Salaam Remi

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and label executive Salaam Remi has been a low-profile but crucial figure in the evolution of rap and R&B since the mid-'80s. His immense body of work has been acknowledged with numerous accolades, yet his diverse abilities -- he's proficient at working with sampled breaks and live orchestras, and has been successful with belters, crooners, a wide variety of rappers, and even dancehall stars -- have gone severely under-recognized. This is due in large part to a preference for having the spotlight remain on the artists. Remi first topp...