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This week on We Sound Crazy our co-hosts converse with the diamond-selling songwriter, producer, and performer Philip Lawrence. You know him as one-third of the songwriting and production team, The Smeezingtons, known for super hits by Bruno Mars such as "Just The Way You Are", "Nothin' on You", "Grenade", and "Locked Out of Heaven" and "Fuck You" by CeeLo Green just to name a few. Not only that, Philip Lawrence is a co-creator of the classic hit "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars, and has also written songs for the Netflix Original Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. Dive in as Lawrence discusses how musical theatre sparked his inner joy for performance, speaks on the challenges that ultimately forged growth in his career and overall quality of life, and tells the backstory on how "Grenade" by Bruno Mars was created as he and co-writer Claude Kelly journey down memory lane and shares this one of a kind story that can only be found here on We Sound Crazy. 

Special thanks to our We Sound Crazy team!

Videography: Aaron Walton, Tiffany Young

Video Editing: Aaron Walton

Producer: Michael "Roux" Johnson

Assistants: Tiffany Anderson, Brittany Guydon

Intern: Montez Freeman

Thank you to all of our listeners, as well as our sponsors, The National Museum of African American Music and Visit Music City.

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