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New Guru x Loungin’ T-Shirt Created by The X Label

The X Label brings to you the Jazzmatazz Loungin T-shirt! This artwork beautifly combines the album cover of Guru’s Jazzmatazz Vol 1. and the song “Loungin.” “Loungin” is a single from the Jazzmatazz Vol 1. album featuring the gifted trumpeter Donald Byrd. *Pre-Orders available now. **Comes in Black & Grey colors.

In 1993 Guru released Jazzmatazz Vol. 1. Guru decided to take music to new heights by utilizing the brilliance of actual jazz musicians to produce the sounds to rhyme too. He merges his potent and forever meaningfull rhymes with beats and instruments directly from authentic lounge jazz. The album fuses an assortment of jazz talents both old and new, including Donald Byrd, Lonnie Liston, Roy Ayers, Courtney Pine, Branford Marsalis , and Ronny Jordan. He used the melodic voices of Carleen Anderson and N’Dea Davenport and collaborated with french rapper MC Solaar. The variety of guest artists adds diversity and originality to each track, and gives the album a distinct jazz feel. In its own right the album is a historical document of jazz and hip-hop starting to blend.

Buy it now here.

DJ Premier Talks Upcoming Projects, M.O.P./DJ Premier Collabo Album, Starting A Company with Pete Rock & More

In this 35min audio, Mista Montana and Menace calls once again DJ Premier to chat about his upcoming projects. A lot was said, like: some more detailed info about “The Kolexxion” (like DMX that was almost going to get a feature), he’s going to make a track with Chris Brown, he did new tracks with Afu-Ra (but it wasn’t that good on a lyrical level), he wants Raekwon on NYGz album, new track with Esoteric called “Let It Off”, new track with Termanology & Lil Fame called “Play Dirty”, M.O.P. & DJ Premier planning to make a collabo album, Nas telling DJ Premier they will make the collabo album happen when his contract with Def Jam is over, Jeru the Damaja reunion, Pete Rock & DJ Premier starting a company “PVP” (Premier versus Pete) that’s going to sell merchandise and music, they are going to make 2 (!!) collabo albums (1 commercial/1 underground) and much more:

The first single of DJ Premier/Pete Rock album coming soon with Pete Rock rhyming over a Preem production!

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Re:Generation Private Screening Q&A with DJ Premier, Skrillex, Mark Ronson & More

Had to add this on:

LMAO!!

Evidence Performing “You” @ Melkweg, Amsterdam

He does it dope! Can’t wait to see him in Belgium tomorrow.

Rap Is Outta Control (02/05/2012)

Filled in by DJ Premier!

Live From HeadQCourterz (02/03/2012)

Guests: 9th Wonder & Rapsody

DJ Premier Discuss New Showbiz & AG Album “Mugshot Music” Pt. 2

Related: Showbiz & A.G. – South Bronx Shit (Prod. by Showbiz) (Scratches by DJ Premier) CDQ

Lord Finesse Names “Baby, You Nasty” As His 5th Favorite Sample Flip

Lord Finesse: “During the making of Funky Technician I would sit with Premier all day listening to records, trying to pick out loops for the album. I would sit there sometimes til we’d both be nodding off. [laughs] One day he pull out that Young-Holt Unlimited record and as soon as I heard the drums I absolutely lost my mind. I was like, “That’s it right there” – just off the drum loop alone! Man, I didn’t care what he added on top as long as he had that drum loop running. I knew we could come up with something funky.”

“Baby, You Nasty” samples Young-Holt Unlimited – “Wah Wah Man” (Cotillion, 1971)

Click here for Lord Finesse’s 10 Favorite Sample Flips.

Live From HeadQCourterz (01/27/2012)

Guest: Sadat X

A-Trak Names “Ten Crack Commandments” As His 3rd Favorite Sample Flip

A-Trak: “Premier beats were always so iconic that you became ultra-familiar with the samples, and then one day you’d hear the original source and it would be just a couple passing notes in the middle of a song and you’d respect him even more for noticing that section! I could easily do a Top 10 Sample Flips of just Premier. The “Ten Crack Commandments” beat speaks to me in particular because he scratched the sample and it make the scratching part of the production. It wasn’t a solo, it became an essential part of what the sample brought to the track.”

“Ten Crack Commandments” samples Les McCann – “Vallarta” (ABC, 1977).

Click here for A-Trak’s 10 Favorite Sample Flips.

Related: Ten Crack Commandments used in Modern Business