Sporting a cache of Platinum Hits that includes “Still Tippin” ,Back Then by Mike Jones, “Sittin Sideways” by Paul Wall, “Drapped Up” by Bun B, and Pouring Up by Pimp C. Salih Williams was a driving force pushing the burgeoning Texas rap scene towards widespread respectability. Salih, Carnival Beats concentrates on bridging the gap between the live instrumental feel of down home soul music and the trance-inducing repetitiveness of catchy keyboard melodies.

Hailing from Austin Tx, otherwise known as the “Live Music Capital of the World”, Salih initially entered the music business by way of a youthful r-n-b outfit called Sixx AM.
Having set a sound foundation for his decision to enter the rap game, Salih took to the studio and almost immediately hit it big in 2000 by providing the beat for Big Moe’s regional sensation “Barre Baby”. National acclaim was soon to follow as Big Moe’s second album “Purple World” hit MTV airwaves by way of Salih’s carousel of swerving conjecture titled “Purple Stuff”.