December 21, 2021

DJ Premier "So Wassup?" ("Brownsville" Episode, Video)


DJ Premier returns once again with a new episode in his phenomenal video-blog series, So Wassup?; a salute to the floppy disc! Premo touches down in Brooklyn with Lil' Fame and Billy Danze for the track "Brownsville" off their album Firing Squad in 1996 on Relativity. DJ Premier also produced "Stick To Ya Gunz" off that album, which is a personal favorite, among others on the LP. Premo explains how he cut vocals from the end of "How About Some Hardcore"--after OG BooBang passed away--as the intro vocals to "Brownsville", paying tribute to BooBang (R.I.P.). Premier produced the record on a MPC 3000, which was NOT his preferred weapon of choice, but the engineer had ordered the wrong equipment to the studio session that day. He was shown how to use it, and got busy though, as only DJ Premier could do. There's more dope back story and history on the record, I won't ruin it all for ya ... click play and enjoy! Salute DJ Premier, M.O.P., and mgr. Ian Schwartzman...