Andre Deyo

Andre' "mrDEYO" Deyo
mrDEYO
Background information
Birth name	Andre' Nathaniel Deyo
Also known as	mrDEYO
Born	April 19, 1978 (1978-04-19) (age 33)
Origin	Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Genres	R&B, pop, dance, hip hop
Years active	2001–present
Labels	TS.A, Sony, SongU.com
Associated acts	Jennifer Lopez, Natasha Ramos, Ginuwine, Antonio McLendon, Monica, O'Ryan, Dan Talevski, Koffee Brown, Jared Cotter, Frankee, Tyrese
Website	http://www.myspace.com/newmrdeyotsa

Andre' Deyo

Andre' Nathaniel Deyo (born April 19, 1978), better known by his stage name mrDEYO (or the misspellings Mister Deyo or Mr. Deyo), is an American R&B singer and hit songwriter best known for his songwriting abilities and arrangements on "Jenny From The Block" for Jennifer Lopez. He has been signed to a publishing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing since 2002. He also currently runs his own TS.A Records, LLC (since 2005) and TS.A Studios and Consulting, LLC (since 2008) where he puts out his independent music and advises aspiring musicians and those looking to be involved in the industry.

Music career

2001

He released his first song placement with Arista recording artists Koffee Brown titled "I Got Love" (Scars) from their Mars/Venus album and was featured on the hook and rap (produced by Chris Liggio).^[1]

2002-03

It was his follow-up placement in autumn of 2002 "Jenny from the Block" for Jennifer Lopez, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-three single (4 weeks stuck behind "Lose Yourself" by Eminem and "Work It" by Missy Elliott). The song inspired the new nickname for J.Lo and reached number one in Argentina and Canada, and entered the top ten on the majority of all other charts it appeared on. It was produced by Troy Oliver and featured Jadakiss and Styles (of The Lox). Many people believe it inspired Faith Hill's 2005 hit "Mississippi Girl". The This Is Me... Then album also produced another mrDEYO written single, a co-write with Cory Rooney "I'm Glad". It was #4 on the Hot Dance Charts (4 weeks) and won a Billboard Award for Best Selling Latin Song of the Year. The video was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards in 2003: Best Female Video, Best Dance Video, Best Choreography, and Best Art Direction.

Deyo's pen and vocal skills went into Ginuwine's fourth album entitled The Senior with the songs "Chedda Brings" a co-write with longtime collaborator Antonio McClendon and "Big Plans" which featured Method Man. Deyo's vocal backgrounds can be heard on each of these records and is credited on the album. mrDEYO also lent his hand and vocal production to Monica's #1 album After the Storm, which was the long awaited rerelease of All Eyez on Me. The song "Go To Bed Mad" was a duet featuring label mate Tyrese.^[2]

2004

Deyo had another single with O'Ryan (Omarion's look alike little brother) called "Take It Slow" . The song was a co-write with Tommy Niblack (who vocal produced with Deyo on "Go To Bed Mad"), Makeba Riddick (of Beyonce fame), and Adonis Shropshire (Bad Boy hit writer). A month later he landed a placement with Frankee, famous for her answer back song to Eamon's "Fuck It (I Don't Want You Back)" called F.U.R.B. (Fuck You Right Back). Linking together with producer Chris Liggio again he penned "I Told U So" for her release The Good, the Bad, the Ugly.

2005-06

Deyo began his label, TS.A Records. He also worked with Jared Cotter (JL Cotter) on his project "The Album B4 The Album" contributing four songs: "Mo' Thangs", "Make U Cry" feat. Stimuli (co-written with Cotter and Greg Bruno), "Just Tell Him", and "Business & Pleasure". Deyo would commonly tap Jared to demo his songs @ Sony/ATV Music Studios in New York City and continued to work with him to reach his goal of becoming an artist. In 2007 Jared found success as a top 12 contestant on American Idol (Season 6), hosting Fuse Network's "The Sauce". In 2009 Cotter co-wrote the Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit and ASCAP Award winner "Down" by Cash Money artist Jay Sean as well as the majority of the album.

2007-08

He took a turn as the artist on his CD single "She Hot" on his independent TS.A Records via iTunes, which included snippets to his upcoming album Human Beings Club which has yet to be released although it was expected in the summer of 2007.^[3]

In December 2007 he began work with Dan Talevski (of YouTube popularity), penning his industry insiders favorite "Quick & Slow" produced by The HeavyWeights and he also lent a hand in putting a bridge on Dan's YouTube Classic "Rocket & Go" which the HeavyWeights reproduced for the clubs.^[4] He has unreleased material on Natasha Ramos, whose long-awaited debut comes from Pharrell Williams' Star Trak Entertainment label.

December 2007 – present: Deyo began working with the girl group "Queenz" of Queens, New York through longtime friend and collaborator Kenny Ortiz (known best for his role in signing and developing the famous New York, NY group SWV). Deyo's work has included recording, vocal producing, writing, demoing, and providing ideas on their sound, look, and marketing; basically materializing the vision of making the 20 year old girls superstars. They are currently readying material to begin shopping for a major label recording deal. They recorded their first song with Deyo entitled "Set Me Free" written by mrDEYO and Jason Gilmore. It was produced by The HeavyWeights.

August 14, 2008: Theneptunes.com (the Neptunes's #1 fansite) reports Natasha Ramos as working on her new solo album. No release date given but confirmed tracklisting has "Strawberries" and "Music Box" on it, written and vocal produced by Deyo.^[5]

Sept. 8, 2008: mrDEYO reveals through his Myspace page that he is working on his first full album "Digital Love" slated for an October 14 release to coincide with the grand opening of his TS.A Studios and Consulting Company in Wolcott, CT. Possible album features are rumored to be singers Natasha Ramos, Antonio McLendon, and Dan Talevski and rappers Jus Mula, and HeadRush of Connecticut. His Billboard advertisement in 2007 was for an album titled "Human Beings Club" which was never released. Production is from longtime collaborator Troy Oliver ("Jenny From The Block" and "Differences" fame), Dante Ross VP of Steve Rifkind Company (legendary A&R who signed Queen Latifah and Busta Rhymes), mrDEYO and up and comers from overseas, WeProduceThem and C-Tease (Dan Talevski's Hunger Pains Remix). No word yet on a single.

October 31, 2008: mrDEYO releases "Digital Love" for FREE via the web and his Myspace page [3]. The album containing 13 songs plus a bonus cut, along with a PDF of the lyric book, and the artwork is included with each download. All vocals on the album are by mrDEYO, and most songs include use of the "Auto-Tune" effect T-Pain is widely known for making popular in today's music, which mrDEYO has been known to use since 2001.

November 1, 2008: The song "After Midnight" (listed as artist Andre Deyo) is the first song on a downloadable compilation featured on website RNB4U.in, which describes itself as "the finest in R&B".^[6] It was listed and featured on many other R&B sites and compilations, which are known for getting, promoting, and providing the best exclusives in urban music.

2009

Jennifer Lopez's Greatest Hits album will feature the two singles "I'm Glad" and "Jenny From The Block" mrDEYO wrote for her, and it has been reported that it may be released in February 2009.^[7] At one points reports were saying (with no official confirmation) that Lopez is releasing new material on the album "STILL FROM THE BLOCK" (which celebrates her 10 years of hits in the industry) including first single "Still From The Block" produced by Swizz Beats which will hit radio January 9, 2009. The video will premier at the end of January. Lopez has yet to release her greatest hits and has since left Epic Records who was set to drop the album. She is now signed with Def Jam and there has been no further talks on the greatest hits project.^[8][9]

Since 2009 Deyo has been with SongU.com [4],^[10] coaching and giving his professional opinion on SongU members songs as well as sharing songwriter experiences with them.

2010

Deyo was listed as one of Waterbury, Connecticut's Notable Waterburians in the 2010 Waterbury Guide.^[11] Via his Facebook (Andre Deyo) and Twitter (@mrDEYO) he's notified his friends and fans he's still in development stages with the girl group Queenz, recording @ Quad Studios and Diddy's Daddy's House Recording Studio. Artist Dan Talevski makes his debut in May.

TS.A Studios (Wolcott, CT)

November 24, 2008 - May 4, 2010 TS.A Studios and Consulting was open for business on 390 Wolcott Street, Wolcott, CT 06716. It was owned and operated by Andre Deyo. It's focus was centered on nurturing Connecticut's talent at affordable rates and providing industry hits and recordings.

References

1. ^ Koffee Brown - I Got Love (scars) SONG LYRICS at FruityLyrics.com
2. ^ Go to Bed Mad | Monica | VH1.com
3. ^ CD Baby: MRDEYO: 'She Hot' CD Single
4. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
5. ^ http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:UGwBVY_nqdMJ:theneptunes.org/natasha-working-on-her-album/+natasha+ramos+new+album&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&client=safari
6. ^ http://rnb4u.in/download.php?action=popup&kat_id=34&fileid=653
7. ^ YouTube - Broadcast Yourself
8. ^ [1]
9. ^ Lopez "Still From The Block"
10. ^ [2]
11. ^ Waterbury, CT