{{Short description|Rap group}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Ocean's 7 | image = | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = | alias = Ocean's 5 (1989–present) | occupation = Record producers, vocalists, songwriters | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]| [[hip hop soul]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[Pop music|pop]]}} | years_active = 1989–present | label = {{hlist|[[So So Def Recordings|So Do Def]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]|Noontime}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Manuel Seal]]|[[LRoc]]|[[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]]|[[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]]|[[Mariah Carey]]|[[Monica (singer)|Monica]]}} | website = | current_members = [[Jermaine Dupri]]<br />[[Bryan-Michael Cox]]<br />[[Johntá Austin]]<br />Tyrone Davis<br />[[Trey Songz]]<br />[[Usher (musician)|Usher]]<br />[[Nelly]] }}
'''Ocean's 7''' is an American [[musical collective]] composed of singer-songwriters, [[record producer]]s, and [[rappers]] consisted of [[Jermaine Dupri]], [[Bryan-Michael Cox|Bryan Michael-Cox]], [[Johntá Austin]], [[Usher (musician)|Usher]], [[Nelly]], [[Trey Songz]], and Dupri's assistant Tyrone.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.essence.com/news/jermaine-dupri-introduces-his-swag-crew/|title=Jermaine Dupri Introduces His Swag Crew |work=Essence|access-date=15 November 2018}}</ref> The group released the mixtape ''[[3000 And 9 Shit]]'', on May 5, 2009. Formed by Dupri in 1989, the group was modeled after the [[Rat Pack]] in the film ''[[Ocean's 11]]''. Like the Rat Pack, the group's initial members, Dupri, Michael-Cox, and Austin are all associates and have teamed up to write and produce various [[hit single]]s for several artists in their careers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theboombox.com/jermaine-dupri-new-frank-sinatra-producer-talks-oceans-7-sup/|title = Jermaine Dupri New Frank Sinatra? Producer Talks 'Ocean's 7′ Supergroup| date=August 7, 2009 }}</ref>
Often the team works together or just in a pairing. Their most notable productions are "[[U Got It Bad]]", "[[Burn (Usher song)|Burn]]" "[[Confessions Part II]]" by fellow member [[Usher (singer)|Usher]], "[[Be Without You]]" by [[Mary J. Blige]], "[[Everytime tha Beat Drop]]", "[[Love All Over Me]]" by [[Monica (singer)|Monica]], [[Like You (Bow Wow song)|"Like You"]], "[[Outta My System]]" and "[[Shortie Like Mine|Shorty Like Mine]]" by [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]], and "[[We Belong Together]]", "[[Don't Forget About Us]]", "[[It's Like That (Mariah Carey song)|It's Like That]]", "[[Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)|Shake It Off]]", "[[I Stay in Love]]" and "[[You Don't Know What to Do]]" for [[Mariah Carey]].
==History== The group was assembled by [[Jermaine Dupri|Jermaine Durpi]]. In an interview with the Boombox "As far as the name of the group it was something that we just accidentally [started] doing by hanging out and working together.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theboombox.com/jermaine-dupri-new-frank-sinatra-producer-talks-oceans-7-sup/|title=Jermaine Dupri New Frank Sinatra? Producer Talks 'Ocean's 7′ Supergroup|website=The Boombox|date=August 7, 2009 |access-date=6 June 2016}}</ref> Together Dupri and Michael-Cox were in Las Vegas working on the ''[[Here I Stand (Usher album)|Here I Stand]]'' album for Usher and after they would record they would get dressed up often wearing Tom Ford and going to clubs. Dupri noticed restaurants began treating them differently because they were all dressed up. Dupri on his video blog ''Living The Life'' on Youtube he would record and release episodes of the group in the studio often going out on the town, being in the recording studio and other times talking about life topics. The group started as the Ocean's 5 eventually adding [[Nelly]] and [[Trey Songz]] to the group they became the Ocean's 7. A visiting member of the group included rapper [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Bow Wow]].
==Members==
* Jermaine Dupri – Executive Producer, Writing Production, Rapper, Arrangement * Johnta Austin – Executive Producer, Writing, Production, Vocals, Arrangement * Bryan Michael-Cox – Production, Song Writing, Vocals, Arrangement *Usher – Vocals, Executive Producer, Song Writing, Arrangement * Trey Songz – Vocals, Song Writing * Nelly – Rapper, Song Writing * Tyrone – Assistant
==Discography==
===Mixtapes===
* ''[[3000 and 9 Shit]]'' (2009)
==Production discography== {{main|Ocean's 7 production discography}}
===Singles=== *1999: "Keys to the Range" (featuring [[Jermaine Dupri]]) by [[Jagged Edge (American group)|Jagged Edge]] *1999: "[[He Can't Love U]]" by Jagged Edge *1999: [[Let's Get Married (Jagged Edge song)|"Let's Get Married"]] by Jagged Edge *1999: "[[What'chu Like]]" by [[Da Brat]] *2000: Goodbye by Jagged Edge *2000: I Got it 2 by Jagged Edge *2000: [[Promise (Jagged Edge song)|"Promise"]] by Jagged Edge *2000: "[[Just Be a Man About It]]" by [[Toni Braxton]] *2000: [[Puppy Love (Lil' Bow Wow song)|"Puppy Love"]] by [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Lil' Bow Wow]] *2001: [[U Got It Bad|"U Got it Bad"]] by [[Usher (musician)|Usher]] *2001: [[U-Turn (song)|"U-Turn]]" by Usher *2001: [[Where the Party At|"Where the Party At?"]] by Jagged Edge *2002: "[[Take Ya Home]]" by Bow Wow *2002: [[Don't Mess with My Man (Nivea song)|Don't Mess with My Man]] by Nivea *2004: [[Burn (Usher song)|"Burn"]] by Usher *2004: "[[Confessions Part II]]" by Usher *2004: [[My Boo (Usher and Alicia Keys song)|"My Boo"]] by Usher featuring [[Alicia Keys]] *2005: [[It's Like That (Mariah Carey song)|"It's Like That"]] by [[Mariah Carey]] *2005: "[[We Belong Together]]" by Mariah Carey *2005: [[Shake It Off (Mariah Carey song)|"Shake It Off"]] by Mariah Carey *2005: "[[Be Without You]]" by [[Mary J. Blige]] *2005: "[[Get Your Number]]" by Mariah Carey *2005: "[[Don't Forget About Us]]" by Mariah Carey *2006: [[Everytime tha Beat Drop|"Everytime The Beat Drops"]] by Monica *2006: [[Call on Me (Janet Jackson song)|"Call on Me"]] by [[Janet Jackson]] featuring [[Nelly]] *2006: "[[So Excited (Janet Jackson song)|So Excited]]" by Janet Jackson featuring [[Khia]] *2007: "[[Outta My System]]" by Bow Wow *2007: "[[Shortie Like Mine]]" by Bow Wow featuring [[Chris Brown]] and [[Johntá Austin]] *2007: "Put a Little Umph in It" by Jagged Edge featuring Ashanti *2009: [[I Need a Girl (Trey Songz song)|"I Need a Girl"]] by [[Trey Songz]] *2010: "[[Love All Over Me]]" by [[Monica (singer)|Monica]] *2010: "[[Oh Santa!]]" by Mariah Carey *2017: [[I Don't (Mariah Carey song)|"I Don't"]] by Mariah Carey featuring [[YG (rapper)|YG]] *2020: [[Don't Waste My Time (Usher song)|"Don't Waste My Time"]] by Usher featuring [[Ella Mai]] *2021: [[Pressure (Ari Lennox song)|"Pressure"]] by [[Ari Lennox]] *2022: "If I Get Caught" by [[Dvsn]]
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