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Like most aspiring producer/songwriter/singers, Ryan Leslie started out making his own records as a teen because he couldn’t afford to pay for studio time or producers when he wanted to record his demo. Counting self-contained producer/artists like Stevie Wonder and Prince as his heroes, it’s been a long ride from being a 19-year-old senior in college who had no music contacts - to overseeing studio sessions with the likes of Diddy, Usher, Britney Spears, and many other of today’s top stars.
The road was not easy, as anyone who has tried to make it in music would understand. When he graduated from Harvard in 1998, Ryan started out selling beats for $200 to anyone who would buy - a questionable career move for an ivy-league graduate. He stayed in the Boston area for a while, taking on a community service job to make ends meet, and spending his nights in the recording studio. Eventually, in the summer of 2000, he linked with a young artist named Corey “Latif” Williams, and he produced a song that won a contest sponsored by Teen People magazine, earning them a performance at the famed Apollo theatre in Harlem.
A few months later, in 2001, the two had generated enough buzz as a producer/artist duo to score Latif a record deal with Motown. Though initial excitement in the project was strong, the album they made together in thirty days took two years to get released. In the meantime, Ryan returned to a suburb of Boston and began to experiment with making his own records again.
The road was not easy, as anyone who has tried to make it in music would understand. When he graduated from Harvard in 1998, Ryan started out selling beats for $200 to anyone who would buy - a questionable career move for an ivy-league graduate. He stayed in the Boston area for a while, taking on a community service job to make ends meet, and spending his nights in the recording studio. Eventually, in the summer of 2000, he linked with a young artist named Corey “Latif” Williams, and he produced a song that won a contest sponsored by Teen People magazine, earning them a performance at the famed Apollo theatre in Harlem.
A few months later, in 2001, the two had generated enough buzz as a producer/artist duo to score Latif a record deal with Motown. Though initial excitement in the project was strong, the album they made together in thirty days took two years to get released. In the meantime, Ryan returned to a suburb of Boston and began to experiment with making his own records again.
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You're Not My Girl
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Addiction (Main)
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You're Fly
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Shouldn't Have To Wait
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Never Gonna Break Up
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Is It Real Love
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Out Of The Blue
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Shoutbox
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oRaideno wrote:
one of the best artists i think!
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Bloodzie wrote:
New album is some way.. boooring. Only a few kickin' tracks there. But I still feel hes the one and right in the game.
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MizzJoker90 wrote:
i ashamed at myself for sleepin on the "r. les" lol
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DeeJayIV wrote:
One of the most underrated Artist/Producer this decade.
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Ignees wrote:
That new album's hot, love it !! :D
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Dday141 wrote:
This guy doesn't even have 1 million plays yet?...WTF
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Mysstique wrote:
"Transition" album is everything! <3 [2]
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martynnnn wrote:
Love "Transition", but I have to say that his previous self-titled album, "Ryan Leslie", and his older album, "Just Right", definitely top the new one for me...[3]
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blufire32 wrote:
Love "Transition", but I have to say that his previous self-titled album, "Ryan Leslie", and his older album, "Just Right", definitely top the new one for me...[2]
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Mjuzik_zg wrote:
"Transition" album is everything! <3
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mhunke wrote:
"Just Right" is still his best album imo
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jlegend369 wrote:
Love "Transition", but I have to say that his previous self-titled album, "Ryan Leslie", and his older album, "Just Right", definitely top the new one for me...
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blazeablaze08 wrote:
ryan leslie created cassie's career and she should have stuck around if she was smart
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mhunke wrote:
Highly talented individual that sadly has not been given the platform to reach a wider audience that his artistry deserves. [2]
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NorrinRav wrote:
Highly talented individual that sadly has not been given the platform to reach a wider audience that his artistry deserves.
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ndeppindeep wrote:
The production is, as expected, unbelievably flawless!
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orangesoder wrote:
I'm glad I really started paying attention to him, his voice is amazing & the album is soo good.
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Ocks wrote:
I don't know who told Les he can spit but the production on these tracks is FIRE!
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rattla wrote:
That new album's hot, love it! <3
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illadelphianjb wrote:
nvm, apparently it was only a single
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