Tagged: DJ Premier
Daily Inspiration: Heavy D & The Boyz’ Blue Funk LP
Heavy D passed away yesterday at the age of just 44. I’m not entirely sure how to explain Heavy to a generation that probably has only a vague idea of what he did. He had … read more »
Bun B, “Let Em Know” Live at Highline Ballroom
We went to Highline Ballroom last night to catch Shady Records‘ newest signees, Slaughterhouse and to ogle at the special guests who showed up to celebrate their new EP release. Beloved dude Bun B came … read more »
Video: Duck Sauce (A-Trak & Armand Van Helden), “Barbra Streisand”
Apparently lacking the ability to get the song’s actual namesake in the clip for their latest disco partystarter, the Duck Sauce boys settled for a decently annoying SNL-style Streisand stand-in and a cameo selection of … read more »
Fat Joe, “I’m Gone” MP3 (Prod. by DJ Premier)
MAKE IT RAIN THREE MILLION ITUNES SONGS MAN. Just wanted to throw that out there. That is something that Fat Joe says on this song, which, for some, may come off as a return to … read more »
Stream: Bun B, “Let ’em Know” (Produced by DJ Premier)
Bun B and DJ Premier: classic dudes. Fitting they are getting together on some Godfather-type strings. We heard Coppola is directing the video. “Let ’em Know” is from Bun’s appropriately titled new album, “Trill OG.” … read more »
708 Words I Manifest In the Wake of GURU's Death
“The rejected stone is now the cornerstone.” – GURU Shame on me for taking GURU’s cancer lightly. Today Keith “GURU” Elam died, now the seriousness of his sickness is sinking in a lot more than … read more »
Internet Hangover: What Guru’s Final Words and the Dipset Detente Mean for Hip-Hop
Every Monday (or so), FADER editorial director Peter Macia eases in to the work week by writing semi-extensively and somewhat incoherently about something that is making his head hurt. This week, he explains how Gang … read more »
Suite903 TV: Interview with DJ Premier
Suite903 was honored to host the legend (and OG Suite DJ!) Premier, who came through Suite903 to discuss the intricacies of how he makes his beats, sampling, crate digging, and remaining excited about making music, … read more »
Video: DJ Premier Interview
Primo sat down with our FADER brethren (and us, too, but more on that later) to discuss what he’s doing now, and what makes him both a legend of hip-hop and fully relevant at the … read more »
Interview With DJ Premier
Since consistently making some of the MOST MEMORABLE BEATS IN HIP-HOP, the venerable, legendary DJ Premier has been doing a lot, including making MORE MEMORABLE BEATS, launching his own label, and being generally awesome. He … read more »
