DJ Premier, Professor Clarence Jones & Phat Gary
New year letter from the legendary DJ Premier:
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE WORLD AND HAVE THE BEST 2011 !!!
SPECIAL R.I.P. TO MARY āYA YAā BAUMEL AND TO PAPUā¦..GONNA MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCHā¦..
R.I.P. TO TEENA MARIE aka āLADY Tā GLAD TO HAVE MET YOU AND RICK JAMES WHEN WE HUNG OUT WITH YOU AND JAMES BROWN (R.I.P.) AT THE B.E.T. AWARDS BACK IN 2003 WHICH BY FAR WAS THE BEST SHOW EVER THAT YEARā¦
R.I.P. TO JOHN LESLIEā¦ONE OF THE ICONIC ADULT FILM STARS OF THE 80ā²S AND DIRECTORS OF THE 90ā²S AND 2000 ERAā¦..YOU KEPT STYLE IN YOUR WORK AND IT WAS A BLESSING TO KNOW YOUā¦ā¦..
ALSO SHOUT TO CLARENCE B. JONES (DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.) ATTORNEY WHO WE HUNG OUT WITH AND HE JUST RELEASED HIS BOOK āBEHIND THE DREAMā WHICH IS IN STORES NOW AND HE HELPED WRITE THE FAMOUS SPEECHā¦ā¦WE WILL BE DOING GIVEAWAYS OF THE BOOK ON THE SHOW SO STAY TUNEDā¦ā¦.SHOUTS TO ARI KASSMAN AND YOUR FATHERā¦..
ALSO SHOUT TO CRAZY LEGS WHERE I WILL BE APPEARING ON HIS SHOW WITH DJ VIC BLACK OF THE GANG STARR FOUNDATION ON HIS SHOW āLUNCH BREAKSā MONDAY JANUARY 10, 2011 FROM 1:45-4PM COOKING MY PEPPER EGGS AND GHETTO GRITSā¦..(YES I SAID COOKING AND SPINNING ON THE WHEELS)ā¦
TUNE IN AT CRAZYLEGSWORKSHOP.COM
CONGRATS TO NICK JAVAS WHO WILL BE APPEARING ON THE NFL PLAYOFFS WITH HIS NFL RHYMEREEL WITH PEPSI MAX AND SHOUTS TO TALIB KWELI AND BIG BOI of OUTKAST WHO ARE ALSO DOING SEGMENTS FOR THE PLAYOFFSā¦ā¦.SUPERBOWL IS NEAR !!!
R.I.P. GURUā¦..GANG STARR FOREVERā¦..FOR ALL REAL FACTSā¦.GO TO Gurutributes.com
OK ! NOW, ABOUT MY TOP 25 (HIP HOP LPāS ACCORDING TO DJ PREMIER)
I TRIED MY BEST TO DO TOP 20 AND I COULD NOT DO ITā¦.THERE WERE SO MANY INDEPENDENT RELEASES THAT SPANKED THE MAJOR LABELS WHEN IT CAME TO HOW I JUDGE HIP HOP MUSICā¦..FOR ALL OF YOU SHALLOW MINDED FOLK, I JUDGE HIP HOP BASED ON ORIGINALITY, STYLE, IF I CAN LISTEN TO THE WHOLE LP FROM INTRO TO OUTRO, ARE THE BEATS GOOD, ARE THE LYRICS WORTH LISTENING TO, DOES IT REPRESENT THE GHETTO IN ANY TYPE OF WAY FOR THE RAW AND HARDCORE AUDIENCE (WHICH INCLUDES ME) AND MOST IMPORTANTLY DOES IT MEET MY EXPECTATIONS FOR WHAT I KNOW THAT AN ARTIST SHOULD DELIVER SINCE I DO SPEND MY MONEY AND I AM A FAN, SO I SET A HIGH BAR ON THE ARTISTS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ME HAPPY WITH WHAT THEY DELIVERā¦.I PUT MYSELF IN THAT SAME BOX WHICH IS WHY I STILL REMAIN CONSISTENT IN MY 40ā²Sā¦..JAY-Z IS STILL RUNNINā THIS RAP SHIT BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW THE GAME GOESā¦..YāALL BETTER KEEP UPā¦..HATE ME NOW FOR BEING HONESTā¦ā¦ā¦ONEā¦ā¦..p
BIG SHOUT TO MR. WALT WHOM I DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS BEFORE I EVEN STARTED MY LISTā¦ANOTHER TRUE HONEST OPINIONATED MANā¦ā¦.ONE LOVE AND R.I.P. TO JENNIFER DEWGARDE
The lost honorable mentioning list (not in order):
Kanye West āMy Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasyā
Sadat X āWild Cowboys IIā
Q-Unique āBetween Heaven & Hellā
Pack FM āI Fucking Hate Rappersā
Homeboy Sandman āThe Good Sunā
Reflection Eternal āRevolutions Per Minuteā
Eminem āRecoveryā
Rakaa āCrown Of Thornsā
DJ Muggs -vs- Ill Bill āKill Devil Hillsā
7L & Esoteric ā1212ā³
Reef The Lost Cause āFight Musicā
Vinnie Paz āSeason Of The Assassinā
Black Milk āAlbum Of The Yearā
Black Sheep āBlack Pool Of Geniusā
Capone-N-Noreaga āThe War Report 2ā³
MF Grimm āYou Only Live Twiceā
9th Wonder & David Banner āDeath Of A Pop Starā
Minds One āSelf Relianceā
Marco Polo āThe Stupendous Adventures Of Marco Poloā
Dysfunkshunal Familee āFamily Reunionā
Lloyd Banks āThe Hunger For More 2ā³
Big Boi āSir Lucious Leftfoot: Son Of Chico Dustyā
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