In case you haven’t watched it yet, comedian Jerrod Carmichael has an HBO comedy special that aired recently which was directed by Spike Lee with DJ Premier providing original Music. If you missed it, the special will be airing again on October 7th at 5:30pm on HBO2. But check out the clip of Jerrod discussing the worst time to misplace your car keys.
Saigon kicks off his weekly F*ck It Fridays series with a fitting video.
Here are some words from Saigon himself…
Sometimes when u take on the task of being a responsible artist, it gets very overwhelming and sometimes U just wanna say “F*ck It”… This Friday Saigon releases his clip for his song “F*ck It” and introduces “F*ck It Fridays”.. Ya boss tripping “F*ck It”, U took and extra 30 min for lunch “F*ck It”. It’s “F*ck It Fridays”.
Pick up GSNT 3 right now, right here.
DJ Booth and Joell Ortiz joined forces for this unique cypher that brought together the art of rhyming with the ultimate urban gathering hole, the barber shop. The series — dubbed as “Fade To Famous” finds Ortiz bringing together emcees in New York for a barber shop cypher. Check out the mini documentary on what went into the cypher and the actual cypher itself.
The barber shop is the heart of the neighborhood, so when Joell Ortiz wanted to give back to the streets via the pure art of rhyming, it was the natural place to hold the first ever Fade to Famous and DJBooth cypher. We invited every willing rhyme spitter in the Big Apple to show and prove their skills, then selected the top six to get down in the cypher, closed out by Mr. Yaowa himself.
In the meantime, be sure to pick up Ortiz’ latest album House Slippers here, which debuted at #5 on Billboard’s rap albums list and features Slaughterhouse, Mally Stakz, B.o.B. and Maino as well as production from The Heatmakerz, Frequency and Illmind.
Action Bronson and his appetite head down to New Orleans for the latest episode of “F*ck, that’s delicious.” In between touring and recording his new album, Bronson hit the Big Easy to chow down on some good food and soak in the southern blues scene. Bam Bam zeroed in on the finest fried chicken at Willie Mae’s Scotch House, the best sandwiches at Coquette, late night fare at Mimi’s and a cooking lesson from the most dynamic chef in the city, Isaac Toups, of Toups’ Meatery.
Filmmakers One9 and Erik Parker give some insight on their 10-year-journey to create the documentary on one of the greatest hip hop albums of all-time. Presented by Hennessy, “A LOOK INSIDE OF NAS: TIME IS ILLMATIC” is the perfect precursor to the film.
Saigon’s official music video for his DJ Premier produced track “Nunya” from his latest album Greatest Story Never Told 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard.
The album is out today on iTunes and you can cop it here or give it a spin on Spotify here.
Vintage footage from Video Music Box with the legendary Branford Marsalis in 1990. Classic members of the Gang Starr Foundation are in the clip including Jeru The Damaja, Lil Dap & Melachi The Nutcracker from Group Home, Mike Rone of F.A.B.I.D., Phat Gary, DJ Vic Black and many others posted up with the team.
My Gold teeth were in full effect and this brings me back to incredible memories of our great history. Long Live Keith “GURU” Elam and the Gang Starr Legacy
-DJ Premier-
Congrats to Dilated Peoples on their new release “Directors Of Photogtaphy” AVAILABLE NOW!!! Glad to be a part of the LP… What up DJ Babu, Evidence, Rakaa Iriscience and the Rhymesayers Staff.
CD → bit.ly/DPlocator
iTUNES → bit.ly/DOPitunes
AMAZON → bit.ly/DOPamazon
GOOGLE → bit.ly/DOPgoogle
ONE OF MY MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS THIS YEAR PERFORMING THE NEW SONG WITH KOREAN HIP HOP GROUP DYNAMIC DUO WITH OUR NEW JOINT CALLED “AEAO” ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE KOREA. SAME AFFILIATION TO THE NEW YORK SNL. THEY ALSO DID 5 SKETCHES ON THE SHOW AND THEIR ACTING WAS AMAZING IN THE SKITS.
SHOUTS TO MC’s GAEKO GEEM AND CHOIZA FOR THE HOSPITALITY AND SHOWING US THE BEST TIME EVER HANGIN IN KOREA RIPPIN’ UP 5 SHOWS AND SHOWING US HOW MUCH HIP HOP CULTURE HAS CHANGED SO MANY LIVES. I REMAIN GREATFUL TO THIS CAREER.
HERE’S THE PERFORMANCE…
