The beat is sinister, Preemo makes ya relax

A song to listen to while you read:
What better way to kick things off then some preemo apreesh. From Gangstarr to Mos Def and a helluva lot in between and after, DJ Premier/preemo/preem/primo has been on top of the hip-hop Dj'ing world for quite a long time. When you think of new york hip hop, chances are youre thinking of a song preem produced. Preem is well known for mastering the art of sampling, and he often can even string together coherent sentences, made from lines in multiple songs. One of the most notable is Mathematics by Mos Def, where he takes the following to make the chorus of the song:

"The Mighty Mos Def" (from Mos Def's "Body Rock"),

"It's simple mathematics" (Fat Joe's "John Blaze"),

"Check it out" (Lady of Rage from Snoop Dogg's "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"),

"I revolve around science" (from Ghostface Killah's verse on Raekwon's "Criminology"),

"What are we talking about here" (from the movie Ghostbusters Said by William Atherton's Character),

"Do your math" (from Erykah Badu's "On & On"), and

"One, two, three, four" (from James Browns's "Funky Drummer")

(Thanks Wikipedia)

I can honestly not count the number of times ive recognized a sample from a preem song i heard that i ended up hearing in its actual song. Most recently, I was driving the other day and I heard "tragic like the havoc of a nuclear bomb" in a gangstarr song, and I realized that thats where that sample in Boom by Royce da 5'9 comes from. He is an artist at sampling and can make even lame shit sound sick.

Preem is also known well for being able to craft beats from anything and everything, including turning this:

into this:

fucking sick, right?

some of his shit just blows me away.

Other notable rappers he has made beats for:

Afu-Ra

Capone-n-Noreaga

Common

Royce da 5'9

Literally COUNTLESS more. Chances are, if you hear a sick beat in any rap song from the 90's, look it up, itll be preemo. Or Hi-Tek. But thats a whole different story.

heres a recent interview with him.

And i will leave you with a tight song. Because youre worth it.