Carvin & Ivan


Carvin & Ivan are a production duo from Philadelphia consisting of producer and songwriters Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins. Initially starting out as solo hip hop artists, Haggins and Barias moved into production and songwriting. They have written and produced songs for Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, Justin Timberlake, Mario, Chris Brown, Ledisi, Raheem DeVaughn, Keyshia Cole, Jaheim, Estelle, Floetry, Skillz, Ace Hood, Rick Ross and others.
They are notable for introducing Musiq Soulchild to the world and giving him his staple sound. They are responsible for writing and producing the vast majority of Musiq's more popular charted singles such as "Just Friends ", "Halfcrazy", "Dontchange", "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme" and others.
Ivan currently serves on the board of governors and is the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy. On February 1, 2011, Carvin & Ivan became creative ambassadors for the city of Philadelphia as a part of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation's Philly 360°.

Early years and history

Carvin & Ivan met in the mid 1990s at A Touch Of Jazz, a recording studio in Philadelphia owned by DJ Jazzy Jeff.
In 2011, Ivan was selected as an ambassador of the Philadelphia 76ers community program La Liga del Barrio.

Discography

1997

Kenny Lattimore - Love Jones: The Music
Kenny Lattimore - From the Soul of Man
- Aijuswanaseing
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
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Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul
Lina - Stranger on Earth
- Juslisen
Dawn Robinson - Dawn
Floetry - Floetic
Syleena Johnson - ""
- Soulstar
Joe - And Then...
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Mario - Turning Point
Planet Asia - The Grand Opening
Skillz - Okayplayer - True Notes Vol. 1
Toshinobu Kubota - Time to Share
- The First Lady
Chris Brown - Chris Brown's Journey
Brian McKnight - Gemini
- Pac's Life
Heather Headley - In My Mind
Keshia Chanté - 2U
- Luvanmusiq
2pac-
Freeway - Free at Last
- Love Behind the Melody
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
Skillz- The Million Dollar Backpack
- OnMyRadio
Ledisi - Turn Me Loose
Ace Hood - Ruthless
Ameriie - In Love & War
- Another Round
Faith Evans - Something About Faith
Skillz - The World Needs More Skillz
Leela James - My Soul
- Pieces Of Me
Jill Scott - The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1
- All of Me
SWV - I Missed Us
Kenny Lattimore - Back To Cool
Alex Boyd - Commit Me
Tamia - Beautiful Surprise
Curt Chambers - One Way Ticket
Q. Parker - The MANual
- Better
Raheem DeVaughn - A Place Called Loveland
TGT - 3 Kings
Glenn Lewis - Moment of Truth
- The Truth
Kenny Lattimore - Anatomy of a Love Song
- Three Stripes
Stokley - Introducing Stokley
Ledisi - Let Love Rule

Grammy Awards

Ascap Awards

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards