In 1996, with an invitation from the UCLA Extension program, Kashif created "Contemporary Record Production with Kashif". Between 19, Kashif continued to churn out the hits for Jermaine Jackson, The Stylistics, Melba Moore, George Benson, Stacy Lattisaw, and many others. Also contained on that album was another duet that yielded yet another international hit, the song "Reservations For Two" with Dionne Warwick. The track also appears on Meli'sa Morgan's album Good Love. In 1987, he produced "Love Changes", a chart topper in which Me'lisa Morgan was his duet partner and that name was taken from his bestselling album, which had the same name. Kashif also produced "Where You Are" on Houston's second project, the result, a 15-million selling (25 million until current day) album entitled Whitney. The album became the bestselling debut album by a female artist. Kashif also produced and was her duet partner on " Thinking About You", a single track from Houston's 17-million selling (30 million until current day) debut album. The result was the hit " You Give Good Love".
In 1985, Kashif teamed up with then newcomer, Whitney Houston. It was during this time that he met and launched the career of then unknown Kenny G with "Hi How Ya Doin" and "Tribeca". He also wrote and produced "Inside Love" for his musical idol, George Benson.
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In 1985, he received another Grammy nomination for another instrumental entitled "The Movie Song". His Grammy nominations are for the instrumentals "The Mood", "Call Me Tonight", "Edgartown Groove" featuring Al Jarreau. Kashif can be heard on releases by Kenny G, George Benson, Evelyn "Champagne" King, Johnny Kemp, Melba Moore, Dionne Warwick, Giorge Pettus, Stacy Lattisaw, Meli'sa Morgan, Exposé, The Wootens, Freda Payne, Whitney Houston, and others. Over the next ten years, he created hits including " So Fine" for Howard Johnson, " Love Come Down", " Betcha She Don't Love You", and "Back to Love", among many others. The song revitalized King's career and branded Kashif as one of the most sought-after producers of the day. In 1981 Kashif wrote and produced the hit " I'm in Love" for Evelyn "Champagne" King, which was a shift in sound from King's " Shame" to a minimalist becoming Kashif's signature sound. Record producer and activist 1981: I'm in Love 1989's Kashif included the cover of the Four Tops' hit " Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)". On the Love Changes album, Exposé provided background vocals. His other albums include Condition of the Heart (1985), Love Changes (1987) and Kashif (1989). In 1984, his second album, Send Me Your Love resulted in two Grammy nominations, "Edgartown Groove", featuring Al Jarreau, and the instrumental "Call Me Tonight" along with the hits "Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart" and "Are You the Woman". With this release, Kashif was well received as an innovator in music, as R&B artists were only beginning to experiment with synthesizers and other electronic instruments. Introduced to Arista by Milton Allen, the artist development director, his self-titled debut album Kashif (1983) spawned the hits "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)", "Stone Love", "Help Yourself to My Love", "Say Something Love", and the instrumental track "The Mood". In 1983, Kashif signed with Arista Records as a solo artist. Express and landed a job as a keyboardist for R&B musician Stephanie Mills.
Seeking a more challenging musical assignment in 1978, Kashif exited B. Express, whose credits included the hits "Express" and " Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)", among others. In 1974, Kashif was recruited as a keyboard player and vocalist to join the funk band B. By age 12, with the mentoring of his junior high school music teacher (Robert Wedlaw) he had mastered several musical instruments and began performing in some of New York's night clubs ( Copacabana (nightclub) and Lloyd Price's Turntable).
His introduction to music came in the form of a $3.00 song flute when he was in elementary school. He was constantly abused physically and mentally by his foster parents, and at the age of six, he moved into a more stable foster home. His only connection to his birth family is his birth certificate, which indicates that his biological mother was incarcerated when he was four months old. Kashif was born Michael Jones on Decem(Some media outlets list his birth year as 1959), in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.