Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi Gibbs 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. Gibbs is noted for his reggae-tinged 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. 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 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 with Joell Ortiz, Northside of Linden and Westside of Slauson both with Terrace Martin, as well as Remi's compilation album Black On Purpose, 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]
[Grammy Awards]
Production discography
| Year | Album/Film | Artist |
| 2005 | After the Sunset | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | |
| 2008 | [Fearless (Jazmine Sullivan album)|Fearless] | Jazmine Sullivan |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 | |
| 2010 | [Love Me Back (album)|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 |
| 1986 | "Magilla Gorilla" from Back By Popular Demand | Kurtis Blow |
| 1990 | "Fire" | Aswad feat. Shabba Ranks |
| 1990 | "Blue and UK Blak" | Caron Wheeler |
| 1990 | "Let's Do It" | Jamalski |
| 1991 | "No Favors"; "What You're Used To"; "Feel Ya Way" from Now, That's More Like It | Craig G |
| 1991 | "Understanding" | State of Art |
| 1991 | "Piece of My Heart" | Tara Kemp |
| 1991 | "Just a Little Bit Longer" | Maxi Priest |
| 1991 | "Cozmik" | Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers |
| 1992 | "Voice of da Ghetto" | Fu-Schnickens |
| 1992 | "The Heads"; "Unity"; "And the Road"; "Mack Daddy Dancehall" Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds | Bobby Konders |
| 1992 | Zhigge | Zhigge |
| 1992 | "Dead End Street" | Mad Cobra w/ Geto Boys |
| 1992 | "Booty Mission" | Runaway Slaves |
| 1992 | "Twice My Age" | Shabba Ranks |
| 1992 | "Slow & Sexy" | Shabba Ranks w/ Johnny Gill |
| 1992 | "Ghetto Red" | Supercat |
| 1992 | "Don Da Da" | Supercat |
| 1992 | "The Money Grip" | Doug E. Fresh |
| 1992 | "Shamrocks & Shennanigans " | House of Pain |
| 1992 | "Are You Ready" | Shomari |
| 1993 | "Family Affair" Addams Family Values: Music from the Motion Picture | Shabba Ranks w/ Patra & Terri & Monica |
| 1993 | "Young Girl Bluez"; "The Gator" All Samples Cleared! | Biz Markie |
| 1993 | "Can't Stop We " | Prince Ital Joe w/ Markie Mark |
| 1993 | "Think (About It)" ; "Worker Man " | Patra |
| 1993 | "Love Is the Answer" | Bad Brains |
| 1993 | "Six Million Ways to Die" | Funkmaster Flex w/ N9ne |
| 1993 | "Born in the Ghetto" | Funky Poets |
| 1994 | "Here Comes The Hotstepper" Here Comes The Hotstepper | Ini Kamoze |
| 1994 | "Best of My Love " | C.J. Lewis |
| 1994 | "Greetings"; "Life of a Shorty" Destination Brooklyn | Vicious |
| 1994 | "Just Can't Stand It"; "Remember We" Ambushed | Da Bush Babees |
| 1994 | "Keep It Right There " | Changing Faces |
| 1994 | "Nappy Heads" ; "Vocab" | Fugees |
| 1994 | "South Central" | Supercat |
| 1994 | "Sixth Street" | Worl A Girl |
| 1994 | "Turn It Up Even Louder " | Raja-Nee |
| 1994 | "Without a Doubt" | Black Sheep |
| 1994 | "Hold On" | Brand Nubian |
| 1994 | "Sound Boy Killing" | Mega Banton |
| 1994 | "Mothers and Fathers"/"Original Woman"; "Let's Get It On" | Shabba Ranks |
| 1995 | "Why You Treat Me So Bad " | Shaggy w/ Grand Puba |
| 1995 | "Pull Up to the Bumper" ; "Banana"; "Time Fi Wine"; "Goin' to the Chapel" Scent of Attraction | Patra |
| 1995 | "More & More"; "A Day in da Stuy" | Major Stress |
| 1995 | "Craziest " | Naughty By Nature |
| 1995 | "Lock It Up"; "Homicide Ride"; "Alpha and Omega" Station Identification | Channel Live |
| 1995 | "Brooklyn Movements" Blue in the Face | Da Bush Babees |
| 1995 | "Set It Off" | Greg Nice |
| 1995 | "No Pain No Gain " | Buckshot LeFonque |
| 1995 | "Bad Boy No Go to Jail"; "Blast of the Iron" Clockers (soundtrack) | Mega Banton; Rebelz of Authority |
| 1995 | "Hardcore Lovin" Uncommonly Smooth | Spragga Benz |
| 1995 | "Fu-Gee-La" The Score | Fugees |
| 1996 | "Ready or Not " Bootleg Versions | Fugees |
| 1996 | "Studda Step" Biz Markie's Greatest Hits | Biz Markie |
| 1996 | "Lift Off" We The People | Groove Collective |
| 1996 | "Virtual Insanity" | Jamiroquai |
| 1996 | "You're Makin Me High" | Toni Braxton |
| 1996 | "Trippin'" " | Mark Morrison |
| 1996 | "Fast Life" | Kool G Rap w/ Nas |
| 1996 | "Leaving" | Tony Rich |
| 1997 | "Bubblegoose" The Carnival | Wyclef Jean |
| 1997 | "We Tryin to Stay Alive" ; "Bubblegoose - Bakin' Cake" | Wyclef Jean, Refugee All-Stars |
| 1997 | "Guantanamera" | Wyclef Jean, Beenie Man, Ky-Mani Marley |
| 1997 | "Stallion Ride"; "Mommy Dearest" Hear My Cry | Rayvon |
| 1997 | "Much Love " | Shola Ama |
| 1997 | "Touch and Play" Touch and Play | Reign |
| 1997 | "Lady " | PLFD |
| 1997 | "Back for Good"; "Send My Love/One for Your Love" Yardcore | Born Jamericans |
| 1997 | "The Sweetest Thing" | Refugee Camp All Stars w/ Lauryn Hill |
| 1998 | Cheated (To All the Girls) EP | Wyclef Jean |
| 1998 | "Frowsey" Ghetto Supastar | Pras |
| 1998 | "My Love Is Your Love" | Whitney Houston |
| 1998 | "Born to Win" Poly Sci | John Forté |
| 1998 | "Feelin' You" | Ali |
| 1999 | "Star" | Caron Wheeler |
| 2000 | "Where Fugee At" The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book | Wyclef Jean |
| 2000 | "Wow" Run Cool | Positive Black Soul |
| 2000 | "I've Got a Date"; "Love Me Now" Art and Life | Beenie Man |
| 2000 | "Watch Who You Beef Wit" 2000 B.C. (Before Can-I-Bus) | Canibus |
| 2000 | "Rude Boy"; "Party's On" The Journey | Ky-Mani Marley |
| 2000 | "Amor" | Ricky Martin |
| 2001 | "Block Party"; "Let Me Live"; "True Confessions" Eye Legacy | Lisa Lopes |
| 2001 | "What Goes Around" Stillmatic | Nas |
| 2001 | "No Playaz"; "Ladies & Gents"; "Live at Jimmy's"; "Breathe"; "Coast to Coast" Up Close and Personal | Angie Martinez |
| 2001 | "Tina Colada" Fly | Dante Thomas |
| 2001 | "Josephine" | DL |
| 2001 | "Badman Bizness" FB Entertainment Presents: The Good Life | Beenie Man |
| 2001 | "Do da Right Thing" | City High |
| 2001 | "Can We Get Up" | Exhale |
| 2001 | "See Saw" Same High | Xtatik & Machel Montano |
| 2001 | "Souverain" | Doc Gyneco |
| 2002 | "Made You Look"; "Get Down"; "Zone Out"; "Hey Nas"; "I Can" God's Son | Nas |
| 2002 | "Manana" Ceremony: Remixes & Rarities | Carlos Santana |
| 2002 | "So Good" Animal House | Angie Martinez |
| 2002 | A Little Deeper | Ms. Dynamite |
| 2002 | "Shape of My Heart" | Sugababes w/ Sting |
| 2003 | Breathe" Bittersweet | Blu Cantrell w/ Sean Paul |
| 2003 | "Strawbereez"; "Can't Get It Back" Eye Candy | Misteeq |
| 2003 | Frank | Amy Winehouse |
| 2003 | "Whenever" | 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 |
| 2004 | "I Got It"; "My Lady"; "Dancing Like Makin' Love" Kevin Lyttle | Kevin Lyttle |
| 2004 | "1 on 1"; "Do the Damn Thing" 1 On 1 | Rupee |
| 2004 | "Tempted to Touch" | Rupee |
| 2004 | "Meet the Dealer"; "Point 'Em Out"; "Fighting in the Club"; "The Realist" Self Explanatory | I-20 |
| 2004 | "Night & Day" | Dawn Penn |
| 2004 | "Young at Heart" | Joss Stone |
| 2005 | "I'll Be Around" Disturbing Tha Peace | Shareefa |
| 2005 | "Talk of New York" Car Show Tour | Funkmaster Flex w/ Nas |
| 2006 | "Payaso" The Underdog/El Subestimado | Tego Calderón |
| 2006 | "Me & Mr. Jones"; "Just Friends"; "Tears Dry "; "Some Unholy War"; "Addicted" Back to Black | Amy Winehouse |
| 2006 | "Radio"; "Get It Together"; "End Up Like This" Feedback | Jurassic 5 |
| 2006 | "Where Are They Now"; "Who Killed It?"; "The N"; "Shine On"; "Where Y'all At?" Hip Hop Is Dead | Nas |
| 2006 | "Lil Daddy What's Good" Block Music | Shawnna |
| 2006 | "How Good Luv Feels" Point of No Return | Shareefa |
| 2007 | "Can't Get It Back" Blaque By Popular Demand | Blaque |
| 2007 | "Forgiveness" Spirit | Leona Lewis |
| 2007 | "Good Girl"; "In This for You" I Am | Chrisette Michele |
| 2007 | "B Boy Baby" Real Girl | Mutya Buena |
| 2008 | "Bust Your Windows"; "Lions, Tigers & Bears"; "Call Me Guilty"; "Live a Lie" Fearless | Jazmine Sullivan |
| 2008 | "I Did It for Sho" The Point of It All | Anthony Hamilton |
| 2008 | "I Don't Know" Intuition | Jamie Foxx |
| 2008 | "Trust Me" The Reason | Lemar |
| 2008 | "Open" After My Time | Noel Gourdin |
| 2008 | "Labels or Love" The Dutchess | Fergie |
| 2008 | "You Can't Stop Us Now" Untitled Nas album | Nas |
| 2009 | "Now I'm That Bitch" | Livvi Franc |
| 2009 | "Fuerte"; "Suficiente Tiempo" Mi Plan | Nelly Furtado |
| 2009 | Praguenosis | Salaam Remi |
| 2009 | "Falling in Love Again" | Marvin Gaye |
| 2009 | "ABC " The Remix Suite | Michael Jackson |
| 2010 | "This Is the Way" Shotta Culture | Spragga Benz |
| 2010 | "On a Mission" | Gabriella Climanca w/ Eve |
| 2010 | "All I Want Is You" All I Want Is You | Miguel w/ J. Cole |
| 2010 | "10 Seconds"; "Love You Long Time"; "Stuttering" Love Me Back | Jazmine Sullivan |
| 2010 | "Bodies"; "Love Fun"; "Old Fashioned"; "Fool for You" The Lady Killer | CeeLo Green |
| 2010 | "Rapture" Sex and the City 2 | Alicia Keys |
| 2010 | "Follow Us" Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty | Big Boi |
| 2010 | "Cold Shoulder" Love.Live.Life | N-Dubz |
| 2010 | "Night Is Young"; "Girlfriend in the City" The [Best of Nelly Furtado] | Nelly Furtado |
| 2011 | "Back to Love" Back To Love | Anthony Hamilton |
| 2011 | "Don't Look Down"; "Feeling Good" I Remember Me | Jennifer Hudson |
| 2011 | "You Better Leave Me" | Liam Bailey |
| 2011 | "Play the Guitar" | B.o.B |
| 2011 | "Hater" Go | Delilah |
| 2011 | Lioness: Hidden Treasures | Amy Winehouse |
| 2011 | "BGTY" Pieces of Me | Ledisi |
| 2012 | "Kaleidoscope Dream"; "How Many Drinks?" Kaleidoscope Dream | Miguel |
| 2012 | "Cry" New Life | Monica |
| 2012 | "Running" This Girlie Life | Melanie Fiona |
| 2012 | "Girl on Fire" Girl on Fire | Alicia Keys |
| 2012 | "A Queens Story"; "The Don"; "Nasty"; "World's an Addiction"; "Cherry Wine"; "Bye Baby"; "Black Bond" Life Is Good | Nas |
| 2012 | "Something"; "The Most Beautiful Thing"; "Enemy"; "End Game"; "Skylight"; "Soak It Up" Spirit Indestructible">Spirit (Leona Lewis album)">Spirit Indestructible | Nelly Furtado |
| 2012 | "Should Be You"; "Alone with You" R.E.D. | Ne-Yo |
| 2012 | "Beautiful Surprise" Beautiful Surprise | Tamia |
| 2012 | "Never Kissed You" Nicole and Natalie" | Nina Sky |
| 2013 | "New Tattoo" James Arthur | James Arthur |
| 2013 | New York: A Love Story | Mack Wilds |
| 2013 | "Forgive Me" Lip Lock | Eve |
| 2015 | "Veins"; "Mascara"; "Dumb" Jasmine Sullivan | Reality Show |
| 2015 | "Lava"; "Clocks" My Garden | Kat Dahlia |
| 2015 | "Face the Sun" Wildheart | Miguel |
| 2016 | "Take You Home"; "Amen" What I'm Feelin' | Anthony Hamilton |
| 2016 | "Louder Than Life"; "Cinco de Melli" | Louder Than Life Crew |
| 2016 | "My Baby Just Cares for Me" Nina Simone Tributes | Usher |
| 2016 | Monaco '79 | The Champagne Flutes, Salaam Remi, Terri Walker |
| 2016 | N15 | Miraa May |
| 2017 | "Pineapple Skies"; "Come Through and Chill" War & Leisure | Miguel |
| 2017 | "Gonna Be Alright" The Transition of Mali | Mali Music |
| 2017 | "Don't Test Me"; "Can't Get Enough"; "Somebody Knows"; "One in the Same" The [King & I (Faith Evans and The Notorious B.I.G. album)|The King & I] | Faith Evans |
| 2018 | "Love Conquers All" | Anthony Hamilton |
| 2018 | "Leave It Smokin'" Passion Like Fire | Tamia |
| 2018 | "Sunny Daze"; "Bambina"; "My Chateau"; "MouthTrumpet" South Beach Social Club EP | Salaam Remi & Kat Dahlia |
| 2018 | "March Thirteenth" | Shila J |
| 2018 | Streams of Thought, Vol. 2 | Black Thought |
| 2019 | "The Grass" Grass Is Greener | The Lox |
| 2019 | Bodega's Way | Bodega Bamz |
| 2019 | BoxTalk | Joell Ortiz |
| 2019 | Northside of Linden, Westside of Slauson | Terrace Martin |
| 2019 | "Dreams, Fairytales, Fantasies" Floor Seats | ASAP Ferg w/ Brent Faiyaz |
| 2019 | "Rules" Hot Pink | Doja Cat |
| 2020 | Black On Purpose | Salaam Remi |
| 2021 | "Shape Shifter" | Alessia Cara |
| 2022 | "Sincerely Yours" Autograph | Joell Ortiz |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Artist |
| 1995 | "Bad Boy No Go A Jail" Clockers | Mega Banton |
| 1995 | "Blast of Da Iron" Clockers | Rebelz of Authority co-prod with Calvin 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 |