Greg Nice: He said my rhymes from “Funky For You.” Look at Poetic Justice. There’s this room where [2Pac’s character’s cousin] has the equipment at. Look at the wall, over the bed: there’s a poster of me and Smooth. I was on the soundtrack for that movie too. I got four other records that haven’t even come out, that I’m on with [2Pac].

DX: From One Nation?

Greg Nice: Yep. All of that One Nation, I brought everybody. Everybody he wanted to see, I’m like, “You want [DJ] Premier to come up with you?” [2Pac] was like, “What? Hell yeah!” I called ‘Preme. [He was like], “Hell yeah!” I called Fat Joe. “Hell yeah!” Buckshot and [the Bootcamp Clik], “Hell yeah!” Everybody started comin’.

DX: All those names you just mentioned, were they able to come out?

Greg Nice: Yeah. The only who didn’t come was Joe.

DX: So Premier and 2Pac actually had the opportunity to work together?

Greg Nice: Yeah, and [DJ Premier] loved [2Pac] as well. To the point where that’s all he talks about. “Man, 2Pac came to my fuckin’ house!” Showbiz too, “Greg brought 2Pac to my living-room, man, sittin’ with me, chillin’.”

DX: I have to tell you, Greg, that’s a crazy story, man. I’m glowing, man. Nobody knows this. You worked on those four records. Do you personally want to see them release, or are they better left to mystery and memory?

Greg Nice: It depends on how it sounds. It depends on how it’s mixed. I assume, if it were to be mixed, it’d be mixed with a different flavor now. It would be a whole new sound. One is actually on this Pac’s Life [release] that they did. One of those songs [“International”], I got the publishing credit on the record, ‘cause they took different inserts of records we did and made that one song. They put [Nipsey Hussle and Young Dre The Truth] on there, rappin’. [Afeni Shakur] sent me the paperwork, saying, “My son would’ve wanted his friends to get that money. I want to take care of it the right way.” That’s what she did.

Source: HipHopDX

I recommend you to read the full interview, very nice.

Lastly, Joe Crack was asked about his latest work with DJ Premier, the Gang Starr producer with him Joe’s been recording with for over 15 years. Following up 2008’s “That White,” Joe was asked about The Darkside’s “I’m Gone.” Joe revealed that the song was recorded in the April days during Guru’s untimely death. “Guru had just passed away [when DJ Premier and I] was in the process of working. We was about to do it, and [Guru] had just died, like the day before or somethin’, so the whole vibe changed,” said Don Cartegena, who added that he loved Guru. “So he [used] a real sad-sounding sample and shit, but I knew where he was comin’ from.” Joe indicated that he was referring to Big Pun, although Joe had also lost a friend and group-mate in Big L. Sharing his opening verse, Joe rapped, “When [the song] starts off, I go, ‘Premo’s on this beat, yeah I know it sounds different / But his mans just passed, his soul’s just risen / A cold, cold world is the words that was given / As I met him, 15, with a burner, out of prison / Gangster, fuck that, Gang Starr / Tell Nas Hip Hop’s dead now, my man’s gone.'”

Fat Joe’s The Darkside Volume 1 releases July 27 on E1 Entertainment.

Source: HipHopDX

And DJ Premier in NYC with Lord Finesse and more on July 22th, check.

Deep down in the heart of Germany is an island any sane hip hop head will want to be on less than three weeks from now; Splash Festival in Grafenhainichen. Going on its twelfth edition the festival has come a long way from the local event it once was back in 1998 and it has gotten more renowned each year since, now hosting a remarkable mix of old and new with several veterans who’ve been around since day one balanced by the up-and-coming and some huge names in the industry such as Missy Eliot, Nas,, Damian Marley, the French legendary group IAM, Raekwon and the Wu-Tang Clan. In short, the combination of its unique location and line-up make it a must see.

While most artists come from Germany, traditionally one of the largest hip hop nations in Europe, the festival hosts performers from all corners of the planet. An excellent chance for these guys to show Europe what talents they possess and open up our minds to new styles we otherwise would not have come across. Along with the diversity of its performers the venue has attracted numerous dedicatees of equally divergent backgrounds. Splash festival is not only the dopest hip hop venue on the continent, it is also a way of bringing together a community usually devided by all sorts of boundaries by means of the one thing we all have in common: real love for real hip hop music.

So if you’re into good times and great music, Splash can provide you with all of that Friday the 23rd of july and the weekend following. Wherever you’re from, it’s worth the trip.

More info is available at http://www.splash-festival.de.

Get your tickets now:

Text by Samuel Van Daele.

This looks dope…

RAMMΣLLZΣΣ

1960 – 2010

It’s a DVD with 2CD included.

Pre-order now at juno.co.uk (Europe).

The official KC Trust Fund is now open and running thanks to Guru’s family. KC is the only son Guru left behind and it would be grateful to show your support towards him for Guru. His son is the only person who should truly benefits from Guru legacy. And DJ Premier will make sure Guru’s profit from Gang Starr will go out to his son, no doubt about that. May Guru rest in peace. Thank you to everyone for supporting KC!

Send your love to:

USAA Imco.
PO. Box 65943
San Antonio, TX 78265
Account: 47901737495

The Elam family thanks you!

Sunday, July 11, 2010 at 9:00 PM at Temple, 540 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

ALSO: DJ Premier in South Korea June 26th.