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

Previous: Grandmaster Roc Raida Tribute Mix by DJ Premier

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!

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

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!!

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’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).

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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!

Lol, just read a Masta Ace interview that is almost a year old and he said DJ Premier is producing the soundtrack for this upcoming documentary about his life. I didn’t know this, maybe you do, whatever. Always wanted to hear Masta Ace spit on a Preem beat that is on vinyl!

BB: Are you doing a follow up to the Arts & Entertainment joint with Ed O G.?

MA: Probably not a follow up. What I’m working on these days is a DVD documentary that I’m going to start filming this summer that’s going to tell the story of my life and career from my early beginnings to the present. The score is going to be done by DJ Premier. It’s going to be a really ready for TV documentary with interviews from key people that were there. Also, a lot of vintage videos and photos to help tell the story.

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Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. The City (Feat. Kendrick Lamar) (Prod. By Cool & Dre)
3. Interlude/Basic Bitch (Prod. By Dirk Pate)
4. Drug Test/80 Cal (Feat. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg & Sly) (Prod. By DJ Khalil)
5. Martians Vs Goblin (Feat. Tyler the Creator & Lil Wayne) (Prod. By 1500 or Nothin)
6. Dead People (Prod. By Dr. Dre)
7. Dr Dre Interlude
8. Good Girl, Bad Girl (Feat. Drake) (Prod. By Cool & Dre)
9. Ricky (Prod. By DJ Khalil)
10. Good, Bad Ugly (Prod. By Hit-Boy)
11. Heavy Artillery (Feat. Rick Ross & Beanie Sigel) (Prod. By Street Runner)
12. Paramedics (Feat. Young Jeezy) (Prod. By Maestro)
13. Speakers On Blast (Feat. E-40 & Big Boi) (Prod. By 1500 or Nothin]
14. Hollywood (Feat. Lloyd) (Prod. By 1500 or Nothin)
15. All The Way Gone (Feat. Mario & Wale) (Prod. By 1500 or Nothin)
16. Pot of Gold (Feat. Chris Brown) (Prod. By The Futuristiks)
17. Dr Dre Interlude
18. All I Know (Feat. Lu Breeze) (Prod. by Boi-1da)
19. Born In Tha Trap (Prod. By DJ Premier)
20. Momma Knows (Feat. Dr. Dre & Nelly Furtado) (Prod. By The Neptunes)
21. California Dreaming (Prod. By 1500 or Nothin)
22. Outro/Skate On (Feat. Lupe Fiasco) / We Are Dreaming (Prod. By Dr. Dre)

Game wanted to make a track with AZ, but it was never recorded. Also the 2nd beat that Game requested from DJ Premier was never recorded. Very curious to hear “Born In Tha Trap” actually!! All the other producers seems unknown to me (excl. dr dre & neptunes)? Btw, the tracklist for the upcoming 9th Wonder album seems promising too!