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Inspiration behind “The New Cupid”: The song includes the lyrics, “Cupid’s too busy in the club at the bar rolling up. It’s a natural feeling I embrace so much.

My two voices - church and street - have always been a plus for me. My sound comes from church, but the stories come from actual personal experience, being out there in the streets living life. I realize how much my life lines up with artists like Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. The album’s revivalist feel: I grew up in church and on the block the best of both worlds. Munching on takeout from Roscoe’s House of Chicken & Waffles inside Hollywood’s Capitol Records Tower, BJ the Chicago Kid revealed insights on a few more things that are on his mind. With 25+ million records sold including two diamond selling projects, 500+ million youtube views and over 230 album credits to his name he continues to craft profoundly emotional mixes with exceptional sonics for the likes of Frank Ocean, Tyrese, BJ The Chicago Kid, Leela James, India.Arie, TGT, Chrisette Michele, The Weeknd, Ledisi, K Michelle, Chaka Khan, The Isley Brothers, Patti LaBelle and many many more.Watch BJ the Chicago Kid Nail This Cover of Blackstreet’s ‘Before I Let You Go’

He has amassed credits on 6 Grammy winning albums out of 21 nominated albums, with 1 current nomination in multiple categories for 2018. He was then tapped by the legendary Prince as mixer and engineer for his latest Gold selling, chart-topping “Lotusflower/MPLSound” album. Moving coasts to Los Angeles saw him working with all-time giants of the music industry such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Starting out in New York, he was part of some of the seminal albums of the 2000’s such as Outkast’s “Speakerboxxx/The Love Below” and Usher’s “Confessions” and critical darlings such as Fountains Of Wayne’s “Stacy’s Mom”. Richard Furch is at a sweet spot in his career as a mix engineer.

Bj the chicago kid usher confessions album cover