25 Facts About DJ Premier

DJ Premier has been frequently lauded as one of hip hop's greatest producers by publications such as Vibe.

DJ Premier formed the hip hop duo Gang Starr alongside American rapper Guru, with whom he has released seven albums.

DJ Premier has signed acts including New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khalil.

Tha Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which features 13 DJ Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records in June 2009.

DJ Premier was then raised in Prairie View, before moving to Brooklyn, during his teenage years.

DJ Premier was fully responsible for the production of Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, The Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math.

DJ Premier collaborated with MC Jeru the Damaja on the album The Sun Rises in the East, released in 1994, as well as the 1996 follow-up, Wrath of the Math.

DJ Premier produced and supervised Livin' Proof by Group Home, from the Gang Starr Foundation; although overlooked at the time of its 1995 release, the album eventually received acclaim.

DJ Premier produced several tracks on fellow Gang Starr Foundation member Afu-Ra's debut album Body of the Life Force and KRS-One's debut solo album Return of the Boom Bap.

DJ Premier explained the reservations he heard from people regarding the collaboration:.

DJ Premier produced the majority of Blaq Poet's Tha Blaqprint, which was released in mid-2009.

Also in 2011, DJ Premier appeared on the song "Gangster", on Bushido's album Jenseits von Gut und Bose.

DJ Premier was one of the artists followed in the 2012 documentary, Re:GENERATION.

In early 2014, DJ Premier revealed that he was working with Aguilera again in an interview with New Zealand's Rip It Up magazine.

DJ Premier produced Y'all Ready Know by Slaughterhouse, from the Shady Records album, Shady XV, and the music video was published in November 2014.

In mid-2014, DJ Premier collaborated with Korean hip-hop group Dynamic Duo on two singles "AEAO" and "Animal", which were both warmly received.

DJ Premier served as one of the three curators for the soundtrack to the video game NBA 2K16, alongside DJ Khaled and DJ Mustard.

In June 2020, DJ Premier produced a track for Public Enemy called "State of the Union ".

DJ Premier hosted a weekly two-hour show, Live From HeadQCourterz, on Sirius Satellite Radio's Shade 45.

DJ Premier is known for sampling jazz, funk, and soul artists, as well as sampling an artist's past work when creating a new track for that same artist.

DJ Premier's beats are known for his oft-imitated combinations of short vocal samples, often from multiple artists, to create a chorus.

DJ Premier has experimented with atonal samples that are not confined to soul, jazz, and funk.

DJ Premier was a major progenitor of the boom-bap style of hip-hop production.

DJ Premier definitely coached me when I was in the booth.

DJ Premier gave me this knowledge through the work we did.