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But the cost of that is a reduction in money, attention, and even opportunity. Space to breathe and create and try new things. You could imagine how this might be a blessing and a curse. What followed was an extended period out of the limelight after the bittersweetness of a decade's-worth of fame. And win a 2003 Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album for Ashanti's self-titled debut.īut as the decade turned over, 7's name in the credits all but vanished. He'd even collaborate with Eve ("Gangsta Lovin'"), LL Cool J ("Hush"), and Jennifer Lopez ("Ain't It Funny"). What Kanye had been to Roc-A-Fella, 7 was to Murder Inc., creating a run of hit songs for Ja Rule and Ashanti. Bring your studio equipment and you can work out here in the country."ħ-otherwise known as Channel 7, recently B7LLY, originally Marcus Vest-was one of the dominant producers of 2000-2010. I told him, "It'd be silly for you pay for a hotel room when you don't know how long it'll be. Herb: My wife and I invited him to stay with us because we're very close friends. I asked my friend if I could stay with him until I could get my things together. Here I was famous for all these big records and I'm going through such a difficult time. I got into an old Mercedes Benz and drove across country from Kentucky to California. We grew up together in my grandmother's house. At the same time I fell out with my uncle who was like my first brother. At the same time I was going through some girlfriend troubles. It's here that producer 7 Aurelius has retreated.ħ: My mother had passed away.
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In order to provide an answer, I spent over 6 hours interviewing people who worked on or were part of facilitating the 3-year journey of creating "Brothers." What follows is a mix of reporting and oral history that's a deep-dive into the process, humanity, and politics of the music, a long-form eulogy for a song whose doom was-you'll be surprised to find out-almost two-decades in the making. So if you're reading this further in the future, chances are you may have never heard Kanye West's version of "Brothers." And, sadly, may never will.
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The closest we came was an Instagram post that was up for less than 24-hours before it was copyrighted into extinction.