Monday, September 20, 2010
Music Video: Joell Ortiz - Sing Like Bilal
Filmed at Hot 97. On my word I been hearing this (apparently) DJ Premier-produced record on Hot 97 for a while now but I had no idea it was called "Sing Like Bilal"!
[via Miss Info]
Labels: DJ Premier, Joell Ortiz
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
DJ Mix: DJ Eclipse Live on DJ Premier's Live From Headqcourterz (7/15/10)
For you underground heads out there....
Playlist:
1. Eminem feat. Slaughterhouse "Session One" prod. by Just Blaze
2. Capone-N-Noreaga "Brother From Another" prod. by Kyze/Ace
3. Dom Pachino "You Used To Be" prod. by Bronze Nazareth
4. DJ MUGGS vs ILL BILL feat. Sick Jacken & Uncle Howie "Narco Corridos" prod. by DJ Muggs
5. Rakaa feat. Fashawn, Evidence & Defari "Aces High" prod. by Alchemist
6. Kool G Rap "Goin In" prod. by Gordon Humphrey
7. 1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) "People Are Running" prod. by Statik Selektah
8. Planet Asia feat. Copywrite "Up All Night" prod. by Twiz The Beat Pro
9. Rakaa feat. Aloe Blacc "Crown Of Thorns" prod. by Sid Roams
10. Rhymefest feat. Twone Gabz "Truth On You" prod. by Terry Hunter
11. Capone-N-Noreaga "Obituary" prod. by Green Lantern
12. Nick Javas "Warning Track (Remix)" prod. by DJ Premier
13. Pharoahe Monch feat. Mela Machinko "Shine" prod. by Diamond D
14. Skyzoo & Illmind "Frisbees" prod. by Illmind
15. Fat Joe feat. Rico Love "No Problems" prod. by Scoop DeVille
16. Nutso "So Tired" prod. by Reef
17. Ras Kass "Golden Chyld II" prod. by Leaf, cuts by Rhettmatic
18. Scram Jones "Fork In The Road" prod. by Scram Jones
19. Black Milk "Welcome (Gotta Go)" prod. by Black Milk
20. Eternia & MoSS feat. Tona & Maestro Fresh Wes "Day In The Life" prod. by MoSS
21. Add-2 "Cooley High" prod. by Ynot The Best
22. Black Sheep feat. P & V "Come Back Home" prod. by UrbanSoul Music Group
23. Bun B "Let Em Know" prod. by DJ Premier
DJ Eclipse Live on DJ Premier's Live From Headqcourterz - 7/15/10 [usershare mp3 download link]
[via DJ Eclipse]
Labels: DJ Premier, Live From HeadQCourterz
Monday, June 21, 2010
New Music Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap (prod. by DJ Premier)
Cool, FREE track from Wax Poetics' Converse 45 Series:
Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap (prod. by DJ Premier) [Wax Poetics mp3 link | non-US reader alt. link: zshare]
[Wax Poetics via Metal Lungies | zshare via DJ Premier Blog]
Labels: DJ Premier
Saturday, April 24, 2010
DJ Premier's Keith 'Guru' Elam Salute Mix
Just getting into checking out this mix myself, but the opening track in Prem's mix says it all!
I'm stilll f-cked up over the passing of Guru and now DJ Hideo, who has sadly been sick for a long while now, just passed away too? So many people have passed from cancer recently its f-kcing CRAZY!. Go make a donation or something - PLEASE!
[Semtex via Tom Laroc]
Labels: DJ Premier, Gangstarr, Guru
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
The Tributes Continue for Gang Starr's Keith 'Guru' Elam
Tribute mixes:
Flow 93.5's DJ Starting from Scratch's Guru Tribute Mix HERE.
OTA Live and Flow 93.5's The Boogeyman Guru Tribute Mix HERE. [zshare link via CityonmyBack.com]
DJ Mister Cee’s Guru Tribute Mix on yesterday's Throwback at Noon show on Hot 97 HERE. [megaupload via Rap Radar]
Related:
Guru Family Releases Statement. <-- Now this is more like it. That leech Solar should be ashamed of himself for the f-ckery he has been trying to perpetrate. [via Rap Radar]
Labels: boo, DJ Premier, Gangstarr, Guru, Starting from Scratch
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
R.I.P. Keith 'Guru' Elam: July 17, 1966 – April 19, 2010
"Rapper Guru of Gangstarr has died aged 43 after a long battle with cancer, according to statements published online."
I just can't believe this. Truly my heart is broken over this horrible news. Maybe I need to read the news more closely but am I the only who didn't know he was suffering from cancer??
Click HERE for the full Billboard.com article.
Labels: DJ Premier, Gangstarr, Guru, WTF
Friday, April 16, 2010
FADER TV: Interview with DJ Premier!
A reunion album with KRS-One called The Return of the Boom Bip with Q-tip and Grand Puba?? I'll buy that for a dollar™. (© Robocop)
[via The FADER]
Labels: DJ Premier, Gangstarr, Old School Hip Hop
Friday, April 02, 2010
New Mixtape: DJ Supa Dave - The Best Of Gang Starr
41 classic Gangstarr joints and not a Solar-produced track in sight! I'm still praying for Guru - literally every day. Seriously....
Download DJ Supa Dave - The Best Of Gang Starr HERE. [mediafire link]
[via DJ Concept]
Labels: DJ Premier, Gangstarr, Guru, mixtapes, Old School Hip Hop
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Video: Manhattan Records presents DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock - A Legendary DJ Battle (trailer)
This is going down May 2 at the Ebisu Liquid Room in Tokyo, Japan.
Per my boy, Kvn:
"This club is an icon in Tokyo, as is Manhattan Records. Sounds like this is gonna be a killer party - Tokyo loves the golden age...."
BUY tickets HERE.
Follow - @chocboywunda (Pete Rock) | @LiquidRoom
Labels: DJ Premier, Old School Hip Hop, Pete Rock
Friday, March 19, 2010
New music: Juice Crew – Mr. Magic Tribute (Dj Premier Remix)
This, I think, features everybody (Big Daddy Kane, MC Shan, Craig G, Shante, Marley, Biz and TJ Swann) from the legendary Marley Marl-helmed Juice Crew except Masta Ace and Kool G. Rap.
Juice Crew – "Mr. Magic Tribute (Dj Premier Remix)" [usershare mp3 links: stream | download]
[mp3 link DJ Premier blog via Grandgood]
Labels: DJ Premier, Juice Crew, Mr. Magic, Old School Hip Hop
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Video: Red Bull Music Academy Interview with DJ Premier
"Everyone's got a favourite Primo beat. Whether it's the backdrop of Nas' portrayal of New York underworld in N.Y. State of Mind, Gang Starr's tale of greed and ambition Just To Get A Rep, or the panicky dream sequence of I Can't Wake Up from KRS-One, some of THE finest MCs to have ever graced a mic, have spit deep lyrics over a chopped up break from Primo's crates. Now time has proved that DJ Premier defined an era. Back then, both beatmakers and MCs first had to battle to the top of the pile, and then had to have something to say. Primo's tracks in themselves are masterpieces in honesty, direct statements carrying the messages of MCs like Biggie, Rakim, Mos Def and Bahamadia [ed note: did the RBMA just cite Bahamadia ahead of say, Snoop Dogg or Jay-Z??] straight to the heart while still rocking the dance."
[via Nah Right]
Labels: DJ Premier
Friday, December 11, 2009
ForbezDVD.com on Samples And How DJ Premier Used Them
Thursday, October 15, 2009
New mixtape: DJ Concept - [PRIMO] On Fire
From DJ Concept:
"Just a small offering of some sick productions by Premier. There is no rhyme or reason here, just good music. Enjoy."
Track listing:
Verbal Threat - Reality Check
Big Shug - It Just Don’t Stop
Termanology, MOP & Papoose - Watch How It Go Down (Remix)
Skyzoo & Torae - Click
Black Poet - Voices
Teflon & Styles P - Married To The Game
Dilated Peoples - Clockwork
Non Phixion - Rock Stars
Royce da 5'9" - Boom
Kanye, Nas, KRS-One & Rakim - Classic
Mos Def - Mathematics
Afu-Ra - Mic Stance
The Lox - Recognize
Big L & Big Daddy Kane - Platinum Plus
Jay Z - So Ghetto
Random Artists - Instrumentals For The Emcees
Download the DJ Concept - [PRIMO] On Fire mixtape HERE. [mediafire via execute1200.com]
Online:
DJ.Concept - website | myspace | twitter | youtube
Labels: DJ Concept, DJ Premier, mixtapes
Sunday, September 27, 2009
DJ Roc Raida: Video & Tribute Mixtapes
Grandmaster Roc Raida live at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum:
[via eskay]
Bonus:
Download DJ Premier's R.I.P. Grandmaster Roc Raida Tribute Mix here: zshare. [via Premo blog / Rock the Dub]
Eclipse on his September 23 Halftime Show Roc Raida Tribute show:
"On Sunday night I threw together a short Roc Raida tribute set at the beginning of my Sirius show. On Monday night Premier and I held our monthly "Like They Used To Say" party at APT which we dedicated to Roc Raida and were able to raise over $4,000 for his family. On Wednesday night I wanted to do a proper tribute show so I contemplated on what to do. As I compiled every song I could that Raida was featured on (production or scratches) I thought it would be better to reach out to his friends and get their take on what the man meant to them. What started out as a dozen or so people that I intended to talk to snowballed into phone call after phone call of friends wanting to share stories. Please forgive me if I left out someone's name (or misspelled) in this email, but following is a list of who called or showed up at station (no particular order):
Boogie Blind, Daddy Dog, Roli Rho, Kuttin Kandi, Riz, JS-1, Jab, Sugar Cuts, Neil Armstrong, Fat Fingaz, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, A-Trak, J-Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, Scratch, Revolution, Rahzel, Bobbito, A.G., Lord Finesse, Dr. Butcher, Vin Roc, DJ Grouch, Freestyle, Spictakular, Shortkut, Supreme and Tame One.
We ended up going an hour longer then we should have. In between calls I found some old cassette tapes of radio show appearances by the X-Men. I hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as I did. Thanks to the whole Halftime crew for making this run smooth; Skizz, Petey Cologne and Marz One. To everyone that showed up or called in....I love you all."
Download the DJ Eclipse Halftime Radio Show Roc Raida tribute: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [zshare links via Eclipse] or one large Box.net file [via Rock the Dub]
Online:
DJ Eclipse - myspace | twitter | facebook
Tweet
[via eskay]
Bonus:
Download DJ Premier's R.I.P. Grandmaster Roc Raida Tribute Mix here: zshare. [via Premo blog / Rock the Dub]
Eclipse on his September 23 Halftime Show Roc Raida Tribute show:
"On Sunday night I threw together a short Roc Raida tribute set at the beginning of my Sirius show. On Monday night Premier and I held our monthly "Like They Used To Say" party at APT which we dedicated to Roc Raida and were able to raise over $4,000 for his family. On Wednesday night I wanted to do a proper tribute show so I contemplated on what to do. As I compiled every song I could that Raida was featured on (production or scratches) I thought it would be better to reach out to his friends and get their take on what the man meant to them. What started out as a dozen or so people that I intended to talk to snowballed into phone call after phone call of friends wanting to share stories. Please forgive me if I left out someone's name (or misspelled) in this email, but following is a list of who called or showed up at station (no particular order):
Boogie Blind, Daddy Dog, Roli Rho, Kuttin Kandi, Riz, JS-1, Jab, Sugar Cuts, Neil Armstrong, Fat Fingaz, Q-Bert, Mixmaster Mike, A-Trak, J-Rocc, Babu, Rhettmatic, Scratch, Revolution, Rahzel, Bobbito, A.G., Lord Finesse, Dr. Butcher, Vin Roc, DJ Grouch, Freestyle, Spictakular, Shortkut, Supreme and Tame One.
We ended up going an hour longer then we should have. In between calls I found some old cassette tapes of radio show appearances by the X-Men. I hope you enjoy listening to the show as much as I did. Thanks to the whole Halftime crew for making this run smooth; Skizz, Petey Cologne and Marz One. To everyone that showed up or called in....I love you all."
Download the DJ Eclipse Halftime Radio Show Roc Raida tribute: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [zshare links via Eclipse] or one large Box.net file [via Rock the Dub]
Online:
DJ Eclipse - myspace | twitter | facebook
Labels: Dj Eclipse, DJ Premier, mixtapes, Roc Raida
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
M.O.P.'s Foundation is in stores TODAY!!!
Downloads:
M.O.P. - "What I Wanna Be" feat. Rell (prod. by DJ Premier) [mediafire mp3 link via Clockwork Music]
Previously:
M.O.P. - "Crazy" feat. Termanology | "Shell Casings"
But how will Foundation do on Hip Hop Super Tuesday, part 2? Join the disucssion here.
Labels: DJ Premier, M.O.P.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Video: DJ Premier vs. DJ Scratch in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Thursday, July 09, 2009
More Michael Jackson Tribute Links....
Download:
Cosmo Baker's "Michael Jackson Tribute Set (Live & Uncut @ Hi Fi Club, Calgary, AB)" [zshare mp3 stream/download link)
and I think I missed this one in my previous tribute mixes post:
DJ Premier - R.I.P. Michael Jackson Tribute Mix [zshare via the DJ Premier blog]
BTW: I jacked that one from this excellent round-up of Michael Jackson links at Rafi's Oh Word blog here.
Related:
Michael Jackson Remix & Cover Links | Michael Jackson Tribute Articles | R&B and Hip Hop Artists who've sampled Michael Jackson
Labels: Cosmo Baker, DJ Premier, Michael Jackson
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Video: Common - "NY State of Mind" Live
Cover of the classic Premo-prooduced Nas track from the immortal Illmatic, reimagained as "Chi Town State of Mind." [via RapRadar.com]
Labels: Common, DJ Premier, Nas
Monday, April 06, 2009
Video: Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint EPK
Featuring live footage, interviews and DJ Premier. Click here for more.
Labels: Blaq Poet, DJ Premier
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Eclipse x Premo - "Live From HeadQCourterz" Audio
Audio of Eclipse filling in for DJ Premier on his Live From HeadQCourterz Radio Show last Friday (March 20). Zshare audio links here:
Part 1 | Part 2
Eclipse will also be filling in this Friday when his guest will be Illa J (J Dilla's brother). "Live From HeadQCourterz" airs every Friday night from midnight to 2:00am (EST) on Hip Hop Nation Sirius XM.
Online:
DJ Eclipse - MySpace
Labels: Dj Eclipse, DJ Premier, Halftime Show, Illa J, Live From HeadQCourterz
