EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Uber-Music Producer Sean Garrett On Britney, American Idol, and Beyonce
Sept. 30 2010, Published 3:30 p.m. ET
In front of the mic and behind the scenes, Sean Garrett is a triple threat in the music industry- singer, songwriter and producer. Jay Z dubbed Sean Garrett "The Pen" because his touch results in gold records. Sean is fifth on the Billboard list of producers with the most #1 hits- 17 and counting - including Beyoncé’s Check On It, Fergie’s London Bridge, and Usher’s Yeah! just to name a few. Now, the master hit-maker has released his own songs on a mix tape The Inkwell and talks to Breaking Celebrity News exclusively about his famous collaborators, American Idol, and what is next on the musical horizon.
RADARONLINE: You have been quite busy over the last year. Even nominated for a MTV Video Music Award with Nicki Minaj for her single Massive Attack.
SEAN GARRETT: I just dropped my No. 1 smash up with Usher three months ago called Papers. We finished up last year with three No. 1 recordings. And I just dropped my first mix tape on August 24 -- on it is Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, Nicki Minaj, Gucci Mane and Fabulous. I'm so super excited about that.
Tell us about the mix tape. You’re known for being the hit-maker behind the scenes. So how does this describe you as an artist?
The mix tape we called The Inkwell, it’s a mix tape a lot of people are saying sounds like an album. It shows who I am as an artist, what I do, what I think and I feel it propels you to my single Feel Love, featuring Drake. The feed back has been incredible, all of my peers have shown me love and I'm really proud of it. Doing my own work is a beautiful opportunity to express myself as an artist. For me its business as usual, I'm a musical entity that's what I do. I produce, I write, I sing, I perform, and I've been doing it since I'm 15 years old. And fortunately I have a lot of people that enjoy working with me and I enjoy working with them. Everyday I find a fan that says I didn't know you did this, I didn't know you did Toy Soldier or