N 2 Gether Now On Trial So 90's!

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LiveFromHQ 25/07/2009

Bahaha, this weekend was U-God guest at DJ Premier's show "LiveFromHQ". He promoted his new album "Dopium" which is now in stores and features Scotty Wotty, there are only a few fans who know him. But he was the father of Wu-Tang Clan, very dope! Besides all of that the funniest thing happened hahaha, U-God was getting lyrical attacked by an anonymous caller. That shit made my day:

U-God Vs Anonymous Caller (Prod. by KC)

LiveFromHQ Playlist 17/07/2009

Tracks:

1. Singapore Kane - Mollywhopped (Feat. Big Shug)
2. Focus - Homage to DJ Premier (Feat. Royce da 5'9", Phonte & Stat Quo)
3. Blaq Poet - Rap Addiction (Feat. Shabeeno & Lil Fame)
4. Blaq Poet - Too Strong
5. Blaq Poet - Hate (Feat. N.O.R.E.)
6. Blaq Poet - Ain't Nuttin' Changed (Feat. MC Eiht & Young Maylay) (Queensbridge to California Remix)
7. 50 Cent - Put Da Work In
8. Legacy - TKO (Feat. Phonte, Chaudon & Sean Price)
9. Nick Javas - Live From HQ Promo
10. Blaq Poet - Stretch Marks And Cigarette Burns (Feat. Panchi & Imani Montana)
11. Nick Javas - Opportunity Knocks
12. NYGz - Ready?
13. Blaq Poet - Legendary Pt. 1 (Feat. Nick Javas & Shabeeno)
14. Blaq Poet - Sichuwayshunz
15. Blaq Poet - Let The Guns Blow
16. Blaq Poet - Voices

Guests: Blaq Poet, Nick Javas, Imani Montana with N.O.R.E., MC Eiht & Young Maylay on the phone.

Chi-Ali "No Surrender, No Retreat"

For those who don't know, I met DJ Premier only one time in personal. It was still in the days that 50% believed in the notorious "Don't Tell Me (DJ Premier Remix)" by Madonna. For those who still don't know, it was going to be released on a German version of the twelve inch single. But we never found it so I asked Preem about the remix and he told me that he mailed two versions to Madonna and she both rejected them, so I asked him if we would ever hear those remixes and he said that the instrumentals will be on "Beats That Collected Dust" serie so.. Don't ask me which beats he ment... Now when I meet DJ Premier again I have 4 new questions and this Chi-Ali record was one of them.

Who doesn't know Chi-Ali should go and learn a few things, but why shoud I not explain it in my own words: Chi-Ali was the youngest member of the Native Tongues Posse, at an age of 14(16?) he recorded in 1992 a hip hop debut jewel called "The Fabulous Chi-Ali" with classics like "Age Ain't Nuthing But A #" and "Funky Lemonade". It was the only album he made. A few years later he murdered his sister boyfriend because he owned him 300 dollars and some cd's. Before he was arrested in Harlem in 1999 (2001?) he was in the program "Americas Most Wanted". Now he is serving 14(?) years of jail. Sad story...

But there was this track, floating on the internet, produced by DJ Premier, written by Chi-Ali. Most of the people couldn't tell were it came from but knew the track, the quality wasn't that good. It could be vinyl, it could be from a cassette. So I would ask DJ Premier the history behind this record... But now I got it, it's ripped from cassette called "Relativity Rap Up Vol. 2 Sampler". It's a sampler tape released in 1993 by Chi-Ali's record company. The scans of the tape tells us it was a track for his upcoming album that never went released. So now we know, and we also know there is an unreleased Chi-Ali album... Here are the scans of the tape (and you can probably find the track on youtube):

Which Gang Starr Foundation member should return; RESULTS!!

I know, it wasn't a that good poll. You basically knew the number one result without the votes, but I was interested in the number two and three actually. We had tremendous number of votes and that made the follow rank:

1. Jeru the Damaja (942, 57%)
2. Group Home (262; 15%)
3. Afu-Ra (203, 12%)
4. Bahamadia (155, 9%)
5. Krumb Snatcha (81, 4%)

Total votes: 1643

Shall it even happen? A new Jeru-Premo collabo, it could be. Jeru is still the most active artist of the whole list. Still touring most of his time with The Beatnuts and Lords of the Underground, they should ran in each other by now. Let just hope one day.. My vote went to Bahamadia, I loved her so much! Where the fuck is she besides participating on Japanese produced records? I truly miss her... For Afu-Ra we got better news I think, he shouted Premo recently for his new album which still isn't released. And Krumb Snatcha had a new album some months ago without Premo, it didn't looked like a succes to me. Lets just hope for the better for everybody, only time will tell! Meanwhile you can vote for the new poll, looking for the average age that visits this blog...

Nick Javas - Opportunity Knocks (Radio Rip)

What do we have here? It's the first official joint by Nick Javas on Year Round Records and produced by the one and only DJ Premier, no joke! And it's not just a random hip hop track, it has a different concept thought by Nick Javas where he is trying to impress Preem with his lines. After every part Premo reacts with his scratches where Nick Javas reacts again! I assure you're not going to forget this track so fast. And it feels so right that Preem tracks are getting leaked on the right blog hehe. "Destination Unkown" is coming, not soon, but coming with DJ Premier, Marco Polo, Statik Selektah and probably more... Enjoy!!

Nick Javas - Opportunity Knocks (Radio Rip)

Blaq Poet Interview Pt. 1 @ Harper's Ferry

R.I.P. KL

Lil' Fame with Premo Speak on Blaq Poet

Vintage: Gang Starr on Dutch Television 1991

Wow, this is dope! My language is Dutch so.. This is Gang Starr on national Dutch television back in 1991 when they were on tour to promote "Step In The Arena". It also contains a little docu about boom systems. And for the Dutch people, it has subtitles! Funny how Premo reacts to the sample question.

NYGz - Ready (Radio Rip)

Like I said: NYGz weekend on DJPremierBlog! DJ Premier talked about this record before, it was the beat that 50 Cent rejected but then suddenly used as a loop due to fans request called "Shut Ur Bloodclot Mouth". When 50 Cent rejected the beat Preem gave it to NYGz for their upcoming album. Now we have the full version of the track and it's fiiiiiiiire. Lol, you could use 50 cent part and add it on the track, then you have NYGz featuring 50 Cent, yeaaaaaaaaah!! I should do PR. And do you remember me saying it would be dope to have a track with the full Year Round Records roster (I wroted it in the comments)? Well, that track is in the making and is going to be released on "Pros N Cons", and each artist will have a different beat yaya! Even Shabeeno and Panchi! WORD! Now enjoy the second leak of "Pros N Cons" "Ready":

NYGz - Ready (Radio Rip)

NYGz - Gangstaz of New York (Prod. by Thorotracks)

I think I'm going to need to change my blog name into Year Round Records blog, cause I have a new NYGz track for y'all. The group is next on the roster of Year Round Records label by DJ Premier. There album is going to call "Pros N Cons" and will be enterily produced by Premo! The release date is fall 2009, but we all know... Now this track isn't produced by Preem so I don't know if we'll see an official release of it? It's produced by Thorotracks or something like that. Uploaded on request, here for everybody and believe me, it's going to be NYGz weekend!

NYGz - Gangstaz of New York (Prod. by Thorotracks) (Radio Rip)

LiveFromHQ Playlist 10/07/2009

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

Asher Roth Wants to Work With DJ Premier on New LP

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...

New live recordings

Blaq Poet & DJ Premier Speak with Nodfactor

Tha Blaqprint Review by HipHopSite

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.

Source: HipHopSite.com

R.I.P. Michael Jackson Tribute Mix Tracklist

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!

6 beats on "Street Hop", no Slaughterhouse

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.

Tha Blaqprint Review by HipHopDX

The past few years have been troubling for fans of New York Hip Hop. When commercial artists weren't busy riding the South’s finger snapping, Auto-Tune crooning coat tails, tight pants-wearing hipsters began to slowly take over sections of Brooklyn with their Diplo beats and overly ironic sensibilities. While the rest of the city seemingly sinks further and further into a musically mire, Queensbridge emcee Blaq Poet stands strong with his debut LP Tha Blaqprint, after over two screw-faced decades with Screwball, fighting hard in the trenches for Queens recognition and a king's respect.

Lyrically, Poet isn’t the most audacious of emcees. His flow and wordplay is fairly simple. But what the Poet lacks in lyrical elegance, he makes in raw, energetic delivery. With his nasal war cry "Huhah!,” Blaq Poet rocks the mic with a verbal iron fist. On the hard-body "Don't Give a Fucc," he explodes from the barrel, saying "Blaq Poet attacks, what the fuck you think was going to happen? / I'm from the days when niggas stood on the corner clapping / Drinking 40's in front of the police / Running around, a straight beast on the streets." Even at his more mellow moments on the touching tribute to Screwball member and cousin K.L. "Never Goodbye," Poet makes the listener feel without saying much. Granted, he's not the best wordsmith to grace the game. Some of his lines do miss the mark, such as on "U Phucc'd Up" when he refers to the Pocono Mountains as "the Cokeanos." Yet for the most part, such problems occur on an individual basis and do very little to hurt the overall quality of the album.

In terms of content, Tha Blaqprint is surprisingly deep and insightful. While the album is irrefutably hardcore in sound, Poet infuses the music with a level of honesty that perfectly captures the aura and mentality of Queensbridge. Right from the get-go, Poet hits hard, summing up his state of mind on "I-Gititin” by saying, "Ain't nothing wrong with that kiddie shit, but this what been missing / Premo on the beats and me on the rhyme / That means it's heat on the streets, it's about that time." He talks up all things hardcore: the hood ("Ain't Nuttin’ Changed" and "Hood Crazy"), the criminal life ("U Phucc'd Up"), the police ("S.O.S.") and guns ("Let the Guns Blow"). He even carves out some time to get back to his Hip-Hop roots on the Shabeeno (of NYGz fame) and Lil Fame-assisted "Rap Addiction." Yet Poet’s spectrum extends beyond that. He tackles concept-oriented tracks like "Voices," on which he speaks with 2Pac and Biggie about the sordid state of the game. On "Sichuwayshunz,” he shows his empathetic side on the latter of the two, explaining the stories of a thief, a mobster and a homeless person, saying "If you living in the mansion or the fuckin' basement, everybody got they own situation."

Primarily handled by the legendary DJ Premier, Tha Blaqprint’s production provides the perfect musical backing. From the jaunty single "Ain't Nuttin' Changed" to the paranoid "S.O.S.," Premo does some of his best work on this album. He even explores different types of sounds with success. On the N.O.R.E.-featured "Hate", Premo applies a minimalist acoustic guitar to a sample of Main Source’s “Looking at the Front Door,” while on "Stretch Marks and Cigarette Burns," he utilizes a fuzzed-out bass to make a perfectly sleazy stripper anthem. Joining Premier on the production are Easy Mo Bee ("U Phucc'd Up") and Gemcrates ("Sichuwayshunz"), and while neither producer quite matches Premier’s level of excellence on this album, their beats prove to be worthy additions to the album’s overall sound.

Tha Blaqprint is an extremely well-made and engrossing Hip Hop album. The honesty of Poet’s words more than make up for any lyrical blemishes, while DJ Premier’s production harkens back to golden years of Hip Hop. Tha Blaqprint is an endearing New York relic lost in an industry that’s incapable of grasping its significance.

HipHopDX Rating: 4/5
User Rating: 3,5/5

Source: HipHopDX

Blaq Poet CD Release Party in Boston today

DJ Premier playing MJ at Zaragoza

LiveFromHQ this weekend was a rebroadcast of previous week because DJ Premier and his crew were in Zaragoza, Spain. LA is going to dance this afternoon, Europe at television...

Seven - Go Slow (Feat. Talib Kweli) (DJ Premier Remix)

Like I did with Laura Izibor (which I already have on 12inch), just bought the track. It's only one euro! After the snippet now the full track, another DJ Premier Blog exclusive and Talib Kweli sounds sooooooo dope!! I want more Talib DJ Premier!! Seven did a great job hiring Premo for a remix, props but he should put the instrumental on the vinyl version! Now enjoy the full version, be open minded, but you already know it won't sound boom bap. But another fine remix delivered right here! Maybe it's the style Preem used for Christina Aguilera album? Who knows...

Seven - Go Slow (Feat. Talib Kweli) (DJ Premier Remix)

Support!

And who of the kids is going to be first to upload it on youtube?

DJ Premier Blog Extended

Like every other successful site/blogs does is creating accounts on various community's with a member list of more then a million people. I did the same thing, the only thing is I didn't post it up yet on this blog. I don't know, I remember Twitter when only a few people knew it thanks to Barack Obama. Since the start of this blog I made a account on Twitter when only Nahright and 2DopeBoyz had one lol. So for maybe a couple of you people it's handy to follow me on different sites. I'm not on myspace though, I get a headache when I'm on that site!

Facebook
I run the group DJ Premier = Best Producer in Hip Hop Ever together with Magdi, Facebook is one of the site I'm rarely on, but Magdi created the first group for DJ Premier over there and it has now more then 7400 members!

Last.fm
The site I used to be on all the time, the group is created in 2006, so before it blew up. It has now more then 1100 people!

Twitter
Lol at twitter, it's stupid to share everything what you're doing. But it's handy to install the twitterfeed so everybody see when something new on your blog. The account has more then 4600 followers.

Hyves
A netwerk site made for The Netherlands community, bigger then facebook in her own country!

JOIN JOIN JOIN

I'm wondering when yearroundrecords.com is coming...

Ain't Nuttin' Changed (DVDRiP)

Because "Tha Blaqprint" is released worldwide yesterday I got this thread for everybody, my personal thank you for supporting DJ Premier and Blaq Poet lol. If you didn't bought it too bad. Here is a superb quality release of his first single "Ain't Nuttin' Changed". Put it on DVD or iPhone, dunno!

Blaq Poet - Ain't Nuttin' Changed (DVDRiP)

And for all the DJs out there, another thread from yours sincerely:

Blaq Poet - Stretch Marks And Cigarette Burns (Feat. Panchi & Imani Montana) (Clean LP Version)

DJ Premier at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival