Sad news for R&B fans today: Steve “Static Major” Garrett–close songwriting collaborator with Timbaland during his first creative flush, renowned producer in his own right, and member of Idolator fave Playa–died yesterday at 32. Causes are unknown at the moment, though AllHipHop is reporting “sources” as saying that Garrett suffered a cerebral aneurysm. Garrett would have earned his soul stripes if only for contributing to the creamy harmonies to Playa’s “Don’t Stop The Music” and penning the single-entendre lyrics to Ginuwine’s indelible robo-slow jam “Pony,” but he was also responsible (with buddy Timbaland) for a string of Aaliyah singles from “Are You That Somebody?” to “Rock The Boat” that stand as one of the most fertile urban radio runs of the last decade. In addition to his decade’s worth of big name collaborations, Garrett had finally planned to release his first solo album, Suppertime, later this year, and hopefully the album won’t disappear into the major label ether in a belt-tightening era when even artists who are alive to promote their records find themselves shelved indefinitely. [AllHipHop; HT: Al Shipley]
Steve “Static Major” Garrett, R.I.P.
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Thanks, it’d really bum me out if his passing went totally under the radar. Seems like kind of a thankless job to have written the melodies and lyrics to accompany some of the most attention-grabbing production of all time. But a lot of those songs wouldn’t have been hits without his tunes, and he did some pretty awesome stuff even without Timbaland (Jay-Z’s “Change The Game,” Truth Hurts’ “Addictive,” David Banner’s “Crank It Up,” etc.)
This man (co-)wrote so many of my favorite R&B songs! “Are You That Somebody?”, “We Need a Resolution”, “Rock the Boat”, “More Than a Woman”, “Try Again”, “Lose My Breath”, “Check on it”, “Get Me Bodied”, even “Yeah” en “Goodies”. A big loss for music.
I think I threw in a bunch of Sean Garrett songs in there, my bad.
RIP Static,i really didnt know him,just love the song he had with Lil Wayne,and i was like..who is this handsome and talented guy?so i later checked on the end of the song…i saw ‘IN MEMORIES’ so i decided to run a search on him…Such a talented young guy…I pray that may your gentle soul rest in perfect peace,and God bless your family..we miss you and rest in paradise..my regards to Aaliyah….You song lives on..and you,re will forever be remembered…RIP my man,Dave from Nigeria
I knew Steven aka Static…he and i attended the same church. I’d known since i was about 12…He was a really great person and he was very talented i can’t imagine how hurt his family and friends feel because he was such a great influence on everyone that met him…Once again music has lost another really great person!