KNOWLEDGE MUSIC and HIGHS AND LOWS presents...

// DJ PREMIER
http://www.myspace.com/djpremier

FRIDAY JUNE 18th @ Shape Bar

// Knowledge Music proudly presents DJ PREMIER - Infinitely prominent American hip hop producer and DJ, Premier is the instrumental half of duo GANG STARR together with MC GURU bringing up the lyrical side. Originally from Houston, he has lived in Brooklyn, New York virtually his entire professional career. Many fans and hip hop purists consider him to be the greatest hip hop producer ever. He is hailed as an architect of "Hardcore East Coast hip-hop known by its heavy drums and sparse loops."

THE SOURCE magazine named DJ Premier one of the 5 greatest producers in hip-hop history, while editors from About.com ranked him as #1 in their "Top 50 Hip-Hop Producers" list.

Introduced to DJing while attending school at Prairie View A&M in Prairie View, Texas. DJ Premier's original stage name was Waxmaster C, although he had already changed it to DJ Premier after he had relocated to Brooklyn and joined Gang Starr. He chose the name Premier because his mom gave it to him. She said he is always trying to be the first at everything so it should be "Premier".

In an interview with XXL Magazine, DJ Premier was asked how his sound evolved, to which he replied, "Marley Marl is my number one inspiration. Jam Master Jay, Mixmaster Ice and UTFO. Grandmaster D and Whodini. DJ Cheese, Grandmaster Flash, Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa. Jazzy Jay, even Cut Creator. Seeing them do what they do. It’s black music, it’s black culture, it comes from the ghetto. How can you not relate to ghetto people when that’s the rawest form of blackness? Even though it’s not a good place in regards to the economy and how bad people have it in the neighborhood, the realism’s there, and that’s what we were born out of. So I very much pay respect by doing the same type of music in return."

Having worked with more people than most dedicated rap fans know about, Premier is responsible for the production of Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, has done tracks with M.O.P., KRS-One, Group Home, NAS as well as JAY-Z.

Don't miss a once off opportunity to catch DJ PREMIER in a small club intimate setting.

Support from DJs: TAKU, TRACKSMITH[paper plane project] & HEADAYKE

Tickets on sale Tuesday 27th April.

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