Back in 2009, Dame Dash started an art collective known as DD172 which brought together a lot of dope rappers and producers. Ski Beatz was behind a lot of the beats on the releases from rappers like Curren$y, Mos Def, Murs, and more. There was some good music that came out of DD172 that I wanted to shine some light on. I also wanted to go back to detail how Ski Beatz and Dame Dash linked up back in the day.