Introduction
Daniel Johnson (born December 20, 1986), professionally known as Kane Beatz, is an American record producer and songwriter from Orlando, Florida.
Life and career
Johnson first found monetary success from producing while still in high school by selling his beats over the internet. Working with artists such as Micah T from Invasion Productions. He was soon contacted by Mike Caren, Executive Vice President of A&R for Atlantic Records, who signed him to a publishing contract with the label.
In February 2011, Johnson, along with fellow Atlantic Records labelmate Trey Songz as well as Atlantic Records itself, had an $18 million lawsuit filed against them by hip-hop producer Milton James claiming that the hit song "Bottoms Up" had originally been written and copyrighted by James alone.
Since his success, Kane founded his own label called The Building. The first artist signed was The Mad Violinist. Since then he signed-songwriter Kief Brown and producer Jeremy "JMIKE" Coleman, who signed in a joint venture with Dr. Luke's Prescription Songs).
Artistry
Musical style
Johnson tags most of his beats with a robotic male voice saying "Kane is in the building, nigga."
Influences
He has stated that his favorite producers and largest musical influences are Timbaland, Dr. Dre, and Mannie Fresh.
Production discography
Singles produced
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | AUS | UK | ||||
| "Tuck Ya Ice" (Trick Daddy featuring Birdman) | 2006 | — | 90 | — | — | — | Back by Thug Demand | |
| "BedRock" (Young Money featuring Lloyd) | 2009 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 9 |
| We Are Young Money |
| "Reverse Cowgirl" (T-Pain) | 2010 | 75 | 64 | — | 79 | — | non-album single | |
| "Loyalty" (Birdman featuring Lil Wayne and Tyga) | 107 | 61 | 25 | — | — | Bigga Than Life | ||
| "Bottoms Up" (Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj) | 6 | 2 | — | 74 | 71 |
| Passion, Pain & Pleasure | |
| "Right Above It" (Lil Wayne featuring Drake) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 37 |
| I Am Not a Human Being | |
| "The Show Goes On" (Lupe Fiasco) | 9 | 45 | 4 | 5 | 49 |
| Lasers | |
| "Super Bass" (Nicki Minaj) | 2011 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Pink Friday |
| "Good Good Night" (Roscoe Dash) | 91 | 44 | 21 | — | — | J.U.I.C.E. | ||
| "We in This Bitch" (DJ Drama featuring Future, Young Jeezy, T.I. and Ludacris) | 2012 | — | 68 | — | — | — | Quality Street Music | |
| "Bed of Lies" (Nicki Minaj featuring Skylar Grey) | 2014 | 62 | — | — | — | — | The Pinkprint | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||