Eric Parham

Eric "88 Fingaz" Parham (born June 24, 1977) is an American music producer, songwriter, and keyboardist. Parham was co-producer and co-arranger of Jazz musician Roy Ayers' Mahogany Vibe album in 2004.

Parham began his career at twelve years old as the band leader for Groove Unlimited, a Washington D.C. go-go band. At age sixteen, Parham joined the group, Icee Hott; the first go-go band to land a major recording deal. In 2003, Parham collaborated with Neo-Soul artist YahZarah on her second album, Blackstar. Parham produced the album's lead single "Wishing," which aired on MTV, BET and several other video programs. Later, Parham was one of six producers and or/writers of R&B's Alyson Williams' It's About Time album on Warner Bros. Records, specifically producing and co-writing the track "tomorrow". After producing Ayers, Betty Wright, Tony Terry, and Grammy Award-winning Erykah Badu, Parham created and progressed a new Pop/R&B style, slowly crafting a production sound called Choc Pop - hard-hitting drums and Pop melodies mixed with Euro tones. Parham made the genre of music popular in 2007, while hired by Dallas Austin of D.A.R.P. (Dallas Austin Recording Projects), as a studio producer in Atlanta, Georgia. It was during that time, Parham showcased Choc Pop, while working with R&B artists Blaque, Raheem DeVaughn, Bobby Valentino, T-Boz, Diosa Stevens and Jennifer Hudson.