Rich Harrison
Origin	Washington, D.C., United States
Occupation(s)	Producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	R&B, hip hop
Years active	1999–present

Rich Harrison is a Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter from Washington, D.C.. He is primarily an R&B/Hip-Hop producer, commonly known for his work with Amerie. He is arguably most famous for producing 21st century R&B hits "1 Thing" (by Amerie) and "Crazy in Love" (by Beyoncé featuring Jay-Z).^[1][2]

Biography

Early life

A classically trained pianist and trumpet player, from an early age Harrison demonstrated an exceptional ability to play anything he heard on the radio. He attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. and graduated with degrees in history and communications in 1997.

Career

His first big deal came in 1999 when Harrison worked with Mary J. Blige on "Beautiful One" for her album Mary. In 2001, he created his own production company, Richcraft Inc., and immediately wrote and produced Amerie's debut album, All I Have. In 2004 he won a Grammy Award for Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" and a nomination for his work on Usher's Confessions album. Harrison was back in the spotlight early in 2005 with Amerie's "1 Thing", from her album Touch, known for its infectious breakbeats and Amerie's unconventional vocals. A similar beat was used by Harrison for Toni Braxton's "Take This Ring" from her 2005 album Libra both tracks include elements of go-go (mainly in the strong, funky drumming with added percussion).

Currently

His upcoming endeavors include platinum-selling artists like Kelly Rowland, Amerie, Tweet, Missy Elliott, Nicole Wray, Mario, Eve, Keri Hilson, Mos Def, and Dawn Robinson, and he is assisting the popular South Korean singer SE7EN with his first album for his U.S debut^[1].

Harrison is also one of the main contributors to Beyoncé's second album, B’Day. Harrison also is producing six songs on Usher's forthcoming album and G-Unit have called upon Harrison to produce some tracks for 50 Cent's album, Curtis.This didnot happen because scheduling conflicts Harrison is busy trying to put out his new artists. He also has three new artist that he will be producing Young Steff as you may already know and an all girl group called RichGirls and also a soul singer named Jadien.

After much speculation, and the recent leaking of Amerie's latest album, it has been confirmed that Harrison has not appeared on Because I Love It. This is the first time Harrison has not had ANY production for Amerie.

He has also recently finished recording with usher. the song he has just finished recording with Usher will hopefully be Ushers first single.

Production Discography

Albums

Mary J. Blige - Mary (1999)

• 04. Beautiful One (co-produced along with Chucky Thompson)

Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (2001)

• 15. In The Meantime

Amerie - All I Have (2002)

• 01. Why Don't We Fall In Love
• 02. Talkin' To Me
• 03. Nothing Like Loving You
• 04. Can't Let Go
• 05. Need You Tonight
• 06. Got to Be There
• 07. I Just Died
• 08. Hatin' on You
• 09. Float
• 10. Show Me
• 11. All I Have
• 12. Outro
• 13. Just What I Needed to See (Japan Bonus Track)

Kelly Rowland - Simply Deep (2002)

• 04. Can't Nobody

Beyoncé - Dangerously In Love (2003)

• 01. Crazy In Love (featuring Jay-Z) [8 weeks @ number 1]
• 05. Be With You

Alicia Keys - The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)

• 10. So Simple

Usher - Confessions (2004)

• 11. Take Your Hand

Tha Rayne - Reign Supreme (2003)

• 02. Didn't You Know

Destiny's Child - Destiny Fulfilled (2004)

• 02. Soldier (featuring T.I. and Lil Wayne)

Jennifer López - Rebirth (2005)

• 01. Get Right
• 04. Whatever You Wanna Do
• 12. Get Right (Remix) (featuring Fabolous)

Christina Milian - Be Cool Soundtrack (2005)

• 08. Ain't No Reason

Amerie - Touch (2005)

• 01. 1 Thing
• 02. All I Need
• 05. Like It Used To Be
• 06. Talkin About
• 07. Come With Me
• 08. Rolling Down My Face
• 12. 1 Thing (Remix) (featuring Eve)
• 13. Why Don't We Fall In Love (Richcraft Remix)

Missy Elliott - The Cookbook (2005)

• 10. Can't Stop

Pussycat Dolls - PCD (2005)

• 06. I Don't Need A Man

Toni Braxton - Libra (2005)

• 04. Take This Ring

3LW - Point Of No Return (2006)

• 00. Do Ya

Christina Milian - So Amazin' (2006)

• 11. Wind You Up (Japan Bonus Track)

Christina Aguilera - Back To Basics (2006)

• 02. Makes Me Wanna Pray

Beyoncé - B'Day (2006)

• 03. Suga Mama
• 07. Freakum Dress
• 11. Creole (Japan Bonus Track)

Diddy - Press Play (2006)

• 18. Making It Hard (featuring Mary J. Blige)

Mos Def - Tru3 Magic (2006)

• 02. Undeniable

Unreleased

3LW

• No Matter What
• Senses

Amerie

• Love's Off The Chain

Gwen Stefani

• Parental Advisory

Janet Jackson

• Pops Up
• Put It On You

Mary J. Blige

• Out My Head

Se7en

• This is My Year (featuring Fabolous)^[2][3]

Usher

• Whatever I Want (featuring Mike Jones)
• Ride

Young Steff

• Don't Trip
• Dat Gurl Right
• Put That on Everything
• Shawty

References

1. ^ http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/rich-harrison_profile.html
2. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Rich+Harrison

http://www.myspace.com/bigyoungnent

External links

• The New York Times article

http://www.myspace.com/richcraftrecords Richgirls: http://www.myspace.com/richgirlmusic Young Steff:

 http://www.myspace.com/youngsteff1

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