Khari Cain (born April 19, 1978), professionally known as Needlz, is an American record producer and songwriter.
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Birth name | Khari Cain |
Born | (1978-04-19) April 19, 1978 (age 44) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
Genres | Hip hop |
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Instrument(s) | MPC[1] |
Years active | 2001–present |
Khari Cain was born on April 19, 1978 in Lansing, Michigan.[2] He began to DJ while an undergraduate in Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Florida State University. He majored in the graduate music business program at [[New York University and originally intended to pursue a career in artist and repertoire (A&R).[2] After attaining an internship with Bad Boy Records, he was inspired to begin a career in record production.[3] With the help of A&R Folayan Knight, Needlz associated with Black Entertainment Television (BET) and MTV and created theme songs for Rap City and Suckafree Sundays, respectively.[2] Fellow record producer Swizz Beatz assisted Needlz to "exposure" by collaborating in album production, including Cassidy's I'm a Hustla and Swizz Beatz One Man Band Man.[4][5]
Needlz chiefly produces songs in the hip hop genre. He describes his style as "an oxymoron: clean and dirty at the same time".[2] He uses Akai MPC2000XL and Pro Tools to produce beats and utilizes Kurzweil K2661 and the Roland MKS-80 for synthesizers.[3] He has endorsed the Native Instruments Maschine.[6]
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Year | Title | Artist | Album |
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2001 | "We Don't Give a Fuck" "Gonna Be Sumthin'" |
Ruff Ryders | Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust |
2002 | "Miss You" | Afu-Ra | Life Force Radio |
2003 | "Gangsta Shit" | G-Unit | Beg for Mercy |
"Keep It Hot" | Mic Geronimo | Long Road Back | |
"Think Y'all Know" | Fabolous | More Street Dreams, Pt. 2: The Mixtape | |
Various artists | Sequence Mixtape, Vol. 1 | ||
"Good God Almighty" | Nappy Roots | Wooden Leather | |
2004 | "Put Your Drinks Down" | Drag-On | Hell and Back |
"Pass Out" | Ludacris | The Red Light District | |
"Mein Song" | Max Herre | Max Herre | |
"Bang Bang" "Let Me In" |
Young Buck | Straight Outta Cashville | |
2005 | "No Need for Conversation" | Fabolous | Coach Carter soundtrack |
"Beauty Queen" | Czar*Nok | ||
"Special" | The Game | The Documentary | |
"Piggy Bank" "God Gave Me Style" |
50 Cent | The Massacre | |
"Crack" | Cassidy | I'm a Hustla | |
"Throw It Back" | Trina | Glamorest Life | |
"No No No" | Kool Savas & Azad | One | |
"Drugs, Basket Ball, & Rap" | Talib Kweli | Right About Now: The Official Sucka Free Mix CD | |
"Put Ya Hands Up" | Norfclk | Ludacris Presents: Disturbing tha Peace | |
Young Buck | Let Me In EP | ||
"Stopp die Party" "Zähl mein Geld" |
Afrob | Hammer | |
2006 | "The Pen and the Needlz" | Lupe Fiasco | Fahrenheit 1/15, Part I (The Truth Is Among Us) (Mixtape) |
"Tilted" | Kick Push CD Single | ||
"Hurt Me Soul" | Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor | ||
"Floating" | Megan Rochell | You, Me and the Radio (Unreleased) | |
"Serius" "Life In The City" "Ride Out" |
Serius Jones | King Me (Mixtape) | |
"Grind Mode" | Non-Album Track | ||
"Get Clapped" | Lloyd Banks | Rotten Apple | |
"Here We Go Again" "Shake the Room" |
Jaley | Jaley | |
"Born and Raised" | Dave Chappelle | Dave Chappelle's Block Party soundtrack | |
"Hey Babe (Give Me Ya Lovin')" | Shareefa | Point of No Return | |
"Grind Boy" | Smitty | The Voice Of The Ghetto | |
"Turnt Out" | Diego Redd | Gettin Money. Gettin Paid. a Hustler's Story (Mixtape) | |
"Raised In The Mitten" | P.L. | Without Warning Vol.2 (Mixtape) | |
2007 | "Get Away" | Ria | "R. Kive" 1996-2006 |
"Gangsta (Interlude)" | Rich Boy | Rich Boy | |
"Bust Ya Gunz" | Swizz Beatz | One Man Band Man | |
"Slow Down" | Tage | The Jerk Vol 0 (Mixtape) | |
"Nuttin' On Me" | Freeway | Free at Last | |
"My Life" | Joe Budden | Mood Muzik 3.5 | |
2009 | "Diesel" | Freeway | Month of Madness (Mixtape) |
"One 4 The Treble" "Get Dirty" |
Ralph Dogg | Reckless | |
"How You Like Me Now" "What Money Sounds Like" "Gangsta Shit (Evasocold Mix)" "Tear It Up" |
Archie Eversole | Back Like I Never Left (Mixtape) | |
"We Miss You" | Busta Rhymes | Back on My B.S. | |
"Intro" | Serius Jones | Why So Serius (Mixtape) | |
"The Necessary Evils" | Skyzoo | The Salvation | |
"Walk These Streets" | Rakim | The Seventh Seal | |
"Help! (I Been Robbed)" | Serius Jones | Life Is Serius (TBR) | |
"Letter to B.I.G." | Jadakiss | The Last Kiss | |
"I'm Goin' In" | Drake | So Far Gone | |
"Hands 2 Myself" | Russell Taylor | Confessional | |
"Gone" | Donnis | 10.Deep Presents: Diary of an ATL Brave | |
"Baggage Claim" | 88-Keys | non-album track | |
"Why Would She? (Needlz Remix)" | Stack Bundles | GuessWhyld Presents: Out The Vault | |
2010 | "One 4 The Treble" "Get Dirty" |
Ralph Dog | Reckless |
"Dome Shotz" | Minacci featuring Young Buck | 5 Mics | |
"Maybe Baby" | Donnis | The Invitation (Mixtape) | |
"OD" | Fashionably Late (Sampler) | ||
"Greatest Trapper Alive" | Young Jeezy | Trap or Die 2: By All Means Necessary | |
"Yup" "Eat You Alive" "Lighting" (co-produced) "For The Kill" (co-produced) |
Donnis | Fashionably Late (Mixtape) | |
"The Overdose" "On Da Korner" |
Pill | 1140: The Overdose (Mixtape) | |
"The Beginning" (co-producer) | Stat Quo | Statlanta | |
"Just The Way You Are" (keyboard and drum programming, strings by Needlz) | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | |
"She & H.E.R.", "Suicide ediciuS", "Stars" (co-produced) | John Regan | Sorry I'm Late | |
"Reflections" | Pill | The Medicine | |
"Right To Say" | Emilio Rojas | Life Without Shame (Mixtape) | |
2011 | "Till I Get There" | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers |
"Oh No" | Big Perm | Reign Delay (Mixtape) | |
2012 | "It's All On Me" | Pill | The Epidemic |
2013 | "YOLO" | The Lonely Island | The Wack Album |
2015 | "Oui" (keyboard programming) | Jeremih | Late Nights |
2016 | "Selfish (PnB Rock song)" (keyboard and drum programming, bass by Needlz) | PnB Rock | GTTM: Going Thru the Motions |
2017 | "Jussa Lil Bih" | Musiq Soulchild | Feel the Real |
2018 | "Ring" (featuring Kehlani) |
Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy |
"You" | Nicole Bus | TBA |
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