Best known as a producer of Houston’s most illustrious rap hits of the 2000’s, most notably Still Tippin’ by Mike Jones, Williams infuses an intentionally slow-paced, country feel to anything he touches. But for as much as Salih Williams reveled in his ascendency to rap producer royalty, the performer in him longed for a return to the stage. As he rolled into the 2010’s, Salih worked as each a keyboardist, guitarist and songwriter to develop singer LaTasha Lee into a contemporary soul chanteuse backed by a full band known as the BlackTies. Cut to the year 2017 and Salih Williams has finally turned singing frontman, releasing a solo blues single and video titled “Lil Woman Off My Mind”. Dubbing his latest musical incarnation the Dirty Water project, Williams appears to be aligning himself with fellow Central Texas native Gary Clark, Jr. as a highly-skilled purveyor of now-ancient African-American styles translated for contemporary audiences.