DJ Premier

It's always good news when DJ Premier is collaborating with a veteran rapper. That hype is doubly justified in Royce Da 5'9"'s case because he's already dropped the excellent Bar Exam with him. More heat is coming from the two with PRhyme, a collaboration album that's dropping later this year. The I...

Royce Da 5'9" has aligned himself with some of the biggest names in hip-hop throughout his career, whether it be with his partners in crime in Slaughterhouse or as one half of the duo Bad Meets Evil alongside Eminem. But now he's about to take on a new accomplice in the hip-hop world with his new group PRhyme with DJ Premier...

Last Monday, the Internet was buzzing over the surprise announcement of DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9’ teaming up for something big. In a small video clip, the pair visited Adrian Younge's record store, and later on played an untitled track with Royce rapping, “This is for the real hip-hop niggas who would never ever, ever ask me am I here to replace Guru.” Talks of the...

Well, This is gonna be dope. The legendary DJ Premier just posted a video that doesn't say a lot, but we'll definitely get you excited that he's cooking something up with Royce Da 5'9". In the short video, Premier and Royce are at a record store picking out vinyls and they happen to stumble upon the work of Adrian Younge...

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MC Eiht had been relatively quiet in the hip-hop world since the mid-2000s, when the Compton's Most Wanted rapper began slowing down his output after more than a decade of putting out some of the West Coast's toughest gangsta rap. But he flew back into the public consciousness—and the ears of a new generation of listeners—with his verse on "m.A.A.d city"...

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Earlier this year, both De La Soul and Pete Rock confirmed that a new project, set to be called Premiem Soul On The Rocks, was in the works which would be entirely produced by both Rock and DJ Premier. Originally scheduled to be an EP, the collection will now take the form of a mixtape, which the famed Long Island trio consisting of Posdnous, Dave and Maseo will begin working on this September. &q

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It's 2010 in reverse. After LeBron spurned the city of Cleveland with his "Decision" to join the Miami Heat, he gave Pat Riley and Dwayne Wade a dose of their own medicine. Earlier today, LeBron announced his decision to return back to Cleveland and jettisoned his Heat Jersey for his familiar gold and burgundy Cleveland Cavs uniform...