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DJ Premier On His 38 Classic Songs – What Iz Hip Hop

February 20, 2011 by Kobi

Yo, take time out of your day and read this article on DJ Premier. He breaks down 38 of of his songs. It’s dope. Check out his story on Jay-Z’s “D’Evils” from “Reasonable Doubt.” Check out the excerpt on Jay-Z below and read the whole interview on Complex.

DJ Premier: “That’s totally personal and dear to him. He called me and told me how important this record was and he did the rhyme over the phone. He always rhymes to me over the phone. He’ll be like, ’Yo, I got this record. Let me do the rhyme for you.’ He’ll just do it over the phone, acapella. And you just sit there and listen. I’ll say, ’Okay, I got it, I got it.’ He just gives me the idea so I can know what it’s about. I come in here, blank canvas. And he told me all the scratches he wanted me to cut. I don’t think he spins, but just the fact that he was able to come up with that hook, I guess Jay-Z has a little bit of DJ in him too. I just had to convert it to the Premier style. He said, ’I want minor keys, almost sad.’ He just came here, laid it out, and never wrote it down.”

If you read this and see the number of artists this guy has worked with, you’ll see why I say DJ Premier is the top producer of all time on Dead End Hip Hop Conversations.

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