Salaam Remi

Salaam Remi Gibbs is an American record producer known for his association with Nas, Amy Winehouse, Fugees, Fergie, Estelle, Black Thought, and Miguel, and for his reggae-tinged (often referred to as "broken-bottle") approach to production. 

Biography

Early life and career beginnings
The son of studio musician Van 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, Free, Julian Perretta, 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 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. 

Awards and Nominations

Ivor Novello Awards

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| 2004
| Stronger Than Me
| Best Contemporary Song
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Grammy Awards

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| 1996
| The Score
| Album of the Year
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| 2007
| Back to Black
| Album of the Year
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| 2008
| Bust Your Windows
| Best R&B Song
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| 2009
| Lions, Tigers & Bears
| Best R&B Song
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| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Beautiful Surprise
| Best R&B Song
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| Salaam Remi
| Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
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| 2013
| One: In The Chamber
| Best Urban Contemporary Album
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| 2017
| Amy
| Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
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| 2018
| Come Through and Chill
| Best R&B Song
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Production discography

Filmography

References

External links

Profile, hiphopdx.com; accessed November 29, 2015. 

Category:1972 births
Category:American hip hop record producers
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from New York City
Category:African-American record producers
Category:American rhythm and blues musicians
Category:American pop musicians
Category:East Coast hip hop musicians
Category:People from Queens, New York
Category:Record producers from New York (state)