Rheji Burrell is an American

dance music Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded danc ...

ian and

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. With his twin brother Ronald (or Rhano), Burrell was responsible for creating experimental,

deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard ( ...

music in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Much of Burrell's

house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music producers from Chicago metropolitan area, Chicago' ...

output was on the Nu Groove record label, which the brothers founded, often under various aliases, such as 'New York House'n Authority', 'Tech Trax Inc' and 'Utopia Project'. The brothers had a background in

gospel music Gospel music is a traditional genre of Christian music, and a cornerstone of Christian media. The creation, performance, significance, and even the definition of gospel music varies according to culture and social context. Gospel music is com ...

, and joined the group Inner Spirit as 13-year-olds. They won first place for four consecutive years in the

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Teen Arts Festival, and developed their technical and playing skills on a four-track recorder. The duo earned their first recording deal with

Virgin Records Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwid ...

in the late 80s. In the early 90s, the Burrells co-founded the Nu Groove record label, responsible for inspiring and launching the careers of several major DJs, re-mixers, and dance music artists. In the mid 1990s, the Burrell Brothers became successful producers of Hip-Hop,

Rap Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

, R&B and

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. Today the twins continue recording, and have branched out into

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and "

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" record releases by working with undiscovered talent. Rheji Burrell is a voting member of the Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) as well as a RIAA certified Multi-Platinum Songwriter and Producer.

Productions

Discography

*Burrell, ''Burrell'' (10/Virgin Records 1988) *Tech Trax Inc, ''Tech Trax Inc'' *NY House'n Authority, ''Apartments'' EP *Utopia Project, ''Files'' EP *Jazz Documents, ''Secret Code'' *Metro, ''Angel Of Mercy'' *Roqui, ''I've Just Begun To Love You'' *Rheji Burrell, ''Space And Time'' *Rheji Burrell, ''S.R.O''

Producer/writer

* JoJo, ''Blackground'' (2005)

Platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Platinu ...

* Total, '' Total'' (1996) Platinum *

Monifah Monifa Carter (born January 26, 1972), also known as Monifah, is an American R&B singer. She is best known for her association with the late rapper Heavy D and her music from the mid-1990s, including "I Miss You (Come Back Home)", "You" and " ...

, ''Moods & Moments'' (1996) Platinum *Channel Live, ''

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'' (1995) *Phase Two, "Reachin'" (Rheji Burrell Mix) *Omniscence, "Amazin'" (1996)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burrell, Rheji American house musicians American hip hop record producers Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Virgin Records artists American twins