DJ Premier

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.5 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

DJ Premier is one of the most celebrated producers in hip-hop history. Known as the architect of hip-hop’s venerated boom-bap sound, Preemo first caught people’s attention with Guru in Gang Starr in the late ‘80s. Guru’s lyrical precision over Premier's jazzy, sample-based beats made Gang Starr one of the most influential rap duos of the next decade.

Outside of Gang Starr, DJ Premier has produced classic records for a long list of hip-hop luminaries including New York’s big three—Biggie, Jay-Z, and Nas. His expert ability to create a patchwork of musical and lyrical samples is both instantly identifiable and impossible to replicate.

On today’s episode we’ll hear a live conversation Justin Richmond recorded with DJ Premier for the On Air podcast festival. Premier talked in detail about hanging out and working with his late friend, The Notorious B.I.G. He also reminisces about when he and Guru lived with Branford Marsalis in Brooklyn, and he recalls what it was like to work with D’Angelo on that fateful night at Electric Lady Studios when they recorded “Devil’s Pie.”

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite DJ Premier songs HERE.

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1:15.0	F.M. slash Plus. DJ Premier is one of the most celebrated producers in hip-hop history.
1:29.0	Known as the architect of hip-hop's venerated boom-bap sound, Primo first caught people's attention with Guru and Gangstar during the late 80s.
1:37.0	Guru's lyrical precision over Premier's jazzy sample-based beats made Gangstar one of the most influential rap duos of all time.
1:46.0	Outside of Gang Starr, DJ Premier has produced classic records for a long list of hip-hop luminaries,
1:51.0	including New York's Big Three, Biggie, JZ and Nause.
1:55.7	His expert ability to create a patchwork of musical and lyrical samples is both instantly
1:59.9	identifiable and impossible to replicate.
2:03.6	On today's episode, we'll hear a live conversation
2:05.9	are recorded with Premier at the on-air podcast festival.
2:09.5	Premier talked in detail about hanging out
2:11.5	and working with his late friend, the notorious BIG.
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