“MCs Act Like They Don’t Know” is one of many collaborations between KRS-One and DJ Premier. It was the lead single of KRS-One’s second self-titled solo album, and he took aim at commercial rappers with mainstream accolades having no live performance capabilities and white culture vulture kids calling themselves n***. Continue Reading
DJ Premier and Nas recently recorded the single “Define My Name.” They released the song on April 19th the 30th anniversary of Nas’ debut album Illmatic. Nas admits on the track that he had no plans to be rapping in his 50’s but the words kept flowing through the years.Continue Reading
Gang Starr’s “Words I Manifest” was their debut single led by a sample of Dizzy Gillespie’s “A Night In Tunisia.” An earlier lineup of the group had released some singles produced by DJ The 45 King in 1987 and 1988. No More Mr. Nice Guy was released in 1989 exactly oneContinue Reading
Rakim’s second solo album The Master was released in 1999 and it was seven years after his last album with Eric B. DJ Premier produced “When I B On Tha Mic” and Rakim rapped winding word streams over the piano-heavy beat. Rakim gave a salute to street hustlers, women inContinue Reading