Kip Collins

Alarza Lee Collins Jr. (1969 – 2006), best known as Kip, was born on April 26, 1969. Alarza Lee Collins Jr. was an American record producer and composer who had collaborated with a number of music artists in the 1990’s and early 2000’s.

Biography

Professional Path

In the early 90’s, Kip Collins started on his path of professional musical collaborations by taking on Keith and Hank Shockley of the Bomb Squad as one of his first clients. In 1993 Kip collaborated with R&B singer Aaron Hall on his album “The Truth,”. In 1995, he collaborated with singer Monifah on her song “I Miss You”. Kip went on to work with artists such as Heavy D and contribute songs to the “Living Single” Soundtrack. He was the music director for the Warner Brothers’ sitcom “Built to Last” in 1997.

In 2000, Kip Collins wrote, produced, and played instruments for Faith Evans and Jennifer Lopez. One of his biggest musical accomplishments blossomed when he was given the opportunity by his manager Troy Moet (Mo'Entertainment!) to create the musical score and produce numerous songs for MTV’s “Carmen: A Hip Hopera”. Later on in 2002, Kip became the musical director and composer for UPN’s TV series “Half & Half.”

Discography

Year	Album	Song - Artist	Role
1993	The Truth	Aaron Hall	Programming
	Joy and Blues	Head Top – Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers	Keyboards/Drum Programming
1994	Time To Taste Bass	Dancin’ Dirty – Dirty Curt	Producer/Engineer/Mixing
	Debelah	Debelah Morgan	Producer
1996	Moods…Moments	You Don’t Have To Love Me; I Miss You (Come Back Home); Nobody’s Body; It’s Alright –Monifah	Producer/Keyboards
1997	Living Single: Music from & Inspired by the Hit TV Show	Don’t Waste My Time – Esaga (featuring Pamela Bryant), Gamin – Deborah Williams, I Commit To You – Chris Gaddy & Pamela Bryant	Mixing/Guitar/Programming/Producer/Engineer
1999	The Notorious K.I.M.	Hold On –Lil’ Kim	Keyboards
2000	Love Crimes	Are You Fuckin’ Around – Ruff Endz	Producer
2001	MTV’s Carmen: A Hip Hopera	The Introduction – Da Brat, What We Gonna Do – Rah Digga, If Looks Could Kill (You Would Be Dead) – Beyonce ft. Mos Def, Sam Sarpong, Cards Never Lie – Beyonce ft. Wyclef Jean, Rah Digga, The Last Great Seduction – Beyonce ft. Mehki Phifer, B.L.A.Z.E – Rah Digga ft. Casey Lee, Joy Bryant, Black & Blue – Mos Def ft. Mekhi Phifer, Stop That! – Beyonce ft. Mekhi Phifer, Blaze Finale – Casey Lee, Immortal Beloved (Outro) – Da Brat	Producer/ Engineer
	J.Lo	Come Over - Jennifer Lopez	Instrumentation/Producer
	Faithfully	Brand New Man - Faith Evans	Producer
	Kamnesia	Benefits - Kam	Producer
2002-2006	Half & Half	UPN Television Show	Music Supervisor / Theme Song / Scene Cues
2006	Uncovered/Covered	Just A Dream - Kenny Lattimore/Chante Moore	Producer/Engineer

References

• Dedication from cousin http://www.bigmen4christ.com

• "Kip Collins" Website: http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kip+Collins

• Valenti, John. "Motorcycle crash kills man in Uniondale" Newsday, August 31, 2006
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0172462/
• http://movies.nytimes.com/person/346278/Kip-Collins
• http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/credits/0,,416500,00.html
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kip+Collins