Your Old Droog has graced us with a short video of him performing Mule Juice, from he recent Kinison EP. It was recorded on the road while Droog is on tour with PRhyme, and you can watch the drama unfold below.
Category: DJ Premier
Adrian Younge documentary
As egotistic and pretentious as he may come across at times, its hard to deny that Adrian Younge is something of a musical genius. This new short film breaks down his process, with DJ Premier, RZA and more sharing their experiences of working with the man himself, and how they dig his strictly analogue approach to making music. Definitely worth a watch.
Big Shug – ‘I Bleed for This’
The Triple OGzuz album from Big Shug came out this week, and he’s celebrating with the release of this video for track I Bleed for This, produced by his old buddy DJ Premier. Watch below, then go support the Gang Starr Foundation vet by copping the album.
Big Shug – ‘The Reason’
Big Shug drops another track from new album Triple OGZus. The Reason features a beat from Gem Crates, and its another hard-as-nails stomper. We can’t shake the feeling though that a Big Shug track that isn’t produced by DJ Premier is always going to struggle to find much traction.
DJ EFN – ‘Paradise’ feat. Talib Kweli and Redman
Just when we thought DJ EFN had given us enough quality tracks in the last few weeks, he goes and drops another one. Paradise features Talib Kweli, Wrekonise and Reggie Noble himself, Redman. This, and the DJ Premier produced Who’s Crazy are taken from the upcoming Another Time album, out soon.
Jeru the Damaja – Just One Record
During his travels touring through France, Jeru the Damaja recently contributed to online series Just One Record, where an artist breaks down their favorite album. Jeru picks an absolute hip-hop classic, The Great Adventures of Slick Rick. Towards the end, he also breaks down the producers he’s currently working with. No mention of that reunion with DJ Premier, but hopefully Primo is one of the artists he says he can’t reveal yet.
DJ EFN – ‘Who’s Crazy’ (produced by DJ Premier)
DJ EFN has been dropping some absolute gems of late, and latest track Who’s Crazy is also a DJ Premier banger. Vocals are from Stalley, Troy Ave and the legend Scarface, with unreleased samples of GURU’s voice cut up to perfection on the hook. DJ EFN’s album Another Time hits stores soon.
Big Shug – ‘Off Rip’
We recently got some snippets of Big Shug’s upcoming Triple Ogzus album, and now we’ve been treated to a video for single Off Rip, featuring Termanology and Singapore Kane. The beat is DJ Premier by numbers, but an average Primo beat is still better than most other producers. Listen out for Shug addressing that whole shady business with Solar that transpired after Guru’s death.
Big Shug – ‘Triple OGzuz’ (preview)
Gang Starr Foundation stalwart Big Shug is releasing his new album Triple OGzuz next month, and has dropped some sneak previews. As you’d expect, he’s enlisted old friend DJ Premier for a few of the beats, including lead track I Am Somebody. As for the artwork, well, this just might be one of the worst covers we’ve ever seen.
Lord Finesse – The SP1200 Project: A Re-awakening
Diggin’ in the Crates crew member and all-round legend Lord Finesse is releasing an extended version of his excellent The SP1200 Project: A Re-awakening album in March, and you can hear snippets from eight of the new tracks below. Pay your respects to one of the most gifted rappers and producers of all time when it hits stores in a few weeks time.