Career
The Bama Boyz first major production credits were two remixes for Solange titled “Ain’t No Way Bama Boyz Remix” and “Just Like You Bama Boyz Remix”. Afterwards, the Bama Boyz created two remixes for Beyonce’s “Me, Myself, and I” titled the “Bama Boys Sexy Remix” and the other titled “Bama Boys Throwback Remix,” where the trio sampled elements of De La Soul’s “Me, Myself, and I.” The Bama Boyz first opportunity to work on a movie soundtrack was Roll Bounce, where the guys were credited with additional production credits.
In 2005, the Bama Boyz produced the Destiny's Child song “Home for the Holiday,” which became the centerpiece of Wal-Mart’s national Christmas campaign. “Home for the Holiday” was also included on Destiny's Child’s album 8 Days of Christmas. It was the success of this campaign that sparked the Bama Boyz interest in licensing and syncing music.
The Bama Boyz ended up negotiating and producing the music for two more Wal-Mart commercials. Now with an understanding and passion for music synchronization, the Bama Boyz created music for film and television such as, "Bring It On: All or Nothing," "the Pink Panther(2006 film)", "Save the Last Dance 2", a Ford Fusion Commercial featuring Funkmaster Flex, MTV’s "Super Sweet 16 TV Series", "Last Holiday" (2006 film), Nickelodeon’s "Wow! Wow! Wubbzy" theme song featuring Beyonce, BET’s "One Night Only", House of Deréon Commercial, and the UK’s Channel 4 hit reality show, "Chancers", where the Bama Boyz made their first television debut.
Not forgetting their first love of working with artists, the Bama Boyz returned to the studio with a different direction. They produced 8 songs for the platinum selling gospel group Trin-I-Tee 5:7’s "T57" album. Their work on T57 earned them a #2 spot on the Gospel Charts, a Grammy Nomination, and a Dove Award for Best Contemporary R&B Gospel Album.
The Bama Boyz also stepped outside the box of music synchronization by producing all the music for "Baby Jamz", a hip-hop/rhythm inspired toy line for preschoolers. The toy line also features a hip-hop inspired nursery rhyme CD, which includes their production. The Bama Boyz also produced the theme song for a series of books called Princess Inc.
The Bama Boyz produced two songs for Solange’s Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams album, including the controversial song “ChampagneChronicNightcap” feat. Lil Wayne and the '70's throwback "Valentine's Day". They also produced the “Ring the Alarm Bama Boyz Remix” and were responsible for getting Rick Ross and Mike Jones to feature on it.
On Beyonce’s 3rd solo LP, which is a double-disc titled I Am... Sasha Fierce, the Bama Boyz produced “Why Don’t You Love Me,” which features their signature sound of combining both electronic dance music and urban music. "Why Don't You Love Me" shot to the number one position on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart becoming the Bama Boyz's first number-one hit and Knowles' twelfth number-one hit on that chart.
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