Khari "Needlz" Cain is a hip-hop producer. He was introduced to producing by rapper Young Buck. He is known for productions such as "Piggy Bank" & "God Gave Me Style" from the 50 Cent album The Massacre, "Gangsta Shit" from the G-Unit album Beg For Mercy, "Special" from The Game album The Documentary and "Let Me In" from Young Buck album Straight Outta Ca$hville. He also produces for Cassidy. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. ... Hip hop production is the creation of hip hop music. ... Rapping, also known as Emceeing, MCing, Rhyme spitting, Spitting, or just Rhyming, is the rhythmic delivery of rhymes, one of the central elements of hip hop music and culture. ... David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), better known as Young Buck, is an American rapper who is a member of the popular rap group G-Unit. ... Piggy Bank is a song from 50 Cents second album, The Massacre. ... For the currency amount, see 50 cents. ... Special Edition cover The Massacre is 50 Cents second commercial album and it was released on March 3, 2005 — five days ahead of the original release date due to Internet leakage. ... G-Unit is a rap group which consists of 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Tony Yayo, Young Buck, (The) Game, R & B singer Olivia and, most recently, Spider Loc. ... Beg for Mercy is the 2003 debut album from G-Unit. ... Jayceon Terell Taylor (born November 27, 1979 in Los Angeles,[1] California), better known by his stage name The Game, is a multi-platinum American rapper signed to Interscope Records. ... The Documentary is Los Angeles rapper The Games first major-label album. ... David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), better known as Young Buck, is an American rapper who is a member of the popular rap group G-Unit. ... Straight Outta Ca$hville is Young Bucks debut solo album an allusion to the famous N.W.A. album Straight Outta Compton. ... Cassidy may refer to the following:* Cassidy (rapper), US-American rapper Cassidy (musician), lead singer of Antigone Rising Bernard Matthew Cassidy, British soldier Bill Cassidy, US-American politician and physician Bob Cassidy, Mentalist, speaker and author Butch Cassidy, notorious Wild West criminal Cassidy OReilly, US-American wrestler Christopher Cassidy...

Needlz challenges musical boundaries by carving out his own identity in today’s highly competitive market. His list of production credits resembles a musical collage of Hip Hop and R&B, morphing soulful textures to fit seamlessly with any artist he works with. His distinctive club-savvy style is malleable enough to transcend genres, labels, and categories, and has posed as the musical platform for many industry heavyweights including 50 Cent, Jermaine Dupri, Fabolous, Nappy Roots, Redman, Ludacris, Young Buck, and Scarface.

The Lansing, Michigan native developed a love for music at an early age from his father, a jazz buff who kept John Coltrane and Charles Mingus in constant rotation. He absorbed Hip Hop sounds of the early ‘90’s from artists like The Roots, WuTang, Mobb Deep, Snoop, Nas, Jay-Z, B.I.G and A Tribe Called Quest. “Everybody had their own style and feel when they came out,” he says of the era. “Coming from the Midwest, I listened to everything from house to bass music, to East and West coast. Albums that really inspired me were Nas’ Illmatic, Souls of Mischief’s 93’ Till Infinity, Snoop’s Doggystyle and The Roots Illadelph Halflife. I miss that feeling albums like that gave me.”

Inspired to leave his own mark on the musical scene, Needlz began deejaying. He packed up to attend Florida A&M University, where he became a permanent fixture at parties and local clubs. With a firm understanding of how to make crowds gravitate to the dance floor, Needlz fueled his passion to get behind the boards and make the hits. “I deejayed until the end of ‘99 and picked up producing as a hobby,” he explains. “I was in my room in college one day listening to the second Wu album, and it just hit me. I wasn’t really feeling school or the thought of working in corporate America, so from that day on I spent all of my energy on getting to New York to pursue a job working in the industry.”

Needlz moved to New York to pursue a graduate degree in Music Business at NYU. He utilized an internship at Bad Boy Entertainment as a testing ground for his production talent, and caught the ear of former A&R executive Folayan Knight. Impressed by the infectious personality of Needlz’ tracks, Knight began to manage the young producer and helped usher his music into the industry spotlight. Needlz gained acclaim for the infectious single “Think Ya’ll Know” from Fabolous’ 2003 mixtape album, More Street Dreams 2.

In 2004, Needlz’ signature high energy production brought him to the forefront of popular music with the debut single from Tennessee’s G-Unit member Young Buck entitled “Let Me In”. The vibrant track became an instant hit, helping to push Young Buck’s album, Straight Outta Ca$hville, to Platinum status. “Let Me In” was also nominated for a 2004 Vibe Award for ‘Street Anthem of the Year’.

2005 has been a landmark year for Needlz, with two tracks on the Coach Carter Soundtrack, "Piggy Bank" and "God Gave Me Style" on 50 Cent's monster LP The Massacre, "Crack" for Cassidy's album, I'm A Hustler, and "Throw It Back" for Trina's The Glamorest Life LP. His songs appear in 50 Cent's Bulletproof Music video game, and in 50's feature film Get Rich Or Die Trying. Needlz also landed the television theme music for both BET's Rap City: The Bassment, and MTV's Sucker Free Sundays.

With an ever-growing arsenal of production skills and style, Needlz stays true to his own creative spirit. “When I sit down to make a beat, I always try to do something I haven’t done before,” he says. “I rarely use the same drums and sounds - at the end of the day I just make beats that I like. I’m just fortunate that people seem to like the same things I do.”

With the establishment of his production company, Dry Rain Entertainment, and a growing musical palette of singles garnering strong radio support, Needlz is forging his way into an elite circle of beat crafters. “So many artists feel that they have to have one street record, a club anthem, and a few radio tracks to make an album successful,” he attests. “I want to create music that inspires artists to push beyond the boundaries of current music. You can’t create history just by replicating the past - you always have to keep pushing the needle forward.”

Production credits

• Piggy Bank - 50 Cent
• God Gave Me Style - 50 Cent
• Get Clapped - Lloyd Banks
• Gangsta Sh*t - G-Unit
• Let Me In - Young Buck
• Bang Bang - Young Buck
• Pass Out - Ludacris
• Crack - Cassidy
• Drugs, Basketball & Rap - Talib Kweli
• The Pen and the Needlz - Lupe Fiasco
• Tilted - Lupe Fiasco
• Hurt Me Soul - Lupe Fiasco
• Serius - Serius Jones
• Grind Mode - Serius Jones
• Ride Out - Serius Jones
• Special - The Game feat. Nate Dogg

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12” Singles

• 2003 - Drag-On “Put your Drinks Down” (Virgin)
• 2003 - Fabolous “Think Ya’ll Know” (Elektra)
• 2003 - G-Unit ”Gangsta Shit” (Jive)
• 2004 - Young Buck “Let Me In” (Interscope)
• 2004 – Ludacris “Pass Out” – b-side to “The Potion” (Def Jam)

Contributions to Full Lengths and Compilations

• 2001- Drag-On “We Don’t Give a F*ck”, Inf & Cross “Gonna Be Sumpthin” Ruff Ryders Vol. 3 (Interscope)
• 2002- Afu-Ra “Miss You” Life Force Radio (Koch)
• 2003- G-Unit “Gangsta Sh*t”(street single) Violator 3 Comp/ Beg for Mercy (Interscope/Jive)
• 2003- Fabolous “Think Ya’ll Know” More Street Dreams 2 (Elektra)
• 2003- Nappy Roots “Good God Almighty” Wooden Leather(Atlantic)
• 2003- Drag-On “Put your Drinks Down” Hell and Back (Virgin)
• 2004- Young Buck “Let Me In”, “Bang Bang” Straight Outta Cashville (Interscope)
• 2005- Fabolous “No Need For Conversation”, Czar Noc “Beauty Queen” Coach Carter Soundtrack (Capital)
• 2005- Ludacris “Pass Out” Red Light District (Def Jam)
• 2005- The Game f/ Nate Dogg “Special” The Documentary (G-Unit/Aftermath/Interscope)
• 2005- 50 Cent- “Piggy Bank”,“God Gave Me Style” The Massacre (Shady Aftermath/Interscope)
• 2005- Cassidy “Crack” I’m A Hustler (Full Surface/J)
• 2005- Trina “Throw It Back” f/ Deuce Poppi The Glamorest Life (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
• 2005- Talib Kweli “Drugs, Basketball & Rap” f/ Planet Asia & Phil Da Agony Right About Now (Geffen)
• 2005- Norfclk “Put Ya Hands Up” Ludacris Presents Disturbing Tha Peace (Def Jam)

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Special Projects – Television and Film

• 2003- Corona ad music
• 2003/2004 – MTV and MTV2 Sucka Free Sundays Theme Music
• 2004- Vibe Awards Theme Music
• 2001- BET’s Top 25 Countdown Theme Music
• 2005- BET’s Rap City Theme Music
• 2005- MTV and MTV2 Sucka Free Sundays Theme Music
• 2005- Various songs for 50 Cent’s Bulletproof Music video game
• 2006- NBA Live “Tilted” Lupe Fiasco
• 2006- Various Songs for Get On the Floor music video game
• 2006- Gangsta (interlude)Rich Boy featuring Mark Twain(Interscope)

2005/2006 Unreleased projects

• Bayje "20 Miles to Graceland" on upcoming album (Atlantic)
• Cory Gunz – "Pick It Up" on upcoming album (Def Jam)
• Hotwrite - “Money Boys” on upcoming album (Warner)
• J Valentine - "What It Do", "Sinny Sin Sin" (J Records)
• Jermaine Dupri f/ Anthony Hamilton “Sprung” Green Light (SoSo Def)
• Lupe Fiasco – “Tilted” and “Hurt Me Soul” on upcoming album (First & Fifteenth/Atlantic)
• Lloyd Banks- "Get Clapped" on upcoming album - July 28 (G-Unit/Interscope)
• Freeway – "Nothing On Me" on upcoming album - August (G-Unit/Def Jam)
• Mikki - untitled song on upcoming album (Virgin)
• Meagan – "Floating" on upcoming album (Def Jam)
• Rich Boy - “Gangsta” on album - March 13 (Interscope)
• Shareefa - "Give Me Your Loving" f/ Bobby Valentino on upcoming album (DTP)
• Smitty - "Grind Boy" on upcoming album (J Records)
• Thara - “You”, “You’re Everything” f/ Fabolous (Desert Storm)
• Trick Daddy – untitled song on upcoming album (Slip N Slide/Def Jam)
• Young Buck - "Clean-Up Man" on upcoming album - March 27 (G-Unit/Interscope)