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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-
XXL’s Freshman Class Of 1993: What We Would’ve Said
XXL’s Freshman Class Of 1993: What We Would’ve Said
XXL’s Freshman Class Of 1993: What We Would’ve Said
As we roll out our annual Top Ten Freshman List for 2013, XXL decided to take a look back 20 years to weigh in on who would have been the members of the Freshman Class in the year 1993. All decisions were based on our current Freshman guidelines, meaning entire groups and artists who had released their debut albums prior to the list date were excluded. The y...
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Premier Celebrates 47th Birthday
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Premier Celebrates 47th Birthday
Today In Hip-Hop: DJ Premier Celebrates 47th Birthday
On this day, March 21st, in hip-hop history... 1966: DJ Premier celebrates his 47th birthday today. Born in Houston, TX, Premier is widely considered one of hip-hop's best and most prolific producers and DJs. His career began in 1989 alongside Boston-born emcee Guru in the group Gang Starr...
DJ Premier: The <em>XXL</em> Icon Interview
DJ Premier: The XXL Icon Interview
DJ Premier: The XXL Icon Interview
Preemo talks to XXLMag.com about his storied 20-plus year career, including his prior beefs with Jay-Z and Chuck D to his rocky relationship with Guru...

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