Everyone does when you have such a huge record. “In hindsight, a lot of people counted me out. As much as they call me Jeremiah, I seen a lot of baby Jeremihs born within the last 10 years. for me to even hear it this year playing on the radio, just how much of a classic it was… It changed my life and it actually brought a bunch of new lives to the world. Jeremih: “ was definitely a stepping stone for me. Its concept will never expire and its influence can still be heard today in the sound of budding R&B acts. With playlists powering old songs and the allure of nostalgia, “Birthday Sex” is now a Hall of Fame-caliber slow jam of the 2000s. On YouTube, the video has hundreds of millions of views (probably due to a birthday every day). Years later, “Birthday Sex” still lives, breathes, and thrives. At that point, the song was so big anyway, but I had to put something out for the people.”Ĭlick to load video The legacy of the song After the second video in LA, it got people to see my face. The first video was shot in New York, and y’know, girls hopping out the cake, bitches dancing around me. Jeremih: “You know what’s crazy? I shot two different videos for ‘Birthday Sex.’ I shot one version of the video… and it reminded me of a video that I swore I just seen The-Dream do… I wanted to recut it, and we recut it to another version with a little bit more taste. The song really started buzzing after that.” Then we put a YouTube together, and it started blowing up. I remember I was running Jeremih’s MySpace at the time and once it played on the radio, that thing just blew up. Mick Schultz: “Honestly, it’s like the most organic story ever. Jeremih: “I remember, I was riding down Michigan Ave – which is crazy because it was conceived on Michigan Ave and I blast that shit so loud on the radio.” I said ‘Of course!’ I think she played it on literally Halloween, back to back, at 5:00 PM, which is prime time.” From what he told us, Bam asked if we could leave ‘Birthday Sex’ with her, because she loves the record. He took the records up there and played it for the music director, Bam. He had a strong relationship there because he did radio promo. One of those songs was ‘Birthday Sex’ which we made in the summer of 2008. ‘Birthday Sex’ and maybe five other favorites of my manager’s, at the time, were taken up to the local radio station, Power 92. What ended up being the album was those 15 songs. Mick Schultz: “We put some records together, we tried to do the label thing, but we had nothing going on… We probably did, like, 15 songs. The Internet played a role, too, which eventually led to a deal with Def Jam to release Jeremih’s first album, the self-titled Jeremih. The song began to expand beyond the borders of the R&B epicenter and started to get nationwide spins from radio stations. Some songs just capture your ear and through the latter part of 2008 into the beginning of 2009, “Birthday Sex” started to grow organically throughout Chicago. At the time, we didn’t know exactly what we were making, but it was probably the fourth or fifth song we created together.”Ĭlick to load video The power of ‘Birthday Sex’ I want to say ‘Birthday Sex’ was one of the fourth or fifth songs that I actually wrote. I brought in one of my childhood friends, Keith James, and we actually created that song in one day together. Jeremih: “When I started working with Mick, I had to tap into another skill I never thought I would pick up, which was writing. The chemistry, at least in my head, was instant.” I was working with anyone that I could meet at the school, just to collaborate to make a song. Jeremih came one day to work with another artist that I was working with, and that’s how we met. Mick Schultz: “I had moved to Chicago from St. The sessions together, as Schultz would describe, showed “instant” chemistry between the two and it would be in those sessions that “Birthday Sex” would be conceived. Growing up in a musically-inclined family, teaching himself how to play instruments, and even dabbling as a producer early in his career, Jeremih eventually met his now-frequent collaborator and producer Mick Schultz while they were both enrolled at Columbia College. In 2008, Jeremih attempted to embark on his own path to music stardom. ‘Birthday Day Sex”s beginningsĬurtis Mayfield, Chaka Khan, and Donny Hathaway are just a few of the reasons why Chicago has carved out a history as an epicenter for incredible R&B. We reach back in time with Jeremih and Grammy-nominated producer Mick Schultz to talk about the song’s creation, its immediate surge in popularity, and its legacy years later. I said your friend.The song was officially released on Februthrough Def Jam Records, but the song’s genesis reaches back to late 2008. My shorty called my like u no was bout to come (come come come) me look what I got u loso in case u don't no so baby
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