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Salaam Remi Gibbs, better known as Salaam Remi, is a hip hop producer and keyboard player, known for his association with Nas, Amy Winehouse, Fergie, and his reggae-tinged (often referred to as "broken-bottle") approach to production. A good example of this unique style can be found in the production on the Nas record "Made You Look", off his 2002 release God's Son.
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. His first full production was in 1992, for the hip-hop group Zhigge. He has also worked with such luminaries as the Fugees and Black Sheep.
Salaam Remi has been associated with releases like Lil' Flip's "I Need Mine", Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes the Hotstepper", The Fugees' multi-platinum The Score LP, and Toni Braxton's "You're Makin Me High." He also produced 10 tracks on the 2002 UK sensation Ms. Dynamite's album titled A Little Deeper, including the hugely successful lead single "Dy-Na-Mi-Tee", which had moderate crossover success in the U.S. market[citation needed]. Salaam contributed tracks to Jurassic 5's 2006 LP Feedback and Nas' 2006 album Hip Hop is Dead and, more recently, racked up production credits on Frank, the platinum debut from North London soul-jazz singer Amy Winehouse. He also worked on her follow up, Back to Black, and was producing her third album that was to be released in 2011 up until her death. Remi also worked with Nelly Furtado on her first Spanish language album, Mi Plan. Remi's active projects in late 2008 include Jazmine Sullivan, Nas, Free, Nick Harrison, Lemar, Noel Gourdin, Julian Perretta, Leona Lewis, Corrine Bailey Rae, and Craig David, as well as many film and TV projects.
Peter Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapper. He rose to prominence in the early 1990s as one half of the critically acclaimed group Pete Rock & CL Smooth. After the duo went their separate ways, Rock continued with a solo career that has garnered him worldwide respect, though little in the way of mainstream success. Along with groups such as Stetsasonic, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots and Gang Starr, Rock played a major role in the merging of elements from jazz into hip hop music (also known as jazz rap). He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned alongside DJ Premier, the RZA, and J Dilla as one of the mainstays of 1990s East Coast hip hop production. Pete Rock is also the older brother and younger cousin, respectively, of rappers Grap Luva and the late Heavy D.
Pete Rock was born in The Bronx, New York, the sixth of seven children of Jamaican immigrant parents. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was seven years old. During high school, he met his future recording partner CL Smooth. According to Rock, his father was also a part-time DJ who had an impressive record collection. Rock would often accompany his father to a cricket club called Wembley in The Bronx and watch as he spun records for the guests. His first job was as a paperboy, in his neighborhood.
[Verse 1: Akon]
She's a drama queen
Queen from a movie scene
Scene, she did everything
Thing, and that's all I could ask for
Know she was a pain
Pain, oh how I miss her brain
Brain couldn't stop that train
Train brushes colder than glass scars
[Hook: Akon]
That chick had one in the chamber
Just when I thought I was out of danger
Four ring and I still went out and banged her
Banged her, it's all f-cked up now
It's all f-cked up now
That chick had one in the chamber
Just when I thought I was out of danger
Four ring and I still went out and banged her
Yeah, I banged her, and it's all f-cked up now
It's all f-cked up now
[Verse 2: Akon]
Should've known the first time
First time felt good, but it was the worst time
The worst time, them pretty birds fly
Then them doves cry
It's all f-cked up now
Cause I'm hooked up now
It'll never be the same now
Cause my only hopes going down the drain now
There is just nothing left to say now
Say now, cause it's over now
It's over now
[Hook: Akon]
Cause she had one in the chamber
Just when I thought I was out of danger
Four ring and I still went out and banged her
Yeah, I banged her, and it's all f-cked up now
All f-cked up now
That chick had one in the chamber
Just when I thought I was out of danger
Four ring and I still went out and banged her
Oh yes, banged her, it's all f-cked up now
It's all f-cked up now
[Bridge]
She got one in the chamber
She got one in the chamber
She keep one in the chamber
That chick keep one in the chamber
Chamber
[Outro]
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