Patrick Leroy "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one-third of the Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize,
Besides production work Brown records as an artist himself, both for his own recordings (including his 2004 single "I Can't Wait" from the Barbershop 2: Back in Business film soundtrack) and on songs with collaborators such as Beyoncé and Big Boi (on the latter's US No. 1 and UK No. 7 hit "The Way You Move").
Singles
- 2004: "I Can't Wait" (US No. 40, US R&B #18)
- 2006: "Margarita" <small>(feat. Big Boi & Pharrell Williams)</small> (US #108)
;Featured singles
- 2002: "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)" <small>(Ludacris featuring Sleepy Brown)</small> (US No. 22, US R&B No. 10, US Rap No. 5, UK #31)
- 2002: "Land of a Million Drums" <small>(Outkast featuring Killer Mike and Sleepy Brown)</small> (US R&B No. 116, UK #46)
- 2003: "A.D.I.D.A.S." <small>(Killer Mike featuring Big Boi & Sleepy Brown)</small> (US No. 60, US R&B No. 42, US Rap No. 20, UK #22)
- 2003: "The Way You Move" <small>(Outkast featuring Sleepy Brown)</small> (US No. 1, US Pop No. 1, US R&B No. 2, US Rap No. 1, UK #7)
- 2005: "The Otherside" <small>(Bubba Sparxxx featuring Petey Pablo and Sleepy Brown)</small>
- 2006: "Morris Brown" <small>(Outkast featuring Scar and Sleepy Brown)</small> (US No. 95, US R&B No. 102, UK #43)
- 2024: "High Rise" <small>(Sleepy Brown featuring Snoop Dogg)</small>
Select guest appearances
(excluding songs with the Dungeon Family)
- 2Pac – "Hennessy" (Red Spyda Remix) (with E.D.I. Mean)
- Beyoncé – "Hip-Hop Star" (with Big Boi)
- Bow Wow – "Crazy" (with Da Brat)
- Da BackWudz – "Mama Always Told Me"
- Earth, Wind & Fire – "This Is How I Feel" (with Big Boi and Kelly Rowland)
- Field Mob – "Nothing 2 Lose" (with Slimm Calhoun)
- Freeway – "Some Say Yes"
- Freeway – "Some Say Yes" (remix) (with Fabolous)
- Jayo Felony – "So into You"
- Jay-Z – "Poppin Tags" (with Killer Mike, Twista, Big Boi and Debra Killings)
- Journalist – "Back of Da Lack" (with Backbone A.K.A. Mr. Fat Face 100 of Dungeon Family)
- Kurupt – "Starstruck" (with Cool Breeze, Big Rube and Big Gipp)
- Ludacris – "Blueberry Yum Yum"
- Ludacris – "Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)"
- Murphy Lee – "Luv Me Baby" (with Jazze Pha)
- Prozack Turner – "American Giant"
- Prozack Turner – "El Chepa"
- Sly and the Family Stone – "Runnin Away" (with Big Boi and Killer Mike)
- Stacie Orrico – "Knock 'Em Out"
- Styles P – "Watch Ya Self"
- T.I. – "We Pimpin'"
- UGK – "Swishas and Erb"
- UGK – "Shattered Dreams"
With Dungeon Family
- Big Boi – "808" (with Bun B, Big Gee and G-Rock)
- Big Gipp – "Steppin Out"
- Bubba Sparxxx – "All the Same" (with Backbone)
- Bubba Sparxxx – "That Man" (with Duddy Ken)
- Bubba Sparxxx – "The Otherside" (with Petey Pablo)
- Cool Breeze – "Weeestpointin
- Future – "Struggles" (from Superfly)
- Goodie Mob – "Play Yo Flute" (with Kurupt)
- Goodie Mob – "Cutty Buddy"
- Goodie Mob – "Soul Food"
- Joi – "It's Your Life"
- Killer Mike – "A.D.I.D.A.S." (with Big Boi)
- Outkast – "Bowtie" (with Jazze Pha)
- Outkast – "In Your Dreams" (with Killer Mike)
- Outkast – "Land of a Million Drums" (with Killer Mike)
- Outkast – "Morris Brown" (with Scar)
- Outkast – "So Fresh, So Clean" (Remix) (with Snoop Dogg)
- Outkast – "Spottieottiedopaliscious"
- Outkast – "The Way You Move"
- Outkast – "Tough Guy" (with UGK)
- Roscoe – "Head to Toe"
- Slimm Calhoun – "How Much Can I"
- Scar – "If You Want To" (from Superfly)
Filmography
- Idlewild (2006) – Syncopated Church Orchestra
Awards and nominations
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|Stankonia
|Grammy Award for Album of the Year
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|align=center|1995
|"Waterfalls"
|Grammy Award for Record of the Year
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