Patrick "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970 in Savannah,
Georgia) is an R&B singer-songwriter, and record producer. He
is one-third of the successful Atlanta-based production team of Organized
Noize, which has created hits for acts such as OutKast, Goodie
Mob, and TLC. TLC's "Waterfalls", penned by Brown and Organized
Noize's Rico Wade and Ray Murray, was a #1 hit single on Billboard's
Hot 100 in the summer of 1995.
Born January 24, 1970 In his early days, Brown was fascinated
with music and often used to carry around an old four-track machine
and small keyboard everywhere he went. That earnestness appealed
to Wade and Murray when they first met Brown around 1990. A talented
keyboardist and advocate for live instrumentation, Brown developed
into a multi-instrumentalist, mastering various types of synthesizers
and electric pianos; however, his inclination for using samplers
and drum machines always kept him rooted in hip hop. A personal
milestone for Brown, however, was the opportunity to work with funk
legend Curtis Mayfield in 1996, on his final album New World Order.
In the early 2000s, Brown gradually ascended from behind the studio
boards into the artist spotlight.
Besides his production work, Brown also records as an artist himself,
both for his own recordings (including his 2004 single "I Can't
Wait" from the Barbershop 2: Back in Business film soundtrack),
and on songs with collaborators such as Beyoncé and Big Boi
(on the latter's US #1 and UK #7 hit "The Way You Move").[1][4]
Brown independently released his debut solo album, Sleepy's Theme
- The Vinyl Room in 1998. He was slated to release an album on the
DreamWorks Records label. called 'For the Grown and Sexy', but the
release was scrapped when DreamWorks label folded.[1]
He is now signed to Big Boi's label Purple Ribbon Records and released
his second album, Mr. Brown on October 3, 2006.[1] Brown never cut
his ties with Organized Noize as shown by Wade's and Murray's contribution
to Mr. Brown 's arrangements and unconventional production.[1] However,
Pharrell of The Neptunes chipped in for the single "Margarita."[1]
Brown is the son of Jimmy Brown, the lead vocalist and saxophonist
for the 1970s funk band, Brick.[1]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Society of Soul - Brainchild (1995)
Sleepy's Theme - The Vinyl Room (1998)
Mr. Brown (2006)
Sex, Drugs, & Soul (2011)
[edit] Singles
2004: "I Can't Wait" (U.S. #40, US R&B #18)[5]
2006: "Margarita" (feat. Big Boi & Pharrell) (US #108)
Featured singles
2002: "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)" (Ludacris featuring Sleepy
Brown) (US #22, US R&B #10, US Rap #5, UK #5)
2002: "Land of a Million Drums" (OutKast featuring Killer Mike and
Sleepy Brown) (US R&B #116, UK #46)[4]
2003: "The Way You Move" (OutKast featuring Sleepy Brown) (US #1,
US R&B #2, US Rap #1, UK #7)
2005: "The Otherside" (Bubba Sparxxx featuring Petey Pablo and Sleepy
Brown)
2006: "Morris Brown" (OutKast featuring Scar and Sleepy Brown) (US
#95, US R&B #102, UK #43)
[edit] Select guest appearances
(excluding songs with the Dungeon Family)
2Pac - "Hennessy" (Red Spyda Remix) (with E.D.I.)
Beyoncé Knowles - "Hip-Hop Star" (with Big Boi)
Bow Wow - "Crazy" (with Da Brat)
Da Backwudz - "Mama Always Told Me"
Earth Wind & Fire - "This Is How I Feel" (with Big Boi and Kelly
Rowland)
Field Mob - "Nothing 2 Lose" (with Slimm Calhoun)
Freeway - "Some Say Yes"
Freeway - "Some Say Yes" (remix) (with Fabolous)
Jayo Felony - "So Into You"
Jay-Z - "Poppin Tags" (with Killer Mike, Twista, Big Boi and Debra
Killings)
Kurupt - "Starstruck" (with Cool Breeze, Big Rube and Big Gipp)
Ludacris - "Blueberry Yum Yum"
Ludacris - "Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)"
Murphy Lee - "Luv Me Baby" (with Jazze Pha)
Prozack Turner - "American Giant"
Prozack Turner - "El Chepa"
Sly & The Family Stone - "Runnin Away" (with Big Boi and Killer
Mike)
Styles P - "Watch Ya Self"
T.I. - "We Pimpin'"
UGK - "Swishas and Erb"
UGK - "Shattered Dreams"
Stacie Orrico - "Knock 'Em Out"
[edit] With Dungeon Family
Big Boi - "808" (with Bun B, Big Gee and G-Rock)
Big Gipp - "Steppin Out"
Bubba Sparxxx - "All the Same" (with Backbone)
Bubba Sparxxx - "Back in the Mud"
Bubba Sparxxx - "That Man" (with Duddy Ken)
Bubba Sparxxx - "The Otherside" (with Petey Pablo)
Cool Breeze - "Weeestpointin
Goodie Mob - "Play Yo Flute" (with Kurupt)
Goodie Mob - "Cutty Buddy"
Goodie Mob - "Soul Food"
Joi - "It's Your Life"
Killer Mike - "A.D.I.D.A.S." (with Big Boi)
Outkast - "Bowtie" (with Jazze Pha)
Outkast - "In Your Dreams" (with Killer Mike)
Outkast - "Land of a Million Drums" (with Killer Mike)
Outkast - "Morris Brown" (with Scar)
Outkast - "So Fresh, So Clean" (Remix) (with Snoop Dogg)
Outkast - "Spottieottiedopaliscious"
Outkast - "The Way You Move"
Outkast - "Tough Guy" (with UGK)
Roscoe - "Head to Toe"
Slimm Calhoun - "How Much Can I"
[edit] Filmography
Idlewild (2006) - Syncopated Church Orchestra