Salaam Remi...Respect Due
Yes! you all know that name, so why is he such an under rated producer and remixer?, this Man has put in much work since the early 90's and you never really hear much about him at all.
I think that's a shame and even more so when kids only know the name from the Ini Kamoze-Here Comes The Hot Stepper (1994) or the Nas-Made You Look joint (2002) which was a banger by the way, the way he slowed down Apache was perfection and Nas killed it, in fact Nas still does his best work over Salaam's beats, now please read on...
right then ..
y'all kids tucked in?
(yeah)
Heeeeeeeerrrrreee we go...
Salaam Remi was born Salaam Gibbs, the son of Van Gibbs, who himself was a prolific producer and studio musician and produced for The Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow and MC Rell and a whole host of Pop, Jazz, Funk and R & B artists since the mid 80's.
Salaam started out playing keyboards for Kurtis "These are The Breaaaaaakkkksss" Blow for his 1986 Kingdom Blow album, he gained an interest in production and soon ended up producing and programming on MC Rell & The Houserockers-Into The Future album (1989).
Then Marley Marl and Craig G roped him in for some co-production and a remix on Craig G's second album Now That's More Like It (1991),In 1992 he laced up Zhigge's only album in 1992 (except for Harlem a track that he co-produced with Milo Johnson) and also Supercat's-Ghetto Red Hot and a few tracks on the Bobby Konders & Massive Sounds album.
Then he went onto produced and/or remix for...
House of Pain
Biz Markie
Black Sheep
The Fugees,
King Sun
Naughty By Nature
Major Stress
Channel Live
Runaway Slaves
Brand Nubian
Public Enemy
Vicious
Funkmaster Flex (co-production)
Nas
Rebelz of Authority
AZ
Jurassic 5
Ludacris
Fu-Schnickens
Ras-T
Pras & Wyclef
John Forte
Canibus and others...
plus he also laced many Reggae and Ragga artists like
Supercat
Born Jamericans
Mega Banton
Patra
Shabba Ranks
Kymani Marley
Worl-A-Girl
Beenie Man and many Pop & R & B artists as well,(including Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse) he is still going strong today...but as this blog focuses on the older days, I have put together a little compilation together of dope Salaam Remi remixes and joints he produced.
Salaam Remi, really is a jack of all music trades and his production is fat, he used quite a few breaks and samples/loops long before other producers as well, his resume is lengthy and incredible, so from myself and Cold Rock Da Spot...Respect Salaam.
Jaz Presents Salaaam Remi-Respect Due Mix...New link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q0FIDPZZ
1-craig-g-no favours (remix by salaam remi)-1991
2-biz markie-studda step-1996?
3-da bush babees-remember we (remix)-1995
4-king sun-big shots-(remix)-1991
5-channel live-lock it up-1995
6-zhigge-born black-1992
7-brand nubian-hold on (remix)-1994
8-black sheep-without a doubt (remix)-1994
9-major stress-more and more-1995
10-supercat-south central (outstanding remix)-1994
11-ras-t-ill nig-1996
12-rebelz of authority-blast of the iron-1995
13-supercat-ghetto red hot-1992
14-mega banton-sound boy killing (remix)-1994
15-da bush babees-brooklyn movement-1995
16-urban thermo dynamics-my kung fu (remix)-1994
17-major stress-a day in da stuy-1995
18-fugees-nappy heads (remix)-1994
19-zhigge-rakin in the dough (uptown bounce remix)-1992
20-buckshot lefonque -no pain no gain (remix)-1995
special thanks to fink177 for the major stress joints and el keter for additional info.
*please note, I find Megaupload the best for files this size and longevity, please be patient if you can't get it the first time.(the trick is to keep re-freshing)
discography
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Salaam+Remi
interview from 2005
http://rapnews.co.uk/?p=479
website
www.salaamremi.com
13 comments:
Yo,
What up Jaz.
Thanks for hookin up these dope comps! Dude's skills are under appreciated.
peace,
-Ern
Salaams Ready for the show Remix of Ready or Not by the Fugees is one of the best songs to get a party crackin' I've ever played. Thanks for the other tracks
I agree man, but I wanted to get away from the Fugees everyone knows and focus on the remix he did for them in 1994.
Salaam's first few "big" records were the Supercat remix joints he did with Bobby Konders before he got to put out that Zhiggee album. He also produced most of the Nervouse/Wreck records Funkmaster Flex put his name on, like "Six Million Ways To Die" featuring Nine ( then 9mm ) and Tragedy. After that and Zhiggee the Fugees stuff really put him on the map. He's doing his best work right now. The stuff he did for both of Amy Winehouse's albums is incredible. And that AZ record he did with the other Incredible Bongo Band loop was way more bananas than "Made You Look."
... even though "Ghetto Red Hot" was big, it didn't have the same impact as "Here Comes The Hot Stepper" did and it charted all around the World and most people thought that the Bobby Konders (and Massive Sounds) material was only produced by Bobby Konders.
He didn't produce the Funkmaster Flex joints, he only co-produced those.
While "Hotstepper" was a much bigger hit in the Pop arena for sure, the Supercat remixes ( both "Don Dada" and "Ghetto Red Hot" ) had a HUGE impact here in the states. Those records were enormous on the streets, in the clubs and even on the radio, and were more instrumental in breaking Dancehall Reggae into the urban mainstream than even Shabba Ranks had been. After that every party break record was flipping those samples and basslines. It was out of hand. And anybody who was actually paying attention knew Bobby Konders wasn't solely responsible for those joints. As far as the Flex records gos, it's pretty obvious when you look at his production work afterwards that those Flex records ( as well as a number of the other "party break" joints that came out from other NY DJs around the same time ) had more of Salaam's fingerprints on them then they did Flex's.
word and I agree with you El and that was all I was trying to get at, you would know more about it than me. because I wasn't there to hear and see what you saw.
I appreciate your input and info god.
peace
mate!!! it wasn't untill i started blogging that i realised how much salaam did! there is just too many joints out there and i cant agree with you more about how under rated the man was and is!
the first time i noticed the name was on the ya'll so stupid album and some of the stuff i posted up on my blog has realy made me think about his stuff!
nice nice blog man! i do agree with you about the full album stuff but i have had some pretty good feedback from artists just saying thanks for apreciating their work which kinda makes it easier. I think true heads will always go out and look for the dope shit anyways so its a win win situation for a lot of acts that have been forgotten (unfortunately)
i also think with the nas track "where are they now" we could see a bit of a comeback for some of those artists which will hopefully resurrect hip hop.
damn i've been looking for that buckshot lefonque remix for ages. great blog. keep it up.
WOW...he is underrated...i think hes sexy too..his tracks turn me on especially "in my bed" that "made u look" beat .....f**kin turn on....he got that touch wit his tracks....
does anybody know the sample from the remix of da bush babees - remember we?
thanks fo this, salaam is one of my fav all time producers, and yea underated as hell.
He had a hit in the uk with dy-na-mi-tee, i'd love to get my hands on the instrumental for that track. one of my favourite salaam beats
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