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Kev Brown
Background information
Birth name	Kevin Brown
Born	February 10, 1976 (age 31)
Origin	Landover, Maryland
Genre(s)	Hip Hop
Years active	2001–present
Label(s)	UP Above

Kev Brown (b. Kevin Brown, February 10, 1976) is an American rapper and producer hailing from Landover, Maryland, United States. He is a member of the Washington D.C. based hip hop collective, Low Budget.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Selected production credits 3 External links

Kev Brown's soulful style of production has earned him comparisons to revered producers such as Pete Rock, who incidentally helped Brown's career gain some momentum after introducing him to Grap Luva. The pair then went on to collaborate on "What Ruling Means", from Marley Marl's BBE Beat Generation installment Re-Entry (2001). His appearance alongside Grap Luva left an impression on the underground and he subsequently contributed a track to De La Soul's AOI: Bionix later that year.

Kev Brown continued to build his resume with contributions to DJ Jazzy Jeff's The Magnificent (2002). As a then-member of Jazzy Jeff's production-for-hire unit A Touch Of Jazz, Brown contributed no less than 7 tracks to the project yet it wasn't until his remix of Jay-Z's The Black Album, aptly titled The Brown Album was released in January, 2004 that he began to receive recognition.

As the first producer to do so (to date there are more than 100 submitted remixes of the project), Brown made use of Jay-Z's starpower and commercial appeal. Although his time in the spotlight was somewhat overshadowed by DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album (2004), a remix project of the same album noticeable for its use of The Beatles' White Album (1968) as a soundbed for Jay-Z acapellas, Kev Brown was nevertheless able to garner enough of a following to embark on a solo career.

After numerous productions and collaborations with artists throughout 2003 and 2004, Brown made his debut in 2005 with I Do What I Do through the independent Up Above imprint. The single, "Life's A Gamble", followed in late 2005. Among his current projects are production work on albums by Freddie Foxxx, and Eric Roberson, as well as an EP entitled Random Joints.

Album cover	Album information
	The Brown Album Released: January 28, 2004 Singles: N/A Notes: Remix of Jay-Z's The Black Album.
	The Kev Brown Mixtape Released: September 28, 2004 Singles: N/A Notes: Mixtape compiling production work for various artists.
	I Do What I Do Released: September 16, 2005 Singles: "Work In Progress", "Life's A Gamble" Notes: 1st studio album.
	I Do What I Do Instrumentals Released: March 3rd, 2006 Singles: N/A Notes: Instrumental album.
	Random Joints Released: TBA Singles: "The Versatility Joint" Notes: EP.

• 2003: "Nitefall"
• 2003: "Allways"
• 2004: "Kev Brown Presents..."
• 2005: "Work in Progress"
• 2005: "Life's a Gamble"
• 2007: "The Versatility Joint"

• 2001: "What Ruling Means" - Marley Marl, from the album Re-Entry
• 2001: "Special" - De La Soul, from the album AOI: Bionix
• 2002: "Branded", "Da Rebirth" - DJ Jazzy Jeff, from the EP The Magnificent EP
• 2002: "How I Do", "Know Ur Hood", "Rock Wit You", "Scram", "Shake It Off", "Travelz", "We Are" - DJ Jazzy Jeff, from the album The Magnificent
• 2003: "Catch 22" - Raheem De Vaughn, from the album The Love Experience
• 2003: "Wallflower" - Critically Acclaimed, from the compilation Hidden Hits Vol. 1
• 2003: "Young World" - Cy Young, from the compilation Hidden Hits Vol. 1
• 2003: "Who Programmed Us Anyway?" (Remix) - Grand Agent, from the album Fish Outta Water Remixes
• 2003: "Get Down", "Games" - Biz Markie, from the album Weekend Warrior
• 2004: "The Ultimate" (Remix) - Lone Catalysts
• 2004: "Walk The Walk" - Kenn Starr, from the Halftooth Records compilation You Don’t Know the Half
• 2004: "Another Private Conversation" - Critically Acclaimed
• 2004: "Doubting Destiny", "Exposed" - Wayna, from the album Moments Of Clarity: Book 1
• 2006: "Best Friend" - V, from the album The Revelation is Now Televised
• 2006: "Good Rap Music", "Reign" - Bahamadia, from the album Good Rap Music
• 2006: "1%" - The Visionaries, from the album We Are The Ones (We've Been Waiting For)
• 2006: "Relentless", "Never Too Late", "Another Day" - Kenn Starr, from the album Starr Status
• 2007: "Pen Just Cries Away" - Eric Roberson, from the album ...Left

• Kev Brown on Myspace
• Kev Brown Making a Beat (YouTube Video)