Kerry Brothers Jr. (born October 1, 1970) better known as "Krucial", is an American record producer, songwriter, and hip hop artist. Brothers entered into a prolific musical partnership with singer-songwriter Alicia Keys in the mid 1990s, co-writing and co-producing with her a number of songs from her albums Songs in A Minor (2001), The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003), As I Am (2007) and The Element of Freedom (2009). Brothers and Keys co-own a production company, KrucialKeys, based in New York. In addition to Keys, Brothers has worked with R&B and hip hop artists including Mario, Rakim, Angie Stone, Nas, Keyshia Cole, Goapele, Drake and K'naan. Brothers has produced, written, arranged and composed songs that have appeared on motion picture soundtracks such as Dr. Dolittle, Drumline, Shaft, and Ali. His collaborative work with Keys earned him two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Album (Songs in A Minor) and Best R&B Song ("No One").
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Production discography
Songs written with Alicia Keys
Brothers co-wrote and co-produced songs from Alicia Keys's albums. Additional writers and producers are listed below.
- Songs in A Minor
- "Troubles"
- "Rock wit U" (Taneisha Smith)
- "The Life" (Taneisha Smith)
- "Ghettoman" (Syl Johnson, Jimmy Jones, Bernard "Doss" Malik, Glenn Watts)
- "I Won't (Crazy World)"
- "Juiciest (Mixtape Version)" (James Mtume)
- "Typewriter"
- The Diary of Alicia Keys
- "Karma" (Taneisha Smith)
- "Diary"
- "Wake Up"
- "When You Really Love Someone"
- Unplugged
- "Stolen Moments" (Lamont Green, Wah Wah Watson)
- As I Am
- "As I Am" (Intro)
- "Go Ahead" (Mark Batson, Marsha Ambrosius)
- "No One" (George D. Harry)
- "Like You'll Never See Me Again"
- "Where Do We Go from Here" (Mary Frierson, Johnnie Frierson)
- "Tell You Something (Nana's Reprise)" (Novel Stevenson, Ron Haney, Paul L. Green, Steve Mostyn)
- The Element of Freedom
- "Doesn't Mean Anything"
- "Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)" (Aubrey "Drake" Graham, Noah "40" Shebib)
- "Love Is My Disease" (Toby Gad, Melini Smith)
- "This Bed" (Mostyn)
- "Distance and Time" (Mostyn)
- "How It Feels to Fly"
- Other Songs
- "Fight" (from Ali Ali Original Soundtrack)
- "Rear View Mirror" (LaShawn Daniels, Green, Fred Jenkins, Rodney Jenkins) (from Dr. Dolittle 2 Original Soundtrack)
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References
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