Tracks:

1. U-God – Train Trussle (Feat. Ghostface Killah, Scotty Wotty)
2. Alchemist – ALC Theme (Feat. Kool G Rap)
3. Sonny Seeza – We Got Next (Feat. Steven King)
4. Legacy – TKO (Feat. Phonte, Chaudon & Sean Price)
5. Alchemist – Chemical Warfare (Feat. Eminem)
6. Alchemist – Acts of Voilence (Feat. Oh No)
7. 50 Cent – Where You Are
8. Blaq Poet – Rap Addiction (Feat. Shabeeno & Lil Fame)
9. Clipse – I’m Good (Feat. Pharell)
10. Alchemist – Lights, Cameras, Action (Feat. Lil Fame)
11. NYGz – Gangstaz Of New York
12. Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (Feat. MC Eiht & Young Maylay) (Queensbridge to California Remix)
13. Jesse West – Genius (Feat. Bumpy Knuckles)
14. Alchemist – Therapy (Feat. Evidence, Blu, Talib Kweli & Kid Cudi)
15. Royce da 5’9″ – Street Hop 2009
16. Alchemist – Grand Concourse (Feat. KRS-One)

Guests: Alchemist

Switching gears, Asher Roth told XXL that he is currently working on his sophomore album. And it seems like the SRC rapper is trying to deliver an old school vibe for his next LP. “You know I’m really interested in Pete Rock and DJ Premier and that New York sound, and that ’90s sound. I really wanna get in on that.”

Source: XXLmag

Limp Bizkit also wanted to work with Premo back in the days…

Let’s get one thing clear. If you are looking for poppy, keyboard, synthed-out Top 40 bullshit, you might as well stop reading right now. If you are looking for hardcore, street, boom-bap, classic, authentic hip-hop, by all means continue – this is it in it’s purest form. Straight out of Queensbridge comes Blaq Poet. For those who don’t know Poet was once part of Screwball, who released the now classic “Y2K” 9 long years ago, and even before that, held a high-profile battle with KRS-One during the BDP era. Since working with DJ Premier on Y2K, Poet has signed to Preem’s label, Year Round Records, and the anticipation for his official debut has grown since the ink dried. The wait is finally over and one of the best albums of ’09 has arrived. All but two tracks are produced by Primo, which leads you to believe that this is the next coming of Gang Starr.

Tha Blaqprint starts out with “I-Gittin”. Primo lifts and chops a guitar riff to perfection, which fits Poet’s aggressive flow to a tee. “U Phucced Up” is Easy Mo Bee’s lone contribution to the album, as Poet vividly tells the story of a drug deal gone wrong. The single “Ain’t Nuttin Changed” shows Premier’s versatility, jacking the chorus from Akon’s verse on 50 Cent’s single “I Still Kill”. Poet once again snaps over the classic production, letting the listener know that NY Hip-Hop is here to stay no matter what others may say.

With very few guest appearances, Poet holds his own over Premier beats. One stand out collboration is “Legendary Pt 1”, featuring new comer Nick Javas and Year Round labelmates, The NYGz. Java ultimately outshines the veterans and has us eagerly awaiting “Legendary Pt 2”, as Premier cuts up a perfectly placed 2pac sample for the chorus. Another outstanding guest spot comes from N.O.R.E. over possibly the best Primo track on the album (there are so many, it’s hard to choose). Sampling Main Source from “Looking at the Front Door”, Primo’s snapping snares and perfect chops compliment the emcees like its ’96 all over again.

While he does cover it extensively, Poet branches outside the hip-hop holy trinity of streets, guns and drugs on other parts of the album. On one of the album’s real gems, “Voices”, he spits about hip-hop greats 2pac, Biggie, Rakim, Slick Rick and others asking him what is going on with hip-hop. “I hear voices/and it sounds like Biggie/asking me what up with New York City/why y’all n*ggas ain’t putting up big numbers/African n*gga’s bootlegging every summer/yo, what the fuck/ya’ll better get at them/if y’all n*ggas trying to go gold and platinum”. With lyrics like that, who can claim hip-hop is dead? Meanwhile, “Never Goodbye” serves as a tribute to Screwball member KL, who died suddenly from an asthma attack in 2008, and is a fitting end to a near perfect album.

This critic is probably somewhat biased, because as the hip-hop landscape of the last 10 years has looked pretty bleak, with few shining lights here and there. The Blaqprint and several other recent albums gives a large amount of hope, however. Sure, Poet talks about the same subject matter, sure Premier’s beats are mostly chopped up soul samples, but the same arguments could be made against Gang Starr and nobody’s challenging that fact. Is this the best we will see from Poet, who knows? But it’s a fitting legacy, if so.

Tracks:

1. Paul Mooney – Michael Jackson Ecerpt
2. Jackson 5 – Darling Dear
3. Jackson 5 – 2,4,6,8
4. Jackson 5 – Great To Be Here
5. Jackson 5 – I Want You Back
6. Jackson 5 – Feelin’ Alright
7. Jackson 5 – I Wanna Be Where You Are
8. The Jacksons – Show You The Way
9. Jackson 5 – We’ve Got A Good Thing Going
10. The Jacksons – Heartbreak Hotel
11. Jackson 5 – Walk On By (Intro Live)
12. Jackson 5 – I Don’t Know Why I Love You
13. Jackson 5 – Dacing Machine
14. The Jacksons – Your Ways
15. Jackson 5 – Who’s Loving You
16. Jackson 5 – ABC
17. Jackson 5 – Sugar Daddy
18. The Jacksons – Enjoy Yourself
19. Jackson 5 – I Am Love
20. Jackson 5 – The Love You Save
21. The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
22. Jackson 5 – 2300 Jackson Street

Wow, this legendary mix is outta control. Already downloaded 89300 times on zshare alone, posted on major hip hop sites and even non hip hop! If you still didn’t hear it, go and download it yourself here. And Premier is going to make a new mix that is free to download in the short future he said last night… R.I.P. MJ!

DJ Premier announced yesterday he will have a total of 6 tracks produced by him on the upcoming Royce da 5’9″ album. By my guessing we already have three of them leaked: “Ding!“, “Hit ‘Em” and “Shake This“. The album will be released after the Slaughterhouse album that does not contain any Preem productions, but most of the records were recorded and mixed at his studio. So that’s the reason Joe Budden is most of the time up there. Premo also said again he has worked on the upcoming M.O.P. album “The Foundation“.

Premier also had pee of himself on him, MTV should start filming this.