BIOGRAPHY
The ground-breaking roots of Oakland, CA native E-A-SKI trace back deep within the concrete history of Bay Area music ā where you can find the musical fingerprints of E-A-SKI with Spice-1 before (and during) his time with Jive Records, and Master Pās early success with No Limit Records. As an original one-fifth member of No Limitās TRU, along with P, King George, Big Ed, and Rally Ral, E-A-SKI released ā1 Step Ahead of Yāallā through In-A-Minute/No Limit in 1992.
E-A-SKI produced 3 tracks off Spice-1ās self-titled debut album for Jive Records, as well as contributing another 4 produced tracks for Spice-1ās sophomore follow-up, ā187 He Wroteā, both of which were Gold-certified. āSpice-1ā peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 82 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers in 1992, as well as being named in The Source Magazineās: 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums.
ā187 He Wroteā peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and at number 10 on the Billboard 200 in 1993. Continuing to solidify the strength of his production work with Spice-1, the E-A-SKI-produced āNigga Gots No Heartā was also featured in the Menace II Society film, as well being released as a single (with video) for promotion for the now classic Hughes Brothers film. The Menace II Society soundtrack is a platinum-certified album.
In 1995, E-A-SKI scored yet again with his production on āPlaya Haterā off the Luniz āOperation Stackolaā album. Certified Platinum by the RIAA, āOperation Stackolaā served as the Luniz highest-selling album to date, peaking at number 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at Number 20 on the Billboard 200 in 1995. In addition, E-A-SKI had his song āBlast If I Have Toā featured on the soundtrack to the Ice Cube and Chris Tucker movie Friday.
This star-studded, multi-platinum soundtrack featured music from Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Scarface, Cypress Hill, Rick James, Roger Troutman and several other industry heavyweights.
If you look behind the music you will see that E-A-SKI has been involved with various stand-out projects by some hip-hopās most accomplished artists like Ice-T, Spice-1, Jayo Felony, Too $hort, Ice Cube, Master P, Nate Dogg, WC, Dr. Dre and others throughout the 1990ās and into the new millennium.
The year 1998 saw E-A-SKIās first musical collaboration with fellow west coast legend Ice Cube for Cubeās āWar & Peaceā project on the song āPenitentiaryā. In 2010 the two would re-connect for Cubeās āI Am The Westā project on the iTunes bonus track āPros vs Joesā. Most recently, E-A-SKI and Ice Cube have linked up for SKIās own single and video āPleaseā from the forthcoming ā5th of Skithovenā project, which has been spotlighted on several top media outlets like HipHopDX, 2Dopeboyz, Dubcnn, VladTV, and MTV Sucker Free to name only a few.
In 2011 and fresh off the presentation of the Okanagan 2010 Film Festival Award-winning short film āNo Problemsā (which features Danny Glover of the Lethal Weapon films), E-A-SKI started working on his current project entitled ā5th of Skithovenā, which is set to feature original, new music from the storied producer, as well as boasting appearances from Ice Cube, Freeway, Locksmith, Strange Music leader Techn9ne, B-Real of Cypress Hill and others. He has also been providing the sonic backdrop for I.M.G.M.I. recording artist Locksmith on songs like āRare Formā, āMan Upā, the heavily-buzzed and talked about song, āGrey Areaā, which features Slaughterhouse emcee Crooked I, and āOn The Lowā which has been a viral smash on the internet ever since itās leak.
In 2012, E-A-SKI continued to evolve, both as a producer and as an artist. Putting the finishing touches on the ā5th of Skithovenā, E-A-SKI releasedĀ the single āCruise Controlā, complete with another short-film movie sawĀ cameos from Ice Cube and world-renowned actor Danny Glover.
Ice Cube once again enlisted the services of E-A-SKI behind the boards for the emceeās 10th solo album titled āEverythingās Corruptā, released in 2013 Featuring Kelly Rowland of Destinyās Child, Nelly, Dr. Dre protĆ©gĆ© Slim The Mobster,
Billion-dollar social game provider Zynga Inc. has also contracted E-A-SKI to supply the game developer with music for several of their upcoming interactive programs.
Still releasing Albums of his own and continuing to work with other high profile artists, we are sure to see and hear more from the Almighty Mr. E-A-SKI.
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