Tag: Scott Storch

  • Scott Storch knew he’d make Chris Brown a superstar with “Run It”

    Scott Storch knew he’d make Chris Brown a superstar with “Run It”

    Chris Brown‘s “Run It” turned 15 years old on June 30th. The Scott Storch-produced single is Chris Brown’s introduction to the music industry. It’s also the song that Scott Storch knew he’d make Chris Brown a superstar with.

    In an interview with HipHopDX, Storch described what it was like to make music for a almost-16-year-old Chris Brown.

    ““At that moment in my life, I was literally — and I still consider myself to be on fire, but I was on fire at that moment in my life,” Storch told HipHopDX in an interview. “And he came in, he was just about to turn 16. And I didn’t know how to do anything except make you a hit record. Like, that’s the only thing I could do. I was in there every day, every minute, every hour in the studio. And it was me, Sean Garrett, and we literally, immediately, made something so effortlessly. And I had told him right before we started making it, I was like, ‘I’m about to make you a number one song and you’ll to be a superstar.’”

    The single featured Juelz Santana as well. The music climate was completely different in 2005. Scott Storch production credits were at an all-time high. 2005, Storch also gave us 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop” single that year.

    “I was serious. I was serious. We made it. He cut it. He became a number one smash. You know what I mean? I was with Chris the other night, it’s amazing. We’re still really good friends,” Storch mentioned.

    Read: Scott Storch was a founding member of The Roots

  • Scott Storch was a founding member of The Roots

    Scott Storch was a founding member of The Roots

    Scott Storch was a founding member of The Roots

    Scott Storch who produced a seemingly endless list of smash hits, including Justin Timberlake’s “Cry Me a River,” Beyonce’s “Baby Boy,” Mario’s “Let Me Love You,” Fat Joe’s “Lean Back,” 50 Cent’s “Candy Shop,” Chris Brown’s “Run It!,” and many more, was a founding member of The Roots with Quest Love and  Black Thought, Scott Storch left the group in the mid-1990s, but he still contributed to The Roots projects – his name last appears on the group’s 2004 album The Tipping Point.

    During a conversation with B-Real in his Smoke Box, Scott Storch detailed his exit from The Roots around 8:00

    “In 1992, I joined a group; I was a founding member of The Roots. I was a keyboard player. In those days, I didn’t really [understand my role]. I’m just a keyboard player…[who] happens to be writing all the songs, all the music, this and that. I kinda felt like I was just labeled as this keyboard player—this white guy who played keys. I love The Roots, don’t get me wrong, but it’s a band. I wanted to be a creator and I wanted to be in the studio.”

    After catching the attention of Dr. Dre, Scott Storch went on to co-produce Dre’s comeback hit “Still D.R.E.” which was written by Jay Z and the song started Scott Storch’s career.

    During an interview with Hot 97, detailing his start as a founding member of the Roots

    “It was one too many times that I heard this term ‘Oh, that’s the white boy from The Roots,’” Storch said. “I didn’t have an identity and I was just looked at as some guy who played keys and I was actually the guy writing a lot of the music involved…then I just grew into my passion for writing and producing and I found myself wanting to stay in the studio and not be on the road.”

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