Sleepy Brown

Singer/Songwriter/Producer Sleepy Brown is the son of Jimmy Brown, lead vocalist and saxophonist of the 1970s band Brick, and is the soulful voice behind many classic southern hip hop songs. As one-third of the successful Atlanta-based production team Organized Noize, Brown is responsible for co-writing TLC's 1995 No. 1 hit single "Waterfalls" and is also responsible for providing the vocals on Outkast's 2001 hit "So Fresh, So Clean," 2004's "The Way You Move" and his own Top 40 single "Can't Wait." The influential hip hop producer has also worked with the likes of Goodie Mobb, Beyoncé and Curtis Mayfield.

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11. Sleepy Brown

Sleepy Brown has too many classics to his name to not make a strong run on this list. Aside from his batch of timeless Outkast collabos ("Player's Ball," "The Way You Move"), the Dungeon Family singer has also laced bangers for Ludacris and Jay-Z....

Sleepy Brown

Sleepy—who played a key role as singer, songwriter and producer on releases from Outkast and their Dungeon Family affilliates—graced "Poppin' Tags" with his signature falsetto on the hook. Three years later, he released his major-label debut, Mr. ...

Sleepy Brown

Singer and multi-instrumentalist Sleepy Brown coproduced the album as part of Organized Noize and also contributed backup vocals all over the album. In the years to follow, he emerged as a solo artist, an enigmatic falsetto crooner who released tw...

Sleepy Brown featuring Pharrell & Big Boi - Margarita

Music video by Sleepy Brown featuring Pharrell & Big Boi performing Margarita.

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The "Roses" rappers accept their award with the support of Sleepy Brown for Best Group.  (Photo: M. Caulfield/WireImage.com/Getty Images)
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