Michael "Kashif" Jones, född 26 december 1956 i Harlem i New York, död 25 september 2016 i Playa del Rey i Los Angeles, var en amerikansk soulsångare, producent, keyboardist och låtskrivare.
Kashif föddes i Harlem men växte upp i Brooklyn. Han inledde sin musikaliska bana som keyboardist i gruppen B.T. Express på 1970-talet. Under 1980-talet började han producera och skriva låtar för andra artister. Några artister han arbetat med är Evelyn "Champagne" King, Melba Moore, George Benson, Whitney Houston, Da Brat, Lil' Kim, Will Downing och Stacy Lattisaw.
1983 släppte Kashif sitt första soloalbum, Kashif.
| År | Album | List- placering | Skivbolag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | |||
| 1983 | Kashif | 54 | 10 | Arista |
| 1984 | Send Me Your Love | 51 | 4 | |
| 1985 | Condition of the Heart | 144 | 32 | |
| 1987 | Love Changes | 118 | 17 | |
| 1989 | Kashif | — | 29 | |
| 1998 | Who Loves You? | — | — | Expansion |
| 2004 | Music from My Mind | — | — | Brooklyn Boy |
| "—" albumet nådde ingen placering. | ||||
| År | Album | Skivbolag |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Best of Kashif | Arista/BMG |
| 1998 | The Definitive Collection | Arista |
| 2002 | The Best of Kashif | BMG |
| År | Singel | Listplacering | Album | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US | US Dance | USA/C | UK | |||
| 1983 | "I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)" | 103 | 5 | 28 | — | 79 | Kashif (1983 album) |
| "Stone Love" | — | 22 | — | — | — | ||
| "Help Yourself to My Love" | — | 28 | — | — | — | ||
| "Say Something Love" | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984 | "Baby Don't Break Your Baby's Heart" | 108 | 6 | 40 | — | — | Send Me Your Love |
| "Are You the Woman" | — | 25 | — | — | — | ||
| "Ooh Love" | — | 75 | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Love on the Rise" (med Kenny G) | — | 24 | — | — | 87 | Gravity |
| "Condition of the Heart" | — | 34 | — | — | — | Condition of the Heart | |
| 1986 | "Dancing in the Dark (Heart to Heart)" | — | 36 | — | — | — | |
| "Love the One I'm With (A Lot of Love)" (med Melba Moore) | — | 5 | — | — | — | A Lot of Love | |
| 1987 | "Reservations for Two" (med Dionne Warwick) | 62 | 20 | — | 7 | — | Love Changes |
| "Love Changes" (med Meli'sa Morgan) | — | 2 (1w) | — | — | — | ||
| 1988 | "Love Me All Over" | — | 14 | — | — | — | |
| "Loving You Only" | — | 60 | — | — | — | ||
| "I'm in Love" (with Melba Moore) | — | 13 | — | — | — | I'm in Love | |
| 1989 | "Personality" | — | 6 | — | — | — | Kashif (1989 album) |
| 1990 | "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" | — | 33 | — | — | — | |
| "—" singeln nådde ingen listplacering | |||||||