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Thursday, March 21, 2013

#1 Fan STOP THE PRESSES: It's DJ Premier's Birthday

Posted by Derek Erdman on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:38 AM

Today is the birthday of Christopher Edward Martin, better known by his stage name, DJ Premier. Is Premier hiphop's greatest producer? Yeah, probably.

DJ Premier produced all of Gang Starr's tracks. Tumble that in your brainframe. When Step In the Arena came out in 1990, Premier was 25 years old. Can you image that? I can't imagine that. Aside from Gang Starr (and the Gang Starr Foundation), he also worked with Apathy, Big L, Big Daddy Kane, Bun B, Canibus, Common, D.I.T.C., Fat Joe, Game, Ill Bill, Jay-Z, Joell Ortiz, Kanye West, KRS-One, Lord Finesse, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, Rakim, Royce da 5'9", Snoop Dogg, the LOX, Notorious B.I.G., Vinnie Paz, Xzibit, rock band Limp Bizkit, Busta Rhymes, and Christina Aguilera.

What do you do after all of that accomplishment? I'd take a nap.

R.I.P. Guru.

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Oh. my. god. The host of GTA4's 104.1! Listened to his tiny set over, and over, and over.... http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/265…

Posted by TomJohnsonJr on March 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM

“While y’all keep on fakin’ the funk, we gon’ keep on walkin’ through the darkness carrying our torches” - Game Of Thrones

Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on March 21, 2013 at 12:07 PM

Respect.

Posted by Dave Segal on March 21, 2013 at 2:11 PM

"....Underground will live forever baby, we just like roaches, never dyin, always livin. And on that note, lets get back to the program"

Also to note, Premo has more dope remix tracks than probably all other hip-hop producers put together. Also, does anyone know the last time he was in town? Or anyone on that list (besides KRS, he did that tour with Common Market around here) was in town? We have a major lack of boom bap and golden era rappers coming through here. Concert promoters take note.

Posted by boogens on March 21, 2013 at 5:43 PM