{"id":82030,"date":"2014-09-06T16:19:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T14:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=82030"},"modified":"2014-09-06T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T14:19:25","slug":"10-records-that-changed-dj-premiers-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/10-records-that-changed-dj-premiers-life\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Records That Changed DJ Premier’s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s a fool\u2019s errand to argue that hip-hop has a single, definitive sound but if one were forced into such an impossible choice, wouldn\u2019t you expect to see \u201cWorks of Mart\u201d as a production credit? Christopher Martin, a\/k\/a DJ Premier, first hit the hip-hop landscape in the late 1980s, as half of Gang Starr, and by the mid-1990s, when his services would lace dozens of releases, \u201cWorks of Mart\u201d became an imprimatur for emcees to chase after, boast about, envy. It guaranteed a gut-punch, neck-snap of a beat, evocative of iron and concrete, the walk-on music for players in camo hoodies and black Tims.<\/p>\n

Ask any rapper for their 10 favorite recordings and chances are, at least one of them was a work of Mart. For his own top 10, Preemo not only pays tribute to his hip-hop forebearers \u2013 Marley Marl, The Bomb Squad \u2013 but a slew of \u201880s recordings from across a diverse musical range. That a Prince song made the list may not be surprising but Devo? AC\/DC? His list is a reminder that while great music-makers might produce a signature style, they get there by drawing from a broad spectrum of sounds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Check out the list HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Via egotripland.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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