He has collaborated with several notable artists including Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild,[1] Stevie Wonder,[2] George Duke, Trick Daddy, Anthony Hamilton, Robert Glasper, Lalah Hathaway, Earth Wind & Fire, Wayman Tisdale and Childish Gambino.

[4] Singing career and music production Motown Records 1990s He moved to Miami, Florida, as a teen and added bass, keyboards, songwriting, to his growing list of talents.

[5] Hutson's most notable accomplishment as JR Swinga was the track "Chocolate City", a nostalgic song about life at a black college.

The video for "Chocolate City" was filmed on the Florida A&M University college campus by then budding directors Robert Hardy and Will Packer.

While at Motown Records he continued to produce label-mates Boyz II Men,[3] Jason Weaver, Whitehead Bros., 702 & Jazz artist Wayman Tisdale’s very first single called “Circumstance”.

Connecting with Slip N Slide Records, he produced among others a track Featuring Trick Daddy and J-Shin called “You, Me & She”, as well as a host of other local miami rap talent.

Warner Brothers then executive KRS-One[7] tapped Hutson for his artist and he subsequently dropped the single “We Gon Ride” on KRS's “Temple Of HipHop Kulture” compilation.

While in LA, Hutson reconnected with long time Champion Steve Mckeever who now had an imprint on Sony named Hidden Beach Recordings.

After producing many projects for Hidden Beach, it was A&R Charles Whitfield who made a recommendation to HB marquee artist Jill Scott that she collaborate with Hutson on her next album.

Legend has it that the Hutson composed instrumental CD that Whitfield gave to Scott is what ultimately became the core of her album, The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol.

In an interview with HitQuarters,[10] producer JR Hutson commented on the creation of the song "Whenever You're Around": "I tried to take a real Quincy Jones approach to that record.

In 2013, Hutson accomplished another line item on his wish list by writing and producing a song for Earth Wind & Fire’s Now, Then & Forever album.

JR Hutson Executive Producer Maysa - Back to Love (Shanachie Records) Malcolm Jamal Warner's Miles Long - Selfless JR Hutson Executive Producer The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States.

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