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On Monday 9-15-2014 an ambiguous video showcasing DJ Premier and Royce Da 5\u20199″ visiting Adrian Younge\u2019s record store was leaked and in it, a small clip of what sounded like a new DJ Premier and Royce Da 5\u20199″ track resonated and Royce brought the trailer to a close with the following lyric \u201cThis is for the real hip-hop niggas who would never ever, ever ask me am I here to replace Guru.\u201d
\nImmediately, the discussions and debate began\u2014what are Preemo and Royce cooking up? Are they working on a joint project together? Why is Adrian Younge also in the video?
\nWell, the foreshadowing is now over; PRhyme (their collaborative alter-ego), is the first official full-length collaboration from two of Hip-Hop\u2019s most respected artists. The album also marks the first time that DJ Premier has been part of a group since being \u00bd of the legendary Gang Starr.
\n\u201cI want people to appreciate the fact that we didn\u2019t compromise in lieu of the environment. In order to try to change the way that people digest music, we had to take a leap of faith,\u201d says Royce. Enlisting the likes of Killer Mike, Jay Electronica, Common, Ab-Soul, Schoolboy Q, Slaughterhouse, Mac Miller and Dwele for the album Royce and Preemo are looking to make a huge statement with this project.
\n\u201cThe bar has to be high. For this album to be another body of work and another chapter for both of our lives,\u201d remarks Premier. With PRhyme, Royce and DJ Premier forever cement their names in Hip-Hop\u2019s concrete. All the music for PRhyme is produced by DJ Premier, who decided to take a new approach this time by only sampling the work of musician Adrian Younge.
\nLike the perfectionist he is, Preemo was initially skeptical about the idea. \u201cI\u2019ve never sampled just one artist, I\u2019m known for my reputation and my creativity. I wanted it to be my traditional thing where I sample everything I find, but I am really proud how the project came out and Royce is one hell of a pusher.\u201d Ultimately, Royce was able to convince Preemo to embrace the idea. \u201cI started going through Adrian\u2019s catalog and it was just making me a fan of his,\u201d Royce explains. \u201cIt was really inspiring me to want to make music. As Premier started sending me music and I started writing, it was falling into place. It was making me excited about going into the studio.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Monday 9-15-2014 an ambiguous video showcasing DJ Premier and Royce Da 5\u20199″ visiting Adrian…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-lta","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82532","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\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}