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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).

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Albums

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The Coldest Profession

2025
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2 Sides To Every Story

2023
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Tha Blaqprint

2009
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2 Sides To Every Story (Instrumentals)

2025
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KoleXXXion

2022
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Tha Blaqprint (Instrumental Album)

2009
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Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental)

2023
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KOLEXXXION Instrumentals

2021
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2 Sides To Every Story

2023
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Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 2

2011

Singles & EPs

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Prayer Hands

Single2025
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Out the Gate (Instrumental)

Single2025
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Gonna Be Me (the friendship song)

Single2024
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Contraband (Instrumental)

Single2025
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Armani Section

Single2025
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Together

Single2024
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Hostile Takeover (Instrumental) (feat. Benny The Butcher)

Single2025
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Plaza Con Prada

Single2024
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4 Tha Love (Instrumental)

Single2025
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Ya Don't Stop

Single2024

Videos

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

DJ Premier626K views
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Our Streets (feat. A$AP Ferg)

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

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Headlines (feat. Conway the Machine, Benny the Butcher, Westside Gunn & Benny Ibarra)

DJ Premier4M views
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Runway (feat. Rome Streetz & Westside Gunn)

DJ Premier587K views

Live performances

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DJ Premier & Torii Wolf Live

DJ Premier12K views
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DJ Premier & The BADDER - "BPATTER"

DJ Premier214K 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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SWAG ON

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Presenting 다이나믹 듀오 (Dynamicduo)

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Flow Superior

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Recent Trendy Korean Hip-Hop

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Chilled Hip-Hop

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Playlists by DJ Premier

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Bars in the Booth (Season 1 Playlist)

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DJ Premier - Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 1

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Music from DJ Premier

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MUSIC VIDEOS

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