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The business partnership began to take shape when the two became roommates while attending Penn State University in 1998. Maier's passion for all things technical combined with Brown's creative musical abilities lead to the completion of two demo albums which Brown produced and Maier engineered and mixed. The albums featured local talent the two had discovered while spinning at dance clubs up and down College Avenue. The newly formed roster of talent included a battle M.C. named R-SON The Voice of Reason, a rapper/singer/songwriter named the1shanti, and an amazing freestyle artist with a knack for punch lines named louis logic.

Out of these early connections came the production duo's first taste of success in 1999, when 12" singles recorded with louis logic and, later that year, the1shanti were picked up and commercially released to critical and consumer acclaim. Brown and Maier used their quickly growing resume to open the door to the majors, and in 2000 were granted their first shot at mainstream success when they recorded "I Remember" with Mr. Cheeks (Lost Boyz) for his solo debut on Universal Records. It was during this process that Brown and Maier officially went into business as 5G Productions based out of New York City, and solidified their spot in the hip-hop ranks by releasing work with Apathy, Celph Titled, The Demigodz, Majik Most, Dutch Massive, J-Zone, Poison Pen, Skitzofreniks and numerous 5G discoveries. The two also flexed their ability to shape entire albums by executive producing louis logic's "Sin-A-Matic", "Alcohol/ism" by The Odd Couple and the louis logic and J.J. Brown release "Misery Loves Comedy" on Fat Beats Records. This was a milestone for logic and Brown, as it was the first time they were presented as an official group with Dan "The Deacon" Maier as sole engineer and mixer.

5G Productions' most recent remix project, "Sin-A-Matic: the 80's Edition", is a special five year anniversary re-release of louis logic's 2003 cult classic debut album, "Sin-A-Matic". This time around, J.J. Brown and Dan "The Deacon" Maier cleverly remix the album using beats constructed of the hottest samples from the 1980's, combined with new features from a slew of the underground's finest... as well as a few surprises. Visit www.5GProductions.com to preview and download the album for the special price of $5! J.J. Brown's most current production work can also be found on the digital version of Reef the Lost Cauze's latest solo effort "Vicious Cycle", as well as the King & The Cauze (Reef the Lost Cauze and King Magnetic) Shadyville mixtape available for free download at www.welldoneentertainment.com!

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