Last week you could bid on 2 unique vinyl items on the famous auction site Ebay. Both “Sun Rises in The East” and “Step in the Arena” are instrumental lp’s pressed by DJ Premier himself to spin at concerts when the albums came out mid 90s. Both albums have DJ Premier produced instrumentals that are never released before. Those two facts plus the unique value of those records made the price go sky rocking in just hours, it’s every vinyl record collectors wet dream to have this hanging in your room. Gang Starr’s “Step In The Arena” was eventually sold for $511.00, while Jeru The Damaja’s “Sun Rises In The East” was sold for $1,226.00 (!). The buyer(s) remains anonymous, but there is a great chance the two lp’s are now heading for Asia. And the seller was not DJ Premier himself to be clear :D.

!! THE CONTEST IS OVER !!

Lord Finesse picked his favorite comment!! And the winner is:

Katy from Hungary with this comment:

I’m only 26 years old and a female hip hop DJ from Eastern Europe, but for me Lord Finesse is a living legend. I was born when he started his career as an MC.This Classic LP would have deserved 5 mics from The Source.Wish I could have been at one of the gigs in Europe this month.

She will get a notice from Slice of Spice very soon with a nice package of vinyl! I would like to thank all the participants, as well Slice of Spice Records and Lord Finesse. On to the next one (who’s coming very soon…)
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DJPremierBlog.com teamed up with Slice of Spice Records (slice-of-spice.com) and Lord Finesse for the very first time. We have one prize to offer to the person who gave the best/unique/inspiring comment. More info below! First:

THE PRIZE:

– A SIGNED Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Funky Technician Instrumentals 180g Gatefold 2x LP – Gold Vinyl (Limited!)

!!WORLDWIDE SHIPPING!!

How? It’s simple, you just have to write a comment on the soundcloud link of the sampler. Lord Finesse will pick out what he thinks is the most unique/inspiring comment and we’ll reach out to you to ship the prize. This is your chance to get this rare limited release that makes every hip hop fan starts trembling! Put the comment here or:

Deadline: 30th of November

You can still buy the following historical items (almost out of stock!):

Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Funky Technician Instrumentals Deluxe Double LP (Ltd Edition)
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Funky Technician Instrumentals Special Edition Gold LP
Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth – Inconsiderate Females (Silver) 5″ Limited!
AND MORE…

END POLL: 1 JANUARY 2013

With The Game being the last beat of 2012 it’s again that time of the year my friends. We didn’t get NYGz, MC Eiht nor KRS-One, Pete Rock and Get Used To It DVD. But we did had a productive year. I wonder if I can out due last year vote succes. Be aware, judge strictly on the beats, not the rhymes. It’s the beat that matters in this poll… And I’m sorry, but I had to cut some tracks away because otherwise the list will be to big. Who will run away with the award?? This one could be hard to choose from!!

2011 winner: You by Evidence (22%)
2010 winner: Première Salve by Soulkast (20%)
2009 winner: Rap Addiction by Blaq Poet (17%)
2008 winner: Say Goodnight by Reks (30%)

In 2008 we had 359 votes, in 2009 we had 950 votes, in 2010 we had 3 118 votes, in 2011 we had 4,098 votes. LETS BEAT THAT RECORD MY FAMILY!! WHO WILL WIN THE AWARD??? VOTE VOTE VOTE!!

Thank you for your time and support over the years! -gim

You can now buy it here.

Ill Bill’s The Grimy Awards drops on the 29th of January 2013. And will feature the following guests: HR of Bad Brains, A-Trak, El-P, Jedi Mind Tricks, OC, Cormega, Meyhem Lauren, Q-Unique, Shabazz The Disciple & Lil Fame of M.O.P., And will feature production from: DJ Premier, DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Psycho Les, El-P, Ayatollah, MoSS, C-Lance & Ill Bill himself. Yes yes yes!

Related: La Coka Nostra – Mind Your Business Music Video

Here are the European tour dates for “The Kolexxxion” tour with DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles, which party are you attending?

Fri 28 sep: Münster, Skater`s Palace, Germany
Sat 29 sep: Annecy, Pop Plage, France
Sun 30 sep: Amsterdam, Melkweg, Netherlands
Tue 02 oct: Cologne, Bogen 2, Germany
Wed 03 oct: Cologne, Bogen 2, Germany
Thu 04 oct: Berlin, Bohannon, Germany
Fri 05 oct: Basel, Kaserne, Suisse
Sat 06 oct: Stuttgart, Schräglage, Germany
Sun 07 oct: Vienna, Pratersauna, Austria
Wed 10 oct: Bristol, Lakota, UK
Thu 11 oct: Sofia, Live Club, Bulgaria
Fri 12 oct: Bucharest, Color, Romania
Sat 13 oct: Vilnius, Loftas, Lithuania
Sun 14 oct: Stockholm, Strand, Sweden
Mon 15 oct: Oslo, Jaeger, Norway
Tue 16 oct: Gothenburg, Sticky Fingers, Sweden
Wed 17 oct: Copenhagen, Rust, Denmark
Thu 18 oct: Malmö, Babel, Sweden
Fri 19 oct: Paris, Nouveau Casino, France
Sat 20 oct: London, Garage, UK
Sun 21 oct: Manchester, Moho Live, UK
Mon 22 oct: Brussels, Bazaar, Belgium
Tue 23 oct: Bern, Bonsoir, Suisse
Wed 24 oct: Bordeaux, Le Complexe, France
Thu 25 oct: Bergen, Cosmo, Norway
Fri 26 oct: Napoli, Impero 2, Italy
Sat 27 oct: Chiasso, Palapenz, Suisse

It looks like Game is hooked on Premo beats. Just like his last album, DJ Premier has again a spot on his new album “Jesus Piece”. The track is called “HVN4AGNGSTA” is going to feature Master P and DJ Premier on the beat. Jesus Piece should be dropping before the end of the year, he revealed the artists that will be featured on the album, including Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Trey Songz, Chris Brown, Scarface, Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Tyga, and more. Also, according to his Twitter, Rihanna and Pharrell may also be making appearances.

Related: Game – Born In The Trap CDQ

GrindXDesign will launch its digital conferencing platform this week. The New York City-based consortium of Hip Hop artists, producers and executives is led by famed journalist, radio host, activist and “Media Assassin” Harry Allen, as a way to educate and empower hopeful artists and industry movers and shakers.

The first of GrindXDesign’s digital conferences will include legendary Gang Starr deejay/producer DJ Premier as well as longtime Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation Records engineer Young Guru. The hour-long live conference on August 29th at 8pm will be moderated by Harry Allen, featuring an interview, followed by live Q&A from attendees.

Future guests in the eight-week series will include The Roots’ ?uestlove, Public Enemy’s Chuck D, DJ Drama, XXL’s Editor-in-Chief Vanessa Satten, The Source’s Editor-In-Chief Kim Osorio, DatPiff.com’s founder Marcus Frasier, Rap Coaltion founder Wendy Day, attorney Dan Booth, Tunecore’s Jamie Purpora, social media strategist Lena West, and film exec Arthur Wylie.

The conferences are built to take up to 1,000 simultaneous participants, and may run as long as 90 minutes based on guest availability and engagement.

“What’s incredibly exciting about GrindXDesign,” began Allen in a statement, “is that, if you’re a beat-maker in Argonne, Wisconsin, through digital conference call technology, you’ll have as much access to DJ Premier or Young Guru as someone from New York or L.A. If you want the mixtape success of a Lil Wayne, but need to understand what makes this format
hot, you’ll be able to listen to, and maybe get a question in to, DJ Drama, or the founder of DatPiff.com; the dominant mixtape website.”

“Like Twitter,” Allen continued, “the technology eliminates geographic or other boundaries, connecting fans and students directly to knowledgeable authorities. Unlike Twitter, you’re not limited to merely sending or receiving extremely short pieces of text.”

“Our objective is equipping people who want careers in Hip Hop with the right information, at an incredibly low cost; certainly cheaper than what even small mistakes in any of these areas could cost them.”

To attend these conferences, tickets may be purchased by credit card or Paypal at GrindXDesign.com. If purchased before August 23, tickets are $77, and $97 following.

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