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