DJ Premier

UPDATE: Dave Chappelle will add a ninth and final show at Radio City Music Hall featuring Nas will be accompanied by a full orchestra and will perform his iconic debut album Illmatic in full. Chappelle made the announcement Last night on Late Night With David Letterman. When Letterman ask...

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-

Wale recently revealed some more details about his upcoming project, Album About Nothing, tweeting that veteran producers DJ Premier and Pete Rock have placements on the album. As recently reported, the album, which will feature Jerry Sienfeld, is almost complete...

Last week, XXL brought you the 10 greatest rapping duos of all time, our unranked list of the ten one-two punches that we've seen work off each other lyrically and effortlessly. The Clipse, Mobb Deep, Jay and 'Ye—they're all in there, trading bars and swapping metaphors at the genre's highest level. We m...

While many continue to celebrate Nas’ opus Illmatic for its 20th anniversary, one of the album’s producers, DJ Premier, admitted to not being a fan of “Memory Lane" (Sittin’ In Da Park). The legendary producer discussed the making of this beat with The LA Leakers, for their Leaks That Collected Dust audio biography. “‘Memory Lane,’ I didn’t like that...

DJ Premier launched a new website called Premier Wuz Here and is planning to team up with Serato to release a new vinyl project. The first single is “Chemical Burn,” which features Lady Of Rage. The real is back.

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Ed Note: The following is an essay remembering Gang Starr's classic album Hard To Earn, which celebrates its 20th anniversary tomorrow, March 8.  In the spring of 1994, Gang Starr’s booming system classic Hard To Earn was my favorite album. I played the f...

ThisIs50’s Young Jack Thriller caught up with hip-hop legends Pete Rock and DJ Premier to discuss a wide variety of topics. During the clip, Premo voiced his frustration with rappers consistently coming unprepared to film their BET Cypher segments. Acco...

Veteran hip-hop producer DJ Premier recently looked back on the year that was with a list of his personal picks for 2013's best 20 hip-hop tracks. The lineup includes some standouts like Drake's "Pound Cake" and also some hidden gems such as Demigodz's "Just Can’t Quit." ...

DJ Premier unveiled a new pop up shop for Gang Starr merch this week, selling hoodies and t-shirts for the holiday season. According to Preemo's Facebook page, the items will be available through January 1, so there's only a limited amount of time to grab the gear...