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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: Elano on April 02, 2009, 10:38:36 PM
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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.
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Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh :-\
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Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists
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Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists
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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 :nawty:
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Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh :-\
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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
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I'd buy that KRS-One, word up.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 :nawty:
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
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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.
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I'm way more anticipating that B. Poet album than these 2 (will probably never happened anyways)
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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.
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No point in argueing with you because your obviously thick headed and stuck in the past
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No point in argueing with you because your obviously thick headed and stuck in the past
no i am not . may be you don't respect the best enough & really have no knowlwedge about it . may be your stuck in the present & may you have no respect at all for the past or hip hop history . because by facts the old school is better then the new school.you are thick headed one who thinks that anything today is good & when it is not at all.i am not thick jead ,i just know hip hop better then you because i from the original school & you are not. people ewho use that stupid stuck in the pst excuse are the one who have no idea & have no respect for the past & history of hip hop.
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No point in argueing with you because your obviously thick headed and stuck in the past
no i am not . may be you don't respect the best enough & really have no knowlwedge about it . may be your stuck in the present & may you have no respect at all for the past or hip hop history . because by facts the old school is better then the new school.you are thick headed one who thinks that anything today is good & when it is not at all.i am not thick jead ,i just know hip hop better then you because i from the original school & you are not. people ewho use that stupid stuck in the pst excuse are the one who have no idea & have no respect for the past & history of hip hop.
Surprise surprise, same old shit from midwestryder. Please just delete your account and do us all a favour.
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Lol. I love old school and new school.if you really think a premo and krs collabo in 2009 will be hot you are an idiot
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All anybody gotta say is 'MC's Act Like They Don't Know', and the thread's a wrap.
Homies come up wit somethang innovative and funny, like, 'I Can't Wake Up', album will be heatttttttt.
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Lol. I love old school and new school.if you really think a premo and krs collabo in 2009 will be hot you are an idiot
I guess you could put me in the "idiot" category then. KRS-One is top five, dead or alive, to me. His more recent work doesn't get much attention but if you were to throw him on a 16 with anyone in the game today, he could hold his own. He's still got a commanding delivery, he still has a great flow, and he can still spit.
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Album with KRS = awesome
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I would rather see Premo work with Ortiz & Royce for full albums but KRS-One is ok.
Where in the hell did he get Eiht? Out of all the west coast cats he chooses eiht? ::)
I can't imagine Eiht on a premo beat.
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yeah what krs one did on that dj revolution song was amazin to me
that is fire
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Its only my opinion and dont hate on me, but I cant stand KRS-One, a album with Eiht sounds interesting....
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We need a M.O.P. album produced by DJ Premier.
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Indeed. Album with Mc Eiht would be quite interesting but they should have done this a decade ago. Like Jaydc55 said, I'd rather to see Premier working with younger rappers. If it had to be someone from the West Coast, I'd like to see him working with Ya Boy.
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Where in the hell did he get Eiht? Out of all the west coast cats he chooses eiht? ::)
I can't imagine Eiht on a premo beat.
It already happened, check out "Def Wish II (Dj Premier Remix)".
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Where in the hell did he get Eiht? Out of all the west coast cats he chooses eiht? ::)
I can't imagine Eiht on a premo beat.
It already happened, check out "Def Wish II (Dj Premier Remix)".
http://www.youtube.com/v/_KT9BGa08vo
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KRS One & Premo :o :o :o
http://www.youtube.com/v/Z6L1AIpA8MM
http://www.youtube.com/v/e8_e4_0uqAc&feature=related
KRS & Blaq Poet & Premo (2007)
http://www.youtube.com/v/K07kk6wybQk
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on a sidenote premo and royce are dope toegther
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I'd like to see him working with Ya Boy.
Dont think he would really fit his style
If any1 id pick Murs
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Shit I'd like joell Ortiz,termanology and nino bless to form a group and have premo produce the whole album
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Shit I'd like joell Ortiz,termanology and nino bless to form a group and have premo produce the whole album
Why Nino Bless? He aint on the level of Ortiz & Termanology.
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Have you listened to his new mixtape?don't sleep dude has skills
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Two emcees that are way past their prime is kinda lame.I'd rather he work with newer artists
We need a M.O.P. album produced by DJ Premier.
Hell muthafuckin yeah.
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Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh :-\
your sig is :o
are they beefin now or what?
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These could both be dope, but Premo needs to make a damn album with Nas first.
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No point in argueing with you because your obviously thick headed and stuck in the past
no i am not . may be you don't respect the best enough & really have no knowlwedge about it . may be your stuck in the present & may you have no respect at all for the past or hip hop history . because by facts the old school is better then the new school.you are thick headed one who thinks that anything today is good & when it is not at all.i am not thick jead ,i just know hip hop better then you because i from the original school & you are not. people ewho use that stupid stuck in the pst excuse are the one who have no idea & have no respect for the past & history of hip hop.
Surprise surprise, same old shit from midwestryder. Please just delete your account and do us all a favour.
what is thread about??? im still LMAO at you sig man
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MC Eight would sound great over Premier beats
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West Coast pioneer MC Eiht is deeply respected for classics like "Hood Took Me Under" and "Def Wish." The Compton emcee, actor and businessman was mentioned in a recent interview with Hip Hop production icon DJ Premier as a potential partner for an upcoming album.
Earlier this week, Eiht took some time to confirm the likelihood of such a cross-coastal collaboration with HipHopDX. "I really think it’s up to the fans to just demand and want the record. True fans of Eiht or Premier, who’ve been following us over our careers, they know what we’re about, and I think it’s just for the fans, that people get to talking about it and wanting to hear it. Like, somebody called me and said they heard it on G-Unit Radio last weekend, so it’s like word of mouth is traveling. Me and Premier just talked about it like a week ago, so I think it’s something [that] if the fans want it and they keep requesting it, and they keep wanting to see it, and they’re positive about it, it can happen because it’s always supply and demand.
As rumored collaborative albums in the past with Nas and Royce Da 5'9" have been halted or delayed, Eiht knows Premier's repuation. "He’s busy. I mean, Premier does tracks for 50 [Cent], and Fat Joe, and whoever else. He’s a big-time producer, so I’m just honored to be in good graces with him, to know him for so long that he wants to extend his hand to work with me, so when people come back and tell me, ‘Aw man, that’s hot, man, we want to see that happen,’ it’s just my ambition to push it, and basically, if the fans say they want it and they keep communicating that they want it, it’s going to happen. It’s my hundred percent ambition to put this project out, and just like we talked again a couple days ago, it’s on the fast track right now. We’re a hundred miles and running and we’re probably going to get it done."
However, liner-note readers and '90s Hip Hop fans know that this union has manifested decades ago."I’ve been knowing Premier since I got started rapping. We did our first concerts together back in the Celebrity Theater in Anaheim," revealed MC Eiht, who has been releasing material on record since 1986. "[Gang Starr] came to the west coast and their first show, so I’ve been knowing Premier since him and Guru was together, since they first started."
Thus far the two have one record together, a 1992 remix. "Every time I go to New York, I kick it with him, we chat, you know, whatever. We used him to do the “Def Wish [II] ” remix on the Music to Driveby record. It’s just a mutual friendship I’ve been having with Premier."
As DJ Premier has since worked with west coast artists like Dilated Peoples, Snoop Dogg [click to read] and Ras Kass, Too Short and MC Eiht were among the first. Eiht recalled to DX how his 1992 "Def Wish II" remix came to be. "At the time, Epic [Records] was based in New York. [That] was their main office, so me going to New York every year doing promo tours and just keeping in contact with Premier. The A&Rs who ran the Rap Department knew that basically, me and Premier had a straight friendship, so they stepped to Premier and asked him to remix the record. I didn’t even have to ask him; they stepped to him and asked him to remix the record because our relationship was based more on friendship than me trying to exploit, you know, ‘Aw man, do a favor for me, do a favor.'" He continued, "We was basically just homies, kicking it, smoking blunts, riding around in his [Mazda] MPV van. That was our thing."
For Compton's Most Wanted, the song only added to their regional acceptance in New York at a time when coastal fences were much taller than today."As far as New York is concerned, I was one of the very few artists who got respect from a lot of New York cats, so it really just boosted up my credibility with a lot of cats in New York for a nigga like me, you know, ‘This is MC Eiht-gangsta rapper, west coast, strictly gangbanging, drive-bys and shit like that.’ So for me to get with Premier and for him to remix the record, it opened people’s eyes and their ears to the versatility of what Eiht and Compton’s Most Wanted could do as far, as production was concerned. Everybody always thought we had off-the-wall production, but as far as getting one of the hottest producers [too, only built upon that]." Eiht credited some of his peers in that early national movement. "Ice Cube went to the Bomb Squad , King Tee had Marley [Marl remixes], but it was basically like unheard of, so for Premier to do that for us and to do the 'Def Wish' remix was like, man. It was hot."
Right now though, Eiht remains ever-active in his pursuit of delivering high quality and quantities of music. "Right now, I’m working on finishing up the second mixtape, All-Stars and Straps Vol. 2," said Eiht. "The Warzone project was put on hold for a minute, but we finished it up finally, so we’re waiting for that to see where it’s going to happen," he added of the Snoop Dogg-endorsed group of Eiht, Kam and Goldie Loc. "The Warzone record is a good album and it’s representing the west coast to the fullest and it’s not just sticking on to what people try to stereotype about west coast music, you know, gangbangs, bandanas and all that bullshit. It’s dealing with a lot of issues, as far as females, and what happens to hustling, and what happens to guys when they’re caught up in the system. It’s a versatile album, so I think when people really sink their teeth into it, they’ll be able to get into it real tough."
Before leaving, Eiht also spoke on CMW's status as a group, having worked in three, soon-to-be-four decades."The status [of the group] is that we still communicate. I’m still in communication with everybody. We’ve worked on songs. It’s like we’ll do two or three songs, and then, I’ll get to doing my stuff, and the other guys will get to doing their stuff, but then, we’ll still have the ambition to come together and put together a project." He continued,"We’re just waiting for the right time to put the project together, ‘cause like you said, I want it to be in anticipation of something people are going to expect and they’re going to appreciate and they’re not just going to get hauled up in the masses of this singer-talk rapping, [with] no promotion or whatever. Something that people are going to accept and they’re not going to look and go, ‘Aw, these some old cats. They don’t know what they’re talking about,’ because it seems like a lot of cats don’t want to pave the way for the pioneers. But then a lot of these cats nowadays ain’t really talking about nothing. They ain’t informing the youth about nothing. They’ll teach them a dance step or how to wear a chain. That’s where it goes, so Compton’s Most Wanted and Warzone and myself, we try to make songs that are still going to be resourceful to artists and to fans that are going to buy the project. I try to make music to where I’m informing people where it’s going to go, why it’s happening, what it’s going on."
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Album with KRS = awesome
Album with MC Eiht = ehh :-\ :loopaper:
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We need a M.O.P. album produced by DJ Premier.
Yeah, yo, that's what it is.
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We need a M.O.P. album produced by DJ Premier.
Yeah, yo, that's what it is.
yeah that would be awesome !
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Games goin in the studio this week with Premier!!!
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could be interesting...
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Games goin in the studio this week with Premier!!!
How you know?