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What are your thoughts on the newer sound that is coming from artists who are being classified more as R&B?

B. Cox: As far as young artists coming up, I think everything happens in a cycle. We can talk about Drake, Ty Dolla $ign, and hybrids of hip-hop and rap. Fetty Wap is poppin’. That’s a whole new genre. I don’t even look at that genre as an R&B genre. That’s a new genre. They killin’ it, and they’re doing their thing with that. I’m looking at artists like Bryson Tiller. Bryson raps too, but he’s more of a singer than a rapper, and the records that you gravitate to are more of an R&B-sounding record. I’m becoming fans of these younger artists. I’ve become a fan of Ty $, since I’ve worked with him. I’m a fan of Drake of course too. Drake is amazing. He’s the biggest artist in the business. However, they live in a hybrid that’s not R&B. It’s a hybrid of rap that lives in its own shape. Where with what Bryson is doing, what Kehlani is doing, what and Sevyn Streeter is doing, those artists are creating the new sound of what R&B is going to be. The Weeknd and Tinashe are probably the biggest ones creating the new school of the genre. Those are the ones inspiring me.

You have worked with all different artists, genres, projects, and more. Out of everything, what would you say is your most proud record, piece of writing, or even album?

B. Cox: I have 9 babies! I have 9 Grammy’s at home on my shelf. I’m able to produce a lot of records from all different genres. I’m able to do straight up R&B. I’m able to do hip hop. I’ve been able to do jazz. I’ve been able to do a lot of different things. So for me, from “Burn” to Mary’s “Be Without You,” to Monica’s “Love All Over” and Tamar’s “Pieces,” to anything Jagged Edge. Anything I’ve been able to produce for Jagged Edge is probably my favorite body of production because to me, it’s been the most authentic. It was built in a space of love. Brian and Casey are genuinely my friends. We were working in a space of just really having fun. It’s been the most easy-going process. I give them so much credit to helping me become a better producer. I would give Jagged everything in regards to to my creative because I had so much fun making records with them. But all these different genres I’ve been able to slide in and out of, like producing for Gwen Stefani, I wish I could say there was one record, one baby.