Manhattan Records presents DJ Premier VS Pete Rock -A Legendary DJ Battle trailer from getfunky on Vimeo. DJ Premier and Pete Rock will take to the stage in Tokyo, Japan on May 2nd, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Manhattan Records.

9th is apparently going by “9thmatic” as his rapping alias, teaming with fellow NC emcee/producer Khrysis, with production from DJ Premier. Yes, it’s definitely on. 9th Wonder + Khrysis + DJ Premier – “It’s On” (MP3)

DJ Premier honored Mr. Magic’s birthday (R.I.P.) with a full tribute mix, including an exclusive new remix produced by DJ Premier featuring the Juice Crew. The track itself is ripped directly from the show, including ridiculous Preemo cuts of Biggie and Nas as they pay homage to the highly influential Rap Attack deejay. [Source: DJPB] [cont.]

Statik’s got some choice quotables in this piece, regarding the recent situation with Guru’s health and Super Producer Solar’s involvement. [Source: SCM]

DJ Premier speaks on HeadQcorters Radio Show regarding the Guru situation in the below audio clip, while Solar releases a statement of his own, defending his character. Listen and read both, then sound off in the comments section below. LISTEN: DJ Premier Speaks On Guru’s Situation [NSFW] Solar released this statement via Twitter: Solar: My [cont.]

Continuing in the developing story regarding Guru’s condition and the legitimacy of Solar’s claims….. The above Tweets were released within seconds of each other last night, with Solar assuring fans “I have not prevented or would stop Guru’s family from visiting them, in fact I contact them daily! Anything other than that is a lie!” [cont.]

Yesterday morning, a statement was released on behalf of Guru, which read “I am doing fine and I am recovering! I’m weak though… [7 Grand partner] Solar is the only person who has the accurate info on my situation. Any info from anybody else is false! I appreciate your well wishes and all the love!” [cont.]

Premier reminisces about the creative process with The Notorious B.I.G.

43 year old Gangstarr frontman, The Guru (aka Keith Alam) suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday, February 28th, and is scheduled to undergo open heart surgery at a New York hospital today. While rumors began circulating the internet via Twitter and other social networking avenues last night, it was confirmed by DJ Premier, whom called [cont.]

DJ Premier recently stated in an interview with 944 / The Examiner that he will re-team with KRS-One for a new album called Return of The Boom Bip (that’s “BIP”, not “BAP”), as well as his other plans for 2010: Year Round Records is my label for 5 years strong. We have a NYG’z album [cont.]

Asher Roth spilled details on his next album and forthcoming mixtape in a recent interview with Vibe.com. First up will be the mixtape, entitled Seared Foie Gras with Quince and Cranberry, which will hit in March to coincide with the release of his new website. The title of the  tape refers to an hors d’oeuvre [cont.]

DJ Premier @ HipHopSite in 2006. Preem did a two-hour Big L tribute set on Toca Tuesdays this week, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the rapper’s death. Big up to the unofficial DJ Premier blog for spotting this. DJ Premier “Big L Tribute Mix” (MP3)

Nobody can fuck with Compton’s Most Wanted’s first few albums, however MC Ehit’s solo career left something to be desired. Still, producers like DJ Muggs, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier knew how to get the best out of Eiht in the post-DJ Slip era, with tracks like Cypress Hill’s “Throw Ya Hands In The Air”, [cont.]

Let’s get one thing clear.  If you are looking for poppy, keyboard, synthed-out Top 40 bullshit, you might as well stop reading right now. If you are looking for hardcore, street, boom-bap, classic, authentic hip-hop, by all means continue – this is it in it’s purest form. Straight out of Queensbridge comes Blaq Poet. For [cont.]

There’s going to be ton of MJ tribute mixes over the next few days, get ready for it. I posted mine earlier, but it’s getting out of hand here, so we’re going to keep it to the professionals from here on out. DJ Premier lends his own tribute below, which definitely counts. DJ Mack Daddy [cont.]

Original mix appears on Blaq Poet’s “Tha Blaqprint” in stores now on DJ Premier’s Year Round Records. Download the remix below. – DJ Pizzo Download: Blaq Poet feat. MC Eiht & Young Maylay “Ain’t Nuthin’ Changed (Remix)” MP3

Royce Da 5’9′s unwavering passion for music and hunger for the game keeps him in the studio day and night. For further proof, look no further then the amount of music he will be releasing over the course of the next three months, which will undeniably validate Royce’s place in the pantheon of Hip-Hop’s elite [cont.]

Guru: What’s up Pizzo, how you? HHS: Cool what’s going on? Guru: Nah just making it happen baby. We got like two whole weeks to finish mixing up the joint, it’s real hot. HHS: Word up man, what can we expect from the new album, how will it differ from your previous albums? Guru: It’s [cont.]

Back in 1995, D&D Project gave us glimpses of future rap stars and had heads rocking to Walkman classics like “The Good Die Young” by Curt Cazal & N’Tense and a few others that were refined hardcore flows from one of NYC’s most famous studios, so famous they had to put it out again. Many times [cont.]