Djibril Gibson Kagni (born October 13, 1977) is a record producer and songwriter. Gibson's first full credit production work was in 2004 on Trouble (Akon album) for American rapper Akon.
Djibril Gibson Kagni | |
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 Kagni at a 2014 recording session | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Djibril Gibson Kagni |
| Born | October 13, 1977 Dakar, Senegal |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Record producer, songwriter |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | |
In 2007, Gibson started working with Russian artist Timati.[1] Timati was already a popular face in Russia, but not internationally. Gibson and Timati made the hit "Welcome to St. Tropez" together.[2][3]
Early life
editGibson graduated from Howard University. Then he decided to join his cousin, Akon, on the Konvict Muzik label.[4]
Music career
edit2004–2005
editTrouble Gibson has worked closely with Akon from the beginning of Akon's career in 2004 and has been a member of Konvict Muzik.
2006–2008
editKonvicted Gibson's work on Akon's album Konvicted was success[citation needed]
2008–2009
editFreedom Gibson's production on the album began in May 2008 and ended in late of the same year. It was released as a download on December 1, 2008, and in stores December 2, 2008. The album debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 with 110,600 copies sold in its first week.[5]
G Production
editAfter Gibson's first tour he did in 2004 with Akon's first album, Trouble. Later he created G-Production Muzik Group.
Gibson's production
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [6] |
BEL [6] |
FRA [7] |
GER [8] |
NED [9] |
SPA [10] |
SWI [11] | ||||
| "Groove On" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
2009 | – | 21 | – | 62 | 88 | — | — | The Boss | |
| "Welcome to St. Tropez" (featuring Blue Marine) |
2010 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 45 | ||
| "Welcome to St. Tropez" (DJ Antoine vs. Timati featuring Kalenna) |
2011 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 2011 | |
| "I'm on You" (featuring P. Diddy, Dirty Money and DJ Antoine) |
2012 | – | – | – | 50 | – | – | 62 | SWAGG | |
| "Not All About The Money" (with La La Land featuring Timbaland and Grooya) |
32 | – | – | 29 | – | – | 7 | |||
| "Sex in the Bathroom" (featuring Craig David) |
– | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
Production work for recording artists
editGibson work with many A-list artists and here is production work that Gibson did:
- Timati - Ключи от рая (The keys to paradise / Kljuchi ot raja) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat Egor Kreed - Где ты, где я (Where are you, where am I) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat Keti Topuria - Маленький принц (A little prince / Malen'kij princ) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati - О последней любви на земле (About the last love on Earth / O poslednej ljubvi na zemle) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati - Давай (Come on / Davaj) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati - Новая русская мечта (New Russian dream / Novaja russkaja mechta) 2016 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Hardwell feat Jason Derulo - "Follow Me" from album United We Are 2015 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Pitbull - "Drive you crazy" from album Globalization 2014 (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- The Game - " Gangsta party " (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Booba - "King" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Booba - "Salads tomate ognion" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Winter Gordon - "All my life " (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- School Gylrs - "Something like a party" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat P Diddy – "I’m on you" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat Busta Rhymes – "Love you" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat Snoop Dogg – "Groove On" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Timati feat Eve – "Money in the bank" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Shontelle - " Love shop" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
- Ja Rule - " To the top" (produced by Gibson Kagni)
References
edit- ^ "Swagg Review by Christian Genzel" at AllMusic
- ^ "DJ Antoine vs Timati* Feat. Kalenna – Welcome To St. Tropez". discogs.com. discogs. Aug 31, 2011. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
"Welcome to St. Tropez" became a top-ten hit in Australia, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Switzerland.
- ^ Lipscomb, Paul. "Gibson Kagni: Bringing people and cultures together through music". Steinberg Creativity First. © 2015 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH All rights reserved. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ "Gibson Kagni". steinberg.net. steinberg. 2014-01-01. Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
Gibson was born in Senegal and raised in Switzerland. He started rapping with a French group called Petit Boss out of Geneva.
- ^ Gissen, Jesse. "Akon & Scarface Debut On the Charts, Kanye Goes Gold". XXL Mag. Townsquare Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal".
- ^ Steffen Hung. "DJ Antoine vs. Timati feat. Kalenna - Welcome To St. Tropez". lescharts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
- ^ sds
- ^ "Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl".
- ^ "Timati – Welcome To St. Tropez". αCharts. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "DJ Antoine vs. Timati feat. Kalenna - Welcome To St. Tropez". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-09.