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DJ Premier
DJ Premier
American Musician
Born: Mar 21, 1966
About Always Like Me Music You
I would always have turntable elements in my records even if it was just one scratch. DJ Premier
Would Records Always Scratch Just Just One Turntable Even Elements
Guru's family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the memorial service. He had a nice giant gold box that had his name on it. It was really nice. I know all the family members had ashes that they all spread and took on their own. So I said lemme ask is it cool if I have some. DJ Premier
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I've been listening to Herbie Hancock forever. He's gone through so many transitions, even before bringing hip-hop to the forefront with ‘Rockit' and everything. DJ Premier
Listening Before Gone Everything Through He Forefront Hip-Hop Been Forever Transitions Many Even Bringing
I remember going backstage on a random night and Kanye goes, 'Ayo Premier, I'm about to drop an album called 'College Dropout' and I'm rapping on the whole thing. And as I soon it drop it's gonna go double platinum.' I looked at him like, 'That's a bold statement to make if you never rapped before.' DJ Premier
You Remember Random College Drop Before Statement Backstage I Remember Rapping About Never Soon Like Looked Make Him Go Goes Going Double Gonna Kanye Premier Bold Whole Platinum Thing Album Night
Guru and I had a house in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, for a while and we used to have wild parties there when we weren't in the studio. It was like a fraternity house. DJ Premier
Wild Fraternity Brooklyn Guru Had Studio Like Hill House Parties Were Clinton While Used
With 'Family and Loyalty,' I didn't already have an idea for that video. So I called Fab Five Freddy. I wanted to get a director that I didn't have to explain Gang Starr to and he was with it. DJ Premier
Family Loyalty Director Freddy He Idea Five Get Wanted Explain Video Gang
I don't have session players come in and guitars, I'm doing the drums, I'm doing the scratching, I'm doing every sound you hear and that's always been my way. And not only that, I'm very meticulous about it just sounding right. DJ Premier
You Every Way Guitars About Only Come Drums Always Sound Doing Hear Been Meticulous Very Scratching Just Right Players Session
I've always cared about how certain songs fade into other ones and which songs should follow others. I studied that as a consumer and fan before I even got into music. DJ Premier
Music Before Other Others Follow About Consumer Songs Studied Fade Always Got How Fan Which Certain Should Even Cared
That's the thing with social media: it's a gift and a curse. It's cool on one level, but it's also bad. DJ Premier
Gift Social Media Bad Also Curse Social Cool Media Thing Level
I'm a very humble guy, but of course I think I'm dope. DJ Premier
Humble Dope Think I Think Guy Course Very
I've always wanted to work with Klashnekoff. He's been around for years! He's sorta my age but he is dope. The flow, the lyrics, it's just dope music. DJ Premier
Work Music Age Dope Lyrics He Around Always Been Years Just Wanted Flow
A lot of Friday nights, Guru and I would go kick it with Biggie, since he was just three blocks down from us. DJ Premier
Three Down Nights Kick Would Guru He Since Go Blocks Friday Lot Just Biggie Us
Jazz came from the streets, hip-hop came from the streets. It's just a different language. It's all borne out of hard times, struggle, and the fight to have equality and things be better. DJ Premier
Struggle Fight Equality Better Language Jazz Out Borne Hip-Hop Came Times Just Different Different Language Hard Hard Times Things Streets
I'm passionate about music in general, not just hip-hop. But when it comes to hip-hop, I don't wanna see it die culturally. DJ Premier
Music See About General Hip-Hop Passionate Die Just Wanna
I'm from the pre-Pro Tools era where you had to meet up with the artist and go over things if you wanted to record a track. DJ Premier
You Meet Tools Record Had Over Track Era Go Up Artist Where Wanted Things
The passing of my accountant, Mary Coleman, who was the first person I shouted out on 'In Memory of...' was particularly devastating for me. She was beyond my accountant. She was my mother away from home. DJ Premier
Home Me Memory Mother First Coleman Out Mary Devastating Beyond Particularly She First-Person Passing Accountant Person Who Away
I'm known for taking a long time getting music out, partially, my schedule is bananas, I'm only human, and then on top of that, I'm a one-man-producer. DJ Premier
Music Time Long Long Time Top Out Only Schedule Taking Known Bananas Getting Human Then
Me and Tupac were long-time friends. DJ Premier
Me Were Friends Tupac
I believe in karma; what you do will come back. DJ Premier
You Karma Will Believe Back I Believe I Believe In Come
All the Public Enemy albums, I knew what records they were sampling but was like, 'How'd they construct it like this?!' DJ Premier
Enemy Construct Records Knew Like How Were Sampling Public Albums
You can't do seven successful albums and just hate each other. Our yin and yang, and night and day, is what made us great when we went into the studio. DJ Premier
Day Great You Hate Made Other Our Seven Studio Yang Yin Just Us Successful Each Albums Night
Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. But once it came to 'Hard to Earn,' he wanted me to title it. DJ Premier
Me Earn Once Guru He Always Came Wanted Title Hard Gang Albums
All of our other albums were consecutive year after year: 'No More Mr. Nice Guy,' 'Step in the Arena,' 'Daily Operation,' 'Hard to Earn.' After 'Hard to Earn,' a four-year gap is a lot of not having Gang Starr music, as far as an album is concerned. DJ Premier
Music Daily Year Nice Other Earn Our Mr Guy Having More Arena Step Concerned Operation Were Lot As Far As After Far Hard Gang Nice Guy Gap Four-Year Consecutive Album Albums
I know what a Gang Starr album that's done is supposed to sound like. DJ Premier
Like Supposed Know Sound Done Gang Album
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