Salaam Remi

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Salaam Remi is a hip hop producer and keyboard player, known for his association with Nas and his reggae-tinged, often referred to as "broken bottle" approach to production. A good example of this is the production on the Nas record 'Made You Look', off his 2002 release 'God's Son', which was a big hit commerically in the U.S. and UK. The son of studio musician Van Gibbs, Salaam first appeared on record as the keyboardist for Kurtis Blow's 1986 release Kingdom Blow. In the late 1980s Salaam began mixing records and, in 1992, he produced the reggae group Zhigge.

Salaam Remi has been associated with releases like Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper", The Fugees' multi-platinum The Score LP and Toni Braxton's "You're Makin Me High". Most recently, he contributed some tracks to Jurassic 5's 2006 LP Feedback.

Salaam Remi also produced 10 tracks on the 2002 UK sensation Ms. Dynamite's album entitled 'A Little Deeper', including the hugely successful lead single 'dy-na-mi-tee' - which had moderate crossover success in the U.S. market. Essentially helped make Ms. Dynamite the star she is today in the UK. Nickname is "The Chameleon".

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