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Birth name | Salaam Remi Gibbs |
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Born | Queens, New York City, U.S. | May 14, 1972
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Occupation(s) | Record producer |
Years active | 1986–present |
Website | salaamremi |
Salaam Remi Gibbs (born May 14, 1972) [1] [2] 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, Fugees, Doja Cat, Miguel, Fergie, Alessia Cara, Nelly Furtado, and Estelle, among others. [3] Gibbs is noted for his reggae-tinged (often referred to as "broken-bottle") approach to production.
With 10 Grammy Award nominations, Gibbs was awarded his first in 2022 for his production on The United States vs. Billie Holiday soundtrack (2021).
Salaam Remi Gibbs was born in Queens, New York to a Trinidadian 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.
In 2013, Remi started his own label imprint, Louder Than Life, as a subsidiary of Sony Music, with two subimprints, Re Mi Fa Music and Flying Buddha Records. New York: A Love Story by Mack Wilds was the first release under Remi's label. [4] Since 2013, Remi has released multiple projects under Louder Than Life including BoxTalk with Joell Ortiz, Northside of Linden, Westside of Slauson with Terrace Martin, and Black On Purpose featuring performances by 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.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2004 | "Stronger Than Me" | Best Contemporary Song | Won |
Year | Nominee / Work | Award | Result |
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1996 | The Score | Album of the Year | Nominated |
2007 | Back to Black | Album of the Year | Nominated |
2008 | "Bust Your Windows" | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
2009 | "Lions, Tigers & Bears" | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
2012 | "Beautiful Surprise" | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
2012 | Salaam Remi | Producer of the Year, Non-Classical | Nominated |
2013 | One: In The Chamber | Best Urban Contemporary Album | Nominated |
2017 | Amy | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Nominated |
2018 | "Come Through and Chill" | Best R&B Song | Nominated |
2022 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media | Won |
Year | Album/Film | Artist |
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2005 | After the Sunset | [Film] |
2007 | Rush Hour 3 | [Film] |
2008 | Sex and the City | [Film] |
2008 | Fearless | Jazmine Sullivan |
2010 | Sex and the City 2 | [Film] |
2010 | Love Me Back | Jazmine Sullivan |
2012 | Tawk Tomahawk | Hiatus Kaiyote |
2014 | Definitely NOW | Liam Bailey |
2015 | Reality Show | Jazmine Sullivan |
2015 | Choose Your Weapon | Hiatus Kaiyote |
Year | Song/Album Title | Artist |
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1986 | "Magilla Gorilla" from Back By Popular Demand | Kurtis Blow |
1990 | "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" from Now, That's More Like It | 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 & Massive Sounds [5] | Bobby Konders | |
Zhigge [6] | Zhigge | |
"Dead End Street" (Remix) | Mad Cobra feat. Geto Boys | |
"Booty Mission" (Remix) | Runaway Slaves | |
"Twice My Age" (Remix) | Shabba Ranks | |
"Slow & Sexy" (Hip Hop Mix) | Shabba Ranks feat. 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" Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture | Shabba Ranks w/ Patra & Terri & Monica |
"Young Girl Bluez"; "The Gator" All Samples Cleared! | Biz Markie | |
"Can't Stop We" [7] | Prince Ital Joe w/ Markie Mark | |
"Think (About It)" (Hip Hop Remix) | Patra | |
"Worker Man" (Remix) | ||
"Love Is the Answer" (Remix) | Bad Brains | |
"Born in the Ghetto" (Remix) | Funky Poets | |
"Born Again Black Man" (Remix) | Prince Ital Joe | |
"She Don't Let Nobody" (Remix) | Red Fox | |
1994 | "Here Comes The Hotstepper" (Heartical Mix) Here Comes The Hotstepper | Ini Kamoze |
"Greetings"; "Life of a Shorty" Destination Brooklyn [8] | Vicious | |
"Just Can't Stand It"; "Remember We" (Remix) Ambushed [9] | Da Bush Babees | |
"Vocab" (Refugees Hip Hop Remix); "Nappy Heads" (Remix) | Fugees | |
"Sixth Street" (Remix); "No Gun Shot" (Remix) | Worl A Girl | |
"Hold On" (Remix) | Brand Nubian | |
"Without a Doubt" (Remix) | Black Sheep | |
"Sound Boy Killing" (Remix) | Mega Banton | |
1995 | "Original Woman" A Mi Shabba [10] | Shabba Ranks |
"Mothers and Fathers"; [11] "Let's Get It On" (Salaam's Radio Mix) | ||
1,000,000 Megawatts | Mega Banton | |
"Pull Up to the Bumper" (Salaam's Party Mix); "Banana"; "Time Fi Wine" Scent of Attraction [12] | Patra | |
"Lock It Up"; "Homicide Ride"; "Alpha and Omega" Station Identification | Channel Live | |
"Brooklyn Movements" Blue in the Face [13] | Da Bush Babees | |
"South Central" (Remix) | Supercat | |
"Hardcore Lovin" Uncommonly Smooth [14] | Spragga Benz | |
"There's Nothin' Better" (Remix) | Doug E. Fresh | |
1996 | "Fu-Gee-La" The Score | Fugees |
"Studda Step" Biz Markie's Greatest Hits [15] | Biz Markie | |
"Lift Off" We The People [16] | Groove Collective | |
"Virtual Insanity" (Salaam Remi Remix) | Jamiroquai | |
"You're Makin Me High" (Norfside Remix) | Toni Braxton | |
"Fast Life" (Norfside Remix) | Kool G Rap w/ Nas | |
"Trippin'" (Remix)" | Mark Morrison | |
"Leaving" (Remix) | Tony Rich | |
1997 | "Bubblegoose" The Carnival | Wyclef Jean |
"We Tryin to Stay Alive" (Remix) | ||
"Guantanamera" (Remix) | ||
"Hear My Cry"; "Stallion Ride"; "Mommy Dearest" Hear My Cry [17] | Rayvon | |
"Send My Love" Yardcore | Born Jamericans | |
"Touch and Play" Touch and Play [18] | Reign | |
"The Sweetest Thing" (Mahogany Mix) | Refugee Camp All Stars w/ Lauryn Hill | |
1998 | Cheated (To All the Girls) EP [19] | Wyclef Jean |
"Frowsey" Ghetto Supastar | Pras | |
"My Love Is Your Love" (Remix) My Love Is Your Love | Whitney Houston | |
"Born to Win" Poly Sci | John Forté | |
"Feelin' You" | Ali | |
1999 | "Star" (Remix) | Caron Wheeler |
2000 | "Where Fugee At" The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book | Wyclef Jean |
"Wow" Run Cool [20] | Positive Black Soul | |
"I've Got a Date" Art and Life | Beenie Man | |
"Love Me Now" (Remix) | ||
"Watch Who You Beef Wit" [21] 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) | Canibus | |
"Rude Boy"; "Party's On" The Journey | Ky-Mani Marley | |
"Amor" (Remix) | Ricky Martin | |
2001 | "Block Party"; "Let Me Live"; "True Confessions" Eye Legacy | Lisa Lopes |
"What Goes Around" Stillmatic | Nas | |
"No Playaz"; "Ladies & Gents"; "Live at Jimmy's"; "Breathe"; "Coast to Coast" Up Close and Personal | Angie Martinez | |
"Tina Colada" Fly [22] | Dante Thomas | |
"Josephine" [23] | DL | |
"Badman Bizness" FB Entertainment Presents: The Good Life [24] | Beenie Man | |
"Do da Right Thing" [25] | City High | |
"Can We Get Up" [26] | Exhale | |
"See Saw" Same High [27] | Xtatik & Machel Montano | |
"Souverain" (NY Remix) | Doc Gyneco | |
2002 | "Made You Look"; "Get Down"; "Zone Out"; "Hey Nas"; "I Can" God's Son | Nas |
"Manana" Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities | Carlos Santana | |
"So Good" Animal House | Angie Martinez | |
A Little Deeper | Ms. Dynamite | |
"Shape of My Heart" (Remix) | Sugababes w/ Sting | |
2003 | Breathe" Bittersweet | Blu Cantrell w/ Sean Paul |
"Strawbereez"; "Can't Get It Back" Eye Candy | Misteeq | |
Frank | Amy Winehouse | |
"Whenever" (Remix) | Sting w/ Mary J. Blige | |
2004 | "Nazareth Savage"; "Sekou Story"; "Suicide Bounce"; "Bridging the Gap"; "War"; "You Know My Style"; "No One Else in the Room"; "Virgo" Street's Disciple | Nas |
"I Got It"; "My Lady"; "Dancing Like Makin' Love" Kevin Lyttle | Kevin Lyttle | |
"1 on 1"; "Do the Damn Thing" 1 On 1 [28] | Rupee | |
"Tempted to Touch" (Remix) | Rupee | |
"Meet the Dealer"; "Point 'Em Out"; "Fighting in the Club"; "The Realist" Self Explanatory | I-20 | |
"Night & Day" (Remix) | Dawn Penn | |
"Young at Heart" | Joss Stone | |
2005 | "I'll Be Around" Disturbing Tha Peace | Shareefa |
2006 | "Payaso" The Underdog/El Subestimado | Tego Calderón |
"Me & Mr. Jones"; "Just Friends"; "Tears Dry (on Their Own)"; "Some Unholy War"; "Addicted" Back to Black | Amy Winehouse | |
"Radio"; "Get It Together"; "End Up Like This" Feedback | Jurassic 5 | |
"Where Are They Now"; "Who Killed It?"; "The N"; "Shine On"; "Where Y'all At?" Hip Hop Is Dead | Nas | |
"Lil Daddy What's Good" Block Music | Shawnna | |
"How Good Luv Feels" Point of No Return | Shareefa | |
2007 | "Can't Get It Back" Blaque By Popular Demand | Blaque |
"Forgiveness" Spirit | Leona Lewis | |
"Good Girl"; "In This for You" I Am | Chrisette Michele | |
"B Boy Baby" Real Girl | Mutya Buena | |
2008 | "Bust Your Windows"; "Lions, Tigers & Bears"; "Call Me Guilty"; "Live a Lie" Fearless | Jazmine Sullivan |
"I Did It for Sho" The Point of It All | Anthony Hamilton | |
"I Don't Know" Intuition | Jamie Foxx | |
"Trust Me" The Reason | Lemar | |
"Open" After My Time | Noel Gourdin | |
"Labels or Love" The Dutchess | Fergie | |
"You Can't Stop Us Now" Untitled Nas album | Nas | |
2009 | "Now I'm That Bitch" | Livvi Franc |
"Fuerte"; "Suficiente Tiempo" Mi Plan | Nelly Furtado | |
Praguenosis | Salaam Remi | |
"Falling in Love Again" (Salaam Mix) | Marvin Gaye | |
"ABC (Salaam Remi Remix)" The Remix Suite | Michael Jackson | |
2010 | "This Is the Way" Shotta Culture | Spragga Benz |
"All I Want Is You" All I Want Is You | Miguel w/ J. Cole | |
"10 Seconds"; "Love You Long Time"; "Stuttering" Love Me Back | Jazmine Sullivan | |
"Bodies"; "Love Fun"; "Old Fashioned"; "Fool for You" The Lady Killer | CeeLo Green | |
"Rapture" Sex and the City 2 | Alicia Keys | |
"Follow Us" Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty | Big Boi | |
"Cold Shoulder" Love.Live.Life | N-Dubz | |
"Night Is Young"; "Girlfriend in the City" The Best of Nelly Furtado | Nelly Furtado | |
2011 | "Back to Love" Back To Love | Anthony Hamilton |
"Don't Look Down"; "Feeling Good" I Remember Me | Jennifer Hudson | |
"You Better Leave Me" | Liam Bailey | |
"Play the Guitar" | B.o.B | |
"Hater" Go | Delilah | |
Lioness: Hidden Treasures | Amy Winehouse | |
"BGTY" Pieces of Me | Ledisi | |
"Kaleidoscope Dream"; "How Many Drinks?" Kaleidoscope Dream | Miguel | |
2012 | "Cry" New Life | Monica |
"Girl on Fire" Girl on Fire | Alicia Keys | |
"A Queens Story"; "The Don"; "Nasty"; "World's an Addiction"; "Cherry Wine"; "Bye Baby"; "Black Bond" Life Is Good | Nas | |
"Something"; "The Most Beautiful Thing"; "Enemy"; "End Game"; "Skylight"; "Soak It Up" The Spirit Indestructible | Nelly Furtado | |
"Should Be You"; "Alone with You" R.E.D. | Ne-Yo | |
"Beautiful Surprise" Beautiful Surprise | Tamia | |
2013 | Against Tha Wall | Major Stress |
"New Tattoo" James Arthur | James Arthur | |
New York: A Love Story | Mack Wilds | |
"Forgive Me" Lip Lock | Eve | |
2015 | "Cheerleader" (Felix Jaehn vs. Salaam Remi Remix); "Sing It Out Loud" (Freddy Verano Remix) | OMI |
2016 | "Take You Home"; "Amen" What I'm Feelin' | Anthony Hamilton |
"Louder Than Life"; "Cinco de Melli" | Louder Than Life Crew | |
Monaco '79 | The Champagne Flutes, Salaam Remi, Terri Walker | |
N15 | Miraa May | |
2017 | "Pineapple Skies"; "Come Through and Chill" War & Leisure | Miguel |
"Gonna Be Alright" The Transition of Mali | Mali Music | |
"Don't Test Me"; "Can't Get Enough"; "Somebody Knows"; "One in the Same" The King & I | Faith Evans | |
2018 | "Love Conquers All" | Anthony Hamilton |
"Leave It Smokin'" Passion Like Fire | Tamia | |
"Sunny Daze"; "Bambina"; "My Chateau"; "MouthTrumpet" South Beach Social Club EP | Salaam Remi & Kat Dahlia | |
"March Thirteenth" | Shila J | |
Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 | Black Thought | |
2019 | Grass Is Greener | The Lox |
"Sex High" | James Fauntleroy | |
BoxTalk | Joell Ortiz | |
Northside of Linden, Westside of Slauson | Terrace Martin | |
Bodega's Way | Bodega Bamz | |
"Back Burner" | Irie Love | |
"You Know That I Want You" | Jimmy Cozier | |
"40 Days & 40 Nights (PT. 2)" | Stephen Marley | |
"Dreams, Fairytales, Fantasies" Floor Seats | ASAP Ferg w/ Brent Faiyaz | |
"Rules" Hot Pink | Doja Cat | |
"Keep Hope Alive" | Wayne Wonder | |
"Ain't No Sunshine" | Nadine Sutherland | |
2020 | "One Time" | Akon |
Black On Purpose | Salaam Remi | |
2021 | "Shape Shifter" | Alessia Cara |
Year | Title | Artist(s) |
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1995 | "Bad Boy No Go A Jail" Clockers | Mega Banton |
1995 | "Blast of Da Iron" Clockers | Rebelz of Authority co-prod with Calvin (Trouble) Jones |
2004 | After the Sunset | Executively Produced by Salaam Remi |
2007 | "Less Than An Hour" Rush Hour 3 | Nas & CeeLo Green |
2007 | "L'Amour une Aventure" Rush Hour 3 | Salaam Remi & Katia Cadet |
2007 | "The Closer I get To You" Rush Hour 3 | Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker |
2007 | "Who Made The Tater Salad" Rush Hour 3 | Salaam Remi & Vincent Henry |
2009 | "TYSON" | Scored by Salaam Remi |
2011 | "Love Is Your Color" Sex and the City 2 | Leona Lewis & Jennifer Hudson |
2019 | "Grass Is Greener" Grass Is Greener | Salaam Remi |
2021 | The United States vs. Billie Holiday | Executively Produced by Salaam Remi |
The Score is the second studio album by the hip hop trio Fugees, released worldwide on February 13, 1996, on Columbia Records. The album features a wide range of samples and instrumentation, with many aspects of alternative hip hop that would come to dominate the hip-hop music scene in the mid- to late-1990s. Primarily, The Score's production was handled by Fugees themselves, Jerry Duplessis and Warren Riker, with additional production from Salaam Remi, John Forté, Diamond D, and Shawn King. The album's guest verses are from Outsidaz members Rah Digga, Young Zee, and Pacewon, as well as John Forté, and Diamond D. Most versions of the album feature four bonus tracks, including three remixes of "Fu-Gee-La", and a short acoustic Wyclef Jean solo track entitled "Mista Mista".
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