Written by J Hatch

What’s good Lamb, Lets start with the unique name, how did that come about?

Well my industry name is my actual last name! I chose to go with it because it already had some kind of a ring to it! Plus I was called “Lamb” Back in my organized sports playing days when football/baseball coaches would call all of the kids by their last name anyway! It was going to either be my first name “Cainon” or “Lamb” because both of them were kind of different! In the industry, most people have 2 syllable names like DJ this, J that, Young this and that! lol….I thought it would be cool to have one syllable!

Your originally Miami born and bred, and you know the Miami sound and overall movement has been very massive over the last few years, what is it about the area, music, artists and movement that has people finally paying attention to one of the biggest music havens in the game right now?

Well I believe when up north hip-hop slowed down, the south hip-hop made a big impact with records that killed in the club, the new club sound had become what Lil John produced! And everyone saw the south “Having Fun” rather than beefing with each other! Thus producing artist after artist starting in the ‘A’ (Atlanta), then it opened doors for DJ Khaled who took over Miami radio! He played records that would have normally been mixtape songs for the hood, and made those records a whole movement! I think Miami also had “the crab mentality”. Everybody wanted to be the first artist to blow mainstream coming out of the city! Knowing that whomever would be the first to do it, would not only smash the industry, but would paint what the world would see and hear as the new Miami sound!

You have a very interesting story in regards to how you became a producer, you started in the church by bangin on the walls as the choir sang and then your mother gave you an mpc at an early age. When did you realize music was calling you?

I realized that music was my calling 4 years ago in 2004 when Missy Elliott and Timbaland new all the words to a record that I did for a local artist named Lil Brianna! That was the same year my mom passed away, And also the same year I met Missy, and also the same year I retired from Pro football.

Now you went on to college, got a degree in criminal justice, then played professional football for a few years until a chance encounter with Missy Elliot helped land your first placement on Fantasia’s debut album, you have to take the readers through that whole story, sounds like something out of a storybook fantasy for producers.

I was an All-American Wide receiver in football for FAMU. After I finished football, although I didn’t get drafted, The Miami Dolphins called me a week and a half after the draft! Three days before they called me, I injured my elbow working out for this new pro football league that I went to play for while waiting on an NFL teams call. I went into the dolphins camp injured and couldn’t play for a month until I was healthy. When I was healthy and ready to play, the pro personnel director at the time for the Dolphins told me that he lost his job, an that he no longer called the shots for bringing guys in! He told me to stay in shape because you never know! I didn’t want to wait for football to call me, so I went back to college to finish school and obtain my degree in criminal justice! After I finished I went to play Arena football, although it’s professional, it just doesn’t pay enough! So I started creating beats for a hobby! When local artist told me that they’d buy my beats, I basically gave them away to gain exposure! Threw affiliations with a local artist named Lil Brianna , I had a chance to send a beat Cd to Missy Elliott who signed her and used my beats to write on for Major artist!

Now your a multiplatinum producer with several major credits with artists like Monica, Ruben Studdard, Jazmine Sullivan and you even won a grammy for Keisha Cole’s ‘Let It Go’ F/ Missy, how did these experiences help mold you as a producer and how does it feel to get recognized for your god given talent?

It feels great man! I always gave God the glory in all that I’ve done! Even when I would score a touchdown I would go down and openly give God praise stretching my hands up on my knees to God! And that on every TD that I scored! It’s funny because I’m so use to expressing myself physically, And in music, all I do to express myself is create it and wait your creation to be excepted, which I have no control over! The music travels on it’s own!

That’s very passionate, seems like you’re a very focused individual, You have also had the opportunity to have some music placed on various sitcoms and commercials (we all know how lucrative licensing is to a producer) What were some of the placements and what can you tell upcoming producers about the licensing aspect in regards to income and resume building?

Well I’ve been blessed to be apart of a some commercials/ reality shows. The Chrysler commercial came through Missy. I produced the theme music to Missy’s reality TV show “Road to Stardom”.

You also produced a record on the Step it Up PT 2 soundtrack, how has that helped build your resume and do you intend to do more soundtracks production and movie scoring in the future?

I really plan to get into scoring more than just movie soundtracks! Because scoring pays way more money!

What’s next on the agenda for Lamb?

I have one of the two next single on Jazmine Sullivan’s “Fearless” album. A record called “Dream Big”.Maybe released in the UK first! Fantasia/Missy/Ciara/Briscoe/Brianna

If someone wants to make a serious inquiry about your production services how can they?

They can hit Ramone “Razor’ HERE

Any last words or shouts?

I give God the Glory for everything he has done and is going to do! Thanks!