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| Birth name | Khari Cain |
| Born | (1978-04-19)April 19, 1978 (age 46) Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Dry Rain Entertainment |
Khari Cain (born April 19, 1978), professionally known asNeedlz, is an American record producer and songwriter.
Cain was born on April 19, 1978, inLansing, Michigan.[1] He began toDJ while anundergraduate inFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical University andFlorida State University. He majored in the graduate music business program atNew York University'sSteinhardt School and originally intended to pursue a career inartist and repertoire (A&R).[1] After attaining aninternship withBad Boy Records, he was inspired to begin a career in record production.[2] With the help of A&R Folayan Knight, Needlz associated withBlack Entertainment Television (BET) andMTV and created theme songs forRap City andSuckafree Sundays, respectively.[1] Fellow record producerSwizz Beatz assisted Needlz to "exposure" by collaborating in album production, including Cassidy'sI'm a Hustla and Swizz BeatzOne Man Band Man.[3]
Needlz chiefly produces songs in thehip hop genre. He describes his style as "anoxymoron: clean and dirty at the same time".[1] He usesAkai MPC2000XL andPro Tools to producebeats and utilizesKurzweil K2661 and theRoland MKS-80 forsynthesizers.[2]He has endorsed theNative InstrumentsMaschine.[4]
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| Year | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" (featuringKehlani) | Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy |
| "You" | Nicole Bus | TBA |
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