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“So I wanted to give him more mature, more melodic musical type of atmospheres. “ was wise beyond his years at the time,” he said. Ski perfected this while working on Reasonable Doubt. When you work for an artist for any amount of time, you start to get into their psyche and understand what type of music fits them best.”

“He would come to my crib when I was living in Harlem we’d just vibe out. Jay at the time was in Brooklyn,” Ski continues. “From what we was doing to how he was thinking was something totally different. “When Jay rapped, I was like, This guy is on a whole ’nother level,” the producer recalls. “It was sampled, so I didn’t have to be too elaborate with them-get something, chop it up, make it feel dope.”Īs an MC in Original Flavor, Ski shared a manager with Jay Z. “I don’t think any of those beats took that long to create,” the producer said.

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Jay and his producers wring the maximum amount of feeling from a minimal template: The percussion in “Dead Presidents II” sounds shockingly full of character, like it was played on a broken, rusted garbage can the keys evoke a depressed carnival player fooling around after hours.Īccording to Ski, simplicity of sound was matched by simplicity of method.

R&B bands have been attempting to replicate this mixture of lackadaisical and authoritative ever since rap perfected it in the ’90s. These rhythm sections are as fine as any you’ll find, casual yet razor sharp. Reasonable Doubt avoids this pitfall by exploring a very small subset of sounds, especially on the first, and strongest, half of the album: drums, bass, and keyboard.

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