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Exclusive: 38 Special – Support (Prod. by Pete Rock) CDQ

DJ Green Latern’s new artist 38 Special about to drop his debut LP “Time Served” later this year. Featuring 2 joints by DJ Premier and this joint produced by Pete Rock, enjoy:

38 Special – Support (Prod. by Pete Rock)

We like to bring that new, also in 2012!! -DJ Premier Blog

DJ Premier’s Top 25 Albums of 2011

Like every year DJ Premier presents to you his top 25 albums of a year, also in 2010 he did that. There’s always a big commotion around it but check out Premos top 25 of 2011:

Rank:

25. Large Professor & Neek The Exotic – Still On The Hustle
24. Edo G – A Face In The Crowd
23. Ill Bill & Vinnie Paz – Heavy Metal Kings
22. Greneberg – Greneberg
21. Action Bronson & Statik Selektah – Well Done

20. Apathy – Honkey Kong
19. The Away Team – Scars And Stripes
18. Kanye West & Jay-Z – Watch The Throne
17. Torae – For The Record
16. Bumpy Knuckles & Statik Selektah – Lyrical Workout
15. Common – The Dreamer, The Believer
14. Maffew Ragazino Sr. – Rhyme Pays
13. Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel
12. Drake – Take Care
11. Statik Selektah – Population Control

10. Random Axe – Random Axe
09. Malcolm And Martin – Life Doesn’t Frighten Me
08. Royce da 5’9″ – Success Is Certain
07. Phonte – Charity Starts At Home
06. 50 Cent – The Big 10
05. Reks – R.E.K.S.
04. M.O.P. & Snowgoons – Sparta
03. Evidence – Cats & Dogs
02. 9th Wonder – The Wonder Years
01. Game – The R.E.D. Album

Honorable Mentioning: Fresh Vetz “Fresh 2 Def”, Pharoahe Monch “W.A.R.”, Raekwon “Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang”, Rasheed Chappell “”Future Before Nostalgia”, Sadat X “No Features”, Showbiz & KRS-One “Godsville”, Skyzoo “The Great Debater”, The Regiment “The Panic Button”, The Roots “Undun”.

Voila. Sorry Elzhi, Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun, J-Live & Tyler, The Creator.

Closure Note From DJ Premier:

For all of you dumbfucks that are late or not hip to my yearly list, this is my own list of what I was bumpin’ for my enjoyment in 2011… Even though there were so fuckin’ many LPs that came out, I wish we had time to do Top 40 but fuck that… So if you don’t like my list, make your own… I ain’t mad atcha… Hate it or love it, I don’t give a fuuuuuck !!!

Note for DJ Premier for ’09

I judge my list based on dope beats, dope rhymes, scratchin’ and cutting, creativity, uniqueness, originality, and overall packaging of the product’s integrity. I don’t care if you sold a million copies, that does not make it dope. I went through more than 60 LP’s released in ’09 on major and indie labels over and over to get it as close as i possible could to being satisfied with the list so here it is along with the list.

“Be Glad or Be Mad” -DJ Premier

DJ Premier’s Top 25 of 2010
DJ Premier’s Top 20 of 2009

Related: Best DJ Premier Beat of 2011

DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles Album “The Kolexion” Tracklist Revealed; Featuring Nas

Tracklist:

1. My Thoughts
2. Shake The Room (Feat. Flava Flav)
3. B.A.P. (Bumpy And Premier)
4. eVrEEbOdEE
5. wEaRe aT WaR
6. P.A.I.N.E.
7. The Life
8. FYPAU
9. D’Lah
10. More Levels
11. GrEaTnEsS
12. EyEnEvErPuTmY4cUsAwAy
13. Turn Up The Mic (Feat. Nas) (DJ Premier Remix)
14. The Key
15. OwNiT
16. The Gang Starr Bus
17. Word Iz Bond

Release date: March 27, 2012 (Vinyl, CD & Digital)

In anticipation for the LP we’ll see an EP released called “StOoDiOtYmE” early March with non album cuts!

Exclusive: DJ Premier Old Skool-New Year ’12 Mix

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Happy 2k12 everybody!! Enjoy this 2 hour fresh new old skool mix by DJ Premier. 2012 = a lot of new Premo beats for sure!!

Best DJ Premier Beat of 2011 is…

Yesss, I’m so full of joy. The best DJ Premier beat of 2011 is decided thanks to 4,098 (!!) Premo fans to be exact. That’s a lot more votes in compare with last year… damn this blog is growing. Can’t thank the people who vote enough. And with no further yip yap, the best DJ Premier Beat of 2011 is with no surprise:

Evidence won the DJ Premier Blog Awards like a boss, 22% aka 912 votes of all voters voted for him. If you know we never had a list to vote for that big it’s really impressive. Too bad this single never had a wax release. We may still love vinyl, but it’s dying for real. Here’s the full list people:

What do ya’ll think? The funny thing is, I voted for Jump Up (Remix)… I think that instrumental is really underrated, I funked with that a lot in 2011. It was choosing between Fastlane or Jump Up (Remix). Last year an European artist won, now the first European artist is Shock & Amaze by Prop Dylan on the fourth place, also congrats to him! Looking forward to hear the best beat of 2012!!

Previous winners:
2010 winner: Première Salve by Soulkast (20%)
2009 winner: Rap Addiction by Blaq Poet (17%)
2008 winner: Say Goodnight by Reks (30%)

Once again, thanks to all the voters, you were with a lot! And congratulations to Evidence with the win! AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE !! 2k12 will bring us a lot of fresh new Premo beats!!! End of DJ Premier Blog Awards.