Props to spotcoffee.
R.I.P. Guru
Nice N Smooth – DWYCK with DJ Premier Live at Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival 2010
Live From HeadQCourterz (07/10/2010) (15 Years Duck Down Records Special)
gimantalon, July 10th 2010 |Fat Joe – The Darkside Vol. 1 Snippets
Tracklist:
1) Intro
2) Valley of Death
3) I Am Crack
4) Kilo (Feat. Clipse & Cam’Ron)
5) Rappers Are In Danger
6) (Ha Ha) Slow Down (Feat. Young Jeezy)
7) If It Ain’t About Money (Feat. Trey Songz)
8 ) No Problems (Feat. Rico Love)
9) How Did We Get Here (Feat. R. Kelly)
10) Money Over Bitches (Feat. Too Short & TA)
11) Heavenly Father (Feat. Lil Wayne)
12) I’m Gone
13) At Last Supremacy (Feat. Busta Rhymes)
Fat Joe – The Darkside Vol. 1 (Snippets)
Here you have the snippet of the banger produced by DJ Premier:
The Dark Side Vol. 1 will be released on July 29 on the label E1.
Live From HeadQCourterz (07/03/2010)
gimantalon, July 8th 2010 |DJ Premier Brooklyn Bodega Interview at Brooklyn Bowl
Thanks to Brooklyn Bodega!
Nick Javas – Not A Game (Scratch Version) CDQ
DJ Premier mailed out a new version of the track “Not A Game” by Nick Javas, he also added that this will feature on the forthcoming Year Round Records Compilation LP. Enjoy:
Fat Joe Talks Guru-Inspired Verse Produced By DJ Premier
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
DJ Premier In Italy, July 17th + Together with Lord Finesse July 22th, NYC
And DJ Premier in NYC with Lord Finesse and more on July 22th, check.
Europe Biggest Hip Hop Festival “Splash” Going Down This Summer
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.
