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Guru x Converse Shoes x The X Label Out

The X Label is bringing to you this collaboration with The Ave Venice, located in Venice Beach, CA. The Ave Venice specializes in custom design utilizing cutting edge technology mixed with their own creative engineering and software development. The X Label in conjunction with The Ave Venice will be releasing 50 pairs of the limited edition Keithy E Demo Tape Shoe. Like the Keithy E Demo Tape t-shirt, the shoe consist of the cover of Guru’s first demo tape on the outer and inner parts of the shoe. The tongue of the shoe holds Guru’s signature “Keithy E” imprinted across the upper flap. This exclusive yet personal item will not only be marked by the shoe number but also our favorite Guru song 1-50. These exclusive kicks will sell out quickly!!

Order now at www.thexlabel.com or www.theavevenice.com.

rip guru!!

Juelz Santana Wants DJ Premier & Easy Mo Bee On His Next Project

According to Wiki his upcoming album will be titled “Born to Lose, Built to Win”.

DJ Premier added to Roc Raida Tribute Party Line Up Oct. 25

This is huge! Don’t miss it if you’re in NYC! R.I.P. Roc Raida.

DJ Premier is also going to preform on Thursday September 29th @ Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, New York with Kendra Morris. Arranged by Wax Poetics. Kendra Morris also going to work together in the near future with DJ Premier. Dope!

To those who are in San Fransisco, don’t miss DJ Premier vs Pete Rock show next friday 30.09

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What We Can Expect From This Year BET Hip-Hop Awards 2011 Cyphers…


This week the ciphers for BET Hip-Hop Awards are being filmed with DJ Premier again. What break he’s using this time?

DJ Premier & BET Hip-Hop Awards 2011 presents:

Cypher # 1 – XV, Chris Sutton, Gilbere Forte and Jay Rock
Cypher # 2 – Rico Staxx, Wais P and French Montana
Cypher # 3 – Estelle, Lacrae, Saprano and Nitty Scott
Cypher # 4 – Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill and Pill
Cypher # 5 – B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar, Machine Gun Kelly, Tech N9ne and Big K.R.I.T
Cypher # 6 – Lady of Rage, Dom Kennedy, Skillz and Blind Fury

Lady of Rage YES. Too bad we won’t see OFWGKTA (Tyler, The Creator). And Skillz proven his point and now he’s in!

Teaser Pics From “Stop What Ya Doin'” Video Shoot




Directed by Nicolas Heller. Cameos of Evidence & Fashawn. Coming Soon.

NYGz Debut Album “Hustla’z Union-Local NYG” Dropping On November 8th?

Will the debut album of the Bronx crew NYGz finally meet our ears this year? The first album fully produced by DJ Premier since Gang Starr “Ownerz”. Releasing on DJ Premier’s label Year Round Records the album seems to finally done. If we should believe DJBooth.net, the album is going to be released on November 8th. Could this be finally it? The album features Ice Cube, G-Dep, Young Maylay, Lil Fame, K-Rino, Khaleel & Rave Roulette! I need to hear this!!

DJ Premier To Produce Torae’s Album Titled Track “For The Record”

Tracklist:

01 Intro (Prod. by Torae)
02 Alive (Feat. Wes) (Prod. by Khrysis)
03 You Ready? (Prod. by Marco Polo)
04 What It Sound Like (Feat. Pav Bundy) (Prod. by !llmind)
05 Shakedown (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
06 That Raw (Prod. by Pete Rock)
07 Do The Math (Prod. by Large Professor)
08 Changes (Prod. by Diamond D)
09 Over You (Feat. Wes) (Prod. by E. Jones)
10 Imagine (Prod. by Eric G)
11 Only Way (Interlude) (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
12 For The Record (Prod. by DJ Premier)
13 Thank You (Prod. by Nottz)
14 Reflection (Prod. by Eric G)
15 Panorama (Feat. MeLa Machinko) (Prod. by Fatin)

Release date: 1st of November.

Can’t wait!!

Game Speaks on Collabo With DJ Premier

Game’s long-awaited fourth solo LP, The Red Album, finally hits stores tomorrow, August 23. And as you’ll see from the tracklisting, the Compton MC is still well loved by his peers. Dr. Dre, Drake, Lil Wayne, LLoyd, Wale, Mario, Cool and Dre and host of other contributed to the project. The Compton King says one of the records he’s most excited for people to hear is ” Born in the Trap,” which was produced by DJ Premier.

“I got with Preemo,” Game told XXLMag.com. “That joint is ready rock. You know Preem, he don’t wanna work with everybody.”

Game also revealed that the Preemo track was the first he laid down for Red when he started working on the album just about three years ago.

“Preem, he had the scratches in,” Chuck Taylor said. “He had it mixed. I had the finished, mixed and mastered ‘Born in the Trap’ ready before anybody [else] turned in anything.”

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Lol, Preem was first? That’s a new one! Tylor, The Creator’s part on the album was the highlight imo (next to the Premo track ofc).

DJ Premier On Rakim’s Upcoming Album

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Upcoming Rumoured DJ Premier Collaborations

1) Torae will be releasing his debut LP “For The Record” on November 1, 2011, highlighting an impressive production lineup from DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Marco Polo, !llmind, Pete Rock, Diamond D, Buckwild, Nottz, Large Professor, Fatin and Torae as well. Here’s the first leak, “Do The Math” produced by Large Professor. Old school hip-hop heads will appreciate this, peep below.

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2) It hasn’t even been a full year since Twista dropped his latest album, 2010’s The Perfect Storm, and already the Chicago emcee is hard at work on his next project. News broke earlier today that Twista is now currently working on his new album, titled The Dark Horse. According to Fake Shore Drive, Twista is currently in Los Angeles working on The Dark Horse with frequent collaborator and fellow Chi-Town Hip Hop alum the Legendary Traxster. A picture of the two working in the studio on the project can be seen above. Twista also took to Twitter to confirm the news that he has begun work on ninth solo album. He even hinted that he may be looking to work with the legendary DJ Premier on the project. source

3) Show & A.G. are back in the studio! Working together on their upcoming album “Mug Shot Music”. They already leaked one track “Suspended Animation” from the album to get the people warmed up. We all know the home of Show’s productions is at DJ Premier’s studio HeadQCourterz. But now Andre The Giant tweeted that DJ Premier will be executive producing and mixing the new album. Can we hope on a Next Level Pt. 2 or Next Level Pt. 2 (DJ Premier Remix)… Lets see what the future brings!