Apollo Brown, the newest member of the Mello Music Group production team, is the Detroit producer who grabbed the nations attention first on Finale's Pipe Dream & a Promise album and then again as the Detroit Red Bull Big Tune Champion. The Reset is the first of four full length albums Apollo Brown produced that are slated for release in 2010 on MMG (the others are UPS Brown Study with Boog Brown, Daily Bread with Hassaan Mackey, and the opus from The Left Gas Mask). The Reset is an introduction to Apollo Brown's production: 15 reworked tracks - not just remixes - but … read more
Apollo Brown, the newest member of the Mello Music Group production team, is the Detroit producer who grabbed the nations attention first on Finale… read more
Apollo Brown, the newest member of the Mello Music Group production team, is the Detroit producer who grabbed the nations attention first on Finale's Pipe Dream & a Promise albu… read more
Apollo Brown is different than most producers. He grew up on the Seals & Crofts—not The Isley Brothers—version of Summer Breeze. Born into a bi-racial family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his early influences skewed more toward the music of Journey and the Carpenters than the urban genres his peers often cite as inspiration. This is not to say that once hip-hop came into play, Apollo wasn’t all in. Just as easily as he can praise the virtues of yacht rock, the 29-year-old beatsmith can name personal heroes—Gang Starr, Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Nas, and Black Moon—from the ea… read more
Apollo Brown is different than most producers. He grew up on the Seals & Crofts—not The Isley Brothers—version of Summer Breeze. Born into a bi-racial family in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his early influences skewed more toward the mu… read more