Christian Rich
| Christian Rich | |
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 Christian Rich interview at Sir and Madame store in Chicago with Raphael Nash | |
| Background Information | |
| Birth Name | Taiwo Hassan, Kehinde Hassan |
| Born | Chicago, Illinois February 5, 1982 (age 31) |
| Origin | Lagos, Nigeria |
| Generes | Hip hop, R&B, pop, electronic |
| Occupations | Producer, DJ, recording artist, songwriter |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Associated Acts | Pharrell, Shae Haley, Neptunes, Rye Rye, N.E.R.D, Lil' Kim |
| Website | thechristianrich.com |
"Christian Rich" is a Nigeria raised, Chicago born, LA based producer and DJ duo consisting of twin brothers Taiwo Hassan and Kehinde Hassan. Under the guidance of Pharrell Williams and Shae Haley of N.E.R.D, they worked with Diddy, Lupe Fiasco, J Cole and others. Paying the favor back they introduced Pharrell and Earl Sweatshirt, which birthed the song "Burgundy" off of Earl's debut album "Doris". The duo signed with Warner Chappell Publishing and have produced on multiple #1 albums.
They recently contributed to Drake's #1 Billboard album Nothing Was the Same on the intro of "Pound Cake" which features Jay Z and produced a song for Childish Gambino's upcoming album slated for a late December release. They produced 4 tracks for Earl Sweatshirt's #1 Rap Billboard album "Doris" ("Chum", "Centurion", "Molasses", "Knight"), produced on J Cole's Gold, #1 Billboard album "Born Sinner" ("Sparks Will Fly") and also produced 2 songs for Chris Brown's upcoming album "X" ('When I Love Ya" and 'Something Special").
Christian Rich has also toured the world DJing in Paris' Social Club, Munich's P1, Miami's Bardot, Michigan's Electric Forest Festival, and many other notable venues. When asked about their versatility in music, Kehinde puts it simply that they are "designers who are popular in designing music".
Collaborations
They have worked with Lupe Fiasco, Earl Sweatshirt, Pusha T, The Clipse, Pharrell Williams/N.E.R.D and J.Cole, Rye Rye, The Noisettes, Armand Van Helden and others.
Credits and Music Production
| Year | Title | Artist | Album | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Get In Touch With Us (featuring Styles P)" | Lil' Kim | La Bella Mafia | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2003 | "I'm Serious" | Clipse | Cradle 2 the Grave (soundtrack) | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2003 | "Jumpin' " | Foxy Brown | Ill Na Na 2: The Fever | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2003 | "Go Hard " | Posta Boy | Untitled | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2004 | "I Wanna Know" | Fiona Simone | Untitled | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2004 | "Problemz" | Young Gunz | Tough Luv | Additional instrumentation with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2006 | "Big Spender" | Raekwon | The Vatican Mixtape | Co-Producer with Ez Elpee (Paperchase) |
| 2008 | "Ski Hard" | Armand Van Helden | New York: A Mix Odyssey, Pt. 2 | Featured Artist |
| 2008 | "Schemer" | Christian Rich | G-Star Raw Records Volume 1 | Featured Artist and Producer |
| 2008 | "Hello" | Izza Kizza | Kizzaland | Featured Artist and Producer |
| 2009 | "My First Model" | GLC | Love, Life & Loyalty | Featured Artist and Producer |
| 2009 | "Get Up, Get Down" | Willy Northpole | Tha Connect | Additional instrumentation with Bangladesh |
| 2009 | "Saturday Night Paranoia" | Mick Boogie & Terry Urban | Wild Young Heartbreaks (The Noisettes Remixes) | Featured Artist and Remixer/Producer |
| 2009 | "Sunshine" | Mick Boogie & Terry Urban | La De Soul | Featured Artist and Remixer/Producer |
| 2009 | "Living Thing" | Mick Boogie & Terry Urban | Peter Bjorn and John Remixes | Featured Artist |
| 2009 | "Buck Em Down" | Mick Boogie & Terry Urban | The ChangeMakers | Featured Artist |
| 2009 | "Famous Girl" | Christian Rich | The Decadence Mixtape | Artist and Producer |
| 2010 | "Hot-n-Fun (feat. Nelly Furtado)" (Christian Rich Remix)" | N.E.R.D | Hot-N-Fun The Remixes | Remixer |
| 2010 | "Hypnotize U" (Christian Rich Remix)" | N.E.R.D | Hypnotize U | Remixer |
| 2010 | "Hello Virgin" | Christian Rich | The Decadence Mixtape | Artist and Producer |
| 2010 | "Queen Bitch 101" | Lil' Kim | Ms. G.O.A.T. | Producer |
| 2010 | "Untitled" (Didn't make album cut) | Diddy | Last Train to Paris | Producer |
| 2010 | "Another Girl" (Didn't make album cut) | Lupe Fiasco | Lasers | Producer |
| 2011 | "Bombs Away" | Chris Brown | Untitled | Producer |
| 2011 | "Lovely" (featuring Pusha T) | John West | John West | Producer |
| 2011 | "We On It" | AKNU | Untitled | Producer |
| 2011 | "Face To Face" | Cris Cab | Untitled | Producer and Co-Songwriter with Cris Cab |
| 2011 | "Get Up" | DJ Mercer | Get Up | Featured Artist |
| 2011 | "Dreams" | Edison Chen | Confusion | Producer |
| 2011 | "Where Are You" | Edison Chen | Confusion | Producer |
| 2011 | "N.A.S.A" | Futurecop | Untitled | Featured Artist |
| 2011 | "Iman" | Mickey Factz | Heaven's Fallout: 4th Anniversary Re-Release/Love.Lust.Lost | Featured Artist and Producer |
| 2012 | "Dance" | Rye Rye | Go! Pop! Bang! | Producer |
| 2012 | "Tidal Wave" | Chris Rene | I'm Right Here | Producer |
| 2012 | "Face To Face" | Cris Cab | RISE | Producer |
| 2012 | "Chum" | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Co-producer |
| 2013 | "Sparks Will Fly" | J Cole | Born Sinner | Producer |
| 2013 | "Deep" | Grandtheft x Christian Rich | Deep | Producer and Artist with Grandtheft |
| 2013 | "XIX" feat Angela McCluskey | Christian Rich | XIX | Producer and Artist |
| 2013 | "XIX" feat Angela McCluskey | Paper Diamond x Christian Rich | Paragon | Producer and Artist with Paper Diamond |
| 2013 | "Centurion" | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Producer |
| 2013 | "Knight" | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Producer |
| 2013 | "Molasses" | Earl Sweatshirt | Doris | Co-producer |
| 2013 | "Something Special" | Chris Brown | X | Producer |
| 2013 | "When I Love Ya" | Chris Brown | X | Producer |
| 2013 | "Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2" Feat Jay Z | Drake | Nothing Was the Same | Intro/Speech Sampler with Utters |
| 2013 | "I.Crawl" | Childish Gambino | Because the Internet | Co-Producer |