Coming Kings Vol. 6 – Bryan-Michael Cox

FACE CARD  Breathing new melodies into deflated careers may become Bryan-Michael Cox's legacy. While he's also produced hits for artists such as Usher and Bow Wow with Jermaine Dupri, it's the Grammy-winning comebacks by Mariah Carey and Mary J. Blige that have cemented his mark. At 26, he became the only producer with more consecutive No. 1 hits on Billboard's Hot 100 than the Beatles. Now 29, he's ready for his next resuscitation: Whitney.

Producers and songwriters are easy targets because we're not artists… We're equated with the publishing and the points. We're equated with the money.

I never looked at it like I was in J.D.'s shadow. I was paying my dues. He was the teacher, and I was the student. I did a lot of records outside of what I was doing with Jermaine, but the stuff we did together was so large. He taught me the formula to making a hit.

People ask me to write another "Be Without U,” and I think: "Why? Why do you want something that's already been done?”

The one song I wish I had written is "Lady of My Life” by Michael Jackson.

To see the rest of the 2007 Coming Kings class, pick up the June ‘07 issue of KING Magazine, on newsstands now!