I use whatever it takes to make the tracks identify what me and Guru are all about. DJ Premier Read Quote
Guru’s family gave me a piece of his ashes. I saw the gold box of ashes that his father had when we had the memorial service. He had a nice giant gold box that had his name on it. It was really nice. I know all the family members had ashes that they all spread and took on their own. So I said lemme ask is it cool if I have some. DJ Premier Read Quote
The radio stations strayed away from the raw hip-hop that they were playing in the early 1990s. We were like, ‘All this watered down stuff is dominating the airwaves. We should make a record to make fun of that’ and Guru’s like, ‘Let’s call it ‘Mass Appeal.” DJ Premier Read Quote
Guru always titled the Gang Starr albums. But once it came to ‘Hard to Earn,’ he wanted me to title it. DJ Premier Read Quote
The great thing was that both K-Ci and JoJo told me to not make an R&B track that was reminiscent of radio hit records. ‘Make a Gang Starr track and we’ll write our lyrics to that,’ they told me. They couldn’t stress it enough. DJ Premier Read Quote
When I got my knee replacement and I opened my eyes straight outta surgery, the first person standing there was Guru’s son. DJ Premier Read Quote
I’m all about competition; still am to this day. That’s how you should be, but not with any malice. From Mike Will Made It to Boi-1da to Mike Zombie, I’m out to get ’em all and it’s that friendly competition that keeps us all on our toes. DJ Premier Read Quote
Everybody knows with rap artists, if you can’t go to the hood, it’s almost like you’re not authentic, even if you’re a dope artist that’s respected. DJ Premier Read Quote
