# Brandon Hodge

Brandon Hodge is an American R&B producer and songwriter known for his production/songwriting work with TGT members Tyrese Gibson and Tank, as well as writing and/or producing R&B hits "No Limit", "Love 'Em All", "U + Me (Love Lesson)", and "Lean Into It".

## Songwriting and production career

Discovered in the late 2000s by Rihanna producers Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers who had formed a joint-venture publishing agency with Universal Music Publishing Group and were looking for songwriters, Hodge was quickly signed to a publishing deal alongside artist Shontelle. In 2011, Hodge executive-produced Gibson's album Open Invitation, co-writing and producing minor R&B hit singles "Stay", "Too Easy", and "Best of Me", ultimately creating 12/14 songs on the original project. Hodge was nominated alongside Gibson for the project in the Best R&B Album category (as main producer) at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2016, Hodge co-wrote and co-produced "No Limit", the lead single for Usher's project Hard II Love. The single peaked in the top 10 of the R&B charts and Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Hodge's biggest hit to date. After contributing five songs to 2016 Tank album Sex Love & Pain II, Hodge was commissioned for Tank's weekly-summer-release EP project #TankTuesdays, producing first installment "No Drugs", second installment "For Life", and third installment "All About You". In 2017, Hodge was praised by pop culture publication Vulture for his numerous "current but faintly retro" creations on Mary J. Blige album Strength of A Woman, describing his work (as well as the contributions of fellow producer Darhyl Camper) as "tasteful but buoyant, [and] right on time without necessarily straining to conform to the times."
In 2023, Hodge produced Gibson single "Don’t Think You Ever Loved Me" featuring musicians Lenny Kravitz and Le'Andria Johnson, which climbed into the Top 10 on Billboard’s Adult R&B Airplay Chart, becoming Gibson's first top 10 hit in nearly seven years. Hodge-produced single "Love Transaction" followed several months later, debuting in the Top 30 of the Adult R&B Airplay Chart.

## Selected songwriting and production credits

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Spotify, and AllMusic.
| Title | Year | Artist | Album | Label |
| "Amazing" | 2010 | Tank | Now or Never | Atlantic Records |
| "Make It" | 2010 | Arika Kane | Arika Kane | BSE Recordings |
| "Bcuz I Luv U" | 2010 | Arika Kane | Arika Kane | BSE Recordings |
| "4 The Lovers" | 2010 | Arika Kane | Arika Kane | BSE Recordings |
| "Drink the Kool-Aid" | 2010 | Ice Cube | I Am the West | Lench Mob / EMI / Caroline Records |
| "Get It Right" (featuring Taraji P. Henson) | 2011 | Mary J. Blige | My Life II... The Journey Continues (Act 1) | Geffen Records |
| "I Wish" | 2013 | Lyfe Jennings | Lucid | Mass Appeal / Fontana |
| "College" | 2013 | Lyfe Jennings | Lucid | Mass Appeal / Fontana |
| "ABC's" (featuring Phoenix & Elijah Jennings) | 2013 | Lyfe Jennings | Lucid | Mass Appeal / Fontana |
| "No Fun" (featuring Problem) | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "Sex Never Felt Better" | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "I Need" | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "Explode" | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "FYH" | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "Running Back" | 2013 | TGT | Three Kings | Atlantic Records |
| "Love 'Em All" | 2014 | K. Michelle | Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? | Atlantic Records |
| "Cry" | 2014 | K. Michelle | Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? | Atlantic Records |
| "How Do You Know?" | 2014 | K. Michelle | Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? | Atlantic Records |
| "Build a Man" | 2014 | K. Michelle | Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? | Atlantic Records |
| "God I Get It" | 2014 | K. Michelle | Anybody Wanna Buy a Heart? | Atlantic Records |
| "Autumn Leaves" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) | 2014 | Chris Brown | X | RCA Records |
| "What's Best For You" | 2014 | Trey Songz | Trigga | Songbook / Atlantic Records |
| "Congratulations" | 2015 | Ne-Yo | Non-Fiction | Compound / Motown |
| "Who's Gonna (Nobody)" | 2015 | Chris Brown | Royalty | CBE / RCA Records |
| "Shoulda Been There" (featuring B.o.B) | 2015 | Sevyn Streeter | Shoulda Been There, Pt. 1 | CBE / Atlantic Records |
| "Chaise Lounge" | 2015 | Tamia | Love Life | Plus One / Def Jam Recordings |
| "Free Fallin'" | 2015 | Tamar Braxton | Calling All Lovers | Epic / Streamline Records |
| "Would You Know?" | 2015 | August Alsina | This Thing Called Life | Def Jam Recordings |
| "Song Cry" | 2015 | August Alsina | This Thing Called Life | Def Jam Recordings |
| "Other Side" | 2015 | August Alsina | This Thing Called Life | Def Jam Recordings |
| "No Limit" (featuring Young Thug) | 2016 | Usher | Hard II Love | RCA Records |
| "Lean Into It" | 2016 | Joe | My Name Is Joe Thomas | Plaid Takeover / BMG |
| "Worth It" | 2016 | Young Thug | Slime Season 3 | 300 / Atlantic Records |
| "She With the Shit" (featuring Rich Homie Quan) | 2016 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "I Love Ya" (featuring Yo Gotti) | 2016 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "So Cold" | 2016 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "Already in Love" (featuring Shawn Stockman) | 2016 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "Him Her Them" | 2016 | Tank | Sex Love & Pain II | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "No Drugs" | 2016 | Tank | #TankTuesdays | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "For Life" | 2016 | Tank | #TankTuesdays | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "All About You" | 2016 | Tank | #TankTuesdays | R&B Money / Atlantic Records |
| "U + Me (Love Lesson)" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "It's Me" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "Indestructible" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "Survivor" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "Strength of a Woman" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "The Naked Truth" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "Love in the Middle" | 2017 | Mary J. Blige | Strength of a Woman | Capitol Records |
| "Incredible" | 2017 | Bell Biv DeVoe | Three Stripes | eOne |
| "All The Lovers" | 2020 | K. Michelle | All Monsters Are Human | eOne |
| "Ciara's Prayer" | 2020 | K. Michelle | All Monsters Are Human | eOne |
| "G Wagon" (featuring Sevyn Streeter & Tkay Maidza) | 2022 | Babyface | Girls Night Out | Capitol Records |
| "Fast Car" | 2022 | Syd | Broken Hearts Club | Columbia Records |
| "Don't Cheat" | 2023 | Jeezy | I Might Forgive... But I Don't Forget | CTE World |
| "Luckiest Man" | 2024 | Usher | Coming Home | Mega / Gamma |

### Executive-produced projects

Albums with more than 50% B.A.M. production credits, showing year released and album name :
| Album | Artist | Year | Label |
| Open Invitation | Tyrese Gibson | 2011 | Voltron / EMI Records |
| Black Rose | Tyrese Gibson | 2015 | Voltron / Caroline Records |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result | Ref |
| 2013 | 55th Annual Grammy Awards | Best R&B Album (Open Invitation) | Nominated | |
| 2017 | BMI R&B/Hip-Hop Awards | Most-Performed Songs ("No Limit") | Won | |