DJ Premier on 'Scratch'

[Rupyd]

The scratchin there at the start of Code of the Streets gives me goosebumps. Reminds me of Premo's set at Rock the Bells 2010, easily one of my fondest memories. RIP GURU. GANG STARR FOREVER

[mrincredible26]

after the guru died every time i listen to his raps they get more special.

[ANTOOOHNIYOOOO]

RIP Guru!



[CHRCAR5]

any one knows if the video of the concert its up in youtube?

[H4x1990]

whos the homie at 1:26.

[TobiasDawg]

@H4x1990 He looks scary..

[gianb1995]

@H4x1990 no why you dont know that??? wtf ? ok its guru--> guru (r.i.p) + premo = gangstarr

[dustybeijing]

@gianb1995 The guy at 1:26 and 1:30 is not Guru.

[sloga123]

whats the song startin on 1:42?

[dylanja09]

@sloga123 code of the streets - gang starr

[sloga123]

@dylanja09 thanks man

[CitySkin09]

Preemo is the illest beatmaker of all time...'nuff said.

[aktashthug]

see ya at 1.12.2010 at prishtinaaa babe 

[deathgv]

see ya at 30.11.2010 in muthafuckin Skopyahh!

[taskforce26]

RIP Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal 

[lilmamabeatz]

Ya, I feel him what he got to say.

[BiRdOfPrEynumber8]

LOVE this documentary. is that shadow speakin at 0.35??

[main357]

the epitome of a producer... this dude is by far in the top 5 best producers of all time. everything he's speaking about is true... all this new digital stuff is crap. sample your drums and sounds from real records, tweak them, and make a beat. everything is so digital now, you dont even have to be a true producer to make a beat... hell, look at soulja boy. that's not production.

RIP Guru!!! Gangstarr lives on!!!

[sk8poompers]

check out blakrock its EXACTLY what guru said

[amerlond]

RIP GURU

[GraffitiSlammer]

1:27 Who is the man on the right?

[lacurvadevillena]

they can say anything , but when you have dj shadow , dj krush , dj spooky , dj cam , and dj hive , there is no need to look for more !

[HDibbles]

Lol! Preemo's my dude but he's hillarious when he's screaming Guru's rhymes like that

[coldrockdaspot]

DJ Premier, one of the greatest to ever do it behind the boards and on the turntables, DJ Premier is what Hip Hop is all about.

[bitemybeanerass]

DJ PREMIER..PETE ROCK..9TH WONDER...NO WONE CAN DO IT BETTER

[t2p]

The BEST DJ of ALL TIME EVER 

[Epochalyptik]

R.I.P. GURU. Premier is still doin you proud.

[damaurye123]

R.I.P. GURU

[damaurye123]

R.I.P. GURU

[wesalexbar]

@impala623 True hip-hop aint dead, it's just underground.

[Metamophisis]

Classic Dj Premier & Guru! Rip Guru

[WuTangClanNYC]

RIP Guru

[fromBulgaria]

R I P GURU

[Crede06]

R.I.P. Guru

[ClearlyBlazed]

R.I.P Guru

[GodsS0N1]

That had to be crazy concert

[canibusnj]

DJ Premier, THE BEST, PERIOD!!!!!!

[maTRsss]

meme attitude que grandmaster flash.

[iEricSan]

He the best

but at 1:32 who is that^^B-)

[Toremanntor]

I think it's Premo, it's a mask he's wearing. You can see him take it off at 1:40

[Imaaze2]

Premier throws the L up in the air at 3.12?

[cratediggingart]

@Imaaze2 yes. for big L

[Imaaze2]

i know its for big l yo

[djgaaz]

yo da turntable spinnin backwards

[amershan1]

is that turntable spinning backwards at 2:54 ?

[Toremanntor]

I think he spinned it backwards, i don't think it's playing. Hard to see if it's playing or not. But I think I'm able to see it spin a lil bit slower and slower throughout the clip. So I don't think it's playing.

[hollatmeyo]

"if the people on the streets gon' test us on it then God will to"

Premo always be real

[xerves7]

Premier is so unique with his sound, that when you hear one of his beats, you know he made it before even having to find out.

[sk8mafia4lifee]

gurus flow is tha illest

[edddollar]

wtf 1:26 hahahah.

[edddollar]

THE BEST!!!!!!!

[duketuss]

Whats the song/beat starting at 0.30 ???

[djgaaz]

thats "Just To Get A Rep"

[duketuss]

Thanks! I should know that but didnt remember

[qaanjeer500]

@duketuss

gang starr just to get a rep

[Toremanntor]

When code of the streets starts I get easy chills and when guru yells WHATS UP CALIFORNIA!...just damn, chills all over my back. DAmn, does anybody know about any live DVDs of gang starr? Would love to have that, Ive only found 1 video of music videoes and 1 whcih I dunno what contains. Live old skool hip hop moves me in a certain way, like preem says about the old funk.

[djslipdisk]

The most talented dude on the planet

[tenseman08]

word

[Toremanntor]

Whoa, I had no idea that many showed up @ gang starr's live concerts, thats great. I love Gang Starr, but we have to agree it's not the most selling group, but still one of the best though. Also to me it sounds like Guru's flow is better live than on the records, at least in code of the streets.

[howiedo85]

Dude....who the fuck is that guy at 1:26? OMFG! What is up with that dude!!! I mean, I don't wanna be rude, but LOOK AT HIS FACE! WHAT IS THAT? THATS SOME SCARY SHIT!

[deeders05]

it's a mask. I had that same one. It usually comes connected to a hat.

[howiedo85]

Oh, Thank God, lol, that's crazy!

[LifeOfAnOutlaw]

Madlib and Premier are the best.

RIP Scot La Rock, Paul C, JMJ and J Dilla

[sublime95]

preemo has got a good sound to his voice, he should do more mcing

[ComeOnNow100]

Dj Premier and Talib Kweli look alike

[luxwutang]

dj premier and alchemist are the best producers

[swordsman6]

#2 DJ/MC acts ever...just a notch below Eric B and Rakim...Primo got that sound just as like Pete Rock, Dre, Swizz, Erick Sermon, RZA do...most of their work has a unique sound, all different from the next man

[lakedepiatraneamt]

Preemo is G.O.A.T.

No doubt

Preemo is shittin on Dr Dre and all this new school producers

[swordsman6]

Dre may not be my fav, but you can't deny his impact...NWA, The DOC, Snoop, Shady, not to mention his own shit...Hard to Earn and Moment of Truth are two of the best albums, song for song, ever

[10lettername]

@lakedepiatraneamt

GOAT? Generalized Occupation Aptitude Test?

[nikiazzz]

@lakedepiatraneamt N>W>A MTFKA  whats new skool??

[crazywalkurkid818]

@lakedepiatraneamt Premo has admited that if anyone is better than him,tat it is Dr. Dre,not saying that ithnk that too but,u gotta respect dre

[TomHagan812]

@lakedepiatraneamt

I wouldn't go that far. The Chronic....Niggaz4life...Doggy­style....No One Can Do It Better...some of the best production work ever. Premier and Dre are in a class of their own.

[RecordMCS]

@lakedepiatraneamt dude dre has been producing since the 80's

so he aint new school

[shumakerscott]

the best DJ EVER! hand down. I have him as #2 producer all time behind Dr. Dre. I'm with OneRyt, due has been one of my heroes for years.

[chrisrap4ever]

primo raps??

[EudezetProdukcje]

omg ... premo making beat's men

[chrisrap4ever]

i know.but i wonder if he raps.

[pkaotb4]

Am I the only person that saw the freakish looking dude with the humongous moth at 1:26

[worsto32]

That is Premo wearing a mask :)

[iLLmaticmind]

much love towards premier, one of the illest producers still alive.

[Cnsa11]

just to get a rep - gang starr

[OneRyt]

one of my heroes. . . straight up

[theindiandream1]

too legit

[1000GRAUZ]

Primo and Guru, the best duo

[hehsy5sy5]

co-sign...fucking GANGSTARR [guru+premier]...all their shit is solid one of the most consistent duo/groups ever.

[brascaman]

big up.....

[larry89]

can't agree enough of what primo said... everything's all digital now.. that authentic band sound is from the old days are dead or just too scarce on the radio.

none the less, cheers to primo, one of the illest producers alive

[Creaturefiend565]

@larry89 THE illest producer

[n0166811]

Dre has fucked the whole aftermath up cuz of lettin all these wack rappers such as g unit etc, all the new generation rappers r wack. Premo all the way!!

[Captnuendo]

Also, alot of people who listen to the radio are stuck on the redundancy of 808 kits....They are great..Organic drums frum records amd much more interesting and the thought of a premier beat makes me truly happy.....

[howboutsome]

Primo is tha man kid!

[c3066521]

primo yells too loud on the mic

[motion9041]

who's that guy with the big ass mouth @ 1:25? (no disrespect)

[PandemicMusic]

lol that was Premier i think he was wearing some kind of mask. lol i was wondering about that too when i first saw this.

[mattafh]

No diggity.. DJ shadow is real big in the dj world.... Beats r so abstract.

[Roboflex]

00:35-00:50 DJ Shadow commenting on Primo

Classic moment - 2 of the greatest DJ's of all time

[daGuz113]

DAMN! I'm gunna be sorry for the rest o my life that I never went to a Gangstarr concert

[mattafh]

Pete Rock is on his level, but a different style.... Pete Rock is an amazing producer in hiphop ... just like Primo. .... Check out Madlib and J Dilla too.

[mattafh]

1:23 to 1:43 ..... soooooo tru.

[Captnuendo]

Yeah but Pete Rock was always arrogant and he's a little better in the mixing game...but primo is just BETTER.

[mattafh]

i feel you on that bro !

OH YEAH, whoever down-thumbed me on the DJ Shadow comment.. wake the fuck up and open your mind to sounds besides the shit you are stuck on cuz Shadow is an inovator for sure and has an incredible feel for loop finds ! ... WACK ASS fuckin' people to scared to even have a healthy civilized debate on why they don't feel that !

[Captnuendo]

VERY WELL said~!

[elunico314]

premo iz da best producer...... PERDIOD.... dre's not touchin him...... swizzy aint touchin him.... pete rock aint touchin him.... nobody .....

[ZUPAPYCZO]

Dj Premier n.1 !!!

[hiphoprebirthletsgo]

I can't even explain how AMAZING!!! this man PREM truly Ill!

[JuroSimoJuricek]

whats the song name theyre playing on stage?

[JuroSimoJuricek]

oh,I know,code of the street

[Madlib604]

Fuck DRE DRE

[2pacSTILLballin]

no fuck u madlib604

[Madlib604]

FUCK DR DRE

[andydrums81]

wenn ich so was lese...dre ist der beste producer...premo hat schon für so viele gute leute gute beats gemacht...der mann ist eindeutig fetter als dre!!!!

[calixa]

dre is the best Hiphop producer of all time. period.

[JonJonProducer]

nah bruh....

[namkooc]

no man your wrong sooooooooo wrong it's actually j dilla

[mikeylikesit2675]

dre could have stopped after the chronic 2001 and would still be considered the best, but he didn't. Dre has more classics in two albums than the rest of the artists in hip hop...... fuck he created the west coast sound

[ikariss77]

wow, preemo got some wisdom in his head too. dope!

[div97]

dre couldn't wipe premiers ass stop talking about dre guru and premier are an unstopable force

[djbloodshot]

love Primo but's whats up with the Elephant man setting his shit up at 1:27?

[takimorgan]

PREMO da INNOVATOR! his loops and beats probably the best in HIP HOP history!

[Mitsuruggi13]

premier thanks bro thanks!!!!! gracias papa!!!!!!! graciaaaaaasss!

[mcgrawHNIC]

living legend!!

[twista3314]

No producer has been as consistant as Premo...Premo stays droppin classics

[denverbroncosrock07]

what a legend, i idolise dj premier.

[denverbroncosrock07]

what a legend, i idolise dj premier.

[CapoSTM]

PREEMO IS THA BEST !

[NYFinest2]

Premmo second best. but dr.dre is king

[northstarprod]

nah man dre kinda fell off in my opinion

[takimorgan]

Premmo is still real making original sounds! Dre's evolution is off he started off on the right track but look at the history!

[NYFinest2]

yea hes da best he doesnt use samples and just loops em dre more creative

[Brotha633]

dr. dre isnt that amazing.. he talks about getting away from samples, but most of his beats that he is remembered from are all sampled...he isnt that creative sorry, just cuz word of mouth says "hes the best" doesnt mean shit.

[NYFinest2]

r u serious? not creativte?? primo just loops a sample for 3 minutes. dats it. dats not creative. i can do dat shit. dre actually has orginal music. hes a mastermind with beats.

[dianaroxs007]

all of dre's music that made him the "mastermind" are all sampled..do some research and check how much shit he has sampled and it will surprise you and u will lose all the respect u have for him..hop off his dick and stop being blind.

[NYFinest2]

WHAT! what bout Chronic 2001? Still DRE? In Da Club? If I Can't? Imagine? Bitch Please? Lay Low? ect ETC!! yes dre has sampled who doesnt. but he doesnt need to sample to make a hot track. in my opinion dre is the GOAT of hip hop production. u can have a different opinion. its a free country

[kenvincurrah]

Dre doesnt have shit on Premier. Dre not only doesnt use as good of samples but he cant scratch either. Dre has not and will never make anything as good as Mass Appeal. All you care about is club music, you dont know what real hiphop is.

[NYFinest2]

u niggaz are such retarts. do u even know of dre legacy? do you?? its 2008 and premier still samples. hes hasnt evoled. dre has become better with the times. droppin classic afta classic. dats why everybody is waiting on the Detox. its the most anticpated hip hop album of this generation. everybody knows that. premier is good but hes will never be betta than dre will

[kenvincurrah]

First of all, I am white. Second of all, your the one that cannot spell retard. Third of all, what you are talking about is just hype. The reason Detox is taking so long is because Dre is out of ideas. Although Dre does use keyboards, he still uses samples just as much as any other producer out there. Dre will never have the creativity that Premier does.

[mikeylikesit2675]

that might have been the dumbest thing that has ever been said about Dre, honestly not only is Dre more creative than premier but has that touch with the beats that every producer wish they had. You obviously are white, because you are making an argument you cannot win. Dre had the biggest influence on hip hop since the creation of the turntable. Premier can make hits and maybe a classic but not like Dre. Thats like saying oasis is better than the beatles. simply stupid.

[kenvincurrah]

I was not talking about influence. I would say that being the biggest influence on hip hop nowadays is actually a dishonor. Rap has gone to shit thanks to the Dre influenced production. I can almost guarantee that Detox will be shit.

[mikeylikesit2675]

well your man premier was influenced by Dre (as was any producer of note that made music after his releases) Nahh rap isn't shit right now its just stuck, eventually it will find a way to expand into new musical territory just like it always has, i think that dre will be the man to do it with detox. The dirty south had its run, and now a new sound will grab the charts and will be played out of existence for few years and the cycle will continue.

[JonJonProducer]

Yo, Dre doesn't even play his own sounds dick heads... He gets Piano players, bass players, and all that other shit to play his ideas.... Thats what he does, He comes up wit Ideas, and gets TALENTED people to play what he wants to hear... DUMB FUCKS

[mikeylikesit2675]

right those people are still playing his music because it was his idea to put the music together the way he wants, so he still gets the credit. Besides the music these people are playing isn't anything complicated or all that technical, dre's magic comes from the simplicity and subtlety of the final product.

[JonJonProducer]

Right! But when Dre was sampling, he was dope... Crazy Dope

[mikeylikesit2675]

true true... but he still didn't use that many samples on the chronic; alot of that was produced with keyboards, and backing vocals, etc etc. Besides he was still perfecting his art by chronic 2001, those little tricks he did in the studio made that album a classic even if he would made it only an instrumental.

[namkooc]

dre aint been shit since pac dies period

[ghindo]

Just because Premier "still" uses samples doesn't mean at all that he isn't creative or "hasn't evolved."

[jrocca22]

i was just surfing through comments, and saw this ridiculous comment, i personally like premier more because thats the style i like more, but you cant take away from dr. dre and hwat he's done for hip hop, and where did u get the notion that dre cant scratch? do your research he was a dj before he was who he is today...as for detox, let's let the album fuckin come out before we start talkin about it

[YungCyfe]

dr dre is a fuckin biter tho. most of his major hits were co produced with someone else. look up mel man. dre stole alot of credit for his work. premo, rza, pete rock, kanye etc, those are producers, not just somebody that makes beats

[jrocca22]

yet on all his production credits he names a co producer, so he's not stealing any credit, cause if you say someone is a coproducer thats giving them credit.... and p.s.

FUCK KANYE....REST IN PEACE DILLA

[YungCyfe]

like i said all his major hits are co produced. he's over hyped. his best work was in nwa

[hendrixonlsd]

Yung has a point. all those catchy synth melodies are mostly done by pianoist/keyboard players. Scott Storch is 1.. and theres other dude too thats nice with it that did stuff on the chronic and chronic 2001

[YungCyfe]

yeah mel man does alot of em, hes from my neighborhood

[hendrixonlsd]

oh shit.. that's whats up!

[JStyle10]

Best producers:

1) Dj Premier

2) Dr. Dre

3) RZA

[Nig4rmdat510Nrich]

i couldn't agree with you more and to make it 5 i'd throw in j dilla and pete rock

[HiFiApartment]

yes, pete rock and jay dee definitly!

[drsatisfaction]

prince paul...dan the automator...kid koala...beatnuts...stoupe the enemy of mankind...7L & esoteric...lord finesse...large professor...dj honda...dj babu...mixmaster mike

too many to name...

[ghindo]

A lotta those guys you named - Kid Koala and Mixmaster Mike - aren't really producers as much as they are turntablists.

[dollardollarbill1]

Rza, premes, dre and pete rock are the 4 best producers in hip hop

[Bayboy133]

Primo, pete rock, dilla

[dollardollarbill1]

Yea man, Jay Dee is dope as fuck too

[xSef92x]

Can Someone Tell Me The Song in 00:30

[sodiumfan]

just to get a rep, its on step in the arena blud

[MSHRPC]

Just To Get A Rep, from Step Into The Arena. Circa '91.

Yo! MTV Raps put me on to that, and the love affair with Gangstarr had begun....

[notalentable]

@xSef92x does nobody knows that beat?

[notalentable]

@notalentable found it: just to get a rep..

[raptore90]

@notalentable just to get a rep

[XXXTITEXXX]

for me primo iz da king. dre iz nuttin in front of primo

[Windu2]

DJ Premier is on of the Best! This is not a matter of opinion, but fact. His equal is Dr. Dre, Primo East - Dre West.

[Monolif87]

agreed man...Dre and Premier are the 2 greatest producers in hip hop to date...considering how much classics they've made and their influences

[Epixs420]

i agree totaly i was thinking that earlier today

[dokksavage]

Very inspirational...Check my 10 min documentary on banging here on you tube...Peace.

[KINGSHABAZZGODALLAH]

CODE OF THE STREETS

[musicdisciple]

dj Premier's dope. one the best producers out there. most of his works are always quality assurance.

[zigzagzig40]

Rass Clart this guy fucking kills from the begining baby 87 in the house

[mejiaeric99]

this guy is one of my heroes. No matter how big he gets he continues to support that real shit ya dig????

not only is he the best hip hop DJ and Producer of all times but he's humble and never seems to swear or be vulgar even though he's involved with so many rough characters. the guy is all class, a real role model for young musi