Chin Injeti

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Chin Injeti
Birth namePranam Injeti
Also known asCHIN
Genres Hip Hop, Pop, R&B [1] , folk
Occupation(s) Producer, musician, songwriter, Singer, A&R
Instrument(s)Bass guitar, piano, keyboards, guitar
Years active1990–present
LabelsSparks Music
Website chininjeti.com

Pranam "Chin" Injeti (born April 9, 1973 in India [2] ) is a Canadian singer, musician, and music producer. He got his start as a founding member of Juno Award-winning group Bass is Base. He frequently collaborates with producer DJ Khalil; together they have written and produced songs for Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, Drake, Clipse, Eminem and P!nk. [3] [4] Injeti's work with Eminem and Lecrae has garnered 3 Grammy Awards, as well as Grammy nominations for Aloe Blacc's Lift Your Spirit and P!nk's The Truth About Love . [5]

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Solo career

In 1993, while students at the University of Toronto, Injeti, Roger Mooking and Ivana Santilli formed the group Bass is Base. They independently released First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers, which went on to sell 30,000 copies and garner them a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording in 1994. Their first single, Funkmobile, was an underground hit, eventually receiving heavy rotation on Much Music. This led to opening performance spots for Jamiroquai, Pharcyde, Rheostatics, Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies and Meshell Ndegeocello. [6]

After the success of Funkmobile the band was signed to A&M Records, and released their second album Memories of the Soulshack Survivors in 1995. [6]

In 1996, the band had their first breakout top 40 hit, "I Cry", which would enter the top 20 on the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts in Canada. Following the release of their second album, the band toured until 1997, opening for groups such as Cypress Hill, Busta Rhymes, TLC and James Brown. Despite their rapid rise to success and signing a major label record deal, the band members decided that their original intentions for creating the group had been forgotten, and disbanded to pursue other interests. [6]

In 2001, Injeti released his debut solo album Daydreaming. The album was co-produced by David Kershaw and fused a variety of styles, including acoustic grooves, b-boy rap, fusion jazz and mainstream pop. [7]

After focusing work with other artists and starting the group The New Royales, Chin released his second solo album, D'tach, in 2010. The album featured minimal production, combining influences in to a sound Injeti dubbed "Urban-Folk". [8] [9] He released a companion EP in 2011 entitled Re'tach, which featured different producers remixing tracks from D'tach.

Injeti's latest release The Reverb was released in 2014, and includes appearances by David Banner, Sophia Danai, and The New Royales' Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues. [10]

Songwriting and Production

Injeti's production career began with Bass is Base's debut album First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers. He went on to produce Ridley Bent's debut album, Blam!, developing a sound described as "Hick-Hop". He continued working with other artists, including Esthero, Kinnie Starr, Bedouin Soundclash, The Canadian Tenors and Mad Child, and composed "Ansomnia" with Zaki Ibrahim for the soundtrack for Tyler Perry's film For Colored Girls .

In 2008, Injeti began collaborating with multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning producer DJ Khalil. Together they have written and produced a number of commercially successful records, including "Fear" from Drake's So Far Gone 50 Cent's "Could've Been You" (ft. R. Kelly) from Before I Self Destruct , Clipse's "Kinda Like A Big Deal" (feat. Kanye West) from Til the Casket Drops and "Can You Do This" from Aloe Blacc's Grammy-nominated album Lift Your Spirit . [11] [12]

Along with DJ Khalil, Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues, Injeti formed the production team known as The New Royales. The group has worked with a number of major artists, including writing and producing tracks for Eminem on Recovery , The Marshall Mathers LP 2 , and the Southpaw soundtrack, and for P!nk on the Grammy-nominated album The Truth About Love. [13]

Injeti's work has won 3 Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album for Eminem's Recovery and The Marshall Mathers LP 2, and Best Gospel Album for Lecrae's Gravity. [14]

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ Shamesh, Yasmine (28 July 2021). "Canadian Producer and Musical Polymath Chin Injeti Talks Stevie Wonder, Embracing Himself, and Why He Creates Every Day". montecristomagazine.com. Monte Cristo Magazine. Retrieved 17 September 2022. After finding success in the nineties as part of the Juno Award-winning R&B trio Bass is Base, Injeti became a sought-after producer, his recording studio a revolving door that international superstars like Kelly Rowland and up-and-comers like Tianna Esperanza passed through to make magic, tapping into Injeti’s uncanny ear for melody and sonic craftsmanship.
  2. ↑ "Biography | Chin Injeti". chininjeti.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "Pink and Eminem Reunite on 'Here Comes The Weekend': Listen". Billboard.
  4. ↑ "GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCER CHIN INJETI TALKS BEATS, THE VANCOUVER MUSIC SCENE, AND HIS UPCOMING ALBUM". vancitybuzz.com.
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  7. ↑ "SoundClick artist: Chin – Chin Injeti multiinstrumentalist producer and talented songwriter has just released his first solo r". Soundclick.com. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
  8. ↑ "After collaborating with rappers like Dr. Dre and Nas, Chin Injeti's new acoustic solo album "D'tach" drops today". vancouverobserver.com.
  9. ↑ "[Interview] Chin Injeti – HHC TV/ SELF HIRED/Welcome to the West". 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 14 December 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2013– via YouTube.
  10. ↑ "Chin Injeti – The Reverb (Album Stream)". 2dopeboyz.com.
  11. ↑ "Chin Injeti: Indian Roots, Canadian Upbringing, Global Reach". socanmagazine.ca. 15 December 2015.
  12. ↑ "Chin Injeti How music connects us all". tedxvancouver.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "3 time Grammy Award-winner Chin Injeti drops new Vancouver-shot music video". vancitybuzz.com.
  14. ↑ "Vancouver producer Chin Injeti lands another Grammy win". The Vancouver Sun.
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