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The Underdogs
The Underdogs a.k.a Harvey Mason Jr & Damon Thomas

The Underdogs consist of two members Harvey Mason Jr & Damon Thomas. It was always destined for Harvey Mason Jr to get into the music business as he wanted to follow in his fathers foot steps. His father was the drummer of famous jazz act Fourplay.

 

Harveys first break was when he hooked up with the Darkchild team. He wrote with the famous writing team of Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins & Lashawn Daniels. They spun out hit after hit together the most successful track being Toni Braxtons Wasnt Man Enough. He also wrote with them for Lionel Richie & Brian McKnight.

 

Damon met Harvey when he went to see Rodney Jerkins for a possible collaboration. They got talking and Harvey called him one day when he was in his area and asked if he wanted to hook up to write together, None of them were looking to form a partnership, but they seemed to work well together and created The Underdogs, which most presume is because they were protege of established producers. They went on to produce a few tracks for Olivia & Tyrese. They then went overseas and recorded their first European smash hit with Dane Bowers Shut up and forget about it which was about topless model Jordan. They also wrote with ex spice girl Victoria Beckham on three tracks.

 

The first tracks they were producing werent unsimilar to the tracks that were produced by the Darkchild team in fact they were hard to tell the difference at all on tracks like Tyrese I Like Them Girls & Solange Aint no way.

 

The Underdogs have now got their own style and it is more with slow jams like B2K Gots to be & Tyrese Hoe you gonna act like that.

 

They have now signed a production deal with Clive David at J Records and have been recording with their artists including American Idol winners Kelly Clarkson & Ruben Studdard.

 

The Underdogs are becoming larger everyday and are working with the best in the business. You will be hearing more from them.

Discography

3rd Storee- What It Would Be Like

Az Yet - Amazing You

B2K - Gots To Be

Babyface - The Loneliness

Brian McKnight - Shoulda Woulda Coulda

Calvin Richardson - Not Like This

D-Side - Everything About You

Dane Bowers - Shut Up And Forget About It

Deborah Cox - If I Had One Wish

Deborah Cox - You Need To Quit

Dream - Thats Ok

Javier - Beautiful U R

Javier - Biggest Mistake

Javier - Slow Motion

Joe - Priceless

Justin Guarini - Condition Of My Heart (Co-Produced)

Justin Guarini - Get Here  (Co-Produced)

Justin Guarini - How Will You Know (Co-Produced)

Justin Guarini - I Saw Your Face (Co-Produced)

Justin Guarini - Thinking Of You (Co-Produced)

Justin Timberlake - Still On My Brain

K-Ci & Jo Jo - Love Me Carefully

Kelly Clarkson - Thankful

Kelly Clarkson - You Thought Wrong

Kiley Dean - Who Will I Run To

Luther Vandross - If I Was The One

Mario - Could You Be

Mario - Holla Back

Mario - What Your Name Is

Olivia - You Got The Damn Thing I Like

O-Town - I Only Dance With You

RL - Good Man

RL - Got Me A Model (Co-Produced)

RL - Model Chick

Ruben Studdard - Flying Without Wings (Co-produced)

Ruben Studdard - Sorry 2004      

Ruben Studdard - What If

Shawne Kane - Tell Your Mama

Shawn Kane - You Send Me 

Solange - Ain't No Way

Stacie Orrico - I Promise

Stacie Orrico - Theres Gotta Be More To Life

Tyrese - Bring You Back My Way

Tyrese - For Always

Tyrese - How You Gonna Act Like That

Tyrese - I Like Them Girls

Tyrese- I Must Be Crazy

Tyrese - I Wanna Go There

Tyrese - Kinna Right

Tyrese - Miss You Like Mad

Tyrese - Sign Of Making Love

Tyrese - You Don't Give A Damn About Me

Victoria Beckham - Always Be My Baby

Victoria Beckham - Feels So Good

Victoria Beckham - Girlfriend

Victoria Beckham - In Your Dreams