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Origin | San Bernardino, California, United States |
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Years active | 1989– |
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The Avila Brothers, composed of Bobby "Ahvlah" Ross Avila and Issiah "Iz" J. Avila, are an American R&B producing and songwriting duo best known for their numerous contributions to Usher projects, including 2004 album Confessions.[1] The brothers later won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album for their contributions to Chaka Khan album Funk This.
In 1989 at the age of 12, Bobby Ross Avila signed a record deal with RCA Records, releasing his eponymous debut solo album later that same year and achieving a minor R&B hit with "Music Man". This project was followed by mature R&B album My Destiny (1993), which paired Avila with notable R&B producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as they had recently signed Avila to their label Perspective Records.[2] The album scored Avila his biggest single to date with Hot 100-charting "La La Love". Additional albums Que Pasa? (1994), and Into My Life (1995) would be released on other record labels, before Avila and his brother Issiah would become in-house producers for Jam & Lewis' subsequent label Flyte Tyme Records.[2] This opportunity resulted in contributions to Usher, Mya, Yolanda Adams, Gwen Stefani, Earth, Wind & Fire, and Janet Jackson projects, among others, as well as playing instruments for various songs on the The Fighting Temptations Soundtrack executive-produced by Jam & Lewis.
The brothers next worked alongside Jam & Lewis, as well as notable R&B producer James "Big Jim" Wright to co-write five songs for inclusion on Chaka Khan's eleventh studio album Funk This in 2007. This included minor R&B hit "One for All Time".
In 2017, the duo were credited for all instrument accompaniment on "Banana Clip" from Miguel's 2017 album War & Leisure. They would later reunite with longtime Usher collaborators Lil Jon and Sean Garrett in 2023 to co-write single "Glu", later climbing to number one on the Billboard Adult R&B Airplay chart.[3][4] The pair also produced "Horas Y Horas", the Spanish version of Muni Long's R&B sleeper hit "Hrs and Hrs" for an exclusive Spotify release.[5][6]