Carvin & Ivan


Carvin & Ivan are a production duo from Philadelphia consisting of producers and songwriters Ivan "Orthodox" Barias and Carvin "Ransum" Haggins. Initially starting out as solo hip hop artists, Haggins and Barias moved into production and songwriting. They have written and produced songs for Jazmine Sullivan, Jill Scott, Faith Evans, Musiq Soulchild, Justin Timberlake, Mario, Chris Brown, Ledisi, Raheem DeVaughn, Keyshia Cole, Jaheim, Estelle, Floetry, Skillz, Ace Hood, Rick Ross and others.
They are notable for introducing Musiq Soulchild to the world and giving him his staple sound. They are responsible for writing and producing the vast majority of Musiq's more popular charted singles such as "Just Friends (Sunny)", "Halfcrazy", "Dontchange", "B.U.D.D.Y.", "Teachme" and others.
Ivan currently serves on the board of governors and is the president of the Philadelphia Chapter of The Recording Academy. On February 1, 2011, Carvin & Ivan became creative ambassadors for the city of Philadelphia as a part of Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation's Philly 360°.

Early years and history

Carvin & Ivan met in the mid-1990s at A Touch Of Jazz, a recording studio in Philadelphia owned by DJ Jazzy Jeff.
In 2011, Ivan was selected as an ambassador of the Philadelphia 76ers community program La Liga del Barrio.

Discography

1997

Kenny Lattimore - Love Jones: The Music

1998

Kenny Lattimore - From the Soul of Man
  • "Destiny"

2000

Musiq Soulchild - Aijuswanaseing
Jill Scott - Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1
  • "Honey Molasses"

2001

Jill Scott - Experience: Jill Scott 826+
  • "High Post Brotha"
  • "Gimme"
Angie Stone - Mahogany Soul
  • "The Ingredients Of Love"
Lina - Stranger on Earth
  • "Bye Bye Baby"

2002

Musiq Soulchild - Juslisen
  • "Newness"
  • "Caughtup"
  • "Stopplayin"
  • "Halfcrazy"
  • "Time"
  • "Solong"
  • "Bestfriend"
  • "Dontchange"
  • "Something"
  • "Ifiwouldaknew"
Dawn Robinson - Dawn
  • "Party, Party"
  • "Get Up Again"
Floetry - Floetic
  • "Headache"
  • "Opera"
Syleena Johnson - "Chapter 2: The Voice"
  • "Dear You"
  • "I'm Gon Cry"
  • "No Words"
  • "So Willingly"

2003

Musiq Soulchild - Soulstar
  • "Youloveme"
  • "Womanopoly"
  • "Forthenight"
  • "Infatueighties"
  • "Whoknows"
  • "Babymother"
  • "Missyou"
  • "Thereason"
  • "Romancipation"
  • "Givemorelove"
Joe - And Then...

2004

Jill Scott - Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2
  • "Bedda At Home"
  • "Family Reunion"
Mario - Turning Point
  • "Like Me Real Hard"
Planet Asia - The Grand Opening
  • "Pure Coke"
Skillz - Okayplayer - True Notes Vol. 1
  • "Take It Back"
Toshinobu Kubota - Time to Share
  • "Breaking Through"
  • "Hope You'll Be Well"

2005

Faith Evans - The First Lady
  • "Again"
  • "I Don't Need It"
  • "Stop'n'Go"
  • "Jealous"
  • "Get Over You"
  • "Until You Came"
Chris Brown - Chris Brown's Journey
  • "So Glad"
Brian McKnight - Gemini
  • "She"

2006

2pac- Pac's Life
  • "Playa Cardz Right "
  • "Scared Straight"
Heather Headley - In My Mind
  • "Losing you"
Keshia Chanté - 2U (album)
  • "Kiss"

2007

Musiq Soulchild - Luvanmusiq
2pac- Best of 2Pac Part 2: Life
  • "Dopefiend's Diner"
Freeway - Free at Last
  • "This Can't Be Real"

2008

Raheem DeVaughn - Love Behind the Melody
Jazmine Sullivan - Fearless
  • "Foolish Heart"
Keyshia Cole - A Different Me
Skillz- The Million Dollar Backpack

2009

Musiq Soulchild - OnMyRadio
Ledisi - Turn Me Loose
  • "Alone"
  • "I Need Love"
Ace Hood - Ruthless
Amerie - [In Love (Musiq Soulchild song)|Love & War (Amerie album)|In Love & War]
  • "The Flowers"

2010

Jaheim - Another Round
Faith Evans - Something About Faith
Skillz - The World Needs More Skillz
  • "Celebrate Life"
  • "Wants and Needs"
Leela James - My Soul
  • "If It's Wrong"
  • "It's Over"

2011

Ledisi - Pieces Of Me
  • "I Gotta Get To You"
Jill Scott - The Original Jill Scott from the Vault, Vol. 1
  • "I Don't Know "

2012

Estelle - All of Me
  • "The Life"
SWV - I Missed Us
  • "Love Unconditionally"
Kenny Lattimore - Back To Cool
  • "Find A Way"
Alex Boyd - Commit Me
  • "Wish I Knew"
Tamia - Beautiful Surprise
  • "Still Love You"
Curt Chambers - One Way Ticket
  • One Way Ticket
  • Hollywood
  • Grass Is Greener
  • Keep Calling
  • Out Of Body Prelude
  • Out Of Body
  • Out Of Body Outro
  • Loaded Gun
  • Loaded Gun Outro
  • Desert Dry
  • Desert Dry Outro
  • Digging For Gold
  • New America Prelude
  • New America
  • Incredible Redux
Q. Parker - The MANual
  • "Belongs to You"
  • "Completely"

2013

Chrisette Michelle - Better
Raheem DeVaughn - A Place Called Loveland
  • "Interlude - Album Intro"
  • "Love Connection"
  • "Wrong Forever"
  • "Complicated"
TGT - 3 Kings
  • "Burn Out"
Glenn Lewis - Moment of Truth
  • "Random Thoughts"
  • "Up & Down"
  • "Searching For That One"
  • "Closer"
  • "I Wanna Go Deep"

2014

Ledisi - The Truth
  • "88 Boxes"

2015

Kenny Lattimore - Anatomy of a Love Song
  • "Find a Way"
  • "You Have My Heart"
  • "What Must I Do"

2017

Bell Biv DeVoe - Three Stripes
  • "One More Try"
Stokley - Introducing Stokley
  • "Organic"
  • "Think About U"
  • "Cross The Line"
  • "Art In Motion"
  • "U & I"
  • "We/Me"
Ledisi - Let Love Rule
  • "Forgiveness"

Awards and nominations

Ascap Awards

ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards