GRAMMY Award Winning producers and d-lites Play*N*Skillz have been nominated for three 2009 GRAMMY Awards. The GRAMMY nominations come in three key categories — Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for their work on Lil’ Wayne’s Tha Carter III and for co-writing and production work in the Best Rap/Song Collaboration category for the Lil’ Wayne featuring T-Pain break out single Got Money, which was one of the chief songs of Lil’ Wayne’s career and helped fasten Tha Carter III as the highest selling album of 2008.
“Earning three Grammy nominations is another testament to our hard work and determination to be a real force in this industry,” said Play of production duo Play*N*Skillz.
“When we created the melody for “Got Money” we knew it was going to be a smash hit, these are the moments you dream about, said Skillz of production duo Play*N*Skillz.
Play*N*Skillz have previously earned a GRAMMY in 2007 in the Best Rap Collaboration category for their work on Chamillionaire’s record breaking hit Ridin’ Dirty. They were also nominated for Best Rap Song for Ridin’ Dirty in 2007. Play*N*Skillz are currently finishing up tracks for their sophomore album, Out Da Box as well as LP’s by Hurricane Chris, Yung Joc, Paul Wall, Slim of 112 and Lil’ Wayne’s upcoming project.
They have also just released their new single Checkin My Fresh featuring Jay-Z.
Brothers, Juan “Play” and Oscar “Skillz” Salinas have been gaining serious credit as A-list producers having worked with some of the top names in the industry also including Pitbull, Bun B, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Hilary Duff, Slim Thug, Nina Sky and Lil’ Flip. Play-N-Skillz’ sophomore album Out Tha Box will be released on G4 Recordz in the summer of 2009.
