Editing Nile Rodgers (section)

===1990s: Production, reformed Chic and death of Edwards, Sumthing Else===
[[File:Nilerodgersatlecrib.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Nile Rodgers at his Le Crib Studios, 1999]]
In September 1990, shortly after the death of [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], the Rodgers-produced [[Vaughan Brothers]] album ''Family Style'' was released.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fanelli|first1=Damian|title=See Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimmie Vaughan in the Studio Together |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/see-stevie-ray-and-jimmie-vaughan-studio |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Guitar World |date=March 30, 2016}}</ref> He produced records for [[David Bowie]], [[Eric Clapton]],<ref name="Associated Press">{{cite news|title=Music legend Niles Rodgers tries theater |url=https://www.wvgazettemail.com/music-legend-niles-rodgers-tries-theater/article_b4ce2ec0-471c-5224-a86b-abbef262fffb.html |access-date=September 5, 2018 |agency=Associated Press |date=May 15, 2011}}</ref> [[the B-52s]], [[David Lee Roth]],<ref name="Boston Herald">{{cite news|last1=Gottlieb |first1=Jed |title=Nile Rodgers will have everyone dancing when Chic hits TD Garden |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/2017/08/nile_rodgers_will_have_everyone_dancing_when_chic_hits_td_garden |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Boston Herald |date=August 4, 2017}}</ref> [[Ric Ocasek]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-07-18-9103200556-story.html|title=Ric OcasekFireball Zone (Reprise) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)The idea of ...|last=Kampert|first=Patrick|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=November 4, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> [[the Stray Cats]]<ref name="MTV Italy">{{cite web|title=Stray Cats|url=http://www.mtv.it/musica/artisti/stray-cats/s1fja8|website=MTV.it|access-date=September 5, 2018|archive-date=November 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105063658/http://www.mtv.it/musica/artisti/stray-cats/s1fja8|url-status=dead}}</ref> and others early in the decade, and worked on the soundtracks for ''[[Thelma and Louise]]'', ''[[Cool World]]'',<ref name="Salon">{{cite news|last1=Zaleski |first1=Annie |title=The "Wayne's World" soundtrack at 25: "Bohemian Rhapsody," Alice Cooper and how the album became secretly influential |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/03/12/the-waynes-world-soundtrack-at-25-bohemian-rhapsody-alice-cooper-and-how-the-album-became-secretly-influential/ |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Salon |date=March 12, 2017}}</ref> and ''[[The Beavis and Butt-head Experience]]''.<ref name="Las Vegas Weekly" />

Rodgers and Edwards reformed Chic in 1992 and recorded new material for the album ''[[Chic-Ism]]''.<ref name="Rolling Stone 2">{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Nile Rodgers Preps First Chic Album in Two Decades |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nile-rodgers-preps-first-chic-album-in-two-decades-74000/ | access-date=September 5, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 2, 2015}}</ref> In 1996, they released a Japan-only album consisting of old Chic material rerecorded with guest vocalists, ''[[Chic Freak and More Treats]]''. Edwards and Rodgers performed with [[Sister Sledge]], [[Steve Winwood]], and [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] in a series of commemorative concerts in Japan.<ref name="Blog Goo Ne Jp">{{cite news |title=Chic Freaks and More Treats |url=https://blog.goo.ne.jp/basinger/e/b2cc7a7204607708fa9695b612edea3e |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Blog Goo Ne Jp |date=April 11, 2011}}</ref>

Edwards died following a concert on April 17, 1996. Rodgers discovered his body. He later said that he "cried like a baby and suffered intensely but eventually realised the best tribute to him would be to carry on and be the best I could be."<ref name="independent.co.uk a8292731">{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/nile-rodgers-global-ambassador-renaissance-man-cancer-survivor-beatles-a8292731.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/nile-rodgers-global-ambassador-renaissance-man-cancer-survivor-beatles-a8292731.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Nile Rodgers struts his stuff in his new gig at Abbey Road|work=The Independent|access-date=September 20, 2018|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Independent UK 1306966">{{cite news |last1= Perrone| first1= Pierre |title=Obituary: Bernard Edwards – People |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bernard-edwards-1306966.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-bernard-edwards-1306966.html |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=August 10, 2014|work=The Independent |date=April 27, 1996}}</ref> A year later, Rodgers returned to Japan to pay homage to Edwards, and in 1999, Rodgers released ''[[Live at the Budokan (Chic album)|Live at the Budokan]]'', a live recording of Edwards' final performance. The album was not overdubbed or changed in order to keep the recording pure.<ref>{{cite web|author=Alex Henderson |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-budokan-mw0000237670 |title=Live at the Budokan|website=AllMusic|date=February 23, 1999|access-date=August 10, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Exclaim">{{cite news |last1=Sylvester |first1=Daniel |title=Chic Live at Budokan |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/chic-live_at_budokan |access-date=September 5, 2018 |work=Exclaim |date=January 25, 2009}}</ref>

Rodgers started playing live concerts again while composing and producing music for the film soundtracks ''[[Beverly Hills Cop III]]'',<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Newman |first1=Melinda |title=Nile Rodgers' Life Work Honored By Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/6458425/nile-rodgers-honored-recording-academy-producers-engineers |access-date=September 5, 2018 |magazine=Billboard |date=February 4, 2015}}</ref> ''[[Blue Chips]]'',<ref name="Encyclop Sports Films">{{cite book |last1=Edgington |first1=K |title=Encyclopedia of Sports Films |date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810876538 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3xBVtMpDYaoC&q=%22Nile+Rodgers%22+%22Blue+Chips%22&pg=PA63 |access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]''<ref name="CMW">{{cite web |title=Legendary Producer & Hit-Maker Nile Rodgers at Canadian Music Week 2014 |url=http://cmw.net/legendary-producer-hit-maker-nile-rodgers-at-canadian-music-week-2014/ |website=cmw.net |access-date=September 5, 2018}}</ref> and ''[[Feeling Minnesota]]'', working with [[Bob Dylan]], among others.<ref name="Twin Cities PP">{{cite news |last1=Raihala |first1=Ross |title=Nile Rodgers talks about Chic, Prince and his doorman mistaking Bob Dylan for the Unabomber |url=https://www.twincities.com/2017/07/26/nile-rodgers-talks-about-chic-prince-and-his-doorman-mistaking-bob-dylan-for-the-unabomber/ |access-date=September 6, 2018 |work=Twin Cities Pioneer Press |date=July 26, 2017}}</ref>

In 1997, [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] released "[[Mo Money Mo Problems]]" sampling Rodgers and Edwards' song "[[I'm Coming Out]]" from Diana Ross's platinum album ''[[Diana (album)|Diana]]''. "Mo Money, Mo Problems" topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for two weeks<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news |last1=Wood |first1=Mikael |title=How the Notorious B.I.G. revived old songs with 'Life After Death' |url=https://latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-notorious-big-samples-20170309-story.html# |access-date=September 6, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 9, 2017}}</ref> and was nominated for the 1998 [[Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group]].<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Richard |title=Grammy's Nods |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/01/07/grammys-nods/16209b58-9e0b-48bc-a099-b5b060ecb73e/ |access-date=September 6, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 7, 1998}}</ref>

In 1998, Rodgers founded Sumthing Else Music Works record label and [[Sumthing Distribution]], an independent music label distributor. Sumthing focused on distributing video game soundtracks, and released the world's first 5.1 surround DVD game-soundtrack album.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Battino |first1=David |last2=Richards |first2=Kelli |title=The Art of Digital Music |date=2005 |publisher=Backbeat Books |isbn=0-87930-830-3 |page=[https://archive.org/details/artofdigitalmusi00davi/page/96 96] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/artofdigitalmusi00davi/page/96 }}</ref> Its titles include the ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'', ''[[Resident Evil]]'', ''[[Gears of War]]'' and ''[[Borderlands (video game)|Borderlands]]'' series.<ref name="Audio Media Int">{{cite news |title=Composer Jesper Kyd to receive the Nile Rodgers Global Creators Award at 2018 Canadian Music Week |url=https://www.audiomediainternational.com/business/kyd-will-be-honoured-with-the-2018-nile-rodgers-global-creators-award |access-date=September 6, 2018 |work=Audio Media International |date=April 25, 2018 |archive-date=November 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105062314/https://www.audiomediainternational.com/business/kyd-will-be-honoured-with-the-2018-nile-rodgers-global-creators-award |url-status=dead }}</ref>