Tagged: DJ Premier
Live: Green Label Sound Showcase at SXSW
Green Label Sound held down a whole house for their two-day SXSW showcase, hosting live performances by Dyme-A-Duzin, Earl Sweatshirt with Captain Murphy (aka Flying Lotus) and Joey Bada$$ with his Pro Era crew, and … read more »
Joey Bada$$, “Unorthodox” (Prod. by DJ Premier) MP3
Update 3/6/2013: Watch the video for “Unorthodox,” illustrated by Evan Hecox and directed by Creative Control’s Coodie & Chike, above. ———— Previously: An almost-18-year-old Joey Bada$$ trades the lifted boom-bap loops of last year’s 1999 … read more »
Lungu Lungu: The Ghetto Shines on in Angola
A few months ago I asked if kuduro is dead. The question wasn’t all provocation: my recent trip to Luanda has shown me first hand how prevalent house music has become in Angola, in just … read more »
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 »
