Rhythm Roulette: Ski Beatz

On this episode of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal presents the legendary Ski Beatz. From legendary tracks like Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" to modern day classics like Curren$y's Pilot Talk, Ski has been laying legendary production down for more than 20 plus years.

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[airess]

Man I would love to see 4 producers use the same records that was randomly chosen to make a beat just to see the different visions

[Slowjo]

That Dead Presidents beat is about as close to perfection as you can get

[buyerofbeer]

One of the most underrated producers of all time.

[ksper]

I think it's crazy how different beatmakers will approach stuff. I heard so many samples I'd pitch down, pitch up, chop up, that he just skipped over man. Such a cool art form

[JayBee]

I watched this years ago and never get sick of hearing this beat. It pops into my head frequently... and here I am listening yet again. My favorite rhythm roulette. Saw a comment I posted here 2 yrs ago and stand by it today: M.O.P. would be fire over this. IMO.

[Thessalonians_]

Dead Presidents is the greatest Rap instrumental I've ever heard in my life. Thank you, Ski!

[Jasmine-jvpv]

I’m addicted to watching these who tryna rhythm roulette and chill!? 😂

[flyboymcgee]

Damn. That is a Grammy loop right there. Jay-Z could slay that

[TasherreRisayMusic]

Expect nothing less than heat with Ski Beatz. Much Respect.

[dbcooprrr]

Ive watched every episode of this series, and Ski yours is definitely in the top 3 because not only did you make good use of the records, you played your own instruments on top to make it a complete banger. Nice work man.

[tallgeese]

I almost tripped when he bypassed that Squeeze LP initially. I LOVED Squeeze back in the day and I heard some beat making material on this LP.

Glad Ski Beatz used it!

[Diwani_Spark]

This shit was too ill we are talking about some heavyweight stuff here Ski is underrated

[tysonngubeni]

Without a doubt one of the finest Rhythm Roulette episodes. What a craftsman. 🔥👌😊

[kedurham]

Jay could do so much on a ski beat its ridiculous,  

[fiercekoolaid]

This man literally created arguably the most iconic and best instrumental in rap history.

[NolaVibes]

God damn.. That beat... Definitely the best episode

[chrisneal]

These videos are timeless... and those drums were hard af

[officialbluespadeproductio]

I think this has to be one of the best Rhythm Roulettes. Salute to Ski.

[MYEVILTWIIN]

I write house and techno but love watching how other producers from all different genres go about creating their tracks, this one is one of the best I've seen from this series, by taking what would be a totally obscure British band like Squeeze to an American and turning their sounds on its head to create something completely new is brilliant, a lot of people say that sampling is lazy, I say it's not lazy finding that little 2 second bit of audio in amongst a full 50/60 minutes of music is an art form and if it wasn't for people like The Prodigy or The Chemical Brothers I would have missed out on a lot of other artists music if I hadn't read the sleeve notes of their albums and went and checked those guys out . I think even Jools Holland from Squeeze would like this 👍

[JayBee]

Thats how you do the damn thang!!! Would love to hear M.O.P. over this.