(Artwork by Tcho/Antidote)

DJ Premier Message:

So…….I should have released this one a while ago, but I thought that these tracks would find a home somewhere with vocals of some kind attached to it…..Oh well, no big deal….I always will make more and more and more beats…I LOVE THIS GAME ! Volume 2 has a few old potential Gang Starr tracks that we never used back in 1993 for our “Hard To Earn” LP, but they were not better than the ones that made the cut….since they sound dated next to my style of production in the 2000 era, now YOU have it….And don’t 4get the BONUS cut at the end of the LP which I will continue to add only to these releases……Much Love to all of the supporters of Vol. 1 and especially all of the MC’s that sent versions spittin’ lyrics over them for demos, mixtape CD’s, and freestyling on radio mixshows…..I actually forgot to add some ill beats that I had intended for Vol. 2, so that means Vol. 3 will be next…….Year Round Records will ALWAYS keep the Vinyl Alive and QUALITY will NEVER be compromised….. NOD YA HEADS 2 THIS !!!

Tracklist:

1. John T. (Produced By: DJ Premier)
2. Ch-Ching (Produced By: DJ Premier)
3. Dots (Produced By: DJ Premier)
4. Doomp Doomp Doomp (Produced By: DJ Premier)
5. Stylesss (Produced By: DJ Premier)
6. Epic-ishh (Produced By: DJ Premier)
7. Beautiful (Produced By: DJ Premier)
8. Change (Produced By: DJ Premier)
9. Live Pro (Produced By: DJ Premier)
10. I Don’t Know (Produced By: DJ Premier)
11. Late Night (Produced By: DJ Premier)
12. N.Y.S.O.M. #20 (Produced By: DJ Premier)

Out 19th of January.

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This is a part of the rough sketch for NYGz next album hanging in Premos lab. It also could be a solo track… The fact is that Premo recorded a track with G. Dep. With the recent happenings around G Dep I think it’s informative to post this. Shiggy Sha aka Shabeeno (of NYGz) & DJ Premier already worked with G. Dep in 1998 on the Gang Starr track “The Mall”.

DJ Premiers Reaction on the recent arrest of G. Dep:

You knew that? I didn’t… How about you? I know I didn’t knew that one, am I the only one or what? I only heard the rumours about “Code Of The Streets” was produced by Guru… Here’s the prove:

Muhfucka damn, rip guru!

EDIT: Aha, by the look of the comments also “Make Em Pay” is produced by Guru. Strange mistake for me as credit freak. All I read on Gang Starr albums was “Produced by DJ Premier, Co-Produced by Guru”. Whatever. On to Christmas!

And also Beats That Collected Dust Vol. 2 in January… Dope!

After dropping hot verses on beats older than him, Diggy Simmons spoke to MTV News about his upcoming mixtape, Past Presents Future (due for release this Thursday 23rd December) and working with DJ Premier.

“With ‘Shook Ones,’ me and my dude Rashid just really strategized everything music-wise,” Diggy said. “We’re tight, everything we think about [is] on the same mindset. We had the idea of doing the Past Presents Future mixtape and we decided to go with ’90s and ’80s classic beats to [rhyme] over and some of them are flipped. The mixtape is gonna be hosted by the legendary DJ Premier.”

Diggy wouldn’t speak much on what Premier was doing on the mixtape, but he spoke of how they both met. “DJ Premier, we met when I did the cipher for the BET [Hip-Hop Awards], he was the DJ behind all those [performances] and I did that with my brother and my dad,” Diggy recalled. “From there my people and him linked up and it was just easy. Then I saw him at the BET Hip-Hop Awards and he’s been real supportive of me so he was down from the jump start. He’s even in the ‘Shook Ones’ video behind the boards while I’m doing my studio scene.”

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In a recent interview with XXLMag.com, DJ Premier revealed that he has a disc’s worth of unreleased Gang Starr songs as well as hours of video footage that he plans to edit for commercial release.

According to Preem, he has at least five songs with Guru, and there are people overseas that are willing to give him around eight songs to remix. “There are guys in Europe who say that they have seven or eight,” he said. “It’s songs he did with them and they never finished it and they said I can have them. They reached out and were like, As long as you’re doing it. You can have the vocals. They are all brand new, from like a year and a half ago. I listened to them and I’ll make them shits sound like we were together. Well, we will be together because spiritually, he’s with me for the rest of my life.”

Along with the CD of new music, he is currently editing thousands of hours of video footage that he plans to put together for an accompanying DVD. “I have footage from the very first show we ever performed,” he shared. “It was Ice-T, Queen Latifah and Monie Love. She was in the bathroom nervous trying to remember her rhymes for ‘Ladies First.’ Special Ed told her it would be ok and then Monie Love killed it. It was us, Tribe, Latifah and then Ice-T. Ice T introduced me to a DAT machine. I was like, ‘Wow.’ This was 1989. I have that tape.”

“I’m putting together a Gang Starr DVD because I’ve been filming since 1989,” he continued. “I did all the filming until 1993. Then I started bringing guys with me. I have hundreds and hundreds of tapes of me and Guru arguing in the airport. Him and Shug fighting. Guru tried fighting everyone. Now, you look at it and it’s like, Damn, I miss that.”

As of press time, there is no release date for the project.

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Some new details in old news.

Last month, HipHopDX spoke to DJ Premier, Nick Javas and Panchi of the NYG’z in HeadCourterz Studios in Midtown Manhattan. The conversation happened in light of DJ Premier Presents…Year Round Records’ Get Used To Us, which was released this week on the imprint of the same name. Nearing the end of the conversations that DX will share with you over the remainder of the year, the legendary producer was asked about Fat Joe’s verse from “I’m Gone” .

“That record means a lot to me, ’cause I did it the day Guru passed,” DJ Premier told HipHopDX, about his partner in Gang Starr. “I really wasn’t able to talk to anybody; my phone was ringing like crazy. Even though everybody’s callin’ to check and see if I’m okay, I just didn’t feel like talkin’ to anybody. It was just too overwhelming, the simple fact that he died.” Premier said that his feelings also were in shock from visiting Guru just seven days before his April 19, 2010 death, and telling his friend, partner and roommate of seven years that he loved him.

Moving away from the song by Fat Joe, Premier continued, “I got my closure. We had a private funeral – I was there with his son, his family, the [Gang Starr] Foundation was there – Jeru [Da Damaja] was there, me and [Big] Shug were invited by Guru’s father to speak. That was so dope to me, to be invited by his father.” The producer and deejay was in Prague just hours before the funeral, and had to change in Logan Airport to make the funeral on time. A touched Premier revealed, “His father said, ‘I’m not starting the ceremony until [DJ Premier] is here.'” Additionally, Brownman attended and spoke at the funeral, who worked with Guru as a horn-player in the emcee’s post-Gang Starr years.

DJ Premier also confirmed that he’ll remain committed to the Elam family. Arguably the greatest deejay/producer of the 1990s, the Texas-born Premier revealed that he’s presently lending a master’s hand to Guru’s son, Keith. “I’m gonna make sure his son’s good. He wants to deejay, so I just gave him his first assignment: James Brown records. I told him he’s gotta learn ’em, study ’em, get ’em down pat so he can understand what it means for the deejay to be funky. Then I’m gonna test him, I’m gonna play the records in a different order and [see] if he knows the name of ’em, to see if he’s taking it seriously.”

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END POLL: 1 JANUARY 2011

It’s again that time of the year my friends. The last poll of the year like usual. Be aware, judge strictly on the beats, not the rhymes. It’s the beat that matters in this poll… Sorry, but I had to cut again. What beat will win??

2009 winner: Rap Addiction by Blaq Poet (17%)
2008 winner: Say Goodnight by Reks (30%)

In 2008 we had 359 votes, in 2009 we had 950 votes. LETS BEAT THAT RECORD MY FAMILY!! WHO WILL WIN THE AWARD??? VOTE VOTE VOTE!!

Thank you for your time and support over the years! -gim