Rhythm Roulette: Salaam Remi | Mass Appeal

For this edition of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal linked up with Salaam Remi.

Getting his first taste of studio work with Kurtis Blowe, Salaam Remi was destined to work with some of the greats like Nas, Amy Winehouse, Fugees (The Score), Ini Kamoze ("Here Comes The Hotstepper"), Jurassic 5, and more. He's also worked on soundtracks for films like Office Space, Zoolander, The Departed, and Blood Diamond. He's most recently been working with Bodega Bamz, Joell Ortiz, and Nitty Scott as No Panty.

After hitting up A-1 Records, Salaam ends up with George Faith's Soulful, Danny La Rue in London, and The Who's Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. Putting his faith in George Faith, he finds the backbone of his beat and then pulls some samples from the others. Joell Ortiz also makes a short cameo to comment on the work-in-progress beat. Watch the full creation process above.

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[illaFX]

I got some mad nostalgia hearing that intro beat.

[itzKal]

Salaam looks like he's in his 20s still... the man is 44! Damn.

[aarona.dubzperson]

Been to his crib before when he lived in Manhattan. Dude had so much equipment it was SICKENING!!! UGGGGHHH. MY dude and brother from another mother BK took me over his crib...

[nubianfx]

my eyes just about popped out of my head. Salaam Remi is behind quite a few songs that changed me life.

[Nashid]

He's in my top 5 but, if I had made this beat, I'd have turned off the MPC without saving.

[smithwigglesworth]

This is what it is. So many youngstas have never touched the vinyl and hardware. Remove the studio setting and insert a basement and this is the 90s and 00s for countless hip hop heads. Nice

[jaycole]

was expecting way more from this great producer

[Bobomulo]

Why is hip hop so full of trolls? Been following Rhythm Roulette and there's not a single producer not getting flak from some "Mr. Nobody" that prolly can sell a beat to the neighborhood high school rapper. Is it just a culture of badly brought up kids that can't respect leaders and elders?

[SleepFan]

This dude's given us classics from The Fugees - Nappy Heads [Remix] to Nas' God's Son album, which is my favorite Nas album after Illmatic. His end result was a decent beat, but nothing mind blowing. Respect.

[jeplarson]

he looked like he was in timeout when he was at the mpc

[blkgostnone]

Finally someone who actually cut on the main board/screen....usually consoles are used as laptop rests or just basic backdrops for the video. Thank you for showing that there are producers who ACTUALLY have some knowledge of the equipment they're around (unless Mass Appeal just always edit those scenes out). I guess having equipment around you gives you "street cred" as a producer lmao

[phoenixbyrd]

happy thanksgiving to us man... #excited

[gunmetal]

One of the better Roulettes. Very nice, wish this track was on an album.

[LUFC]

The beat might not sound anything special to your average ear, but to the real hip hop fan, they know this beat would be fire with someone spitting over it

[mrsoshadabaadman]

Easily one of the greatest producers of all time.

[thablackkat]

I just took a break from my 4000 and just went to YouTube for some inspiration when all of a sudden THIS POPS UP ON MY FEED! EVERYTHING else was on pause for the next 7 minutes and 7 seconds.

[ralphman]

Don't forget he also worked with Amy Winehouse

[diymusicbiz]

I thought for sure he was going to use the bit starting at 1:18

[Solemusic]

Ay Yo.... this the best series on Youtube 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

[corywilliams]

Thank U Mass Appeal!!!....between Nas, Fugees, Amy cat iz steal dat C-low part Joell!!!..lol