Salaam Remi

Salaam Remi Gibbs (born May 14, 1972) is an American record producer. He is most known for producing material for close associates Nas, Amy Winehouse, and Jazmine Sullivan, but has also produced for other mainstream acts including Alicia Keys, the Fugees, Doja Cat, Miguel, Fergie, Alessia Cara, Nelly Furtado, and Estelle, among others. Gibbs is noted for his reggae-tinged (often referred to as "broken-bottle") approach to production.

After ten Grammy Award nominations, Gibbs won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for his work on The United States vs. Billie Holiday soundtrack (2021). In 2016 he formed the group No Panty, with rappers Bodega Bamz, Joell Ortiz and Nitty Scott, and released the mixtape Westside Highway Story, which he produced entirely.

Biography

Early life and career beginnings Salaam Remi Gibbs was born in Queens, New York to a Trinidadian mother and Barbadian father, studio musician Van Joseph Gibbs. Remi first appeared on record as the keyboard player on Kurtis Blow's 1986 release Kingdom Blow. In the late 1980s, Remi began mixing records. His first full production was in 1992, for the hip-hop group Zhigge. He worked with the Fugees and Black Sheep.

Salaam Remi has been associated with releases like Lil' Flip's "I Need Mine", Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper", The Fugees' multi-platinum The Score LP, and Toni Braxton's "You're Makin' Me High". He produced 10 tracks on the 2002 UK sensation Ms. Dynamite's album titled A Little Deeper, including the hugely successful lead single "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee", which had moderate crossover success in the U.S. market.

Remi contributed tracks to Jurassic 5's 2006 LP Feedback and Nas's 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead, and racked up production credits on Frank, the platinum debut from North London soul-jazz singer Amy Winehouse. He worked on Winehouse's followup, Back to Black, and was producing her third album that was to be released in 2011, up until her death. Remi worked with Nelly Furtado on her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan. His projects in late 2008 included working with Jazmine Sullivan, Nas, Leona Lewis and Corinne Bailey Rae.

Remi has also done film work. He worked on the soundtracks for Office Space, Zoolander, The Departed, Blood Diamond, and Sex and the City. He also scored the Mike Tyson documentary, TYSON, worked as executive music producer on After the Sunset and Rush Hour 3, and was music supervisor and composer for a 2008 TV pilot called Blue Blood. Salaam Remi was nominated for Non-Classical Producer of the Year at the 55th Grammy Awards, an award won by Dan Auerbach.

Louder Than Life In 2013, Remi launched his own label imprint, Louder Than Life, as an imprint of Sony Music, with two subimprints, Re Mi Fa Music and Flying Buddha Records. Its first signee, actor Tristan Wilds issued his debut studio album, New York: A Love Story (2013) through the label, becoming its first release and entering the Billboard 200. Since then, Remi has released multiple collaborative albums under Louder Than Life, including BoxTalk (2019) with Joell Ortiz, Northside of Linden and Westside of Slauson both with Terrace Martin, as well as Remi's compilation album Black On Purpose (2020), which featured guest performances from Busta Rhymes, Nas, Jennifer Hudson, Black Thought, CeeLo Green, Mumu Fresh, Doug E. Fresh, Bilal, Teedra Moses, D-Nice, Mack Wilds, Common, Case, Betty Wright, James Poyser, Stephen Marley, Anthony Hamilton, Syleena Johnson, Super Cat, Spragga Benz, and Chronixx.

Awards and nominations

Ivor Novello Awards 2004 "Stronger Than Me" Best Contemporary Song Grammy Awards

Production discography

+ Releases Year Song/Album Title Artist 1986"Magilla Gorilla" Kurtis Blow1990 "Fire" (Remix)Aswad feat. Shabba Ranks "Blue and UK Blak" (Remix)Caron Wheeler "Let's Do It" (Remix)Jamalski 1991"No Favors"; "What You're Used To"; "Feel Ya Way" Craig G "Understanding" (Remix)State of Art "Piece of My Heart" (Remix)Tara Kemp "Just a Little Bit Longer" (Remix)Maxi Priest "Cozmik" (Remix)Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers 1992"Voice of da Ghetto"Fu-Schnickens"The Heads"; "Unity"; "And the Road"; "Mack Daddy Dancehall" Bobby Konders Zhigge "Dead End Street" (Remix)Mad Cobra w/ Geto Boys "Booty Mission" (Remix)Runaway Slaves "Twice My Age" (Remix)Shabba Ranks "Slow & Sexy" (Hip Hop Mix)Shabba Ranks w/ Johnny Gill "Ghetto Red" (Hip Hop Remix)Supercat "Don Da Da" (Remix) "The Money Grip" (Remix)Doug E. Fresh"Shamrocks & Shennanigans (Boom-Sha-Lack-Boom)" [Remix]House of Pain "Are You Ready" (Remix)Shomari 1993"Family Affair" Shabba Ranks w/ Patra & Terri & Monica"Young Girl Bluez"; "The Gator" Biz Markie"Can't Stop We (Remix)" Prince Ital Joe w/ Markie Mark "Think (About It)" (Hip Hop Remix); "Worker Man (Remix)"Patra "Love Is the Answer" (Remix)Bad Brains"Six Million Ways to Die" Funkmaster Flex w/ N9ne "Born in the Ghetto" (Remix)Funky Poets 1994"Here Comes The Hotstepper" (Heartical Mix) Ini Kamoze"Best of My Love (Boss Groove Mix)"C.J. Lewis "Greetings"; "Life of a Shorty" Vicious"Just Can't Stand It"; "Remember We" (Remix) Da Bush Babees"Keep It Right There (Remix)" Changing Faces "Nappy Heads" (Remix); "Vocab" (Salaam's Remix)Fugees"South Central" (Remix)Supercat "Sixth Street" (Remix)Worl A Girl"Turn It Up Even Louder (Salaam's Ghetto Shhhhh Remix)"Raja-Nee "Without a Doubt" (Remix)Black Sheep "Hold On" (Remix)Brand Nubian "Sound Boy Killing" (Remix)Mega Banton"Mothers and Fathers"/"Original Woman"; "Let's Get It On" (Salaam's Radio Mix)Shabba Ranks1995"Why You Treat Me So Bad (Remix)"Shaggy w/ Grand Puba"Pull Up to the Bumper" (Salaam's Party Mix); "Banana"; "Time Fi Wine"; "Goin' to the Chapel" Patra"More & More"; "A Day in da Stuy"Major Stress"Craziest (Salaam Remi Mix)"Naughty By Nature"Lock It Up"; "Homicide Ride"; "Alpha and Omega" Channel Live"Brooklyn Movements" Da Bush Babees"Set It Off"Greg Nice"No Pain No Gain (Remix)"Buckshot LeFonque"Bad Boy No Go to Jail"; "Blast of the Iron" Clockers (soundtrack) Mega Banton; Rebelz of Authority"Hardcore Lovin" Spragga Benz"Fu-Gee-La" Fugees1996"Ready or Not (Salaam's Ready for the Show Remix)" This Girlie LifeMelanie Fiona "Girl on Fire" Alicia Keys "A Queens Story"; "The Don"; "Nasty"; "World's an Addiction"; "Cherry Wine"; "Bye Baby"; "Black Bond" Nas "Something"; "The Most Beautiful Thing"; "Enemy"; "End Game"; "Skylight"; "Soak It Up" Nelly Furtado "Should Be You"; "Alone with You" Ne-Yo "Beautiful Surprise" Tamia"Never Kissed You" Jasmine SullivanReality Show"Lava"; "Clocks" My GardenKat Dahlia"Face the Sun" WildheartMiguel2016 "Take You Home"; "Amen" Anthony Hamilton "Louder Than Life"; "Cinco de Melli"Louder Than Life Crew"My Baby Just Cares for Me" Grass Is Greener (soundtrack) The LoxBodega's WayBodega BamzBoxTalkJoell OrtizNorthside of Linden, Westside of SlausonTerrace Martin"Dreams, Fairytales, Fantasies" Floor SeatsASAP Ferg w/ Brent Faiyaz"Rules" AutographJoell Ortiz

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