stage productio ...
' "
Me Against the Music
"Me Against the Music" is a song by American singers Britney Spears and Madonna for Spears' fourth studio album, ''In the Zone'' (2003). It was written by Spears, Madonna, Tricky Stewart, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Thabiso "Tab" Nikhereanye, ...
" which featured
Madonna. The song went on to become the first single off her record "
In The Zone
''In the Zone'' is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Britney Spears. It was released on November 12, 2003, through Jive Records. With the conclusion of her Dream Within a Dream Tour in July 2002 and the end of her relationship with ...
" and won the Billboard Music Award for Best-Selling Dance Single of the Year. This led to the enlistment of RedZone founder Tricky Stewart and one of his production partners P. Magnet to work on several more songs for the album. They wrote the lyrics for the
Moby
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produced "Early Morning", recorded vocals for the
R. Kelly
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During his recording career, Kelly sold over 75 million records worldwide ...
-produced "Outrageous" and wrote and produced "The Hook Up", which had a reggae feel.
[Oct. 15, 2003, MTV.com]
Tricky described the Britney Spears project as "the tip of the iceberg" of RedZone's new style.
2004–present
Kuk Harrell, vocal producer, songwriter, and engineer
In 2004 vocal producer, songwriter and engineer
Kuk Harrell
Thaddis Laphonia "Kuk" Harrell ( ) is an American songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and engineer. He was a member of a songwriting–production team composed of himself, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash. In 2011, Kuk ...
joined and became a key player on the RedZone team. He would go on to co-write RedZone's production Rihanna's "Umbrella", as well as produce the vocal.
Rihanna "Umbrella"

In 2007, the release of the RedZone production "
Umbrella
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" sung by pop star
Rihanna
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on the Def Jam release ''Good Girl Gone Bad'', was to have a great impact on the careers of all involved with the project. The song, co-written by Terius "
The-Dream
Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His co-writing credits include songs with " Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, " Ri ...
" Nash, Kuk Harrell, and Tricky Stewart, was produced by Tricky Stewart, with vocal production provided by Kuk Harrell. The song, which featured a rap intro by renowned rapper
Jay-Z, would go on to win many music industry awards and to break industry records. Released in late March 2007, the song broke the iTunes record for biggest debut ever. The song climbed 40 spots to reach number one on the Billboard charts, and stayed there for 7 weeks. The video for the song received five nominations for
MTV
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's 2007 Video Music Awards, including the win for Smash Single Of The Year. The song had an impressive chart run around the world and a received and over-all positive reception from music critics.
Entertainment Weekly magazine placed "Umbrella" at the top of their list of the Ten Best Singles of 2007, and ''Rolling Stone'' magazine declared it number three of the 100 Best Songs of the year; it was also named Song of the Year in ''Blender'' magazine's Readers' Poll 2007. In 2008 "Umbrella" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in addition to receiving nominations for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.
The RedZone team suddenly found themselves in great demand. Stewart, Nash, and Harrell finished out the year working with such notable artists as
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...
("Greatest X" off ''Discipline''),
Jesse McCartney
Jesse McCartney (born April 9, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama ''All My Children'' as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo mus ...
("
Leavin'" off the record ''
Departure''),
Celine Dion
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("Skies of L.A." off her new album ''
Taking Chances
''Taking Chances'' is the tenth English-language and twenty-third studio album by Canadian singer Celine Dion, released by Columbia Records on 7 November 2007. Dion returned to the music scene after almost five years of performing '' A New Day... ...
''), and
Usher ("
Moving Mountains" and "
This Ain't Sex" of his new album ''
Here I Stand'').
J. Holiday "Bed"
2007 saw another successful release for RedZone with the single "
Bed (song)". The song was released June 19, 2007, it written by
Terius Nash ("The-Dream) and sung/performed by J. Holiday on his debut album "
Back of My Lac'".
[ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: J. HOLIDAY TAKES YOU TO BED!] "Bed" debuted on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in the issue week of July 4, 2007 at number 89 and peaked at number 5.
It was number 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for five weeks in a row. On Tuesday July 31, 2007 the song/single debuted on BET's 106 & Park countdown at number 9. On Wednesday, August 15, 2007,--its 11th day on the countdown-- "Bed" hit number one! The song was #70 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The video for "Bed" was ranked the #11 video of 2007 on BET's notorized.
Tricky Stewart co-wrote and produced the follow-up single "
Suffocate", released on October 2, 2007. The song peaked at #2 on Billboards "Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs", #5 on U.S. Billboards Rhythmic Top 40, and #55 on the U.S. Billboard Pop 100.
J. Holiday was subsequently nominated for BET's "Best Male R&B Singer 2008".
Chris Brown, "Exclusive"
The RedZone team contributed to two songs off Chris Brown's album "Exclusive" which was released on Oct 30, 2007. Terius "The-Dream" Nash wrote on "You" and "Gimme Watcha Got" featuring Lil' Wayne.
The Dream-"Love Hate"
After the success of "Umbrella", and
J. Holiday's "
Bed", RedZone writer/producer "The-Dream" went on to artistic success with his own certified gold record "
Love Hate". The album, executive produced by Tricky Stewart, was released on December 11, 2007 on the Def Jam label. "Love Hate" spawned three singles, "
Shawty Is a 10", "
Falsetto
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It is produced by the vibration of the ligamentou ...
", and "
I Luv Your Girl". The singles peaked on the Billboard hot R&B/Hip Hop song charts at #6, #3, and #3 respectively. "The-Dream" is currently featured on
Plies single "
Please Excuse My Hands", which also features
Jamie Foxx
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, as well as
L.L. Cool J
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's "Baby", and
Gym Class Heroes
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"
Cookie Jar".
Mary J. Blige, "Growing Pains"
The RedZone team was nominated in 2007 for a Grammy for "Best Female R&B Vocal Performance" on
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...
's "
Just Fine
"Just Fine" is a song by the American singer Mary J. Blige. It was written by Blige, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, Jazze Pha and Tricky Stewart for her eighth studio album, ''Growing Pains'' (2007), while production was helmed by Pha and Stewart. It ...
". "Just Fine", released October 16, 2007, was the leading single off Mary J.'s most recent album "Growing Pains", and was written by Tricky Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash. It was produced by Tricky Stewart, and Kuk Harrell produced the vocals. Stewart also co-wrote and produced many of the tracks on the album "
Growing Pains
''Growing Pains'' is an American television sitcom created by Neal Marlens that aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992. The show ran for seven seasons, consisting of 166 episodes. The series followed the misadventures of the ...
", Terius "The-Dream" Nash wrote on 6 of the album's tracks, and the vocals on all of the tracks but one were produced by Kuk Harrell.
The album, released on Dec 17, 2007, debuted at number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart
["Mary J. Blige – Growing Pains worldwide chart positions and trajectories". aCharts. Accessed January 3, 2008] and number one on the R&B chart. In its second week the album climbed to number one on the Billboard 200 with 204,000 copies sold.
In the UK, the album entered the charts at Number 6, making it her highest charting album there since "No More Drama" in 2001 with first week sales of 21,755.
Mariah Carey, "Touch My Body"
Released February 4, 2008, "
Touch My Body
"Touch My Body" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released as the lead single from her eleventh studio album, ''E=MC² (Mariah Carey album), E=MC²'' (2008), on February 12, 2008, by Island Records. Carey co-produced th ...
" is a song co-written by American singer Mariah Carey, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Crystal "Cri$tyle" Johnson and Terius "The-Dream" Nash for Carey's eleventh studio album, E=MC². Produced by Carey, Stewart and Nash, it was released as the lead single off the album. The song is Carey's eighteenth number one single on the Billboard Hot 100 and nominated for a 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
A review in Billboard Magazine stated that "this sensual jam is 100% Mariah, packed with satisfying harmonic layers and hooky background 'oh's,' supersonic verses and a chorus as catchy as a winter sniffle", and Blender stated that it was a "pop genius making genius pop". Bill Lamb from About.com also gave "Touch My Body" a positive review, giving it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that the single "is simple, sexy elegance from one of the most enduring of pop stars". Newsday also named it as the "Song of the Week", commenting that it was "the best opening single she's had since "Heartbreaker". Digital Spy was also positive, saying "its cooing, sensual charms soon take hold, suggesting the wind's still very much behind the Carey comeback bandwagon".
Jesse McCartney, "Leavin'"
On March 10, 2008, Tricky Stewart, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, and Kuk Harrell co-created the single entitled "Leavin'" for Jesse McCartney's album "Departure" which was subsequently released on May 20, 2008. "Leavin'" peaked at #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart,
[Artist Chart History: Jesse McCartney. Billboard.com. Retrieved June 24, 2008.] #2 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart,
#1 on Billboard Hot Dance Club Play,
and #1 on Billboard Mainstream Top 40 singles chart.
Leavin' stayed in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 20 weeks.
Justin Bieber, "One Time" and "Baby"
Tricky Stewart, Terius "The-Dream" Nash, and Kuk Harrell wrote and produced the hit single "One Time" for Canadian singer Justin Bieber's debut album, ''
My World''. The single was released on July 7, 2009. It peaked at #12 in Canada, and #17 in the U.S. and also did well internationally. They also produced "
Baby
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for his ''
My World (Part II)'' which charted at #3 in Canada and #5 in the U.S.
Ciara, "Fantasy Ride" (2009) and "Basic Instinct" (2010)
In early 2009, Tricky Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash wrote and produced numerous songs on Ciara's third studio album, ''"
Fantasy Ride"'', which was released on May 5, 2009. They both co-wrote and produced five songs titled ''"High Price"'', ''"Like a Surgeon"'', ''"Ciara to the Stage"'', ''"Lover's Thing"'', and ''"Keep Dancin' On Me''" on the album.
In 2010, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream went in the studio at work on
Ciara
Ciara Princess Wilson ( ; Harris; born October 25, 1985) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, model and entrepreneur. She released her debut studio album, '' Goodies'' in 2004, which spawned four singles: " Goodies" (featuring Petey Pa ...
's fourth studio album titled "'
Basic Instinct
''Basic Instinct'' is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran ( Michael Douglas), who is investigating the brutal murder of a w ...
'", which is set for a release on December 14, 2010. The two executive-produced the entire album. The lead single from the album titled "
Ride, was produced by the duo, the single was released on April 26, 2010. The single went on to become her twelfth top ten hit on the Billboard
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs
The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by '' Billboard''. Rankings are based on a measure of radio airplay, sales data, and streaming activity. The chart had 100 ...
chart. Tricky, The-Dream and Ciara are currently putting the finishing touches on the highly anticipated album.
Xscape
In December 2017; Laney Stewart produced 90's girl group Xscape (LaTocha Scott, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris, & Tamika Scott) as a trio minus Kandi Burress (Xscap3) to release the song "Dream Killa" with a follow up by Pierre Medor titled "Here For It", with the EP executive produced by Tricky Stewart.
See also
*
Tricky Stewart
Christopher Alan "Tricky" Stewart (born January 4, 1974) is an American record producer, record executive, songwriter, and music publisher. In a career spanning over 30 years, Stewart has won 5 Grammys and is responsible for over 50 million re ...
*
Kuk Harrell
Thaddis Laphonia "Kuk" Harrell ( ) is an American songwriter, vocal producer, arranger and engineer. He was a member of a songwriting–production team composed of himself, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart and Terius "The-Dream" Nash. In 2011, Kuk ...
* Terius "
The-Dream
Terius Youngdell Nash (born September 20, 1977), better known by his stage name The-Dream, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. His co-writing credits include songs with " Me Against the Music" (2003) for Britney Spears, " Ri ...
" Nash
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