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-winning group Bass is Base. He frequently collaborates with producer

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; together they have written and produced songs for

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and

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. Injeti's work with Eminem and

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has garnered 3

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s, as well as Grammy nominations for Aloe Blacc's '' Lift Your Spirit'' and P!nk's '' The Truth About Love''.

Solo career

In 1993, while students at the

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, Injeti,

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and

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formed the group Bass is Base. They independently released ''First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers'', which went on to sell 30,000 copies and garner them a Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording in 1994. Their first single, ''Funkmobile'', was an underground hit, eventually receiving heavy rotation on

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. This led to opening performance spots for

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and

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. After the success of ''Funkmobile'' the band was signed to

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, and released their second album ''Memories of the Soulshack Survivors'' in 1995. In 1996, the band had their first breakout

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hit, "I Cry", which would enter the top 20 on the Pop and Adult Contemporary charts in Canada. Following the release of their second album, the band toured until 1997, opening for groups such as

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, TLC and James Brown. Despite their rapid rise to success and signing a major label record deal, the band members decided that their original intentions for creating the group had been forgotten, and disbanded to pursue other interests. In 2001, Injeti released his debut solo album ''Daydreaming''. The album was co-produced by David Kershaw and fused a variety of styles, including acoustic grooves, b-boy rap, fusion jazz and mainstream pop. After focusing work with other artists and starting the group

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, Chin released his second solo album, ''D'tach'', in 2010. The album featured minimal production, combining influences in to a sound Injeti dubbed "Urban-Folk". He released a companion EP in 2011 entitled ''Re'tach'', which featured different producers remixing tracks from ''D'tach''. Injeti's latest release ''The Reverb'' was released in 2014, and includes appearances by

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, Sophia Danai, and The New Royales' Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues.

Songwriting and Production

Injeti's production career began with Bass is Base's debut album ''First Impressions for the Bottom Jigglers''. He went on to produce

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's debut album, ''Blam!'', developing a sound described as "Hick-Hop". He continued working with other artists, including

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, The Canadian Tenors and Mad Child, and composed "Ansomnia" with Zaki Ibrahim for the soundtrack for Tyler Perry's film ''

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''. In 2008, Injeti began collaborating with multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning producer

. Together they have written and produced a number of commercially successful records, including "Fear" from

's So Far Gone

's "Could've Been You" (ft.

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) from ''

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'',

's "

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" (feat.

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) from '' Til the Casket Drops'' and "Can You Do This" from Aloe Blacc's Grammy-nominated album '' Lift Your Spirit''. Along with DJ Khalil, Erik Alcock and Liz Rodrigues, Injeti formed the production team known as

. The group has worked with a number of major artists, including writing and producing tracks for Eminem on '' Recovery'', ''

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'', and the Southpaw soundtrack, and for P!nk on the Grammy-nominated album The Truth About Love. Injeti's work has won 3 Grammy Awards: Best Rap Album for Eminem's ''Recovery'' and ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'', and Best Gospel Album for

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Discography

References

External links

* official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Injeti, Chin 1973 births Living people Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian musicians of Indian descent Canadian bass guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian hip hop record producers Canadian male singers Canadian contemporary R&B singers Male bass guitarists Place of birth missing (living people)