Salaam Remi on ‘Thief’s Theme’ vs ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ (Interview)

Versatile producer and long-time Nas collaborator Salaam Remi shares his thoughts on will.i.am using the very same Apache sample for the title track of Hip Hip Is Dead that Remi had used to create Thiefs Theme for Nas merely two years earlier.

Duration : 0:4:41


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2 Responses to “Salaam Remi on ‘Thief’s Theme’ vs ‘Hip Hop Is Dead’ (Interview)”

  1. MegaManZeroV1 on March 5th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Cool interview, …
    Cool interview, very informative too. I remember Nas was bringin’ the heat that summer. Serious and Talk of NY definitely should have been on the album.

    Finally learned why HHID had the Theif’s theme beat. Genius lol.

  2. MegaCityWestEndTV on March 5th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Streets Disciple is …
    Streets Disciple is the last great Album from Nas The later two albums didn’t really do it for me. Great Video for Thief’s Theme, classic.

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