{"id":214638,"date":"2025-08-02T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=214638"},"modified":"2025-08-01T12:13:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:13:44","slug":"dj-premier-roc-marciano-prayer-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-premier-roc-marciano-prayer-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Premier &#038; Roc Marciano &#8211; Prayer Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKsT_HfQGBo?si=eNe6EOv8NW9i_j5S\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The moment Hip-Hop fans have been eagerly anticipating is finally here, as two of hip-hop\u2019s most revered architects &#8211; <strong>DJ Premier<\/strong> and<strong> Roc Marciano<\/strong> &#8211; have joined forces to give the people what they want with the forthcoming collaborative project, &#8220;The Coldest Profession,&#8221; which will be released on <strong>August 8th, 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Preem and Marci have already offered up a teaser with &#8220;The Coldest Profession\u2019s&#8221; first single and video <a href=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-premier-x-roc-marciano-armani-section\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DCV6uPmd6qDo&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1754119653171000&amp;usg=AOvVaw280PiS6yzoFq9ahYE4VP6_\">&#8220;Armani Section.&#8221;<\/a> Now, they&#8217;ve returned with the project&#8217;s second single, \u201cPrayer Hands.&#8221; Premier offers a minimalist groove with his patented scratch chorus setting the stage, as Marci gets into slick talk mode and effortlessly darts from topic to topic as only he can.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"214639\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-premier-roc-marciano-prayer-hands\/the-coldest-profession-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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=\"The Coldest Profession Thumbnail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-214639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-Coldest-Profession-Thumbnail.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff The moment Hip-Hop fans have been eagerly anticipating is finally here, as two of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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-214638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-TPU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214638","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}