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Salaam Remi On Sampling For Nas and Amy Winehouse

Unlike most super producers, Salaam Remi doesn't have an identifiable sound of his own. He's better known for mining a sound from each act he works with that, in turn, becomes their signature sound.
Unlike most super producers, Salaam Remi doesn't have an identifiable sound he loans out to various acts. He's better known for mining a sound from each act he works with that, in turn, becomes their signature sound.

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Sonic reinvention is Salaam Remi's secret weapon. He's given artists their signature sound and remixed careers. He made the Fugees go ooh-la-la and turned

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