{"id":160112,"date":"2022-01-31T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T08:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=160112"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T13:09:04","slug":"dj-premier-so-wassup-ep-24-gang-starr-above-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-premier-so-wassup-ep-24-gang-starr-above-the-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Premier &#8211; So Wassup? Ep. 24 (Gang Starr &#8211; Above The Clouds)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJj47po2m-w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When <strong>DJ Premier &#038; Guru<\/strong> began working on <em>Moment of Truth<\/em>, they made a wish list of emcees. <strong>Guru<\/strong> originally wanted <strong>Ghostface &#038; Raekwon<\/strong> but that vision changed and here\u2019s how <strong>Inspectah Deck<\/strong> ended up on the album. <strong>DJ Premier<\/strong> also explains the creative process behind <em>Above the Clouds <\/em>as all three were in the studio simultaneously cooking up a classic.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"160113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-premier-so-wassup-ep-24-gang-starr-above-the-clouds\/screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15-05-42\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?fit=1728%2C866&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1728,866\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2022-01-27 at 15.05.42\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?fit=640%2C321&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?fit=640%2C271&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-160113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?resize=540%2C271&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?resize=1024%2C513&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?resize=768%2C385&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?resize=1536%2C770&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?w=1728&amp;ssl=1 1728w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-27-at-15.05.42.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/premierwuzhere.com\/videos\/dj-premier-wassup-episode-24-gang-starrs-clouds\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Premier Wuz Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When DJ Premier &#038; Guru began working on Moment of Truth, they made a wish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-FEs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}