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Ab-Soul has shared his new album Herbert via Top Dawg Entertainment. It’s the first time the Los Angeles rapper has released a record in six years. Herbert boasts appearances from Joey Badass, Big Sean, Jhené Aiko, Russ, Fresh, Ambré, ALEMEDA, and TDE’s SiR, Punch, Zacari, and Lance Skiiiwalker, plus production by DJ Premier, Sounwave, James Blake, Hit-Boy, Boi-1da, […]
DJ Premier recalled landing a 50 Cent feature as the first single off a compilation project before getting shut down by Dr. Dre, who, at the time, wanted his latest Aftermath signee to focus entirely on what would become the rapper’s groundbreaking 2003 debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. Premier dropped by The Breakfast Club to promote the recently-released five-track […]
Mass Appeal kicks off The Soundtrack series with DJ Premiere: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1. The five-track EP marks Preemo’s first record release since Gang Starr’s 2019 swan song One of the Best Yet. The project includes contributions from music icons like Lil Wayne, Remy Ma, Slick Rick, Run the Jewels, Joey Badass, and his frequent collaborator […]
DJ Premier took to Twitter this week to tease a forthcoming release with his frequent collaborator Nas. Premo posted a video featuring a brand new snippet of Nas rapping over a beat from the legendary producer. The clip begins with Premier giving viewers a glimpse of the plaque he earned from his work on Nas’ debut Illmatic, […]
A highlight off Nas and Hit-Boy’s Magic, released last December, was given new life on Wednesday thanks to the release of an official video. Up top, catch the just-released visual for the track “Wave Gods,” featuring ASAP Rocky and DJ Premier. Rocky is listed as co-director of the latest Nas video, as are Hidji and […]
Kanye West revealed that he’s nearly set to release a new song that might have Pusha-T, The Game, and DJ Premier on it later this week. The news came as Ye was talking with Premier in the studio over FaceTime. The video of the call, which was posted by designer Tracey Mills, starts with Ye saying that Premier is his “inspiration.” […]
After debuting a DJ Premier-produced track in December, 2 Chainz took to social media to confirm his new album Dope Don’t Sell Itself will drop later this month. “Hey how u been!?” Chainz asked his fans on Twitter and Instagram. “Its been a min I know, but im back with something new & exotic. U know I ain’t been […]
Public Enemy, Flavor Flav included, have returned in full force with a new song taking at the era of Trumpism. “State of the Union (STFU),” produced by DJ Premier, is now available either as a free download at Public Enemy’s website and/or via the streaming provider of your choice. If you download the track from the […]
This weekend, thanks to the ongoing quarantine, another epic battle between two legends is taking place on Instagram Live. RZA and DJ Premier are gearing up to face off for the Verzuz series, which was launched by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland in March. Previous installations include Lil Jon versus T-Pain and The-Dream versus Sean Garrett. […]
After releasing The Book of Ryan, Royce da 5’9” returns with his eighth solo studio album The Allegory—a project that was formed as he was producing beats for other artists. “This is the first album that has ever happened to me,” Royce told the Metro Times about the album, “After Book of Ryan, I didn’t […]
