Tricky Stewart

Then I look

at Tricky Stewart.

I'm like, ah! And then

you start going down the line, and you're like, damn, who's better than who? I don't think no one is.

Let's be clear.

The, the producer team of, uh, Tricky and The-Dream, that's Christopher Stewart, AKA Tricky, Terius Nash, AKA The-Dream, and also their third member.

Together they comprise Red Zone, the production team, and that's Kuk Harrell, and he's an important part of this story, too.

He's Tricky's cousin, by the way.

Um, they are in business.

They are making a lot of commercial music and jingles and the occasional pop song.

We are trained to do whatever the client wants when they want it." But that means, in this context, that they have a very quick approach.

They're extremely streamlined, and that's relevant 'cause one day in 2007, according to, um, a story that I've heard actually all three members tell in various parts.

And to hear this whole process in action, listen to this.

[upbeat music] So Tricky Stewart built this track.

It's a cool start, but it's not a song.

It's basically just a beat.

When I came in the game, I was sitting in the studio with Jagged Edge, Jermaine Dupri.

I was in the rooms with Brian Michael Cox and Jazzy Faye and Tricky Stewart.

Dream and I were in those rooms with Tricky Stewart, and he was across the hall, I was in the back with the corner boys.

That's how we came up in the business.

So we would hear these conversations about I need to make sure I meet my quota.

And, uh, he, he, he responded back, you know what I'm saying? He loved the music.

He wanted to work, so we went to Sessions, uh, Tricky Stewart's studio-

Yeah, I love Tricky.

Shout out, Tricky.

I don't know where to start, but I see diamond, diamond, diamond, diamond, diamond, diamond.

The franchise builder, full of diamonds, Tricky Stewart.

Welcome, world.

This is your man, Don Cannon.

We use elitist too much.

I feel like those things are gatekeepy.

but I consider this man a franchise builder, Tricky Stewart.

What's up, my brother?

And he was doing stuff with Sierra at that time.

And I was pulling up over to Tricky Stewart's studio.

That's where Sounds was working at.

And he was just doing demos, just messing around.

They just felt kind of like kind of fell flat because they were a bit one note.

We know that she's worked together with Tricky Stewart quite a few times.

I think he did some amazing work with her on burlesque.

I think glam, especially because, you know, we're huge fans and we're expecting something amazing.

him.

Yeah.

So it's also a Tricky Stewart song.

So yeah, Lil Jon screaming in the background.