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DJ Premier
Active since 1987, the year he debuted behind Guru as one-half of Gang Starr, DJ Premier is one of the most crucial figures in hip-hop. No more than three producers (Dr. Dre, RZA, and Prince Paul) can test Premier's status as the most important trackmaster of the '90s, and no style is more distinctive. Aggressive and raw, a Premier track is an instantly recognizable soundclash of battling loops and heavy scratching -- all of them perfectly timed -- that evokes the sound of Brooklyn better than anyone. Besides helming Gang Starr's seven albums, including the remarkable sequence of Step in the Arena (1991), Daily Operation (1992), and Hard to Earn (1994), Premier has productions on many of the East Coast's other important records of the '90s, such as Nas' Illmatic, the Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, Jeru the Damaja's The Sun Rises in the East, and Mos Def's Black on Both Sides. In the following decades, Premier attained his highest level of pop success -- scoring a Top Ten hit with Christina Aguilera's "Ain't No Other Man" (2006) -- while continuing to power the nationwide rap underground. Prolific throughout his career, Premier continues to lengthen his production discography with veteran and up-and-coming rappers alike. He has recorded extensively with Bumpy Knuckles (2012's Kolexxxion) and Royce da 5'9" (2014's PRhyme and 2018's PRhyme 2) while unloading occasional solo projects (2022's Hip Hop 50, Vol. 1).

Songs

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AEAO
Dynamicduo
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Le Pido a DIOS E
Feid
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Lalala (DJ Premier Remix) (feat. Method Man) E
Redman
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Armani Section E
DJ Premier
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Wave Gods E
Nas

Albums

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Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental)

2023
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KOLEXXXION Instrumentals

2021
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Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 1

2008
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2 Sides To Every Story

2023
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Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 2

2011
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2 Sides To Every Story

2023
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Tha Blaqprint

2009
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KoleXXXion

2022
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Tha Blaqprint (Instrumental Album)

2009

Singles & EPs

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Armani Section

Single • 2025
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Together

Single • 2024
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Work This Out

Single • 2024
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Plaza Con Prada

Single • 2024
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Define My Name

Single • 2024
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In Moe (Speculation)

Single • 2023
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Ya Don't Stop

Single • 2024
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Can U Dig That? Pt. 2

Single • 2024
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Gonna Be Me (the friendship song)

Single • 2024
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Can U Dig That?

Single • 2024

Videos

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DJ Premier - Hold the City Down ft. Papoose (NBA 2K16 - Official Audio)

DJ Premier • 522K views
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DJ Premier x Freeway - Bars In The Booth (Session 10)

DJ Premier • 92K views
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Runway (feat. Rome Streetz & Westside Gunn)

DJ Premier • 546K views
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PRhyme (Royce 5'9" & DJ Premier) - Mode ft. Logic (Lyric Video)

DJ Premier • 533K views

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Presenting Snoop Dogg

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Feel Good Korean Hip-Hop/R&B

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K-Pop: Reverse run on the charts

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Recent Trendy Korean Hip-Hop

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Presenting 다이나믹 듀오 (Dynamicduo)

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Chilled Hip-Hop

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Flow Superior

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SWAG ON

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