{{Short description|American producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Brandon Alexander Hodge | alias = B.A.M., BAM, B-Lex, Brandon Alexander | alma mater = | origin = Hartford, Connecticut, United States | genre = R&B, soul, hip-hop | occupation = {{Hlist | Songwriter | producer| guitarist }} | | years_active = 2010-Present }}
'''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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/66012-usher-and-young-thug-team-up-for-new-song-no-limit-listen/|title=Usher and Young Thug Team Up for New Song "No Limit": Listen|first=Matthew|last=Strauss|date=June 9, 2016|website=Pitchfork|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=March 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305035500/https://pitchfork.com/news/66012-usher-and-young-thug-team-up-for-new-song-no-limit-listen/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Songwriting and production career== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/pub_crawling%26id%3D326375%26title%3DRIHANNA-HITMAKERS-RIDE-THE-WAVE|title=RIHANNA HITMAKERS RIDE THE WAVE|website=HITS Daily Double|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923083717/https://hitsdailydouble.com/pub_crawling%26id%3D326375%26title%3DRIHANNA-HITMAKERS-RIDE-THE-WAVE|url-status=live}}</ref> 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''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/check-out-preview-of-usher-new-single-no-limit-7400436/|title=Check Out a Preview of Usher's New Single, 'No Limit'|first=Gil|last=Kaufman|date=June 9, 2016|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=January 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105230620/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/check-out-preview-of-usher-new-single-no-limit-7400436/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/usher-young-thug-no-limit-song-427079/|title=Usher Taps Into His Inner Master P On New Song, "No Limit" Feat. Young Thug|first=Darryl|last=Robertson|date=June 9, 2016|website=Vibe|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=March 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322123027/https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/usher-young-thug-no-limit-song-427079/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-new-song-no-drugs/|title=Tank Shares New Song 'No Drugs'|first=Keithan|last=Samuels|date=July 20, 2016|website=Rated R&B|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=October 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001014618/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-new-song-no-drugs/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-for-life/|title=Listen to Tank's New Song 'For Life'|first=Keithan|last=Samuels|date=July 27, 2016|website=Rated R&B|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104185038/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/07/tank-for-life/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2016/08/tank-all-about-you/|title=New Song: Tank - 'All About You'|first=Keithan|last=Samuels|date=August 3, 2016|website=Rated R&B|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=November 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104194316/http://ratedrnb.com/2016/08/tank-all-about-you/|url-status=live}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/05/on-strength-of-a-woman-mary-j-blige-finds-power-in-divorce.html|title=Mary J. Blige's Strength of a Woman Is an Often Great Album About Divorce|first=Craig|last=Jenkins|date=May 1, 2017|website=Vulture|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=May 30, 2022|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2023/04/tyrese-dont-think-you-ever-loved-me-enters-top-10-on-billboard-adult-r-and-b-airplay-chart/|title=Tyrese's 'Don't Think You Ever Loved Me' Enters Top 10 on Billboard's Adult R&B Airplay Chart|first=Antwane|last=Folk|date=April 4, 2023|website=Rated R&B|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=September 23, 2023|archive-url=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/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hodge-produced single "Love Transaction" followed several months later, debuting in the Top 30 of the Adult R&B Airplay Chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://youknowigotsoul.com/tyrese-releases-new-single-love-transaction|title=Tyrese Releases New Single "Love Transaction"|date=August 29, 2023|website=YouKnowIGotSoul|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=September 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922125021/https://youknowigotsoul.com/tyrese-releases-new-single-love-transaction|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ratedrnb.com/2023/10/tyrese-single-love-transaction-makes-billboard-debut/|title=Tyrese's Single 'Love Transaction' Debuts on Billboard|first=Keithan|last=Samuels|date=October 4, 2023|website=Rated R&B|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=October 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012061536/https://ratedrnb.com/2023/10/tyrese-single-love-transaction-makes-billboard-debut/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Selected songwriting and production credits== Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Spotify, and AllMusic.
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:24em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album ! scope="col"| Label |- ! scope="row"| "Amazing" | rowspan="5"|2010 |Tank |''Now or Never'' |Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "Make It" | rowspan="3"|Arika Kane | rowspan="3"|''Arika Kane'' | rowspan="3"|BSE Recordings |- ! scope="row"| "Bcuz I Luv U" |- ! scope="row"| "4 The Lovers" |- ! scope="row"| "Drink the Kool-Aid" |Ice Cube |''I Am the West'' |Lench Mob / EMI / Caroline Records |- ! scope="row"| "Get It Right" (featuring Taraji P. Henson) |2011 |Mary J. Blige |''My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1)'' | Geffen Records |- ! scope="row"| "I Wish" | rowspan="9"|2013 | rowspan="3"|Lyfe Jennings | rowspan="3"|''Lucid'' | rowspan="3"|Mass Appeal / Fontana |- ! scope="row"| "College" |- ! scope="row"| "ABC's" (featuring Phoenix & Elijah Jennings) |- ! scope="row"| "No Fun" (featuring Problem) | rowspan="6"|TGT | rowspan="6"|''Three Kings'' | rowspan="6"|Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "Sex Never Felt Better" |- ! scope="row"| "I Need" |- ! scope="row"| "Explode" |- ! scope="row"| "FYH" |- ! scope="row"| "Running Back" |- ! scope="row"| "Love 'Em All" | rowspan="7"|2014 | rowspan="5"|K. Michelle | rowspan="5"|''Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart?'' | rowspan="5"|Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "Cry" |- ! scope="row"| "How Do You Know?" |- ! scope="row"| "Build a Man" |- ! scope="row"| "God I Get It" |- ! scope="row"| "Autumn Leaves" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) |Chris Brown |''X'' |RCA Records |- ! scope="row"| "What's Best For You" |Trey Songz |''Trigga'' |Songbook / Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "Congratulations" | rowspan="8"|2015 |Ne-Yo |''Non-Fiction'' |Compound / Motown |- ! scope="row"| "Who's Gonna (Nobody)" |Chris Brown |''Royalty'' |CBE / RCA Records |- ! scope="row"| "Shoulda Been There" (featuring B.o.B) |Sevyn Streeter |''Shoulda Been There, Pt. 1'' |CBE / Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "Chaise Lounge" |Tamia |''Love Life'' |Plus One / Def Jam Recordings |- ! scope="row"| "Free Fallin'" |Tamar Braxton |''Calling All Lovers'' |Epic / Streamline Records |- ! scope="row"| "Would You Know?" | rowspan="3"|August Alsina | rowspan="3"|''This Thing Called Life'' | rowspan="3"|Def Jam Recordings |- ! scope="row"| "Song Cry" |- ! scope="row"| "Other Side" |- ! scope="row"| "No Limit" (featuring Young Thug) | rowspan="11"|2016 |Usher |''Hard II Love'' |RCA Records |- ! scope="row"| "Lean Into It" |Joe |''My Name Is Joe Thomas'' |Plaid Takeover / BMG |- ! scope="row"| "Worth It" |Young Thug |''Slime Season 3'' |300 / Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "She With the Shit" (featuring Rich Homie Quan) | rowspan="8"|Tank | rowspan="5"|''Sex Love & Pain II'' | rowspan="8"|R&B Money / Atlantic Records |- ! scope="row"| "I Love Ya" (featuring Yo Gotti) |- ! scope="row"| "So Cold" |- ! scope="row"| "Already in Love" (featuring Shawn Stockman) |- ! scope="row"| "Him Her Them" |- ! scope="row"| "No Drugs" | rowspan="3"|''#TankTuesdays'' |- ! scope="row"| "For Life" |- ! scope="row"| "All About You" |- ! scope="row"| "U + Me (Love Lesson)" | rowspan="8"|2017 | rowspan="7"|Mary J. Blige | rowspan="7"|''Strength of a Woman'' | rowspan="7"|Capitol Records |- ! scope="row"| "It's Me" |- ! scope="row"| "Indestructible" |- ! scope="row"| "Survivor" |- ! scope="row"| "Strength of a Woman" |- ! scope="row"| "The Naked Truth" |- ! scope="row"| "Love in the Middle" |- ! scope="row"| "Incredible" |Bell Biv DeVoe |''Three Stripes'' |eOne |- ! scope="row"| "All The Lovers" | rowspan="2"|2020 | rowspan="2"|K. Michelle | rowspan="2"|''All Monsters Are Human'' | rowspan="2"|eOne |- ! scope="row"| "Ciara's Prayer" |- ! scope="row"| "G Wagon" (featuring Sevyn Streeter & Tkay Maidza) | rowspan="2"|2022 |Babyface |''Girls Night Out'' |Capitol Records |- ! scope="row"| "Fast Car" |Syd |''Broken Hearts Club'' |Columbia Records |- ! scope="row"| "Don't Cheat" |2023 |Jeezy |''I Might Forgive... But I Don't Forget'' | CTE World |- ! scope="row"| "Luckiest Man" |2024 |Usher |''Coming Home'' | Mega / Gamma |- |}
===Executive-produced projects=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |+ Albums with more than 50% B.A.M. production credits, showing year released and album name ! scope="col" style="width:24em;"| Album ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Label |- !scope="row"| ''Open Invitation'' |rowspan="2"|Tyrese Gibson |2011 |Voltron / EMI Records |- !scope="row"| ''Black Rose'' |2015 |Voltron / Caroline Records |- |}
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Ceremony ! scope="col"| Award ! scope="col"| Result !Ref |- | 2013 | 55th Annual Grammy Awards | Best R&B Album (''Open Invitation'') | {{nom}} | style="text-align:center;"| |- | 2017 | BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards | Most-Performed Songs ("No Limit") | {{won}} | style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/69280-future-metro-boomin-g-eazy-honored-at-bmi-randb-hip-hop-awards-news|title=Future, Metro Boomin, G-Eazy Honored At BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards|first=Danny|last=Schwartz|date=September 3, 2017|website=HotNewHipHop|access-date=March 7, 2024|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229215205/https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/69280-future-metro-boomin-g-eazy-honored-at-bmi-randb-hip-hop-awards-news|url-status=live}}</ref> |- |}
== References == {{reflist}}
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