Ken Fambro

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Rickie Kenneth Fambro
Also known as
  • K-Fam
  • TheBeatFreqz
BornEast Point, Georgia / Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • producer
LabelsHitco Music Publishing

Kenneth "K-Fam" Fambro is an American songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist best known for producing and co-writing for Boyz II Men, Destiny's Child, and Robyn, among others.[1][2] Fambro, a pianist and drummer by ear, was an early protégé of Antonio "L.A." Reid, who brought him to LaFace Records / Arista Records where he worked alongside production outfit Organized Noize. This opportunity resulted in placements on Boyz II Men's Full Circle, Sam Salter single "Once My Sh..", "Now That She's Gone" from Destiny's Child album The Writing's on the Wall, and single "Ya Di Ya" from Gina Thompson and rapper Missy Elliott, as well as contributions on various 112 projects.[3][4][5] Fambro recently contributed to country/trap artist Blanco Brown's 2019 debut album Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs.[6][7][8]


Songwriting, instrumental and production credits[edit]

Credits are courtesy of Discogs, Tidal, Apple Music, and AllMusic.

Title Year Artist Album
"Atlanta Madness" (Featuring Total Control) [9] 1992 A+ Plus I Bet U Could
"Zoom"
"Hokie Pokie"
"I Bet U Could"
"I Don't Wanna Use Your Love"
"Love Is Difficult"
"Would U Lie To Me" 1994 On Edge On Edge
"Black Berry Juice (Interlude)"
"Black Berry Juice (Outerlude)"
"Old School Flava" Treacherous Three Old School Flava
"Lower the Boom"
"Mo' Money Mo"
"We Wit It" (Featuring Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Heavy D, Melle Mel, Tito)
"A True Story"
"Let a Playa Get His Freak On" (Featuring Jazze Pha) 1997 LSG Levert.Sweat.Gill
"The Comeback" (Featuring Tha Dogg Pound) 1998 TQ They Never Saw Me Coming
"What's Up" (Featuring Left Eye) De De O'Neal Non-album single
"Now That She's Gone" 1999 Destiny's Child The Writing's on the Wall
"Came in the Door Pimpin'" (Featuring Too Short) Dave Hollister Ghetto Hymns
"I Think About It" Men of Vizion MOV
"Real Love"
"The Rain"
"My Only Reason" [10] Robyn My Truth
"My Truth"
"Giving You Back"
"Ya Di Ya" (Featuring Missy Elliott) Gina Thompson If You Only Knew (Shelved)
"You Bring Out the Freak" 2000 Profyle Nothin' but Drama
"Die Famous" Lil Zane Young World: The Future
"Once My Sh.." Sam Salter Little Black Book (Shelved)
"Let Me Know" Gerald Levert G (International Editions)
"The Story of Beauty" 2001 Destiny's Child Survivor
"I Gotta Leave You / I'm Leaving" (Unreleased) [11]
"I Appreciate You" Pam & Dodi Pam & Dodi
"I'm Leaving" (With Trina Powell) Jesse Powell JP
"Maybe" Raphael Brown Private Life (Shelved)
"Ain't a Thang Wrong" (Featuring Rob Jackson) 2002 Boyz II Men Full Circle
"Whatcha Need"
"I'm OK, You're OK"
"On the Road Again"
"Makin' Love (Interlude)"
"Twisted" Luis Fonsi Fight the Feeling
"Make It Last Forever" 2003 Kenny Lattimore & Chanté Moore Things That Lovers Do
"Still In Love" 2004 Gordon Chambers Introducing...
"Why Can't We Get Along" 2005 112 Pleasure & Pain
"What Is This?" Scar & CeeLo Green Got Purp? Vol. 2
"Love Sick" 2008 Cherish The Truth
"Get It Girl" (Unreleased) 2010 Ciara Basic Instinct
"Bang" (Featuring 2 Chainz & Salo) 2011 Lloyd King of Hearts
"Break Up Season" Keke Palmer Undefeated (Shelved)
"You Deserve" 2014 August Alsina Testimony
"True Colors" 2017 112 Q, Mike, Slim, Daron
"Thank You Interlude"
"IMMABEHOME" Adrian Marcel #GMFU – Got Me F%^&ed Up
"HeadNod" 2019 Blanco Brown Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs

Guest appearances[edit]

List of guest appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"To Da River" 2003 T-Bone, Lil Zane, Montell Jordan The Fighting Temptations (Soundtrack)

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year Ceremony Award Result Ref
2000 Swedish Grammis Awards Best Album (My Truth) Nominated [12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "I dO MUSIC: The Ken "K-Fam" Fambro Episode". Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  2. ^ "Hip-pop teen on the brink of breakout". Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Slow Jam Saturday: Sam Salter, Once My Sh.. - Reviews & Dunn". September 4, 2021. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "HITCO: One Stop, Hit Shop". Billboard. September 4, 1999.
  5. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  6. ^ Hollabaugh, Lorie (April 30, 2020). "Blanco Brown's 'Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs' Set For October". MusicRow. Archived from the original on January 9, 2023. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  7. ^ "Blanco Brown'S Debut Album "Honeysuckle & Lightning Bugs" Out Now". Blanco Brown. October 11, 2019. Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  8. ^ "BLANCO BROWN SET TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM HONEYSUCKLE & LIGHTNING BUGS OCTOBER 11 - BBR Music Group". Archived from the original on December 30, 2022. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  9. ^ Flick, Larry (June 27, 1992). "Single Reviews: A+ With Total Control - "Atlanta Madness"". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 15, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  10. ^ "Swedish Charts". December 30, 1999. Archived from the original on January 13, 2023. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  11. ^ "ACE Title Search". Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  12. ^ "ÅRETS ALBUM 2000". Grammis.