John Legend & More @ PatchWerk Studios

In Studio 995

Stephanie Edwards (former American Idol finalist) along with Nikki G of Brownstone, held it down in PatchWerk for a good solid week. Along with owner Bob Whitfield, and taking engineering cues from Mike Miller, they tracked and recorded vocals on songs such as “Moving On”, “If I Let You Go”, “Bass Drop”, and “All Night”.

Young Joc was in the studio tracking “Make a Move”, “Hell Naw”, and “Gigolo” all produced by studio regular Drumma Boy and engineered by Kori Anders. Anders also engineered sessions for Angelique with Lil Mo, and Lil Scooter. Scooter came through with rapper Cassidy working on songs, “Front, Back” and “Na Na Na Na Na” produced by Swizz Beats.

Universal/Motown Recording Artist London had a tracking session for “Better Like” engineered by Ron Hilton and Assisted by Adrian Dickey.

Also in the studio were the Shop Boys, Asher, Strong E, Majik Massey, Shawty Redd and Stack-A-Dolla.

In Studio 9000

Singer/Songwriter John Legend was in PatchWerk Studios this February and March, recording and tracking vocals for his next project, including songs “Floating Away” and “No Other Love”, engineered by PatchWerk’s Grammy nominated Mike Wilson. “Green Light”, which is also featured on his upcoming album was mixed at the studio and will have a collabo with Andre 3000 of Outkast.

In addition to John Legend’s there were several mix sessions for R&B artists and hip hop artists. Three of which, Tami Chyn, Suni, and Kardinal Offishial are affiliated with Akon’s Universal label Konvict Music. Leslie Braithwaite, assisted by Justin Trawick, engineered all the mix sessions for Tami Chyn, including songs “Frozen”, “Who Am I Fooling”, and “Killer Love Song”. Braithwaite and Trawick also mixed “When a Woman Loves a Man” for Suni, and “Dangerous” for Kardinal Offishial both produced by Akon himself.

Rick Ross, who had his Trilla Listening party held at the studio earlier in the month, also had work done in the studio. Ross, along with One Chance, had sessions done for songs produced by studio regular Drumma Boy.

Sessions also in studio 9000 this month were sessions for R&B singer Lloyd, Rapper Rocko, Producer/Rapper Mannie Fresh and DJ Montay.