DJ Premier Breaks Down His Classics With Nas, JAY-Z, Biggie & Gang Starr | Genius Level
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- On August 8, legendary hip-hop producer DJ Premier sat down with Genius for the latest installment of Genius Level, our live conversation series with icons of the music business, including influential artists, songwriters, producers, and executives. The event was hosted by Genius' Head of Artist Relations Rob Markman and sponsored by Cîroc and Breather. During the wide-ranging interview, Premier reflected on his legacy in hip-hop, from his early days has half of Gang Starr to his work with legends like Nas, JAY-Z, and The Notorious B.I.G.
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Intro (0:00)
What’s The Greatest DJ Premier Beat? (1:24)
The Making of Nas’ “NY State of Mind” (2:40)
Gang Starr’s First Press Photo (5:27)
Premier’s Early Exposure to Music (6:04)
The Origin of Gang Starr (8:52)
The Making of Gang Starr’s “Just To Get A Rep” (13:24)
Why Guru & Premier Made The Perfect Team (15:24)
What’s The Greatest Gang Starr Album? (17:11)
Will There Ever Be a Posthumous Gang Starr Album? (18:22)
How KRS-One Turned Premier Into The Hottest Producer (20:38)
The Making of Biggie’s “Kick In The Door” & Jeru’s “Day One” (22:32)
The Making of JAY-Z’s Reasonable Doubt (26:42)
JAY-Z’s Original Black Album Idea (28:26)
Working with Kendrick Lamar (29:09)
The Making of D’Angelo’s “Devil’s Pie” (31:13)
Working With Christina Aguilera (34:58)
How Premier Makes Beats in 2017 (37:20)
Dabbing & Keeping Up With Modern Rap (38:38)
Sampling Adrian Younge on PRhyme (39:47)
Hearing A Sober Royce Da 5’9” Rap For The First Time (41:25)
How Premier Picks Vocal Samples (44:09)
Guru’s Famous “Lemonade Is A Popular Drink” Line (45:40)
On Break Records & Sample Snitching (46:44)
On Working Under Pressure (50:13)
PRhyme 2 Update (52:46)
Collaborating with A$AP Ferg (54:21)
Goodbyes & Thank Yous (56:30)
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Guru has some of the illest most underrated bars in hip hop,the man was nice asf with the pen
The same sheisty cats that you hang with, and do your thang with
could set you up and wet you up, nigga peep the language
It's universal, you play with fire it may hurt you or burn you, lessons are blessings you should learn through-"moment of truth" Gangstarr, my favorite song if his no doubt
He's on my top 3. Moment Of Truth was full of jewels that I still live by today! I never thought of GURU being an underrated MC until I started participating in discussions. It's mad crazy knowing a lot of people that don't name him on their top 5 or at least top 10. Facts!
Guru was so dope legendary code of the streets soliquy of chaos tons of guns
Yasir Shakur tru
Yasir Shakur without doubt
Best producer of all time? Who agrees with me?
Ruthless dr dre? J dilla? Cmon bruh
Ruthless madlib?
+Bizzy jones ofc we got a lotta great producers but he is really the best tbh. Look at his work, how he helped all them rappers and him to grow up with his art.
Def one of the best
No doubt about it.
NY State of Mind will be on of the greatest beats ever made for more and more years.
Old is Gold NY State of Mind 2 Was Sick AF too
BDF HipHop There was a second one?!
Old is Gold bruh
Old is Gold lol you mad young!👦or mad old🕵.
Old is Gold word
Represent is one of the greatest samples ever flipped
📣"FACTZZZZ"!!!!!!!💯⬆🕧👍☝🔥🔥🔥
The craziest part about it is that the Represent that ended up on Illmatic was technically a remix! Premo made the original, Nas laced the track but then when he heard what Large Pro and Q-Tip had done, he wanted to rework it. It took some convincing from Nas but eventually it was redone and the end result is the track that ended up on Illmatic.
TheRealBeatMaster .. th-cam.com/video/wYmIS8Xve5k/w-d-xo.html
Rap Genius, I love how you have a host here that has true knowledge and appreciation of the music and not just someone hired to do a job. It greatly increased the chemistry and enjoyability of this video, keep it up!
Yea man you can tell he’s humble & a genuine fan
word,propsfor the host.
Rob Markman is a legend
Above the clouds. He killed that
"AYO"!!!
"ABOVE The CLOUDS" One of my "TOP 2" Preemo Jointz of "ALLLLLL TIME"!!!!!!!
Between DAT and "You Know My Steez"!!!
Jus SUMTHIN Bout da WAY dat Preem ALIGNED dem fuckin SAMPLEZ Up on dem two jointz waz like "Magical Musical ALCHEMY"!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
IamMr IDIA facts
As did Deck
That whole album he murdered along with guru, truly a masterpiece
Jus wrote that... Glad to see another comment mentioning the same
DJ Premier solidify what Hip Hop music is suppose to sound like! Hard drums, dope samples and scratches.
one of the greatest if not THE greatest DJ/Producer ever. man this dude's phat beats defined my whole childhood
*DJ/Producer
my bad
Wasted on those two MC’s tho
The Beats he made are legendary, you are looking at a living legend
The beat that DJ Premier made for the song "Boom" by Royce Da 5'9 is a great classic beat also.
without question...Only Preem can make shit that sounds like Super Mario lagging sound FIRE
Yall aint ready for Grouphome - Sacrifice then. That beat.......... Damn.
"Recognize" beat for The Lox is underrated.
WORD
Half and Half w/ M.O.P very underrated
Sean Gray .. “Now I know you couldn't wait to hear kiss over premier” ........ classic joint from my favorite LOX album of all time.
Sean Gray ... And CNN - Invincible is also underrated.
Pitch Black. It's All Real. nuff said
For me 'Livin' Proof' for Group Home is his greatest beat. It gets me HYPED!! And I agree, he's the The Greatest Hip-Hop Producer Of All Time.
Aaron Starks yes! That and Suspended in Time... Up against the wall!
Living proof is dope AF and gangstar is legendary
i know right? That beat is hard as a mf.
Yeah you got a good ear man. I loved that joint too.
Straight out the fucking dungeons of rap
genius is really killing it with these videos. shoutout to genius man
21:04 KRS impression on point! 😂😂😂
DisplayName true lol
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For those, who dont know the instrumentals at the start:
1. Nas - NY State of Mind
2. Jay Z - Intro: A Million and One Questions / Rhyme No More
3. Gang Starr - Mass Appeal
4. The Notoroius B.I.G. - Ten Crack Commandments
If you're really a Preemo fan, you already knew
Mr No Name classic. period.
Haha the basics
Amen 🙏🏾 💯
As I read my essay
Jay Z - A Million & One Questions is a classic jam !!!!
Oui!
Hip Hop royalty here! What a pleasure to hear these stories of how some of these songs came to be. GangStar for life. One of Hip Hop greatest DJ/Producer. Long live Premo... rock on my friend..
My top 5 producers....
1. Dj Premier
2. Pete Rock
3. Erick Sermon
4. Dr. Dre
5. J. Dilla
That's one hell of a line-up. Can't top that. If I had one change it'd be RZA instead of Dre. But they both cool...
1. DJ Premier
2. Dr Dre
3. Kanye West
4. Just Blaze
5. Swizz Beats
Hashmat Ali I hear u bro.
Lord finesse must be there too
Alchemist
DJ Premier
J Dilla
Kanye
Raekwon
DJ Premier is my idol , legendary . He's a pioneer of that golden era hip hop east Coast sound .
Indeed! Pete Rock and Premier are close for me, but Premier definitely gets my vote for number 1. Rip Guru💫
Group Home - Supa Star is a classic !!!!!
DJMarkflexx81 the whole group home album is laced with fat beats wasted on some dudes who couldn't rap
jay bee Damn!!!! You hit the nail on the head!!!!
Entire album honestly
Godfather of boombap #RESPECT
Whenever Preme starts telling stories, I feel like a little kid listening to my Grandpa telling stories back when I was little.
My favorite producer 🐐
Gangstarr / Guru & DJ Premier ......... my all time favorite group !!!!
Most influential producer in hip hop.!!!! Period.
Dj Premier made the best era of hip hop. He is a treasure. Don't ever get it twisted.
Greatest producer ever
J dilla Questlove Preemo D'Angelo and a young Alch all kicking it....legendary
The GOAT, nothing but straight facts and knowledge
The entire "PRhyme" album is legendary. DJ Premier is one of the greatest.
Showbiz & AG - Next Level (The Nite Time Mix) was my introduction to DJ Premier !!!!!!
Great interview. He's really clear-headed and explains his process really well - the host also asked really good questions. Thumbs up
I wished they would'a asked him more about the equipment side of things. How he got his first drum machine and how he got started from DJ to producer?
RIP GURU
Need a NaS collaboration album like yesterday 😫
Not a wack beat produced by this LEGEND, ever.
Dope video and a very good host. The flow of the conversation makes it so interesting to watch. Good job Genius.
R.I.P Guru....man.....his word game was and is nice
So many great tracks behind this man, legend
DJ PREMIER Knowledge & experience is a treasure for our Hip Hop Culture. this video is really Dope and i want to pay respect to the King !!! Congrats also to the Genius Team who did a great work. Peace
THAT KRS ONE IMPERSONATION LMFAOOOOOOO
This was a DOPE interview, Nuff Respect to Premier for ALWAYS being TRUE to Hip Hop culture, he is the GOAT for Hip Hop producers, Word!
Great interview! I deeply enjoyed this as well. Very informative.
So happy you put this up!
Thank you Genius so much for uploading this is amazing, they should do one with Kool G Rap.
All I gotta say is Come Clean..........Period
Im from long beach and we all know he is a G.O.A.T LIVIN legend for real. Whne i think of new york hip hop its him best beats ever str8 up salute to DJ Premier
This is dope how could you dislike this,,..?
Dj Premier is the greatest hip hop producer of all time.
warren Conner DR Dre .
George Robles Not at all bro but if u live on the west coast i understand y u would say that.
Dilla.
@@itdoesntmatterwhoweare Yep. Period.
That KRS impression on point af, great interview
NOW PRODUCERS ARE SAMPLING THE 90s , ITS ALL GOOD ; ITS ALL LOVE ... HIP-HOP !!!
his voice sounds like he smokes 24/7
LOL!! Nice!!
@@aaronhow2568 He was talking about tobbaco, not weed. What's so nice about smoking tobbaco? lol
This kid always ask the questions I want to ask.... SUBSCRIBED
that KRS 1 impression tho LOLOLOLOLOL
Lol, at 19:00 homegirl asks about that posthumous Gangstarr album that just dropped this weekend as I'm watching this. Thanks Preme!
Great interview....been down with Primo from Day 1 with Gang Starr....and I agree with him on "Hard To Earn", one of my favorite all time hip hop albums....
J Dilla, Preemo, Alchemist and DAngelo just hanging out 😂
zislec don't forget quest love 😂
Oh man I hope the video will surface!
Pete Rock & 9thwonder
that KRS ONE impersonation at 21:03 hahahahaha
If I were to meet anybody in history, my #1 pick would be DJ Premier 🙏
The GOAT.
Dope dope dope!
Love how the interview was conducted. Very conherent!
Premo is the goat! Simple as that, hands down, end of debate.
Dudes 51 but has the energy of an up & Comer!
Great interview. Much respect to Dj Premier. RIP Guru. One love.
I AM WATCHING THIS 2 YEARS AFTER THIS AIRED AND THE POSTHUMOUS ALBUM IS HERE AND IT'S AMAZING!!!! AND THAT ASAP FERG BEAT IS BANANAS
Premiere top 3 all time!
One of the illest ever! Respect
I love hip-hop.
relax in paradise, guru. 🙏
dj is the only producer that wll make you look at your frend wied eyed as soon as the beat hits before any words are said you know if a premier beat is special
He is a genius. Look at the repetitiveness of mass appeal and all the other great songs. He makes it work somehow. His ear for samples is almost unmatched
Premier is a hip hip wizard! He really was productive. There were other amazing producers during that time, like Lord Finesse, Large Professor, Diamond, and Showbiz to name a few, but Premier was a step ahead. Take it Personal was my favorite beat he ever made.
I wish someone who really knew the music like that would interview him. He's always asked these same questions centered around his work with Biggie, Jay-Z & Nas.
Epic interview. It's rare when a journalist does such a great job asking questions
Thank you for doing this video.
Thank you for the gems and realness
One of the best interviewers I've witnessed. Shoutout Genius for that
A Million & One Questions is my favourite Premo joint.
love this interview 🔥🔥 Primo the 🐐
Primo is a legend, thank you for your major contribution to the culture..GangStar is true hip hop
As a massive Premo fan, this is incredible! Great work
My favourite DJ Premier beat is ''Who got Gunz'' from ''The Ownerz'' album. That beat goes hard.
Word up. That whole album is classic
Preemo is so dope
Incredible interview, Primo is the best in my estimation.
Gang starr is the greatest duo in the history of rap, 6 classics. No disrespect to outkast and mobb deep
Outkast to me but all are legendary n had huge affect on rap equally.
Yusuke Fukuda sorry tha dogg pound 1st album dogg food kills them all.
EPMD, Hello?????
Can't leave out tribe De la
chaunt100 de la and tribe were not duos smh
This is a dope set up. Big up to DJ Premier.
The very 1st CD...not tape nor 8 track but CD I ever purchased was Guru's Watch What Cha Sayin'
This should have millions of views. New generation should watch this.
Great interview PREMO TOP 3!! #1 ON MY LIST!!
Legendary Build. #Genius
What an incredible interview. Well done.
this dude is such a treasure of a human being
Greatest producer of all time. Undoubtedly
I hadn't seen this one. Although a lot of the questions were asked before in other interviews, I like how Rob colored outside the lines with certain questions. Great session.
Rip guru man, he made Massachusetts proud
Enjoyed it so much listening to this legend.
I always was amazed at how a dude from texas captured the New York sound and be came a legend
I know right......even more impressive is how Preemo (from Texas) and Guru (from Boston) were at the forefront of holding BK down in the early nineties....absolutely proves that where you're from has nothing to do with where your heart and spirit makes its home!!!
Very dope! Thank you, Genius.
I haven’t been this attentive since university...loved every sec of this
The absolute best producer/dj ever!