Salaam Remi Gibbs (born May 14, 1972) is an American record producer. He is most known for producing material for close associates Nas,

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, and Jazmine Sullivan, but has also produced for other mainstream acts including

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, Fugees, Doja Cat, Miguel, Fergie, Alessia Cara,

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, and Estelle, among others. Gibbs is noted for his

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-tinged (often referred to as "broken-bottle") approach to production. After ten

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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 ''

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'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 ''

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'' 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

. 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

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

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Louder Than Life

In 2013, Remi launched his own label imprint, Louder Than Life, as an imprint of

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, 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

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, Nas, Jennifer Hudson, Black Thought, CeeLo Green, Mumu Fresh, Doug E. Fresh, Bilal, Teedra Moses, D-Nice, Mack Wilds,

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, Case, Betty Wright, James Poyser, Stephen Marley, Anthony Hamilton, Syleena Johnson, Super Cat, Spragga Benz, and Chronixx.

Awards and nominations

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, " Stronger Than Me" , Best Contemporary Song ,

Grammy Awards

Production discography

Filmography

References

External links

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