Bryan-Michael Cox

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Bryan-Michael Cox
Born	December 1, 1977 (1977-12-01) (age 32)
Origin	Miami, Florida; Houston, Texas United States
Genres	R&B, Hip hop
Occupations	Songwriter, Producer, Rapper, Singer
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Blackbaby, Inc., Songs In the Key of B Flat, Inc., Beatfactory, LLC. So So Def Recordings

Bryan-Michael Cox or B.Cox for short,(born December 1, 1977)^{[citation needed]} is an award winning American songwriter and record producer. In the songs he produces he sometimes says "It's Another B.Cox Joint"

He is a songwriter and producer. He has co-written and co-produced singles including: Mariah Carey's "Shake It Off"; Tamia's "Still", Monica's "U Should've Known Better"; Danity Kane's "Ride For You"; LeToya's "Obvious"; Mary J. Blige's "Be Without You"; Toni Braxton's "Trippin' (That's the Way Love Works)"; and Usher's "Confessions, Pt. 2". Cox has been professionally producing since 1998, receiving his first formal credit on 1999's "Get Gone" by the R&B Houston-based group Ideal.

Contents 1 History 1.1 112 - Pleasure & Pain 1.2 4mula1 1.3 Aaliyah - I Care 4 U 1.4 Absoulute 1.5 Algebra 1.6 Adrienne Bailon - Adrienne Bailon 1.7 Amerie - Because I Love It 1.8 Antonella Barba 1.9 ATL - The ATL Project 1.10 Avery Storm 1.11 B2K 1.12 B5 - Don't Talk, Just Listen 1.13 Baby of Cash Money 1.14 Bobby Valentino - Special Occasion 1.15 Bow Wow 1.16 Brandy - Unreleased 1.17 Brian McKnight - Ten 1.18 Bryan Abrams 1.19 Cassie - Electro Love 1.20 Chante Moore - Exposed 1.21 Changing Faces - Visit Me 1.22 Chris Brown 1.23 Christina Milian 1.24 Ciara - Ciara: The Evolution 1.25 Claudette Ortiz 1.26 Corey "Latif" Williams - Love in the First 1.27 Da Brat 1.28 Damita 1.29 Danity Kane 1.30 Dave Hollister 1.31 Dave Young 1.32 Day26 1.33 Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled 1.34 Dirty Rose 1.35 Donnie Klang - Just a Rolling Stone 1.36 Dru Hill 1.37 Faith Evans - The First Lady 1.38 Fantasia 1.39 Frankie J 1.40 Freistil 1.41 Ginuwine 1.42 Ideal - Ideal 1.43 Jagged Edge 1.44 Janet 1.45 Jazzy 1.46 Jennifer Lopez - Upcoming Greatest Hits album 1.47 Jermaine Dupri 1.48 Jessica Simpson 1.49 J-Kwon 1.50 Joe 1.51 JoJo 1.52 Johnta Austin - Love, Sex & Religion 1.53 KeKe Wyatt 1.54 Kenny Lattimore & Chanté Moore 1.55 Keith Sweat - Just Me 1.56 Lee Carr 1.57 LeToya Luckett 1.58 Lil' Corey 1.59 Lil' Fizz 1.60 Lil' Mo 1.61 Lloyd 1.62 Mariah Carey 1.63 Mario - Unreleased 1.64 Marques Houston - Veteran 1.65 Mary J. Blige 1.66 Maxwell 1.67 Megan 1.68 Monica 1.69 Mowett 1.70 Mya - Liberation 1.71 Nephu 1.72 Nicole Scherzinger - Her Name Is Nicole (shelved) 1.73 Nivea 1.74 Omarion - 21 1.75 One Chance 1.76 RL - RL: Ements 1.77 Ron Isley 1.78 Ruff Endz - Love Crimes 1.79 Sammie - Sammie 1.80 Sisqó 1.81 Static Major - Suppertime 1.82 S.Blaq 1.83 Sureshot 1.84 Sterling Simms 1.85 Tamar Braxton 1.86 Tamia 1.87 Teairra Mari - Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Mari 1.88 Toni Braxton 1.89 Toni Estes 1.90 Trey Songz - Trey Day 1.91 Trey Songz - Ready 1.92 Unreleased 1.93 Tyrese 1.94 Q. Amey 1.95 Usher 1.96 Young Steff 2 Awards and nominations 3 References 4 External links

History

B.Cox was born in Miami and grew up in Houston, where he attended the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. While in the eleventh grade he met and was mentored by Greg Curtis (who produced and co-wrote Keyshia Cole’s 2006 hit, "Love"). From Curtis, who had a studio in Houston, Cox learned the basic foundation of creating songs, including production, using audio equipment, recording, as well as structuring and writing songs. Currently Cox is the CEO, and Founder of BlackBaby Inc. ^[1]

During his senior year, he was joined at the school by singer Beyoncé Knowles and her former Destiny's Child group member LeToya Luckett. His friendship with Beyoncé and her belief in his talent resulted in his first “real” recording session, which consisted of doing three demo songs for the group then known only as “Destiny.” Although the songs were never officially released, Cox expressed that the session led him to truly know he wanted to be a professional music producer.

In 1997, he moved to Atlanta to attend Clark Atlanta University (CAU), where he majored in music. However, his ultimate reason for the move was to break into the music industry. He pursued opportunities within the music industry. Based on information from a campus flyer, he sought out and obtained an unpaid internship with the Noontime production company, in order to obtain experience and opportunities.^[2] His hard work paid off as his affiliation with Noontime led to him working with Jagged Edge, which resulted in him meeting Jermaine Dupri. Cox’s relationship with Dupri soon had him producing and writing for Nivea, Monica, Da Brat and Lil' Bow Wow. Although Cox has since co-written and co-produced an extensive body of work (including Hot 100 #1 hits such as Carey’s “Don’t Forget About Us” in addition to Usher’s “Burn,” “Confessions, Pt. 2” and “U Got It Bad”) and won two Grammy awards (for work on albums by Carey and Usher), Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You” marked his first Hot 100 Top 5 hit without Dupri.

Cox has teamed with Christopher Hicks of Noontime to establish the imprint Beatfactory, LLC. In addition to LeToya Luckett, its list of artists includes male singer Q. Amey and Dirty Rose (a male quartet). Cox also produces for his own Black Baby, Inc. Stating that he's a "vocalist by nature", he is considering recording his own solo project. In the meanwhile, he’s worked on or is working on projects for artists such as Monica, Brandy, Whitney Houston, LeToya Luckett, Fantasia Barrino, Omarion, Ciara, Mýa, Avant, Amerie, Musiq, Claudette Ortiz (formerly of City High), Tamia, Johnta Austin, Fergie of The Black Eyed Peas, Jessica Simpson, Cassie, Marques Houston, Toni Braxton, Nicole Scherzinger (of the Pussycat Dolls) and Atlantic's Erica Rivera.^[3]

He has also worked with Olivia, Frankie J, and Faith Evans^{[citation needed]}. He has begun working on forthcoming projects by Monica (Executive Producer), Amerie (Executive Producer), Jennifer Lopez (Executive Producer), Brandy, LeToya Luckett, Mariah Carey, Teairra Mari, Keyshia Cole, Kelly Rowland, Trey Songz, Mario, Tevin Campbell, Joe, Whitney Houston, Ashanti, Antonella Barba,Chris Brown, Celine Dion, Sureshot, Keshia Chanté and Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd.

112 - Pleasure & Pain

• 13. "Why Can't We Get Along"

4mula1

• "Baby Girl"

Aaliyah - I Care 4 U

• 11. "Come Over"

Absoulute

• "Is It Like That"

Algebra

• "What Happened"
• "Tug of war"

Adrienne Bailon - Adrienne Bailon

• 00. This Hot

Amerie - Because I Love It

• 12. "Somebody Up There"

In Love & War

• 00. "Red Eye"

Antonella Barba

• 00. "Danger"

ATL - The ATL Project

• 05. "It's Us" (fe

Avery Storm

• 00. "Stop Time"

B2K

• 00. "Last Boyfriend"

B5 - Don't Talk, Just Listen

• 03. "Right to Left"
• 04. "Erica Kane"
• 00. "So Right" (Unreleased)

Baby of Cash Money

• "How It Be"

Bobby Valentino - Special Occasion

• 07. "How 'Bout It"

Bow Wow

Beware of Dog

• 02. "The Future"
• 03. "Bounce With Me" (feat. Xscape)
• 04. "Puppy Love" (feat. Jagged Edge)
• 05. "You Know Me" (feat. Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat)
• 06. "The Dog in Me"
• 07. "Bow Wow (That's My Name)" (feat. Snoop Dogg)
• 08. "This Playboy" (feat. Jermaine Dupri, R.O.C. & Big Duke)
• 09. "Ghetto Girls"
• 11. "Bounce With Me [Extended LP Mix]"

Doggy Bag

• 01. "We Want Weezy (Intro)"
• 02. "Thank You"
• 03. "Take Ya Home"
• 04. "Get Up"
• 06. "All I Know"
• 07. "The Wickedest"
• 08. "Pick of the Litter"
• 09. "Crazy"
• 11. "Up In Here"
• 13. "Off the Glass"

Wanted

• 06. "Like You" (feat. Ciara)
• 08. "Go"

The Price of Fame

• 06. "Shortie Like Mine" (feat. Chris Brown & Johnta Austin)

Brandy - Unreleased

• 00. "Not Gonna Make Me Cry Pts.1 & 2"

• 00. "Bring It Back"

Brian McKnight - Ten

• 02. "Comfortable"

Bryan Abrams

• "If She Only Knew"

Cassie - Electro Love

• 02. "Must Be Love" (featuring Diddy)
• 00. "2 The Morning"

Chante Moore - Exposed

• 01. "Straight Up"
• 04. "Go Head With All That"

Changing Faces - Visit Me

• 00. "Last Night"
• 00. "Come here"

Chris Brown

Chris Brown

• 07. "Winner"
• 13. "Say Goodbye"

Exclusive

• 01. "Throwed"
• 00 ."Catch 22" (Bonus Track)
• 00. "One Mo' Gin" (Bonus Track)
• 00. "Fallen Angel" (Bonus Track)
• 00. "Diagnosed With Love" (Bonus Track)

Christina Milian

Christina Milian

• 07. "A Girl Like Me" (feat. Jermaine Dupri)

'It's About Time

• 12. "Oh Daddy"

Elope

• 00. "Put Em Up"
• 00. "Seven Days"

Ciara - Ciara: The Evolution

• 16. "So Hard"
• 00. "Role Call"

Claudette Ortiz

• 00. "Can't Get Enough"

Corey "Latif" Williams - Love in the First

• 07. "Put Me On"

Da Brat

• 00. "What Chu Like"
• 00. "All My Bitches"

Damita

• 00. "Won't Be Afraid"

Danity Kane

Danity Kane

• 01. "One Shot"
• 11. "Ride for You"
• 13. "Back Up"

Welcome to the Dollhouse

• 06. "Sucka for Love"
• 09. "2 of You"

Dave Hollister

• "My Everything"

Dave Young

• "Never Over"
• "The Reason Why"

Day26

Day26

• 08. "Are We in This Together"
• 10. "Since You've Been Gone"
• 12. "Don't Fight This Feeling"
• 13. "Just Should've Told You" (Bonus Track)
• 15. "Exclusive (No Excuses)" (Bonus Track)
• 00. "Can't Be Me" (Unreleased)
• 00. "Must Be Love" (Unreleased)

Forever in a Day

• "Stadium Music (Flashing Lights)"
• "So Good"
• "Baby Maker"
• "Need That"
• "Like That" (JD)

Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled

• 07. "Bad Habit"

Dirty Rose

• "Not A Game"
• "Phone Sex"
• "The Way It Was"
• "Work It Out"
• "Come With Me"
• "She Ready"
• "Still Be Around"
• "Cheat on Him"
• "Daylight"
• "Through the Impossible"

Donnie Klang - Just a Rolling Stone

• 11. "Which One"

Dru Hill

Dru World Order

• 04. "If I Could"

InDRUpendence Day (2009)

• 00. Away

Faith Evans - The First Lady

• 06. "Tru Love"
• 09. "Catching Feelings"

Fantasia

Free Yourself

• 07. "Got Me Waiting"

Fantasia

• 06. "Only One U"

Frankie J

The One

• 04. "How to Deal"
• 06. "On the Floor"
• 10. "In the Moment"
• 16. "Don't Wanna Try (Remix)" (Bonus Track)

Priceless

• 02. Priceless

Freistil

• "Bessere Welt"

Ginuwine

The Senior

• 06. "Stingy"

A Man's Thoughts

• 04. Last Chance
• 07. One Time For Love
• 00. Can't Blame You

Ideal - Ideal

• 05. "Creep Inn"
• 07. "Get Gone"

Jagged Edge

J.E. Heartbreak

• 01. Heartbreak
• 02. Did She Say
• 03. He Can't Love You
• 04. What You Tryin' to Do
• 06. Healing
• 07. Let's Get Married
• 10. Promise
• 11. Keys to the Range

Jagged Little Thrill

• 01. The Saga Continues
• 02. Where the Party At? (feat. Nelly)
• 03. Goodbye
• 04. Cut Somethin'
• 05. Girl It's Over
• 07. I Got It (feat. Trina)
• 08. Best Man
• 11. This Goes Out
• 12. Respect
• 14. Remedy

Hard

• 02. "Walked Outta Heaven"
• 04. "Visions"
• 09. "Tryna Be Your Man"
• 10. "I Don't Wanna"
• 13. "Shady Girl"

7th Studio Album

• 00. Locked Out

Janet

• "Someone to Call My Lover (Remix)"

Jazzy

• "Make Up"

Jennifer Lopez - Upcoming Greatest Hits album

• 00. "Burning For You"

Jermaine Dupri

• "Welcome to Atlanta"
• "Ballin' Out of Control"
• "Hate Blood"
• "You Bring Out the Freak in Me"
• "Get Some"
• "Money, Hoes & Power"

Jessica Simpson

"Irresistible (Remix)"

J-Kwon

"Morning Light"

Joe

Ain't Nothin' Like Me

• 05. "My Love"
• 06. "Go Hard"
• 10. "Feel for You"
• 13. "You Should Know Me"
• 16. "Run It Back" (Bonus Track)

Joe Thomas, New Man

• 02. "By Any Means"
• 04. "We Need to Roll"
• 05. "Man in Your Life"
• 06. "I Won't Let Him Hurt You"

JoJo

All I Want Is Everything

• 00. "I Hate Love"

Johnta Austin - Love, Sex & Religion

• "Lil' More Love"
• "Hood Love" (feat. Mary J. Blige)
• "Baby Tell Me The Way"
• "Patron"

KeKe Wyatt

• "My Man"

Kenny Lattimore & Chanté Moore

• "Figure It Out"

Keith Sweat - Just Me

• "Just Wanna Sex You"

Lee Carr

"Act Like That (Part 2)" "The Way We Used To Be"

LeToya Luckett

"Obvious" "This Song"

Lady Love

• TBA

Lil' Corey

"The First Time" "Two Can Play That Game" "I Saw You" "All I Do"

Lil' Fizz

"Fluid"

Lil' Mo

"Hot Girl" "Heartbeat" "Mother Of My Child" "Forever" "Superwoman"

Lloyd

"Lloyd (Intro)" "Go Back (Ghetto Love)" "Heart Attack"

Mariah Carey

Charmbracelet

• 03. "The One"
• 09. "You Had Your Chance"
• 16. "Miss You"

The Emancipation of Mimi

• 02. "We Belong Together"
• 03. "Shake It Off"
• 07. "Get Your Number"
• 15. "Don't Forget About Us" (Ultra Platinum Deluxe Edition Bonus Track)

E=MC2

• 04. "I Stay In Love"
• 12. "For The Record"
• 15. "4Real4Real" (Bonus Track)

Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel

• TBA

Precious Album Soundtrack 100 Percent

Mario - Unreleased

• 00. "Better Man"

Marques Houston - Veteran

• 05. "Circle"

Mary J. Blige

The Breakthrough

• 04. "Be Without You"
• 12. "Ain't Really Love"
• 00. "Fever"

Reflections - A Retrospective

• 01. "Reflections (I Remember)"
• 02. "We Ride (I See The Future)"

Growing Pains

• 05. "Stay Down"
• 14. "If You Love Me?"
• 00. "Here We Go Again"
• 00. "So Cold"

Maxwell

• "Lifetime (Remix)"

Megan

• "Greener"

Monica

All Eyez on Me

• 01. "I'm Back"
• 03. "U Should've Known"
• 04. "Too Hood" (feat. Jermaine Dupri)
• 09. "If U Were The Girl"
• 11. "Searchin'"

After the Storm

• 04. "U Should've Known Better"

The Makings of Me

• 04. "Why Her" (with Jermaine Dupri)
• 05. "Hell No (Leave Home)" (feat. Twista)

Still Standing

• 00. "Still Standing" (feat. Ludacris)
• 00. "Never Givin Up"
• 00. "I Don't Wanna"

Mowett

• "My Life"
• "Let Me Know"

Mya - Liberation

• 12. "Life Is Too Short"

Nephu

"The Way U Do"

Nicole Scherzinger - Her Name Is Nicole (shelved)

• "Kiss Me
• "Step Up"
• "Steam"

Nivea

Nivea

• 03. "Don't Mess With My Man"

Complicated

• 04. "Parking Lot"

Omarion - 21

• 04. "Made for TV"
• 05. "Just Can't Let You Go"

One Chance

• "Just Not Rite"
• "Don't Wanna Be"

RL - RL: Ements

• 02. "Got Me A Model"

Ron Isley

• "Forever Mackin"
• "Gotta Be With U"

Ruff Endz - Love Crimes

• 11. "Missing You"

Sammie - Sammie

• 02. "I Can't"
• 08. "Come With Me"
• 14. "Own Way"
• 06. " You Should Be My Girl"

Sisqó

The Last Dragon (2009)

• "Already Know"

Static Major - Suppertime

• "4 A Long Time"

S.Blaq

• "Messages"
• "No More Secrets"

Sureshot

• "Story Of My Life"

Sterling Simms

• "80 on the Freeway"

Tamar Braxton

• "Get None"

Tamia

• "Still"
• "Stranger In My House (Remix)"

Teairra Mari - Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Mari

• 05. "Act Right"
• 09. "Phone Booth"
• 00. "Good Enough 4 U" (Unreleased)

Toni Braxton

The Heat

• 04. "Just Be A Man About It"

Libra

• 02. "Trippin' (That's The Way Love Works)"
• 03. "What's Good"

Toni Estes

• "She's Already"
• "Let Me Know"
• "She Ain't"
• "Told Me"

Trey Songz - Trey Day

• 06. "Last Time"

Trey Songz - Ready

• 05. "One Love"

Unreleased

• 01. "If its Hood that you want"

Tyrese

2000 Watts

• 10. "Off The Heezy"

I Wanna Go There

• 07. "Somebody Special"

Alter Ego

• 06. "Gotta Get You"

Q. Amey

"Closer" "Creep" "Steal My Show" "Never Let You Go"

Usher

8701

• 05. "U Got It Bad"
• 06. "If I Want To"
• 07. "I Can't Let You Go"
• 13. "Good Ole Ghetto"
• 14. "U Turn"

Confessions

• 04. "Confessions Pt. 1"
• 05. "Confessions Pt. 2"
• 06. "Burn"
• 15. "Do It To Me"

Here I Stand

• 11. "Before I Met You"
• 00. "Echo" (Unreleased)

Young Steff

• 00. "If U Let Me"

     "Dream Girl"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award
2007	Grammy Award for Best R&B Album -- The Breakthrough (producer award)
2007	Grammy Award for Best R&B Song - Be Without You (songwriter award)
2005	Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album -- The Emancipation of Mimi (producer award)
2004	Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album -- Confessions (producer award)
2004	Year End Billboard Hot 100 producers
2004	Year End Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks Producers
2003	SESAC Songwriter of the Year 2000-2003
2001	Billboard #5 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Producer of 2001

References

External links

• BlackBabyOnline.com official website
• Bryan-Michael Cox at the Internet Movie Database
• Bryan-Michael Cox at Allmusic
• Bryan-Michael Cox at MySpace