I’m real particular about delivery. You can write the illest rhymes in the world, but can you deliver it right? DJ Premier Read Quote
I’ve never sampled just one artist, I’m known for my reputation and my creativity. DJ Premier Read Quote
Jazzmatazz’ was Guru’s thing, but Gang Starr was his baby. I don’t care what anybody says. That dude loved Gang Starr. DJ Premier Read Quote
I came out with sounds that didn’t sound like the usual hip-hop beat. I took that chance because no one would identify with me if I sound like somebody who’s already out. DJ Premier Read Quote
And hip-hop is about style and finesse and being creative and different, and to do that you have to be ballsy enough to not do what everybody else does. DJ Premier Read Quote
I like soul, I like rock, I like new wave, I like punk music, I like blues, I like jazz, and I was brought up on all of them from a young boy all the way to my teenage years, when I was wild and crazy, in college. DJ Premier Read Quote
I’m from the pre-Pro Tools era where you had to meet up with the artist and go over things if you wanted to record a track. DJ Premier Read Quote
Prince, Bootsy Collins, Earth Wind & Fire and Parliament all had albums that sound different. I wanted to show, as a hip-hop producer, I’m one of those that can do anything, because I was raised on so much music aside from rap and hip-hop. DJ Premier Read Quote
