DJ PREMIER (GANGSTARR) - The Legend - Thurs, Dec 1st

[spectrum]

The fucking legend!


Thursday, December 1st

DJ PREMIER
Gangstarr, Brooklyn, NY
+ guests

Atlantis (1320 Richard's St)


$22 advance
tix in stores tomorrow


No more than three producers (Dr. Dre, RZA, and Prince Paul) can test DJ Premier's status as the most important trackmaster of the '90s, and no style is more distinctive. Aggressive and raw, a Premier track was an instantly recognizable soundclash of battling loops and heavy scratching -- all of them perfectly timed -- that evoked the sound of Brooklyn better than anyone. Besides helming tracks for his main concern, Gang Starr, since their 1989 debut, Premier's productions appeared on many of the East Coast's most important records:

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
Mos Def's Black on Both Sides.


Premier, born Chris Martin, spent time in Brooklyn and Houston while growing up, and studied computer science at Prairie View A&M outside Houston. Known as Waxmaster C, he'd already learned to play a variety of instruments and also managed a record store. After moving back to Brooklyn, around 1987-1988 he came into contact with Guru, a Boston native. Guru had already formed a group named Gang Starr two years earlier (and recorded with the 45 King), but his former partner, Mike Dee, had returned to Boston. DJ Premier and Guru signed to Wild Pitch and released a debut single ("Manifest") and album (No More Mr. Nice Guy). Gang Starr's interest in melding hip-hop with jazz informed the record, and they were invited to add to the soundtrack for Spike Lee's 1990 film Mo' Better Blues. Their subsequent work was much more mature and unified, with a pair of instant East Coast classics (1991's Step in the Arena and 1992's Daily Operation) arriving in short order.

DJ Premier had been working with other vocalists for years, and his productions for the 1990 landmark Funky Technician by Lord Finesse and DJ Mike Smooth cemented his status as one of the best producers around. He soon began recording exclusively at D&D Studios, a spot soon to become a shrine for hip-hop fans (thanks in large part to his own work). The year 1994 was a huge one for Premier, probably the best year for any rap producer ever; in addition to dropping another Gang Starr classic, Hard to Earn, his productions appeared on five-star, all-time classics by Nas (Illmatic), the Notorious B.I.G. (Ready to Die), and Jeru the Damaja (The Sun Rises in the East), as well as Big Daddy Kane and Branford Marsalis' Buckshot LeFonque project. Though his workload dropped off considerably during the late '90s, he still managed to place tracks on three of the first four Jay-Z albums, and returned in force with the new millennium, including shots with Common, D.I.T.C., D'Angelo, Jadakiss, and Snoop Dogg.


hee's a partial primo discography

Afu-Ra
"Equality" (Featuring Ky-Mani)
"Mic Stance"
"Defeat"
"Monotony"
"Menace 2 Society"
"Big Acts, Little Acts (Featuring GZA/Genius)"

"Boulevard (Featuring Guru)"
"Lyrical Monster"


A.G. (Andre the Giant)
"Weed Scented" (Featuring Guru)


All City
"The Actual"
"Afta Hourz"


Arrested Development
"Ease My Mind" (Dj Premier Remix)


AZ
"Love Me In Your Special Way"
"Don't Give A Fuck Now"


Bahamadia
"True Honey Bunz"
"Rugged Ruff"
"Three Tha Hard Way"


Big Daddy Kane
"Show & Prove"
"Any type of way"


Big L
"Ebonics (Dj Premier Remix"
"The Big Picture (Intro)"
"Platinum Plus" (Featuring Big Daddy Kane)
"Da Enemy" (Featuring Fat Joe)


Big Jaz (of Immobilarie)
"Love is gone"


Big Shug
"Treat You Better"
"Crush"
"The Jig Is Up"


Biz Markie
"...And I Rock"


Black Eyed Peas
"BEP Empire"


Blahzay Blahzay
"Danger (Dj Premier Remix)"


Boogie Down Productions
"P Is Still Free"


Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
"1st Of Tha Month (Dj Premier's Phat Bonus Remix)"


Boss
"Drive By"
"Deeper"


Brand New Heavies
"It's Gettin Hectic" (Featuring Guru)


Brand Nubian
"The Return"


Brandy
"Almost Doesn't Count (Dj Premier Remix)"


Buckshot Lefonque
"Music Evolution (Remix)"
"Some Shit @ 78 BPM (Scratch Opera)"
"Ladies & Gentlemen"
"Wonders & Signs"
"Hotter Than Hot"
"Breakfast At Denny's"
"...And We Out"


Charli Baltimore
"Everybody Wanna Know"


Chi Ali
"No Surrender, No Retreat"


Capone-N-Noreaga
"Invincible"


Common
"The 6th Sense"


Compton's Most Wanted
"Def Wish II (Remix)"


Cookie Crew
"A Word To The Conscious"


Craig David
"7 Days (Remix)" (Featuring Nate Dogg & Mos Def)


Crooklyn Dodgers 95'
"Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers"


D&D Project
"1,2 Pass It" (Featuring Mad Lion, Doug E Fresh, KRS-One, Smif-n-wessun & Jeru)
"1,2 Pass It (Remix)"


D' Angelo
"Lady (Remix)"
"Dreamin Eyes Of Mine (Remix)"
"Devil's Pie"


Da King & I
"Flip Da Scrip (Remix)"


Da Youngstas
"Wake Em' Up"


Das Efx
"Caught In Da Ak"
"No Diggedy"
"Real Hip-Hop"


Devin The Dude
"The Doobie Ashtray"


Dilated Peoples
"Clockwork"


D.I.T.C. (Diggin' In Tha Crates)
"Thick"


Dj Cam feat. Afu-Ra
"Voodoo Child (Remix)"


Dj Scribble
"Play That Beat Mr. DJ" (Featuring Guru)


Dream Warriors
"It's A Project Thing"
"Lost My Ignorance" (Featuring Guru)


Ed O.G.
"Saying Something"


EZD feat. Afu-Ra
"War & Position"
"For Da Love" (Featuring Guru)
"Return To It" (Featuring O.C.)


Emma Bunton (Spice Girls)
"What I Am is What I Am (Remix)" (Featuring Tin Tin Out & Guru)


Fat Joe
"Success (Primo Mix)"
"Dat Gangsta Shit"
"The Shit Is Real (Remix)"
"Jealous One's Envy"


Freddie Foxx
"A Part Of My Life"
"Real ***** Shit (R.N.S.)"
"The Lah"


Group Home
"Livin Proof (Entire 1st album)"
"Supa Star (1994 Demo Version)"
"The Legacy"


Guru
"Whatch What You Say" (Featuring Chaka Khan)
"Hustlin' Daze" (Featuring Donnel Jones)
"Back 2 Back" (Featuring Mendoughza)


Heather B.
"Guilty"
"Steady Rockin"


Heavy D. & The Boyz
"Here Comes The Hevsta"
"Yes Yes Y'all"


Ice-T
"Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous (Remix)"


Immobilarie
"718"


J-Live
"The Best Part"


Jadakiss
"Ain't None Of Y'all Betta" (Featuring Sheek & Styles)


Janet Jackson
"Together Again (Remix)"
"All For You (Remix)"


Jay-Z
"A Million & One Questions"
"A Million & One Questions (Remix)"
"Rhyme No More"
"Friend Or Foe"
"Friend Or Foe 98"
"D'Evils"
"Bring It On" (Featuring Sauce Money & Jaz)
"So Ghetto"


Jermaine Dupri
"Protector's Of 1972" (Featuring Snoop Dogg, R.O.C. & Warren G)


J-Rock
"The Real One"
"The Pimp"
"Ghetto Law"


Jeru Tha Damaja
"Wrath Of The Math (Entire Album)"
"The Sun Rises In The East (Entire Album)"
"Me, Not The Papes (Remix)"


Just Ice
"I'm A Gangsta"


Just Ice
"Gangstas Don't Cry"
"Just rhymin wit Kane (Feat. Big Daddy Kane)"


Kool G. Rap
"First ***** (Remix)"


Krs-One
"Outta Here"
"Krs-One Attack"
"Gettin Hectic"
"Higher Level"
"Mental Thoughts"
"Rappaz R.N. Dainja"
"I Can't Wake Up"
"MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
"Wannabeemcees"


Krumb Snatcha
"Closer To God"


Lady Of Rage
"Some Shit"
"Microphone Pon Cok"
"Necessary Roughness"
"Back on the block"


Loose Ends
"A Little Spice (Remix)" (Featuring Guru)


Lina
"It's Alright (Remix)" (Featuring Guru)


Lord Finesse
"Slave To My Soundwave"
"Baby You Nasty"
"Striktly For Tha Ladies"
"Track The Movement"
"A Lesson To Be Taught"


L.O.X.
"Recognize"


Limp Bizkit
"My Way (Premier's Way Remix)"
"N 2 Gether Now" (Featuring Method Man)
"Getcha Groove On (Remix)" (Featuring Xzibit)


Macy Gray
"I've Committed Murder (Remix)" (Featuring Guru & Mos Def)


Marxman
"Drifting"


MC Solaar
"Le Tempo"


Memphis Bleek
"Hand It Down"


Mobb Deep
"Peer Pressure"
"Cop Hell (Remix)"


M.O.P.
"Rugged Neva Smooth (Remix)"
"Downtown Swinga"
"Firing Squad"
"New Jack City"
"Brownsville"
"Anticipation"
"Salute"
"Salute pt. 2"
"Downtown Swinga 96"
"Breakin The Rules"
"Breakin The Rules (Remix)"
"1 Luv" (Featuring Freddie Foxx)
"Handle Ur Business (Premier Remix)"
"Downtown Swinga 98"
"Premier Melody"
"Warriorz Intro"
"Face Off"
"Follow Instructions"
"Roll Call"
"On The Front Line"
"Everyday"


Mos Def
"Mathematics"


N'Dea Davenport
"Bring It On (Remix)"


Nas
"Represent"
"N.Y. State Of Mind"
"N.Y. State Of Mind pt. 2"
"Memory Lane"
"Memory Lane (Remix)"
"I Gave You Power"
"Nas Is Like"
"Come Get Me"
"2nd Childhood"


Neneh Cherry
"I Ain't Gone Under Yet"
"Sassy"


Nice-N-Smooth
"Down The Line"


Non-Phixion
"Rock Stars"


Notorious B.I.G.
"Machine Gun Funk (Remix)"
"Unbelievable"
"Kick In The Door"
"Ten Crack Commandements"
"Rap Phenomenon" (Featuring Method Man & Redman)


NYG'z
"Strength"


O.C.
"Win The G" (Featuring Freddie Fox)
"M.U.G. (Money Unda Ground)" (Featuring Freddie Foxx)
"My World"
"War Games" (Featuring Organized Konfusion)


Omar
"Keep Steppin"


Paula Perry
"Extra Extra"


Poet (from Screwball)
"We Gonna Ill"
"Poet's Comin"


Pushim
"Set Me Free (Hip-Hop Mix)"


Queen Latifah
"Wrath Of My Madness (Remix) (Featuring Defari)
"Wrath Of My Madness (New Remix)"


Rah Digga
"Lessons Of Today"


Rakim
"It's Been A Long Time"
"New York (Ya' Out There)"
"When I Be On The Mic"
"Waiting For The World To End"


Rawkotiks
"Hardcore Hip-Hop (Remix)"


Red Fox
"You Can't Test Me"


Rise-N-Shine
"Gotcha Back"

Robbie Robertson
"Take Your Partner By The Hand (Premier mix)"


Royce Tha 5'9"
"Boom"
"My Friends"


Sauce Money
"Against The Grain"
"Intruder Alert"


Screwball
"Seen It All"
"Fuck All Y'all Bitch Ass *****z (F.A.Y.B.A.N.)"


Sinead O' Connor
"Famine (Remix)"


Showbiz & A.G.
"The Next Level (Remix)"


Shyheim
"On & On (Remix)"


Sonja Blade
"Look 4 Tha Name"


Special Ed
"Freaky Flow (Remix)"


Sub Sonic 2
"Regardless"
"Dedicated To The City"


Teflon
"F-U (Fuck You)"
"Comin' Atcha"


Too $hort
"In The Trunk (Remix)"


Troy Slugs
"Gotta Shine (Lock Da Game)"


Truck Turner
"Who Am I"
"Breaker One"
"Bring It To Tha Cypha" (Featuring KRS-ONE)


Wendy & Lisa
"Satisfaction"


X-Ecutioners
"Premier's Execution"

[LastWerd]

OH MAN !@!!!$@##@!$$&^%^*@!
GTRagsfhdth
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.........
IM EXCITED

[decypher]

Oh fuck ya, i've been waiting for this for awhile. The legend!!! His beats have had such an influence on the new wave of producers. Oh man this is going to be out of control.

[TrixX]

werd............fucking dope

[starbright]

:111:

[jono]

Awesome... and no doubt that I'll be at this show, but one question: Does he put on a good show as a DJ?

His production credits are fucking unbelievable which means he must have an immense knowledge of beats and breaks, but you've always gotta wonder if someone who is a god in the studio can bring that to the stage.

I guess I'll see. But I'd love to hear from people who have seen him live before.

[spectrum]

Originally Posted by jono

Awesome... and no doubt that I'll be at this show, but one question: Does he put on a good show as a DJ?

His production credits are fucking unbelievable which means he must have an immense knowledge of beats and breaks, but you've always gotta wonder if someone who is a god in the studio can bring that to the stage.

I guess I'll see. But I'd love to hear from people who have seen him live before.

The Source magazine (back when they mattered) named primo the #2 HipHop DJ of all time (behind Kid Capri at #1)

[Pennywise]

i just shiot my pants..
..this will be one of/if not the best show of the year.

[Average]

WERD!!! thank U!!!!

[Bevvy Swift]

i officially love you.

[benyamean]

Tight!!!

[deliverance]

fuck yeah.

thats a solid booking. I'll be there for sure!

[miss.myra]

Will you marry me?

[JamesShepard]

wow!

fuck the bitches give me the money and the weed!

[axion]

is this for real?

[AGROculture]

loookin good

[Lenny]

Won't be missing this!

[-evil-duerr-]

yeah right!

im fucking stoked!

[RiO_]

THANK YOU SEAN GOD BLESS THE GOLDEN AGE OF HIP HOP 93-96... so sick

[-evil-duerr-]

eh., where do we buy the tickets from? i didnt see it on the post..?

[spectrum]

Originally Posted by -evil-duerr-

eh., where do we buy the tickets from? i didnt see it on the post..?

the usual spots

- zulu
- beatstreet
- dipt
- livestock
- clubzone.com

[wigglesworth]

his dj sets are dope. his skills arent too crazy...hes not the best in the world or anything, but he can definitely do a good beat juggle, and his track selection is up there with the best. hes also constantly on the mic, talking to the crowd.
this will be dope!

[AGROculture]

definatly one of my top 5 dj's/producers

[FeelGood]

wow i might have to check this out.

[Grapes]

Don't want to hear about it :(