Oct 23, 2015
“Halfcrazy” is one of Musiq Soulchild’s most popular hits, but did you know the song was actually meant for Jazz from Dru Hill? The producers Carvin & Ivan tell us the story behind that song and how it eventually ended up Musiq’s second...
Feb 12, 2013
Check out this crazy story from Carvin & Ivan about the creation of Jaheim’s “Finding My Way Back”, how the song started on one coast and was finished on the other coast, and how Miguel helped in the creation of it. Ivan: That’s a great story....
Jan 24, 2013
When a producer helps to create a hit based on a certain type of sound for an artist, it’s no surprise that labels would come looking to that producer to give their artist the same sound hoping for a hit. Carvin & Ivan get the same since they’ve...
Jan 16, 2013
We always felt that “Womanopoly” from Musiq Soulchild’s third album “Soultar” should have been a single. Well, it turns out the producers of the song “Carvin & Ivan” tended to agree and actually pushed for it at the time....
Jan 14, 2013
As we spend the week highlighting the legendary production career of Carvin & Ivan, we begin with the album track “143” they created for Musiq Soulchild’s debut album “Aijuswanaseing”. Listen to them talk about how it all came...
Aug 23, 2012
Songs like “We Can’t Be Friends” really capture the essence of what r&b music is all about; relatable music that you can feel and touches our emotions. This duet between Deborah Cox and R.L. from her 1998 album “One Wish” became a...
