Artist: DJ Premier

Here it is, the lost installment that some of you were asking for. From now on, you could expect a new Hip-Hop playlist every first of the month. Anyways, this playlist was from our old site, and we'd like to thank you guys for supporting us since the beginning. Thanks, and keep spinning. ..... Dope beats, dope rhymes, this hip-hop sh*t really ain't that hard. Enjoy this playlist of some of my favorite hip-hop tracks. Don't be quick to judge what isn't on the list, since putting literally every good hip-hop song is impossible. Enjoy! [...]

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Ackurate x e.d.g.e. - Penwork Inc "Penwork" is one of Canadian MC e.d.g.e.'s trademarks and it seems like he's recruiting for his new firm. In any case, young MC Ackurate, hailing from East Saint Louis, Illinois, seems to have what it takes and showcases his skills on this track that borrows DJ Premier's production on Evidence's excellent track You . Both Ackurate and e.d.g.e. shine here and it is always a pleasure to listen to some talented artists collaborating, especially when one of them is so young but so gifted already. We don't have much [...]

• Ackurate The Wise ft. e.d.g.e. - Penwork Inc.

Donwload: Ackurate "Penwork Inc." ft. e.d.g.e. Ackurate links up with e.d.g.e. on "Penwork Inc.", verses over Evidence's "You" instrumental produced by DJ Premier.

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Vibe magazine chops it up with KRS-One as he breaks down his entire catalogue. Very interesting read, as KRS speaks on what happened whilst creating some of the best classics of Hip-Hop, starting with his Boogie Down Productions days. KRS-One on "Criminal Minded": "Me and Scott La Rock (DJ and co-founder of Boogie Down Productions ) started B Boy Records, which was a small little record company, with some other guys— Ray Wilson , Jack Allen and Bill Kamarra . That's where we put out 'South Bronx.' Before all this, [...]

You can buy tickets here for Feb. 16th - 8:00pm and here for Feb. 23rd - 8:00pm . Both links show "temporarily down" so t ry this if they still don't work . The showing is at AMC Pacific Place 600 Pine St. Seattle, WA 98101 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =iLlxvrXURoo Download the Free Soundtrack Experience the music of RE:GENERATION now at: Mark Ronson — Jazz — "A La Modeliste" (with Erykah Badu, Mos [...]

Re:Generation is the soundtrack component of the Re:Generation Music Project by Amir Bar-Lev, a documentary that follows the history of music by combining old and new, classic and electronic. On Re:Generation , five of today's most influential electronic dance music producers- Mark Ronson, DJ Premier, The Crystal Method, Pretty Lights, and Skrillex- spin EDM into classical, rap, jazz, country, and rock. The album is not just a timeline compilation- each song spans across a multitude of genres and time periods. Re:Generation is a piece of woven art- a euphonic quilt. [...]

If you haven't heard about the uber-cool new documentary Re:Generation , you've clearly been living in an electronic music dark place. The official video for the original Skrillex version can be viewed here , and is a short preview of what the full documentary will look like. A first wave of screenings occurred Feb. 16, with the second coming this Monday, Feb. 23. Tickets are available here . To sum the documentary up in short, Mark Ronson , DJ Premier , The Crystal Method , Pretty Lights and [...]

"Rap About Anything" Tahmell Ft. Big Stat "Cold Summer" CJ Hilton ft. Tahmell "No Looking Back" DJ Premier ft. Tahmell New tracks from Rakim's son Tahmell "Rap About Anything" featuring Big Stat, CJ Hilton's "Cold Summer" ft. Tahmell and DJ Premier's "No Looking Back" featuring Tahmell.

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After several weeks of campaigning both mp3 leaks and videos, the Brooklyn by way of Seattle emcee Aaron Cohen finally unveils his long awaited mixtape, Crack. The fourteen track debut includes original production from the likes of Infinite Jeanius and $1Bin as well as freestyles over industry beats from 9th Wonder, DJ Premier, The Neptunes, Ayatollah and more.

Several days ago MC Eiht premiered his radio rip of "All Hood", today we have the CD quality. Which Way Iz West coming soon… via DJ Premier

The music documentary fusing various music stylings like dubstep with rock 'n roll and classical with hip-hop marks another notch in director, Amir Bar-Lev's bedpost.

DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles (AKA Freddie Foxxx) have dropped their latest boom-bap offering, "wEaRe aT WaR", from their forthcoming March 27th LP The KoleXXXion . "wEaRe aT WaR" features everything you've come to love from DJ Premier and Mr. Foxxx; razor-sharp cuts from one of the greatest DJs the game has ever, and rhymes by Bumpy Knuckles that are rougher than 320 grit sandpaper. Download : DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles, "wEaRe aT WaR" Also: I had to throw in the video for Gang [...]

On Sunday at 3:30...we are at war. [See post to listen to audio] LISTEN: Bumpy Knuckles x DJ Premier - "We Are At War"

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Download: DJ Premier x Bumpy Knuckles – wEaRe aT WaR (CDQ) DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles leaked the radio rip of "wEaRe aT WaR" a couple of days ago, today we have the CD quality off their upcoming The Kolexxxion project. via DJ Premier

"While y'all act 21, I stand firm as an OG." Bumpy Knuckles is a mean motherfucker. You may know him as Freddie Foxxx, and some of you may also know about the reputation the precedes him and how it struck fear with many in the industry. He has teamed with DJ Premier for a new LP, KoleXXXion (March 27th), as well as a precursor EP that should be dropping soon. The duo gives us their new single, "We Are At War", which sees Bumpy fighting against posers that think he's too old, artists that misrepresent the [...]

<!-- <!-- <!-- New record from DJ Premier and Bumpy Knuckles off their upcoming album "KOLEXXXION" dropping March 27th. They are also planning to release an EP titled "sToOdiOtYmE" before the LP. A radio rip of this was floating around but here is the Dirty/CDQ version. Read more to download. Download: DJ Premier [...]

Download: DJ Premier x Bumpy Knuckles - wEaRe aT WaR DJ Premier & Bumpy Knuckles leaked a radio rip of "wEaRe aT WaR", off their upcoming The Kolexxxion project. via DJPremier

Gusmo, a Gang Starr Foundation member, recently spoke to Forbez DVD about how cocaine and theft led to the demise of Gang Starr. Forbez DVD is making a documentary on the break up of Gang Starr called, Breakup of the Chain & Starr . We'll see how that works out after these allegations but, if it is true (and we might never know that), then it was sad and stupid reason way for one of my favorite combinations to fall. Here's the transcript of the quotes: "[The DVD is] exposing how the whole [...]

Produced by Mark Ronson, "A La Modeliste" is the Jazz track for RE:GENERATION featuring Erykah Badu, Trombone Shorty, Mos Def, Zigaboo Modeliste, and Members of The Dap Kings. Presented by Hyundai Veloster, RE:GENERATION is a documentary film that follows DJ Premier, Pretty Lights, The Crystal Method, Mark Ronson, and Skrillex as they remix, recreate and re-imagine five traditional styles of music. Learn more at youtube.com/veloster and regenerationmusicproject.com .

Australia producer M-Phazes and turntablist DJ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies, have joined forces for the project, Phazed Out , which drops the February 14th. It's a compilation of select singles taken from the Coalmine Record's catalog, remixed by M-Phazes and blended together by Rhettmatic. The previously released material includes guest features from Big Noyd, Phil The Agony, Termanology, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Masta Ace, Brown Bag AllStars, El Da Sensei, Mela Machinko, J-Live and more. In anticipation for the projects release M-Phaze lets go the projects "Intro." After the [...]