Brandon Hodge Explained
Brandon Hodge is an American R&B producer and songwriter known for his production/songwriting work with TGT members Tyrese Gibson and Tank, as well as writing and/or producing R&B hits "No Limit", "Love 'Em All", "U + Me (Love Lesson)", and "Lean Into It".[1]
Discovered in the late 2000s by Rihanna producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers who had formed a joint-venture publishing agency with Universal Music Publishing Group and were looking for songwriters, Hodge was quickly signed to a publishing deal alongside artist Shontelle.[2] In 2011, Hodge executive-produced Gibson's album Open Invitation, co-writing and producing minor R&B hit singles "Stay", "Too Easy", and "Best of Me", ultimately creating 12/14 songs on the original project. Hodge was nominated alongside Gibson for the project in the Best R&B Album category (as main producer) at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2016, Hodge co-wrote and co-produced "No Limit", the lead single for Usher's project Hard II Love.[3] [4] The single peaked in the top 10 of the R&B charts and Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hodge's biggest hit to date. After contributing five songs to 2016 Tank album Sex Love & Pain II, Hodge was commissioned for Tank's weekly-summer-release EP project #TankTuesdays, producing first installment "No Drugs", second installment "For Life", and third installment "All About You".[5] [6] [7] In 2017, Hodge was praised by pop culture publication Vulture for his numerous "current but faintly retro" creations on Mary J. Blige album Strength of A Woman, describing his work (as well as the contributions of fellow producer Darhyl Camper) as "tasteful but buoyant, [and] right on time without necessarily straining to conform to the times."[8]
In 2023, Hodge produced Gibson single "Don’t Think You Ever Loved Me" featuring musicians Lenny Kravitz and Le'Andria Johnson, which climbed into the Top 10 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay Chart, becoming Gibson's first top 10 hit in nearly seven years.[9] Hodge-produced single "Love Transaction" followed several months later, debuting in the Top 30 of the Adult R&B Airplay Chart.[10] [11]
Selected songwriting and production credits
Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Spotify, and AllMusic.
Executive-produced projects
Awards and nominations
Notes and References
- Web site: Usher and Young Thug Team Up for New Song "No Limit": Listen. Matthew. Strauss. June 9, 2016. Pitchfork. March 7, 2024. March 5, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240305035500/https://pitchfork.com/news/66012-usher-and-young-thug-team-up-for-new-song-no-limit-listen/. live.
- Web site: RIHANNA HITMAKERS RIDE THE WAVE. HITS Daily Double. March 7, 2024. September 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230923083717/https://hitsdailydouble.com/pub_crawling%26id%3D326375%26title%3DRIHANNA-HITMAKERS-RIDE-THE-WAVE. live.
- Check Out a Preview of Usher's New Single, 'No Limit'. Gil. Kaufman. June 9, 2016. Billboard. March 7, 2024. January 5, 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240105230620/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/check-out-preview-of-usher-new-single-no-limit-7400436/. live.
- Web site: Usher Taps Into His Inner Master P On New Song, "No Limit" Feat. Young Thug. Darryl. Robertson. June 9, 2016. Vibe. March 7, 2024. March 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230322123027/https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/usher-young-thug-no-limit-song-427079/. live.
- Web site: Tank Shares New Song 'No Drugs'. Keithan. Samuels. July 20, 2016. Rated R&B. March 7, 2024. October 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161001014618/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-new-song-no-drugs/. live.
- Web site: Listen to Tank's New Song 'For Life'. Keithan. Samuels. July 27, 2016. Rated R&B. March 7, 2024. November 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104185038/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-for-life/. live.
- Web site: New Song: Tank - 'All About You'. Keithan. Samuels. August 3, 2016. Rated R&B. March 7, 2024. November 4, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161104194316/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/08/tank-all-about-you/. live.
- Web site: Mary J. Blige's Strength of a Woman Is an Often Great Album About Divorce. Craig. Jenkins. May 1, 2017. Vulture. March 7, 2024. May 30, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220530210903/https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/on-strength-of-a-woman-mary-j-blige-finds-power-in-divorce.html. live.
- Web site: Tyrese's 'Don't Think You Ever Loved Me' Enters Top 10 on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay Chart. Antwane. Folk. April 4, 2023. Rated R&B. March 7, 2024. September 23, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230923141710/https://ratedrnb.com/2023/04/tyrese-dont-think-you-ever-loved-me-enters-top-10-on-billboard-adult-r-and-b-airplay-chart/. live.
- Web site: Tyrese Releases New Single "Love Transaction". August 29, 2023. YouKnowIGotSoul. March 7, 2024. September 22, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230922125021/https://youknowigotsoul.com/tyrese-releases-new-single-love-transaction. live.
- Web site: Tyrese's Single 'Love Transaction' Debuts on Billboard. Keithan. Samuels. October 4, 2023. Rated R&B. March 7, 2024. October 12, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012061536/https://ratedrnb.com/2023/10/tyrese-single-love-transaction-makes-billboard-debut/. live.
- Web site: Future, Metro Boomin, G-Eazy Honored At BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards. Danny. Schwartz. September 3, 2017. HotNewHipHop. March 7, 2024. December 29, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231229215205/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/69280-future-metro-boomin-g-eazy-honored-at-bmi-randb-hip-hop-awards-news. live.
