#Throwback Episode - w/ DJ Premier & Pete Rock | (Ep.68)
Drink Champs
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.7 • 7K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Summary
N.O.R.E. & DJ EFN are the Drink Champs and we're taking it back to some of the most legendary moments in Drink Champs history. Classic interviews, unforgettable stories, and iconic guests who shaped the culture.
In this classic throwback episode of Drink Champs, N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN chop it up with the legendary DJ Premier & Pete Rock!
The two production giants, sit down with N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN for a legendary, sample-heavy celebration of real hip hop. This isn’t just an interview — it’s a masterclass.
Preemo and Pete break down their early beginnings, from digging in the crates to crafting timeless records for icons like The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, and Gang Starr. They talk about the art of chopping samples, the science of drums, and how the SP-1200 and MPC shaped an era. Stories fly about studio sessions, industry politics, and the competitive energy that pushed 90s hip hop to its golden age.
Of course, it wouldn’t be Drink Champs without the drinks flowing and debates heating up. The conversation dives into who had the harder beats, East Coast dominance, and the respect that keeps the culture alive decades later.
This episode is pure boom-bap royalty — two architects of the sound reflecting on their legacy while reminding the world why their influence still knocks today.
Make some noise for DJ Premier & Pete Rock!!! 💐💐💐🏆🏆🏆
-Originally published on March 9th, 2017
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 1:30.5 | Guaranteed Human. Yeah, yeah, what's up, y'all? What's going on, brother? Dreamtap's radio. He's a legendary Queen's rapper. Hey, Hank, I greet. This your boy in Hawaii. He's a Miami hip-hop pioneer. What up is DJEFN? Together they drink it up with some of the biggest players in music and sports. You know what I mean? The most professional, unprofessional podcast and your number one source for drunk facts. This is drinks champion radio where every day is New Year's Eve. Let's go! Hey, Hinks, Agree, I hope it's sob for you. This is your boy N-O-R-E. What up is DJEFN. And this is Trit Jazz motherfucking podcast. Make some of that! Hold on. We've got something to present to you guys on behalf of CBS. Oh, wow. Okay, okay. I'm just a messenger, but they want to congratulate you on 25 million lists. Wow. Wow. Oh, damn. Oh, yeah. Oh, man. Hey. Wow. Wow. I fucking hate to me, man. Yeah. Because you knew it. You knew this is going down. Yeah. You didn't tell me, you found fucking guy guy. Hey man, you're not letting me act right now. Yeah, I got a point. I hold that up real quick. Yeah, that's what's up. And we're doing it hip-hop. That's beautiful. We're doing hip-hop. So I would like to introduce, this is a serious. If you are into hip-hop, If you if this is something that you say you love And this is something to say you adapted |
| 1:32.4 | And you don't know these two brothers |
| 1:34.3 | And you don't know how these brothers |
| 1:35.8 | Shaped and molded the culture |
| 1:38.0 | For everything that you love right now |
| 1:41.1 | If it wasn't for these two people |
| 1:42.6 | That's standing beside me In front of me, rather. |
| 1:48.0 | What hip-hop is, is because of them. They single-handedly had their hands on the best artist ever. |
| 2:00.6 | When you think about Illmatic, you think about artists ever when you think about |
| 2:01.4 | Illmatic, you think about |
| 2:03.1 | reasonable doubt, you think about |
| 2:04.6 | Biggie. They work with |
| 2:06.3 | the three top |
| 2:08.4 | best. |
| 2:10.5 | They continuously out here |
| 2:12.3 | looking young. They're out here. |
| 2:14.0 | And then the beat battle had just |
| 2:16.3 | took place. And a lot of people with Swiss |
| 2:19.3 | beats bigger him up and Biggered up and Just Blaze |
| 2:21.2 | But a lot of people don't know that these brothers been doing |
| 2:23.2 | this for years |
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