https://www.spin.com Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More Tue, 28 Jan 2020 00:23:49 +0000 en-US https://assets.spin.com/wp-content/themes/spin/assets/images/spin-logo_feed.png https://www.spin.com 125 40 Music News, Album Reviews, Concert Photos, MP3s, Videos and More hourly 1 https://www.spin.com/2018/05/j-cole-dj-premier-1985-remix-listen/ https://www.spin.com/2018/05/j-cole-dj-premier-1985-remix-listen/#respond Tue, 29 May 2018 20:20:43 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=291641 DJ Premier has released a remix of J. Cole's polarizing KOD track "1985," a song noted for its jabs at young rappers in the "Soundcloud" or "mumble rap" vein. The new version of the song is titled the "DJ Premier 1966 Remix," and invests Cole's originally spare track with a denser and dustier layering of… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2018/05/j-cole-dj-premier-1985-remix-listen/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/11/dj-premier-our-streets-ft-aap-ferg-listen/ https://www.spin.com/2017/11/dj-premier-our-streets-ft-aap-ferg-listen/#respond Fri, 03 Nov 2017 01:17:36 +0000 https://www.spin.com/?p=265050 A$AP Ferg has shared a new song with DJ Premier. Titled "Our Streets," the track is the first from the relaunch of Patrick Moxey's Payday Records, known for releasing Jay-Z's first single "In My Lifetime" in 1995. The single follows Ferg's latest LP, Still Striving, which dropped in August, as well as his appearance on… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/11/dj-premier-our-streets-ft-aap-ferg-listen/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/08/dj-premier-tiny-desk-concert/ https://www.spin.com/2017/08/dj-premier-tiny-desk-concert/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:38:12 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=254488 DJ Premier of Gang Starr, who perfected the dusty, sample-driven sound of '90s New York City rap, is one of the greatest hip-hop producers who ever lived. Recently, he became the first DJ to play as featured musician at NPR's beloved Tiny Desk series of in-office performance videos. Backed by a four-piece band, he delivered lively… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/08/dj-premier-tiny-desk-concert/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2017/03/video-dj-premier-miguel-2-lovin-u/ https://www.spin.com/2017/03/video-dj-premier-miguel-2-lovin-u/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:05:47 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=230663 DJ Premier and Miguel have released the video for their team-up single "2 LOVIN U," and it goes about as you would expect, with Miguel singing lustily to the camera as Primo scratches records in the background. The song was originally recorded during sessions for Miguel's 2015 Wildheart, as the prominent central guitar riff would… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2017/03/video-dj-premier-miguel-2-lovin-u/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2016/06/jay-z-reasonable-doubt-producers-interviews-ski-dj-clark-kent-dj-premier/ https://www.spin.com/2016/06/jay-z-reasonable-doubt-producers-interviews-ski-dj-clark-kent-dj-premier/#respond Fri, 24 Jun 2016 13:20:38 +0000 http://www.spin.com/?p=198444 In honor of the recent 20th anniversary of Jay Z's debut album, Reasonable Doubt, we're publishing a series of pieces looking at the rapper's singular career and achievements. Welcome to Jay Z Week. Jay Z is Top Five, Dead or Alive by default not only because is he a gifted lyricist, incomparable hitmaker, and… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2016/06/jay-z-reasonable-doubt-producers-interviews-ski-dj-clark-kent-dj-premier/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2014/05/dave-chappelle-radio-city-music-hall-roots-janelle-monae-erykah-badu-busta-rhymes/ https://www.spin.com/2014/05/dave-chappelle-radio-city-music-hall-roots-janelle-monae-erykah-badu-busta-rhymes/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 16:49:36 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2014/05/dave-chappelle-radio-city-music-hall-roots-janelle-monae-erykah-badu-busta-rhymes/ Chappelle's Show host will take over New York's Radio City Music Hall, joined by a full orchestra and a different musical guest each night. And… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2014/05/dave-chappelle-radio-city-music-hall-roots-janelle-monae-erykah-badu-busta-rhymes/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2013/12/disclosure-latch-dj-premier-remix-settle/ https://www.spin.com/2013/12/disclosure-latch-dj-premier-remix-settle/#respond Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:04:31 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2013/12/disclosure-latch-dj-premier-remix-settle/ Disclosure's Essential album Settle. Below, he reworks "Latch," which features rising R&Bist Sam Smith and here is made wonderfully minimal. Vocals and piano are at the forefront, catching in little loops along the way while the drum… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2013/12/disclosure-latch-dj-premier-remix-settle/feed/ 0 https://www.spin.com/2013/02/ill-bill-paul-baloff-exodus-grimy-awards/ https://www.spin.com/2013/02/ill-bill-paul-baloff-exodus-grimy-awards/#respond Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:52:35 +0000 http://static.spin.com/files/2013/02/ill-bill-paul-baloff-exodus-grimy-awards/ The Grimy Awards (due February 26 via his own Uncle Howie). "The album is me paying tribute to things that inspired me throughout my life," Bill says in a Toronto hotel room,… ]]> https://www.spin.com/2013/02/ill-bill-paul-baloff-exodus-grimy-awards/feed/ 0