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Big Daddy Kane – 28 Bars of Kane (Prod. DJ Premier)

To celebrate the release of the new XX8 Jordan's, the Jumpman team commissioned Big Daddy Kane and DJ Premier to do a track. Check out "28 Bars of Kane" produced by DJ Premier. Related: Big Daddy Kane vs. Rakim: here’s the playlist that settles the debate once and for all…or... Read more

January 28, 2013 Audio

Joey Bada$$ – Unorthodox (Prod. DJ Premier)

A radio rip of Joey Bada$$' dope new track produced by DJ Premier dropped over the weekend. Here's the CD-quality version. Check out Unorthodox. Related: Joey Bada$$ – Enter the Void ft Ab-Soul (Audio)... Read more

January 14, 2013 Audio

Joey Bada$$ – Unorthodox (Prod. DJ Premier)

A video surfaced earlier in the week showing Joey Bada$$ and DJ Premier in the lab working on a song. The end result did not disappoint. Premier brings that BOOM BAP and Joey brings that FIRE. Check out Unorthodox. The download is coming Monday courtesy of Green Label Sound. Related:... Read more

January 12, 2013 Audio

Joey Bada$$ and DJ Premier in the studio (Video)

Joey Bada$$ gets the co-sign from none other than the legendary DJ Premier. Check out the video of them in studio discussing the song they are working on together. Related: Behind the Scenes of Joey Bada$$ performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (Video)... Read more

January 7, 2013 Video

DJ Premier, 9th Wonder & Buckshot on The Sway in the Morning Show (Video)

Here's some more footage from the Sway in the Morning show that featured DJ Premier, 9th Wonder and Buckshot. In this clip, Buckshot performs What I Gotta Say and then the 3 legends chop it up with Sway. Check out the video. Related: 9th Wonder & Buckshot – Crazy (Video)... Read more

November 29, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Game – Hvn 4 a Gngsta ft Master P (Prod. DJ Premier)

One leak wasn't enough for Game today. Here's another featuring Master P and produced by DJ Premier. Ill combo. Check out Hvn 4 a Gngsta. Related: Game – Black Jesus (Audio)... Read more

November 18, 2012 Food for Thought

Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap (Full Video)

We've posted a lot of content over the last few months from Ice-T's documentary Something From Nothing: The Art of Rap. Now, you can watch the whole film which features extensive interviews with Redman, Eminem, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Snoop, Nas, Q-Tip, DJ Premier, Chuck D, Afrika Bambaataa, KRS-One and... Read more

September 14, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

DJ Premier speaks on life (Video)

Here's an incredibly compelling interview of DJ Premier. Rather than survey his career, the focus is on who he is as a human being. Primo talks about how thankful he is for life now; his first experiences with death; spending time with Guru's son and how life has changed since... Read more

September 14, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

DJ Premier in Nashville (Video)

Here's a beautifully shot video of DJ Premier rocking a party in Nashville. Check it out. Related: The making of DJ Khaled's Hip-Hop featuring Scarface, Nas & DJ Premier (Video)... Read more

September 1, 2012 Video

ChrisCo – Straight Up ft Jon Connor & Elzhi (Prod. DJ Premier)

DJ Premier laced ChrisCo, Jon Connor and Elzhi with a dope track. This one sounds like it's straight from the 90's, complete with a jazz loop and Primo's signature drums and scratches. Dopeness. Check out Straight Up. Related: DJ Premier goes to work on the turntables (Video)... Read more

August 18, 2012 Audio

DJ Premier goes to work on the turntables (Video)

There's a reason why DJ Khaled had DJ Premier do the scratches on the Nas and Scarface collabo Hip-Hop. Primo's scratches just scream HIP-HOP. Here's a video showing Premier doing what he does best: straight killing the turntables. Warning: this might put that mean face on you. Related: DJ Premier... Read more

August 14, 2012 Video

Check out DJ Khaled’s Hip-Hop featuring Nas & Scarface and produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League with scratches from DJ Premier. EPIC (Audio)

Related: The making of DJ Khaled's Hip-Hop featuring Nas & Scarface (Video) and A Playlist celebrating the career of the legendary Scarface (Audio)... Read more

August 9, 2012 Audio

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles interview with Out Da Box TV (Video)

Here's part 2 of Out Da Box TV's fantastic interview with DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles. Check out the video and a description below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video) Here's what Out Da Box TV had to say about the video: "As promised, Out Da... Read more

August 4, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

Stalley spits live on Shade 45 (Video)

Stalley was on Shade 45 and spit some verses over that Rhyme No More beat DJ Premier laced for Jay-Z. Check out the video below. Related: Stalley - Hammers & Vogues ft Curren$y (Video) Here's Rhyme No More.... Read more

July 30, 2012 Audio, The Bridge, Video

Here’s a previously unreleased song from KRS-One that was produced by DJ Premier. It’s from the Return of the Boom Bap era. FIRE. Check out It’s Gettin’ Hectic below (Audio)

Related: Playlist of KRS-One's classics (Audio)... Read more

July 25, 2012 Audio

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles with Out Da Box TV (Video)

Here's a super dope 15-minute interview of DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles discussing maturing and staying relevant in the hip-hop game. Check it out below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - More Levels (Video)... Read more

July 23, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

DJ Premier – More Levels w Bumpy Knuckles + Nardwaur Interview (Video)

Here's a DJ Premier double play. First is his new video More Levels with Bumpy Knuckles followed by DJ Premier vs Nardwaur. In the Nardwaur interview he talks about his battles with MOP (bumpin' knuckles), seeing Ice Cube and Suge Knight throw fisticuffs, working with many of the ladies of... Read more

July 10, 2012 Food for Thought, Video

La Coka Nostra – Mind Your Business (Video)

Nobody cuts up a hook like DJ Premier. Check out the video for Mind Your Business, the track he produced for La Coka Nostra. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - B.A.P. (Video)... Read more

July 2, 2012 Video

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – B.A.P. (Video)

DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles hit you with that (Boom) B.A.P. last year. Here's the video for their collabo. Check it out below. Related: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - Turn Up the Mic (Remix) featuring Nas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adTqVPVxV90&feature=player_embedded... Read more

June 25, 2012 Video

DJ Premier GURU tribute mix (Playlist)

Today marks the 2-year anniversary of the day we lost Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal (better known as GURU from Gang Starr). As we do on these days, rather than mourn the loss, we celebrate the LIFE through the music. No better way to do that than through the tribute playlist... Read more

April 19, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Here’s a playlist featuring some of the best new songs from March. You’ll hear new music from Nas, J. Cole, Curren$y, Stalley, Action Bronson, Pharoahe Monch, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles, Big K.R.I.T., REKS, Ab-Soul, Murs, Sheek Louch & Ghostface Killah and more. You can listen to the whole thing below.

There's even some soul music from Melanie Fiona and Sleepy Brown. Previously: AFH Best of February 2012 Playlist... Read more

March 24, 2012 Audio, Playlists

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – Turn Up the Mic (Remix) ft Nas

Nas jumps on the remix to DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles' Turn Up the Mic. Check it out below. Previously: DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles - Weare At War (Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5PiomdandQ... Read more

March 23, 2012 Audio

Nas performs New York State of Mind and Life’s A Bitch ft AZ at SXSW 2012 (Video)

Nas had an EPIC performance at SXSW last night. He performed Illmatic in its entirety and had not one but 2 DJs on the 1s and 2s. Those two DJs happened to be none other than Pete Rock and DJ Premier, who battled beat for beat mid-way through the show.... Read more

March 18, 2012 Video

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – wEaRe aT WaR (Album Trailer Video)

DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles (aka Freddie Foxxx) are finally set to release their joint album, KoleXXXion. Here's a video preview for the album set to their new single wEaRe aT WaR. Check it out below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BwAw5NLolw... Read more

March 13, 2012 Video

Torae – For The Record (Video)

Torae dropped a hot record produced by DJ Premier a few months ago called For The Record. Here's the video and it features Primo. Check it out below. Click here for Torae's That Raw produced by Pete Rock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd7le5aRdcM... Read more

March 9, 2012 Video

There is often a lot of backlash when R&B infiltrates hip-hop but what about when hip-hop infiltrates R&B (and not just featured verses)? Here’s a playlist of some dope R&B and soul (Erykah Badu, D’Angelo, Janet Jackson, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, TLC, Aaliyah and more) made by some of hip-hop’s finest producers. You’ll hear music produced by Madlib, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Dr. Dre, J Dilla, The Ummah, Kay Gee, Organized Noize, The Neptunes, Kanye West and more. Click below to listen.

Tracklist and production credits are below. Hip-Hop and R&B by Parfit on Grooveshark Here's the tracklist: My Soul Ain't For Sale - Raheem Devaughn (Prod. DJ Jazzy Jeff) The Healer - Erykah Badu (Prod. Madlib) Devil's Pie - D'Angelo(Prod. DJ Premier) Waterfalls - TLC (Prod. Organized Noize) Bullshittin' (Remix) -... Read more

March 3, 2012 Audio, Playlists

Apollo Brown & OC – Prove Me Wrong

Here's some new OC produced by Apollo Brown and chopped up by DJ Premier. Far from Time's Up, OC is timeless. Check out Prove Me Wrong below. Here's OC's classic Time's Up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCJ6f5VnVVo... Read more

February 28, 2012 Audio, The Bridge

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – Shake The Room ft Flava Flav

DJ Premier. Bumpy Knuckles. New music. Nuff said. Check out a sampler of their forthcoming EP (StOoDiOtYmE) and the full version of Shake the Room featuring Flavor Flav from the EP. It BANGS. Here's the sampler for StOoDiOtYmE: Here's Shake The Room ft Flavor Flav... Read more

February 25, 2012 Audio

DJ Premier Black Fist Friday Mix (Mixtape)

New York's Hot 97 is bringing in guest DJs each week for its Black Fist Fridays series. Last week was ?uestlove. This week, DJ Premier gets busy. Listen to his mix and download it below. Also, click here to check out our playlist of DJ Premier-produced music.... Read more

February 18, 2012 Audio

DJ Premier & The Berklee Symphony Orchestra – RE:Generation Remix ft Nas & Apathy

DJ Premier did an incredible track with The Berklee Symphony Orchestra that featured Nas a few months ago. Here's the remix, complete with a verse from Apathy. Check it out.... Read more

February 17, 2012 Audio

KRS-ONE Speaks on the evolution of his career, The Return of the Boom Bap and the death of conscious rap (Video)

Wow. Here's an unbelievable interview of KRS-One from DJ Premier's blog. He identifies the moment conscious rap died...Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erwJzZxaWXs&feature=player_embedded... Read more

January 15, 2012 Food for Thought, Throwback, Video

Making The Beat – A Conversation between The 45 King and DJ Premier (Video)

Here's a pretty dope conversation between 2 legendary hip-hop producers. DJ Premier and DJ Mark The 45 King sit down and chop it up about all sorts of topics, ranging from the late great Heavy D to how they treat demos they receive (Primo actually drops his email address) to... Read more

December 29, 2011 Food for Thought, The Bridge, Throwback, Video

DJ Premier Interview With Hard Knock TV (Video)

Here's a long interview of DJ Premier from HardKnock.TV. He speaks about creating his first classical music track, his relationship with Guru, doing a full album with Nas, collaborating with Slick Rick for the first time and more. Click here to download Need Some Bad by Slick Rick (and produced... Read more

December 13, 2011 Video

DJ Premier – Heavy D Tribute Mix

A legend pays his respects to a legend. Here's DJ Premier's Heavy D Tribute Mix. The first 10 minutes are tributes from Heavy's friends and then Premier does his thing with Heavy D's hits. Check it out. Also, click here for our Heavy D tribute video playlist. Click here to... Read more

November 13, 2011 Audio, Mixes

Torae – For The Record

Torae has been working with some of the all time great producers on his new project. That Raw, the first joint he dropped, featured a blazing hot track from Pete Rock. For the Record (the album title cut) is the latest release and has a dope DJ Premier track. Check... Read more

November 2, 2011 Audio

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles – BAP

New music from DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles. Nuff said. Check out BAP. Click here to download.... Read more

October 29, 2011 Audio

DJ Premier teams up with Nas and The Berklee Symphony Orchestra to create the classical music/hip-hop track, Re: Generation.

A video dropped a few weeks ago showing an inside look at DJ Premier working with The Berklee Symphony Orchestra to create a classical music hip-hop track. He also brought in Nas for the vocals--ill combo. Here's the final product. Check out Re: Generation. Click here to download.... Read more

October 27, 2011 Audio

DJ Premier speaks on turntables, Serato and what it takes to be a DJ (Video)

Anyone who is a fan of DJ Premier knows he is a hip-hop purist. So...you may be surprised to hear his thoughts on Serato. Here's a cool interview where Primo breaks down his thoughts about Vinyl, Serato and what it takes to be a DJ, generally. He also talks about... Read more

October 20, 2011 Video

Bumpy Knuckles – Fake

You know it's a good day for hip-hop when you get new tracks from both Pete Rock and DJ Premier. Bumpy Knuckles does what he does (murder MCs) on Fake, produced by DJ Premier. Check it out. Click here to download.... Read more

October 10, 2011 Audio

Can you imagine DJ Premier and Nas rocking a classical music track? You don’t need to…as part of a documentary by RE: GENERATION about the history of music, Primo was commissioned to create a classical music track and he and Nas did a collabo with the Berklee School of Music Orchestra.

The film also chronicles the journey of 4 other producers creating music outside of their traditional genres, including Mark Ronson making a jazz track with Erykah Badu. The film won't be released until 2012, but you can check out a trailer featuring Premier preparing for his track below. Seeing how... Read more

October 9, 2011 Video

DJ Premier Listens to ElMatic’s Remakes of His Tracks from Illmatic (Video)

Here's a really dope interview of DJ Premier where he listens to and discusses ElzHi's ElMatic tracks that were recreations of the tracks DJ Premier produced for Illmatic (New York State of Mind, Represent and Memory Lane). In addition to giving his thoughts on the ElMatic tracks, Primo gives some... Read more

September 16, 2011 Video

Mac Miller – Face The Facts

Here's a new track by Mac Miller produced by none other than the legendary DJ Premier. Check out Face the Facts. Click here to download.... Read more

September 15, 2011 Audio

Evidence – You (Video)

The audio for Evidence's DJ Premier-produced heat rock drop a couple of days ago. Here's the video. Check out You.... Read more

September 7, 2011 Video

Here are 2 new joints from Evidence’s forthcoming Cats & Dogs album. First up is You produced by DJ Premier and next is Where You Come From, produced by Alchemist and featuring Rakaa, Lil Fame and Termanology. Check out both cuts below.

Like J. Cole's album, Evidence's Cats and Dogs also hits stores on 9/27. Click here for a sampler of the album. You Click here to download via AmazonMP3. Where You Come From ft Rakaa, Lil' Fame & Termanology Click here to download.... Read more

September 5, 2011 Audio

Here’s the latest video from Royce Da 5’9″‘s Success is Certain album. Halfway in, it switches to the DJ Premier remix. Hotness. Check out Writer’s Block.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2YWtPames&feature=player_embedded... Read more

August 22, 2011 Video

DJ Premier laced Game with a blazing hot track on Born in the Trap. It’s got dark, meditative chords that bring out the best in Game. Check it out.

Click here to download.... Read more

August 13, 2011 Audio

Apathy – Stop What Ya Doin’ ft Celph Titled

DJ Premier pulled out an extra grimy track for Apathy on this one. Check out Stop What Ya Doin' ft Celph Titled and Primo's vintage scratching. Click here to download.... Read more

August 8, 2011 Audio

Here’s a pretty dope DJ Premier interview.

Primo talks a lot about the craft of DJing, including his embracing of Serato. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJfQ3uKOico&feature=player_embedded... Read more

June 19, 2011 Video

Royce Da 5’9″ + DJ Premier = FIRE. They first linked up in 2002. Here’s their latest collabo.

Check out Second Place. The Nickel Nine is busy this year. In addition to his Bad Meets Evil album with Eminem (click here for their new song with Slaughterhouse), He's dropping a solo joint later this Summer. Be on the lookout for Success is Certain. Click here to download. Here's... Read more

June 5, 2011 Audio, The Bridge

EDO.G is back with on a vintage track from DJ Premier…it’s a perfect opportunity for a new installment of PREEM-EAR.

PREEM-EAR: EDO G "FAST LANE" It's been a minute, so if you don't recall or your new to AFH, PREEM-EAR is the column in which I break down DJ Premier tracks--many of which may not have gotten the shine they deserved. Fast Lane is an exception because it's new AND... Read more

April 29, 2011 Audio, The Bridge