Nick Javas leaved DJ Premier’s label Year Round Records. No further details were released, but they both go separate ways in peace. Together they did 2 big European/World tours and released 2 singles with videos. It wasn’t a secret Nick Javas would love to do more mainstream music, but his debut album “Destination Unknown” looked promising in the hip hop world with productions by DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Marco Polo, Statik Selektah & more. The DJ Premier beats from the album will probably be used by other artists in the future. We from DJ Premier Blog wishing Nick Javas the best and a promising future. The 2 times I saw him personally he was a real friendly guy.
Now NYGz and Khaleel are the only two who are signed to Year Round Records. But also the upcoming MC Eiht & Pete Rock collabo album are scheduled to get a release on the label. Be on the lookout!
Here is some old track from Khaleel with Nick Javas:
Khaleel – Unfortunate (Feat. Nick Javas) (Prod. by Dynamite Bros)
“I like to say this is the first new Doors track of the 21st century,” Ray Manzarek tells Rolling Stone of a new song he’s recorded with Robby Krieger and John Densmore, as well as popular DJ/producer Skrillex (Sonny Moore). The recording session and song are part of a new documentary film, RE:GENERATION, that recruited five popular DJs/producers to work with artists from five separate genres and had them record new music. A glimpse of the results are featured in the world premiere of the trailer (below).
In addition to Skrillex, the project, co-produced by the Grammys and directed by Amir Bar Lev (The Pat Tillman Story, My Child Can Paint That), brought in DJ Premier to produce a classical track with Nas and the Berklee School of Music Orchestra; Pretty Lights, who did a country song with Leann Rimes and Ralph Stanley; the Crystal Method, who headed to Detroit to spend two days recording a R&B tune with Martha Reeves; and Mark Ronson, who teamed with Erykah Badu, members of the Dap Kings and Trombone Shorty for a jazz cut in New Orleans.
The pairings led to some real fish out of water moments. For instance, Pretty Lights (real name Derek Vincent Smith) says that when he first got in the Nashville studio he might as well have been speaking a foreign language.
“It was a lot of me having to communicate my approach and my ideas to a roomful of top-level country players who were just looking at me like, ‘Who’s this dude?'” Smith says. “And then when Ralph showed up, I tried to tell him what I wanted to do and his response was, ‘I think we’ll just do it my way.’”
Not every pairing had those initial issues, though. Manzarek and Skrillex had an immediate musical connection. “[Sonny] plays his beat, all he had to do was play the one thing. I listened to it and I said, ‘Holy shit, that’s strong,’” Manzarek says. “Basically, it’s a variation on ‘Milestones,’ by Miles Davis, and if I do say so myself, sounds fucking great, hot as hell.”
The union of the Crystal Method with Reeves (best known for the iconic “Dancing In The Streets”) was the best of both worlds – a happy pairing with some creative tension. “It’s gonna be a really interesting viewing cause we got along really well with her,” TCM’s Scott Kirkland says, “but there are also moments when we’re trying to whip the lyrics out where she’s just like, ‘No, no.’”
The film should premiere early in 2012 and will be a big part of Grammy Week next year, with the artists involved doing “Remix Labs,” as well an event at the Grammy Museum and screening that week.
The X Label is bringing to you this collaboration with The Ave Venice, located in Venice Beach, CA. The Ave Venice specializes in custom design utilizing cutting edge technology mixed with their own creative engineering and software development. The X Label in conjunction with The Ave Venice will be releasing 50 pairs of the limited edition Keithy E Demo Tape Shoe. Like the Keithy E Demo Tape t-shirt, the shoe consist of the cover of Guru’s first demo tape on the outer and inner parts of the shoe. The tongue of the shoe holds Guru’s signature “Keithy E” imprinted across the upper flap. This exclusive yet personal item will not only be marked by the shoe number but also our favorite Guru song 1-50. These exclusive kicks will sell out quickly!!
This is huge! Don’t miss it if you’re in NYC! R.I.P. Roc Raida.
DJ Premier is also going to preform on Thursday September 29th @ Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker St., New York, New York with Kendra Morris. Arranged by Wax Poetics. Kendra Morris also going to work together in the near future with DJ Premier. Dope!
To those who are in San Fransisco, don’t miss DJ Premier vs Pete Rock show next friday 30.09
This week the ciphers for BET Hip-Hop Awards are being filmed with DJ Premier again. What break he’s using this time?
DJ Premier & BET Hip-Hop Awards 2011 presents:
Cypher # 1 – XV, Chris Sutton, Gilbere Forte and Jay Rock
Cypher # 2 – Rico Staxx, Wais P and French Montana
Cypher # 3 – Estelle, Lacrae, Saprano and Nitty Scott
Cypher # 4 – Rick Ross, Wale, Meek Mill and Pill
Cypher # 5 – B.o.B, Kendrick Lamar, Machine Gun Kelly, Tech N9ne and Big K.R.I.T
Cypher # 6 – Lady of Rage, Dom Kennedy, Skillz and Blind Fury
Lady of Rage YES. Too bad we won’t see OFWGKTA (Tyler, The Creator). And Skillz proven his point and now he’s in!
Will the debut album of the Bronx crew NYGz finally meet our ears this year? The first album fully produced by DJ Premier since Gang Starr “Ownerz”. Releasing on DJ Premier’s label Year Round Records the album seems to finally done. If we should believe DJBooth.net, the album is going to be released on November 8th. Could this be finally it? The album features Ice Cube, G-Dep, Young Maylay, Lil Fame, K-Rino, Khaleel & Rave Roulette! I need to hear this!!
01 Intro (Prod. by Torae)
02 Alive (Feat. Wes) (Prod. by Khrysis)
03 You Ready? (Prod. by Marco Polo)
04 What It Sound Like (Feat. Pav Bundy) (Prod. by !llmind)
05 Shakedown (Prod. by 9th Wonder)
06 That Raw (Prod. by Pete Rock)
07 Do The Math (Prod. by Large Professor)
08 Changes (Prod. by Diamond D)
09 Over You (Feat. Wes) (Prod. by E. Jones)
10 Imagine (Prod. by Eric G)
11 Only Way (Interlude) (Prod. by 9th Wonder) 12 For The Record (Prod. by DJ Premier)
13 Thank You (Prod. by Nottz)
14 Reflection (Prod. by Eric G)
15 Panorama (Feat. MeLa Machinko) (Prod. by Fatin)
Game’s long-awaited fourth solo LP, The Red Album, finally hits stores tomorrow, August 23. And as you’ll see from the tracklisting, the Compton MC is still well loved by his peers. Dr. Dre, Drake, Lil Wayne, LLoyd, Wale, Mario, Cool and Dre and host of other contributed to the project. The Compton King says one of the records he’s most excited for people to hear is ” Born in the Trap,” which was produced by DJ Premier.
“I got with Preemo,” Game told XXLMag.com. “That joint is ready rock. You know Preem, he don’t wanna work with everybody.”
Game also revealed that the Preemo track was the first he laid down for Red when he started working on the album just about three years ago.
“Preem, he had the scratches in,” Chuck Taylor said. “He had it mixed. I had the finished, mixed and mastered ‘Born in the Trap’ ready before anybody [else] turned in anything.”
