The Sun Rises In The East

DJ Premier Remembers Jeru The Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises In The East’ 20 Years Later
DJ Premier Remembers Jeru The Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises In The East’ 20 Years Later
DJ Premier Remembers Jeru The Damaja’s ‘The Sun Rises In The East’ 20 Years Later
Ed Note: The following is an essay and interview with DJ Premier remembering Jeru The Damaja's classic album The Sun Rises In The East, which celebrates its 20th anniversary tomorrow, May 24.  Watching the fantastic feature film Big Words the other night on Netflix, which explores the broken lives of a former mackadelic Brooklyn rap trio who might’ve been large during the 1990s “golden era of hip-