Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Fist is correct."Producer" has a significantly different meaning in hip hop. A producer in hip hop is usually the person who actually makes all the music and the beats, where as in general terms it's just someone who aids in the recording, suggests how to achieve a certain sound or quality, throws their ideas in here and there as to how to perhaps make a song better.
Rick Rubin is a producer, he's not doing what Pharrell does.
-AC
I knew that, I was just unsure what he was trying to say about Primo. I get it now though.
So you don't know any Primo beats, fist?
Originally posted by D00m
I knew that, I was just unsure what he was trying to say about Primo. I get it now though.So you don't know any Primo beats, fist?
?
Again, that's all i've even known Primo for: his beats. So to answer your question, yes. And his best album he did beats for was Nas's 1st CD, "Illmatic".
"Above the Clouds" with Inspecta Deck and Guru when Primo threw an echoing J.F.K. at the start of the song going "The moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.." with that sick sick beat going.. Primo's a genius. Then someone else goes "The mysteries of creation are there". followed by a couple of people going "Up in the sky!" It's ill cause it's in perfect relation to that dope dope beat and what the song about.
And the best line in that song was when Guru said:
I'm the illustrious teacher
and narrator you'd select,
accompanied by Deck,
plus the D.J. you respect.
I haven't heard Primo's work for a while but his stuff still trumps like 96% of beats i hear today.
That's why his name is D.J. Premier. Cause he's no. 1. I remember this one song, Primo did, where Jada said:
I sit back and smoke an ounce in the dark,
I bounce on off a Preme track,
like I'd bounce on a Narc
Again over a sick beat involving a piano, a bass guitar and what sounded like bells, it was sick..
i could keep going but it's breakfast time..
Oh, one last thing, now that I remember he did Jeru's beats too and we all know those first 2 Jeru Albums had the sickest beats in the game with "My mind spary" and "dirty rotten scoundrels" being Primo's best works on those cuts, to me.
Peace.
Originally posted by Darth Subjekt
Ok, so out of your favorite producers, whats your favorite beat from them?
Good question.
Primo's beat on Nas's "N.Y. State of Mind" from that Illmatic album always pops in my head when i think of one of the dopest beat I've heasrd but it hard to say...
I don't have a #1 favorite beat but in hip hop most of the beats i really like come from him.
Originally posted by Alpha Centauriindeed
It's better if you know more than MTV stars.-AC
Originally posted by FistOfThe NorthTrue, that's a dope beat...there's a song i just heard recently that has KRS, Nas and someone else i think, and its a primo beat...real nice beat...i'll have to find the name.
Good question.Primo's beat on Nas's "N.Y. State of Mind" from that Illmatic album always pops in my head when i think of one of the dopest beat I've heasrd but it hard to say...
I don't have a #1 favorite beat but in hip hop most of the beats i really like come from him.