Incorporated Elements

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Incorporated Elements
Founded1995 (1995)
FounderRic Robbins
Genre Hip hop, Pop/R&B, Dance, Pop
Country of originUS
Location Nashville, Tennessee, Cincinnati, Ohio
Official website IncorporatedElements.com

Incorporated Elements is an American music production company founded in the late 1990s by producer/DJ, Ric Robbins (also known as DJ Form). Incorporated Elements works in many areas of production, including artist production and development and music for film, television, video games, and advertising. Incorporated Elements works out of the Nashville, Tennessee, based studio named the Inc.Spot.

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Robbins' ultimate vision for Incorporated Elements is that it becomes a company that helps up-and-coming producers, artists, songwriters, engineers, and bands fully realize their goals and dreams in the music industry. I.E. is making plans to open a multi-use complex in the Franklin, Tennessee, area to offer writing rooms, studios, training, and practice rooms. They want to aid in launching the next generation of music professionals.

Awards and nominations

Incorporated Elements has been nominated for 3 Grammy Awards for their work with the hip-hop group, Grits, and R&B/Pop singer, Ayiesha Woods. [1] [2] [3]

As a production team, Incorporated Elements has also been nominated for nine Dove Awards, winning three.

YearCategoryTitleOutcome
1996Rap/Hip-Hop/Dance Album of the Year"Mental Releases"Nominated
1999Rap/Hip-Hop/Dance Recorded Song of The Year"Plagiarism"Won
2000Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the year"They All Fall Down"Won
2003Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year"The Art of Translation"Won
2004Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year"Lil Irocc Williams"Nominated
2004Urban Recorded Song of the Year"Love, Peace & Happiness" – Out of Eden Nominated
2006Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song of the Year"We Don't Play"Nominated
2006Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year Dichotomy B Nominated
2008Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year Redemption Nominated

Discography

Production and writing

TitleArtistYear
Mountains (album) - 12 songsConnor Flanagan - Produced by Ric Robbins for I.E. and Andrew "Hawksilver" Piland. Written by Connor Flanagan with Ric Robbins and Andrew "Hawksilver" Piland2016
Catch My Breathwritten by I.E.'s, Eric Olson with Kelly Clarkson and Jason Halbert2012
Somebody That I Used To Know (Remix) Gotye 2012
Domino (Remix) Jessie J 2012
Rolling in the Deep (Remix) Adele 2011
Break The Silence Kelly Clarkson 2011
Airplanes remakeLisa Scinta2011
Who Dat Girl remix Flo Rida 2011
You Love Me remix Kelly Clarkson 2011
The Day We Fell Apart remix Kelly Clarkson 2010
Love God, Love People remix Israel Houghton 2010
You Don't Know What Lonely's Likewritten with Kelly Clarkson 2010
If I Can't Have You remix Kelly Clarkson 2009
Don't Ever Give Up on Mewritten with Kelly Clarkson 2009
I Saw Youwritten with Kelly Clarkson 2008
Nobility Shonlock – 7 songs2007
Introducing Ayiesha Woods Ayiesha Woods 2006 (Grammy-nominated)
7 GRITS – 5 songs2006
Dichotomy B GRITS – 4 songs2005 (Grammy-nominated, Dove-nominated)
Love, Peace, and Happiness Out of Eden 2004 (Dove-nominated)
Boogiroot DJ Maj – 1 song2005 (Dove-nominated)
Lil IROCC Lil IROCC – 6 songs2004 (Stellar winning)
The Art of Translation 10 songs2002 (Grammy-nominated, Dove winning, Top selling Christian Hip-hop record of all time)
The Ringleader DJ Maj – 1 song2003
Unlocked Verbs – 2 songs2003 (Dove nominated)
Full Plates DJ Maj – 7 songs2000
Action Figure Verbs 2000
Grammatical Revolution GRITS – 10 songs1999 (Dove winning, BET & MTV2 most requested)
The Wax Museum DJ Maj – 12 songs1998
Are We There Yet? John Reuben 1998
The Syllabus Verbs – 12 songs1998
Factors of the Seven GRITS – 9 songs1997 (Dove winning)
Reality Check 6 songs1996
Mental Releases GRITS – 6 songs1995 (Dove nominated)

Production and writing for film and television

Dark and Lovely TV commercial (2013)
Gillette TV commercials (2012)
For Colored Girls (Motion Picture – 2010)
Lie To Me (Fox – 2010)
Nikita (TV series) (CW – 2010)
Takers (Motion Picture – 2009)
Dirt (FX – 2008)
Friday Night Lights (TV series) (NBC – 2008)
The Shot (VH-1 – 2007)
Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane (Style – 2007)
Slow Burn (2007)
Bones (TV series) (Fox – 2007)
Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift (2007)
Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
The Perfect Man (2005)
Spanglish (2004 – Oscar nominated)
Something's Gotta Give (2003 – Oscar nominated)
Lockdown (2000)
America's Next Top Model (VH-1, UPN)
Las Vegas (NBC)
Joan of Arcadia (CBS)
Boston Public (Fox)
MTV Cribs (MTV)
Pimp My Ride (MTV)
Made (MTV)
High School Stories (MTV)
Punk'd (MTV)
Most Requested (MTV)
Your Face or Mine (MTV)
Driven (VH-1)
Third Watch (NBC)
Resurrection Blvd. (Showtime)
and over 450 others.

Other remixes, DJ, programming

Kelly Clarkson – tour pre-production & DJ/bandmember – Ric "DJ Form" Robbins (2007–2011)
Kirk Franklin (2007)
The Newsboys (2007)
Britt Nicole (2007)
Portable Sounds – Toby Mac (2007)
Chaotic Resolve – Plumb (2006)
Bounce Remix – George Huff (2005)
Welcome To Diverse City – Toby Mac (2004)
All Things New – Steven Curtis Chapman (2004)
John Reuben Remix album – 5 songs (2004)
The Art of Transformation remix album – GRITS (2004)
One Love – Kimberley Locke (2004)
Here We Go Remix – GRITS and Talib Kweli (2003)
Beautiful Lumps of Coal – Plumb (2003)
Momentum – TobyMac (2001)
Left of the Middle (single remixes) – Natalie Imbruglia (1999)
SonicFlood – SonicFlood (1999)
Vegas Car Chasers – Silage (1998)
Candy Coated Waterdrops – Plumb (1998)
White Lines Remix – Duran Duran (1997)
Under The Influence – Anointed (1996)
Lovin' The Day – Out of Eden – (1995)

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