DJ Premier
Broadway Of Bronx Rap Group Strickly Roots Passes Away
Hip-Hop has lost yet another MC this month. Broadway of Strickly Roots and of Boogie Down Productions fame has passed away. As spotted on HipHopDX, one half of the Bronx duo is no longer with us. On Saturday, September 7 DJ Premier broke the bad news via his Instagram Story when he shared a video […] The post Broadway Of Bronx Rap Group Strickly Roots Passes Away appeared first on Hip-Hop Wired.
Nas & DJ Premier Connect On “Define My Name” Song, X Reacts
Nas and DJ Premier connected on a new single that fans on X, formerly Twitter, learned is the start of a new project.
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DJ Premier Heightens Great Encounters with Grand Marnier In Queens [Photos]
On Tuesday night (May 9), Grand Marnier held a special night called the Greats Encounters with Grand Marnier in Queens, NY. What made the evening even more special, besides the plentiful spirits, foods and vibes, was a performance from the legendary DJ Premier and an accompanying jazz ensemble, the Badder Band. As for the “Great […] The post DJ Premier Heightens Great Encounters with Grand Marnier In Queens [Photos] appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Stüssy Is Launching A Gang Starr Inspired Capsule Collection
One of Hip-Hop’s most iconic duos is about to celebrated in fashion form. Stüssy is launching a Gang Starr inspired collection. As spotted on Hype Beast the producer and DJ will be gracing an upcoming series of wearables curated by Stüssy in honor of the culture’s 50th anniversary. This week the brand took to social […] The post Stüssy Is Launching A Gang Starr Inspired Capsule Collection appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Remy Ma & Rapsody Connect On DJ Premier Produced “REMY RAP”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: press handout / DJ Premier It finally happened. After years of wishful thinking and pipe dreaming, DJ Premier has granted us the dream collaboration we’ve been fantasizing about by teaming up Remy Ma and Rapsody on the same record produced by the legendary producer himself. Dropping the visuals to the dope cut on his 49th birthday (Happy physical, King!), Premo chose “REMY RAP” to be the first joint off his latest project, DJ Premier: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1 and we couldn’t be happier with the end result. The five-cut EP features production from his highness himself with vocals from some of the game’s best MC’s including the aforementioned ladies, Nas, Lil Wayne, Joey Badfa$$, Slick Rick and Run The Jewels. That’s a helluva lineup for an EP. Related...
9 Things We Learned From DJ Premier on ‘The Breakfast Club’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Breakfast Club / The Breakfast Club DJ Premier is arguably the greatest Hip-Hop producer of all-time and those who know will remember that you didn’t have a classic album in the 90’s unless you had at least one Premo beat on your project. All these decades later the Hip-Hop legend is still churning out head-knocking and neck-boppin’ work for the heads that appreciate that gutter and street sound that made the 90’s the golden era of the Hip-Hop genre. Recently, Premo stopped by The Breakfast Club to chop it up with Angela Yee and DJ Envy to talk some Hip-Hop history and the things he’s experienced with some of your favorite rappers. From discussing how he got put on to The Notorious B.I.G to why he couldn’t get 50 Cent in the booth to how he was able t...
DJ Premier Shares Previously Unreleased Gang Starr Song ‘Glowing Mic’
Last year, DJ Premier cobbled together a bunch of unreleased material that comprised a Gang Starr album titled One of the Best Yet. Today, there’s an instrumental version of that album that’s out, and on it is the song “Glowing Mic,” which features a previously unreleased verse from the late Guru. “There are two versions of a song called ‘Mr. Gang Starr,’ one version was released right after Guru passed away. The version I had stored away has totally different and unreleased lyrics,” DJ Premier told Rolling Stone. “As I was constructing the track, I found a scratch from Torae ‘I Destroy The Mic For My Glow’ and it was an instant decision on what to name the track (‘Glowing Mic’).” Listen to the song below. [embedded content] In a press release, Preemo e...
Torii Wolf’s Dark Trip-Hop Embraces the Bright Side of Creation
One of the most important lessons an artist can learn when the world is shut down is how to create a new one. That’s never been a problem for Torii Wolf. Prior to the pandemic, Wolf’s stylistic contortions as a singer-songwriter revolved around blending, burning and rebuilding genres. The Long Island native’s uniquely powerful, rage-filled rasp was the catalyst for Wolf’s breakout collaboration with legendary producer DJ Premier on their moody, trip-hop debut “Flow Riiot” in 2017. It was a launchpad that most new artists dream of, culminating in years of touring the world with ‘Preem while breaking barriers as a non-binary, LGBTQ artist. “It was a moment where I realized that massive shows are not as frightening to me,” Wolf tells SPIN of the three years they spent on the road, inclu...
Public Enemy, Nas, the Roots, YG, and More Open BET Awards With ‘Fight the Power’
Public Enemy was joined by an all-star group of musicians to open up the BET Awards with their 1989 classic “Fight the Power.” Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, ?uestlove, JAHI, DJ Lord, Professor Griff and S1Ws all performed on the PE classic, which was recorded (of course) remotely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some contributed new verses to the 2020 version of the song. The performance comes a week after Public Enemy released their new single, “State of the Union (STFU),” which was produced by DJ Premier. We spoke with Chuck D. following the release of the single, where he told us about its origins in more detail. “This was an idea that was always floating in my head,” he said. “Every time I used to see the State of the Union with a hashmark in front of it over the last four y...
Public Enemy, Nas, the Roots, YG, and More Open BET Awards With ‘Fight the Power’
Public Enemy was joined by an all-star group of musicians to open up the BET Awards with their 1989 classic “Fight the Power.” Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, ?uestlove, JAHI, DJ Lord, Professor Griff and S1Ws all performed on the PE classic, which was recorded (of course) remotely due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Some contributed new verses to the 2020 version of the song. The performance comes a week after Public Enemy released their new single, “State of the Union (STFU),” which was produced by DJ Premier. We spoke with Chuck D. following the release of the single, where he told us about its origins in more detail. “This was an idea that was always floating in my head,” he said. “Every time I used to see the State of the Union with a hashmark in front of it over the last four y...
Run the Jewels’ RTJ4 Is Driving Music for a Cop Car on Fire
Run the Jewels don’t make a reviewer’s job easy because everything that’s great about them is the stuff we’re supposed to ignore to get to the bottom of the hype. They began as the best kind of “supergroup”: An unlikely pairing of beloved talents who still had plenty of room to peak higher. El-P’s fantastic Fantastic Damage and his countless innovative productions for his own previous, self-built Def Jux universe (Cannibal Ox’s The Cold Vein, Mr. Lif’s I Phantom) were unmistakably the most futuristic squelches in dusty-crate-obsessed indie-rap. Jaime Meline set the stage for dystopian soundscapes in hip-hop more than a decade before Death Grips, Yeezus, or the “mutant” scene that’s spawned Black Dresses and Deli Girls. Then you’ve got Michael Render, d/b/a Killer Mike, a firebrand of an MC...
