#MANICMONDAYS VIDEO!: RHYTHM ROULETTE - SALAAM REMI

 For this edition of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal linked up with Salaam Remi. Getting his first taste of studio work with Kurtis Blowe, Salaam Remi was destined to work with some of the greats like Nas, Amy Winehouse, Fugees (The Score), Ini Kamoze (“Here Comes The Hotstepper”), Jurassic 5, and more. He’s also worked on soundtracks for films like Office Space, Zoolander, The Departed, and Blood Diamond. He’s most recently been working with Bodega Bamz, Joell Ortiz, and Nitty Scott as No Panty. After hitting up A-1 Records, Salaam ends up with George Faith’s Soulful, Danny La Rue in London, and The Who’s Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy. Putting his faith in George Faith, he finds the backbone of his beat and then pulls some samples from the others. Joell Ortiz also makes a short cameo to comment on the work-in-progress beat.

#MANICMONDAYS VIDEO!!: RHYTHM ROULETTE - DRUMMA BOY

 For this episode of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal went to Atlanta to link up with acclaimed producer Drumma Boy.

#SLAPPERSATURDAYZ VIDEO!: RHYTHM ROULETTE - araabMUZIK

 For this episode of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal linked up with araabMUZIK. If you start making music for the Diplomats before you're supposed to graduate from high school, you better pray that you're consistently at the top of your game. That's what araabMUZIK has been doing and then some. The Rhode Island producer has made a name for himself, in more than one way. His live MPC sets are dizzying and his imagination behind the boards is still expanding. He also miraculously survived a gunshot to the head in an attempted robbery in Harlem earlier in February. But he pushed through and released his album Dream World in July and produced Joe Budden's last album Rage & The Machine. As you can assume, it was only a matter of time before we got araab for Rhythm Roulette. We hit up Moodies Records in the Bronx and ended up with CDs from Blue Magic, Diana Ross & The Supremes, and The Dramatics (he's not messing with vinyl). Then back at the studio with his AKAI MPC, araabMUZIK chops up samples and does what he does best. Layer after layer, he builds in his signature sound and producer drops for what could be the intro to the next Dipset album.

VIDEO!: SEATTLE'S OWN.. JAKE ONE DOES THE RHYTHM ROULETTE

 For this episode of Rhythm Roulette, Mass Appeal linked up with Jake One. Very few artists can traverse the constantly shifting borders between the underground and the mainstream like Jake One. The Seattle producer is respected, and rightfully so, in both worlds for his work with 50 Cent and G-Unit, De La Soul, E-40, DOOM, and more. He's also worked on complete projects with Freeway and Brother Ali. Then with Mayer Hawthorne, he put out a feel good album under the Tuxedo moniker. Basically, his production credits weigh a ton. From Spin Cycle to his studio in Washington, Jake lucks out with The Best of Herbie Hancock, The Manhattans' Forever By Your Side, and a Reverend E. Stanley Branch record. Jake One's sampling methods kick in immediately as he skips around the records, finding a "Yeah!" from Rev. Branch and some drums from The Manhattans. He hears something worth taking from the choir on Rev. Branch's record then drums from Herbie. The Manhattans also helped provide a snare. As the beat comes together all on his keyboard, he goes back to the choir to find some shouting to fill out the beat. Jake tinkers around with a bass line and before you know it, he's sequenced a beat fit for the church and the club. SEATTLE'S OWN!!!

#LEOSEASON VIDEO!: RHYTHM ROULETTE - CHILDISH MAJOR

 A few years ago, “U.O.E.N.O.” was everywhere. The phrase almost reached YOLO levels. The producer behind that Rocko track, Childish Major, has kept his head down over the year and lived in the studio by working with Two-9, SZA and Isaiah Rashad, Spillage Village, Jeezy, and Miloh Smith and OG Maco. His extensive work with southern rappers had us looking forward to some slow cooked beats for perfection.

#BLACCMUSICMONTH VIDEO: DOT DA GENIUS - RHYTHM ROULETTE

NEW MUSIC!: BIG K.R.I.T - STICKS & STONES (from rhythm roulette)

REMEMBER THAT RHYTHM ROULETTE I POSTED WITH BIG K.R.I.T. FLIPPING SOME SAMPLES INTO A HOT BEAT?..WELL HERE'S THE END RESULT!

ITS FRIDAY!! VIDEO: BIG K.R.I.T. TRIES HIS PRODUCTION HAND AT RHYTHM ROULETTE

VIDEO: RHYTHM ROULETTE - ORGANIZED NOIZE

VIDEO: MANNIE FRESH - RHYTHM ROULETTE

VIDEO: DJ BABU - RHYTHM ROULETTE

..PRODUCERS WHO GOT TO RECORD STORES..BLINDFOLD THEMSELVES AND PICK 3 RANDOM RECORDS TO SAMPLE OFF OF AND MAKE A BEAT TO!

VIDEO: SKI BEATZ DOES THE RHYTHM ROULETTE

 On this episode of Rhythm Roulette we have the legendary Ski Beatz. From legendary tracks like Jay-Z's "Dead Presidents" to modern day classics like Curren$y's Pilot Talk, Ski has been laying legendary production down for more than 20 plus years.