Dre & Vidal

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Dre & Vidal
Origin Philadelphia, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Drums
  • keyboards
  • fender rhodes
  • bass
Years active2000–present
Members Andre Harris
Vidal Davis

Dre & Vidal is a songwriting and production duo consisting of Andre Harris and Vidal Davis, [1] who are best known as the main producers for Jill Scott and Glenn Lewis. Alumni of DJ Jazzy Jeff's A Touch of Jazz production team, Dre & Vidal were also instrumental in the production of Musiq Soulchild's first album. [2]

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Since 2004 they have produced several successful hits, including Ciara's "Oh", Usher's "Caught Up" [3] and Chris Brown's "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)". The duo have also worked with Beanie Sigel, 3LW, and Bobby Valentino. [4]

Production discography

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  4. Aderoju, Darlene (2022-06-16). "Dre & Vidal Sell Publishing Catalog to HarbourView". Billboard . Retrieved 2022-09-15.