Some of today’s biggest names in the game have something in common — the brilliant minds who wrote their biggest hits. Whether Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Chris Brown or Usher, they’ve all had their fair share of help from these peeps behind the mighty pen.

Did you know 9x Grammy winner, Bryan-Michael Cox wrote Mary J. Blige’s “Be Without You?” Or that Roc Nation fam James Fauntleroy helped pen Justin Timberlake’s “Pusher Love Girl?” And it’s no secret that The Dream’s pen game is elite!

Below, discover some of the illest songwriters in the game and tweet us your favorite!