Ryan Leslie

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Ryan Leslie (2012)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ryan Leslie
  US 35 02/28/2009 (11 weeks)
Transition
  US 50 11/21/2009 (2 weeks)
Les Is More
  DE 85 11/12/2012 (1 week)
  CH 85 11/11/2012 (1 week)
  US 74 11/10/2012 (1 week)
Singles
Diamond girl
  US 95 03/29/2008 (3 weeks)

Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American record producer, singer and songwriter. He is the founder and president of the NextSelection Lifestyle Group label and has worked with Usher , P. Diddy , Beyoncé , Cassie and Britney Spears .

biography

Ryan's parents and sister Joy Leslie are members of the American Salvation Warrior Officers. As a child, Leslie lived in many different cities in the United States. a. in Atlanta , Nashville , Richmond , Oakland , San Francisco and Stockton and so he should have moved to his fifth high school by the age of 14. Instead, he took a college entrance test and was accepted with a very good score. Ryan attended Harvard University in Boston at the age of 15 and graduated from there in 1998 at the age of 19. During this time he discovered his passion for music in the jazz group of the university " The Harvard Krokodiloes ". There he sang and learned his "vocal arrangement". Ryan even skipped school to organize concerts and talent competitions and spent more than 30 hours a week in the studio there to build up his basic knowledge.

In 2000 he met Corey Latif Williams , for whom he produced the song "Never Met a Girl". So they took part in the Teen People competition, even won and in 2001 they got a contract for Williams at Motown Records (part of Universal Motown Records ). In just 30 days, the duo produced an album for him. By the end of 2002, the money he had made at Motown ran out and Ryan went broke despite a few small part-time jobs. He moved back to live with his parents in Phoenix, and they eventually paid for $ 15,000 in studio equipment.

Spurred on by his "music lawyer" and advisor Ed Woods, a turning point came in spring 2003: Woods got him a 30-day contract through which he produced a few songs for Bad Boy Records . He met boss Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and played him a few beats and tracks that he had produced and written between 2001 and 2003. Combs was particularly impressed by Ryan's song "Hot 2 Nite" and got him a long-term contract.

In 2004 he signed a "publishing deal" with Tommy Mottola of Universal Records .

After moving back to Harlem and starting his own music production company, the NextSelection Lifestyle Group , he met Cassandra Ventura, who became known as Cassie . With her he recorded the song "Just One Night" in his own studio. His next song with her was called "Me & You". He played Tommy Mottola, who offered Cassie a record deal. That was in 2005, but it wasn't until the summer of 2006 that it became Ryan's first number 1 hit in the US.

In October 2010, after a concert in Cologne, a laptop was stolen from the back of his car. A Pulheim craftsman found this weeks later and handed it over to the police. In the meantime, Leslie had announced a reward of 1 million US dollars for the computer via YouTube. Leslie refused to pay because there were no compositions on the computer for which the finder's fee was intended. A New York court has now obliged him to pay out the finder's fee.

Music career

producer

Leslie's productions come from genres such as hip-hop , rhythm and blues , pop , gospel and dancehall . He sings, writes lyrics and is a song producer. The best-known greats he has worked with are Kanye West , Usher , P. Diddy, Fabolous , Beyoncé Knowles , Britney Spears , Snoop Dogg , New Edition , Mario Winans , Booba and Cassie.

Singer

At the end of 2005, the barely successful album Just Right with the singles The Way That U Move, Girl! and Used 2 Be (feat. Fabolous ).

The next single followed in 2007 with Diamond Girl , which only reached number 95 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 35 in the US Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop. In May 2008 the single Addiction (feat. Cassie ) was released on the Internet and again only reached number 115 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 35 in the US Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop. The latest single is titled How It Was Supposed to Be , but has only reached 97th place on the US Billboard Hot R & B / Hip-Hop.

Discography

Ryan Leslie (2009)

Mixtapes / albums

  • The Talented Mr. Leslie (2005)
  • Free download: The Official NextSelection Mixtape (2005)
  • Just Right (2005)
  • Used to Be 2007
  • Ryan Leslie (2009)
  • Free download: The Chapter Mixtape Feat. Mr Dhero (2009)
  • Ryan Leslie - Transition (2009)
  • Ryan Leslie - Les Is More (2012)
  • Ryan Leslie - Black Mozart (2013)
  • Ryan Lesle - MZRT (2015)

Singles

  • The Way That U Move, girl
  • Used 2 Be (feat. Fabolous ) (2005)
  • Electric (2006)
  • Diamond Girl (2008)
  • Addiction ( feat.Cassie & Fabolous ) (2008)
  • How It Was Supposed to Be (2008)
  • You're Not My Girl (2009)
  • Something That I Like! (2009)
  • When We Dance
  • Good Girl feat. Spaceboyz (2011)
  • 5 Minutes Freshin Up (2012)

Singles produced by Ryan Leslie

Albums produced by Ryan Leslie

  • Cassie (Cassie, 2006)

Guest Posts

  • Kiss me (cassie)
  • Just One Night (Cassie)
  • Fashion Type (Jovan Dais)
  • Can't Let This Go On (Anaya)
  • Me & U (Ryan Leslie Remix) (Cassie)
  • U Think U Know (Corey Latif Williams)
  • Choose Us (Nelson)
  • Sometimes (Cassie)
  • Long Way to Go (Cassie)
  • We On ( Game )

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  1. ↑ Chart sources: DE CH US
  2. ↑ Rapper leaves out anger at the newspaper in: FAZ.net of December 2, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Leslie, Ryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leslie, Anthony Ryan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American record producer, singer, and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Atlanta , Georgia , USA