In 21 days the year 2008 will be over, so I think it will be dope if y’all vote for the best Premo beat in 2008! We won’t see another Preem track I guess and if we do it will be released in 2009 for sure! Here is the list of the DJ Premier produced track that saw official in 2008 the daylight (excl. “Beats That Collected Dust”):
- Byata – Byata Is The Illest (Undefined)
- Big Shug – Like A Muhfuca (Otherside Of The Game)
- Big Shug – My Boston (Otherside Of The Game)
- Big Shug – Soundcheck (Otherside Of The Game)
- Big Shug – When I Strike (Otherside Of The Game)
- Fat Joe – That White (The Elephant In The Room)
- House of Repz – U Gotta Love Us (iTunes)
- Ill Bill – Society is Brainwashed (I’m A Goon VLS)
- Kool G Rap – On The Rise (Half A Klip)
- KRS-One – Criminal Minded ’08 (Smirnoff Signature Mix VLS)
- Laura Izibor – From My Hearts To Yours (DJ Premier Version) (Shine EP)
- Ludacris – MVP (Theater Of The Mind)
- Lord Finesse – I Keep The Crowd Listening (DJ Premier Remix)
- Mark Ronson – Just (DJ Premier’s JustRemixMix) (Just CDS)
- Maroon 5 – Secret (Premier 5 Remix) (Call and Response: The Remix Album)
- NYGz – Ya Dayz R #’d (NYGemix) (Welcome 2 G-Dom VLS)
- NYGz – Legendary Pt. 1 (Welcome 2 G-Dom VLS)
- Reks – Say Goodnight (Say Goodnight VLS)
- Termanology – How We Rock (Politics As Usual)
Here is the list of tracks that were leaked or played by Premier:
- Ali Vegas – Everyday Iz War (Internet)
- Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (Internet)
- Blaq Poet – Too Strong (Radio)
- Blaq Poet – Get It In (Video)
- Cormega – Dirty Game (Remix) (Radio, same beat/other artists)
- NYGz – Policy (Radio)
- Royce da 5’9″ – I Gotta Shake This (Internet)
- Sunkiss – We Go Back (Internet)
Total: 27
The list of tracks for the vote contains eight tracks (!!) and there won’t be any rnb track in it, I’m sorry. Just to focus on tha real… hip hop. I’m actual curious to know the results so I thank you for wasting your time on this! May God bless you, peace to earth!!
And please don’t cry if your favourite track isn’t nominated (you can always skip simple things in life).
Another small thing, the Vivid track is NOT produced by DJ Premier! The scratches are done by DJ Cazz and seriously, ever saw a Preem track where he didn’t do the cuts?! Plus, you can hear in a sec that isn’t the man. And the RA The MC track “Anything You Liked” is a recycled beat, she jacked it from the “Beats That Collected Dust” LP… Sorry!
House of Repz have shot a video clip for their track “You Gotta Love This”, but where is the video for Royce‘s new single that is recorded months ago…