Ski Beatz

Ski Beatz (born David Willis), also known as DJ Ski and originally MC Will-Ski, is a hip-hop producer and former member of 1990s rap group Original Flavor. His connection to Damon Dash (who managed Original Flavor) bore fruit when Dash hired him in to work on the debut album of his own artist, Jay-Z, whose Reasonable Doubt album was released in 1996, marking Ski Beatz's first major production, including the album's first major single "Dead Presidents." The lead single, along with Ski Beatz's production on "Feelin' It" and "Politics as Usual," featured similar jazzy ("Feelin' I...