DJ Premier Considers Albums With KRS-One & MC Eiht

[Elano]

DJ Premier, one of Hip Hop’s most coveted producers is having quite a busy year. Aside from starting his own label DJ Premier is also working on projects with rappers Blaq Poet, MC Eiht, and possibly KRS-One.

In a recent interview with Conspiracy Radio, DJ Premier spoke on his upcoming collaborations as well as the current status of Hip Hop.

“The level of the bar was so high that it was really hard to get into Hip Hop unless you really had top-notch skills, beats, rhyming, everything,” DJ Premier explained. “We wanna put that part forefront. So we’ll do it eventually. It’ll get its spot back, but in the meantime it never died or anything it’s just not as out there as the mainstream watered down rap stuff and that’s cool because it helps us reformat our audience that wants to support this style and the ones that don’t want to support it we’re not making it for them anyway.”

Among the four artists on DJ Premier’s new label, Year Round Records, is Blaq Poet former member of pioneering Queens Hip Hop group Screwball

“We’re about to drop this album from Blaq Poet. Straight out of Queensbridge. We just shot the video. The album’s called The Blaqprint. That is the official album. I produced the entire album.” A tracklist posted on fansite djpremierblog.blogspot.com has reported that Easy Mo Bee and one other producer actually make contributions to Poet’s solo debut, distributed through Fat Beats.

Aside from the artists already on his label, DJ Premier’s Year Round Records may also feature albums by KRS-One and MC Eiht.

“I’m thinking about doing a project with MC Eiht Compton’s Most Wanted,” DJ Premier explained to Conspiracy Radio. “We talked about doing an album on my label, and also me and KRS-One talked about doing not Return Of The Boom Bap; we’re gonna do Return Of The Boom Bips. So right now that’s still a go. An all KRS, Premier album would be great.” Besides a “Criminal Minded” update in recent years, the two are best known for their work together between 1993 and 1995, on the self-titled and Return Of The Boom Bap albums. Compton’s Most Wanted used Premier to remix their 1992 song “Def Wish II,” a song originally have appeared on Music To Driveby.

[TRG]

Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh 

[Jaydc555]

Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists

[The-Leak (aka) kingwell (bka) JULES]

Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists

[S P I C E]

LAME!!!  LOL at Eiht, dude was garbage in his "prime", I dont even want to think about how wack he sounds now (if he's still even rapping)

Very bad look Premier

[Invincible]

Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh 

[jeromechickenbone]

Yall are on crack, Preme can bring out the best in these guys.  I haven't listened to Eiht in like 10+ years, but I'd def check him on some Premo beats.  And I don't know how anyone can shit on KRS and Premo working together...check your history books, they always come correct together.

Peace

[QuietTruth]

I'd buy that KRS-One, word up.

[Invincible]

Yall are on crack, Preme can bring out the best in these guys.  I haven't listened to Eiht in like 10+ years, but I'd def check him on some Premo beats.  And I don't know how anyone can shit on KRS and Premo working together...check your history books, they always come correct together.

Peace

Basically I don't want some Premo beats wasted on Mc Eiht. I would rather they were given to someone like Jigga or Nas, or maybe some up and coming artist.

[jeromechickenbone]

Yall are on crack, Preme can bring out the best in these guys.  I haven't listened to Eiht in like 10+ years, but I'd def check him on some Premo beats.  And I don't know how anyone can shit on KRS and Premo working together...check your history books, they always come correct together.

Peace

Basically I don't want some Premo beats wasted on Mc Eiht. I would rather they were given to someone like Jigga or Nas, or maybe some up and coming artist.

Well yeah, I wish Preme was givin beats to Jeru, lol.  Bottom line is just appreciate what we do get instead of shitting on the project because Preme isn't working w/ your favorite artists. (And I'm saying that to everyone, not just you).

Preme and Kris hookin up is great news.

[midwestryder]

Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists

Please, neither emcees are [past ther prime . both are better the any new school artist today . the old school is always better then new school. i rather have premio work with old school artistst then these wackass new school rappers & thei stupid new schol fan base who has no respect for old school or hip hop history at all

[midwestryder]

LAME!!!  LOL at Eiht, dude was garbage in his "prime", I dont even want to think about how wack he sounds now (if he's still even rapping)

Very bad look Premier

please,  eiht was never garabge ,hater . eith is better then most of these new school rappers .show some respect for a west coast legend like eiht because he was putting west coast on the map around the same time as NWA.MC eiht will never be wack like the new school

[Jaydc555]

Sounds like your stuck in the past homey because their are cats these days that can rhyme circles around the people of the old school.

[wcsoldier]

I'm way more anticipating that B. Poet album than these 2 (will probably never happened anyways)

[midwestryder]

Sounds like your stuck in the past homey because their are cats these days that can rhyme circles around the people of the old school.

these cats today are full bull & stupid ass metaphors. they have over complicated hip hop & that was not how it is suppose to be,. i am from the original & we did not start hip hop to be over complicated rhymes & metaphors & stupid ass punch lines. hip hops was invented for the streets not the schools. i am not stuck in the past may be you are not respecting the past enough or just may be the past was better then present or future of hip hop . why do you thing from 1989 to 1996 is called golden era of hip hop because  it was the best era if hip hop. these cats today are joke & none of them hip hop hall of fame material. that is why the best mc's ever came from the 80's & early 90's notthe late 90's or decade of 2000.