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Through the mid- to late ’90s, Arranged Noize was the preeminent production staff for Atlanta-area contemporary R&B and rap, crafting chart-topping strikes like TLC’s “Waterfalls” and En Vogue’s “Can’t RELEASE (Appreciate)” aswell as critically acclaimed albums for OutKast and Goodie Mob. Although trio, made up of Rico Wade, Ray Murray, …

The influence from the ’70s on Atlanta crooner Patrick “Sleepy” Brown is manifested in almost anything he does — through the soulful and funk-driven textures overlaying his metropolitan hip-hop sound to his taste in sunglasses and pants. To look at he could resemble Isaac Hayes, but his soft falsettos seem …