Beats How U Want Em is the name of Alger Johnson's production company. Established in the year 2000 along side his founding production team members brother Raphael "Raphael RJ2" Johnson and Rodney "Rodnae" B Young Jr . In 2009 Beats How U Want Em won a Grammy for production on the Lil Wayne Tha Carter III album courtesy of Rodnae for the song titled "DontGetIt" aka "Misunderstood" that contains a sample of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Nina Simone. 'Tha Carter III' was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. 'Tha Carter III' was also ranked number one in Blender '​s list of the 33 best albums of 2008. Christgau ranked its deluxe edition as the second best album of 2008. The album was also ranked number three onRolling Stone '​s list of the top 50 albums of 2008. Billboard magazine ranked the album number 103 on its list of the Top 200 Albums of the Decade. In 2012, the album was ranked number 437 on Rolling Stone '​s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. In 2012 Complex named the album one of the classic albums of the last decade.

Rodnae, Alger Johnson, & Raphael RJ2 Beats How U Want Em