And I decided I didn't like the studio, I
didn't like the owner of the studio, I
was there and so I thought, "OK I don't
have a lot of money but whatever money I
have I'm gonna try to find a place and
I'm gonna build a room that I want to
build," and it's going to be more of a hip-hop, r&b kind of a room. And Rodney Jerkins
was one of the young producers that came? He was
one of the young producers who came
around. "The Boy Is Mine," the record was
made, the vocals weren't done in my room
but the record was made in my studio. And you did the strings for
this record. So let's listen to Brandy
& Monica produced by Rodney Jerkins,
"The Boy Is Mine," 1998, strings by Larry
Gold. [applause] This was Rodney's first hit, it
was number one for 16 weeks in America
which was extraordinary. Only I think
Elvis Presley was number one longer, but
for a kid who's 16 years old what a day.
Yeah not bad, [laughs] The the harp thing is like...
Sampled. I thought he played it ?
Is it him playing
that, that figure? Right. It's the thing that's
really driving this, I mean you're kind
of filling in. You know the melody, the
melody on this was like... Speak into the mic please. Sorry. The melody on this was like, it's like a theme you
know, it's like like a Godfather theme or
something you know [hums melody] It was
like very Italian and I thought it was
really cool against, because the harp was
classical obviously and I thought it was
cool driving it against Brandy and
Monica's singing the way [they do] And the big [makes bassy noise] Including with the breakdown, you
barely hear but the cello's going [imitates notes], you know.
