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DJ Premier

Person · male · United States · Houston · born 1966 · recording since 1995

American record producer and DJ (born 1966)

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Also known as C. Martin · Chris E. Martin · Chris Edward Martin · Chris Martin · Christopher Edward Martin · DJ Premier · +5 more

Debut: 1995
Recording span: 31 years
Release groups: 86
Timeline events: 25
Wiki language versions: 25

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Timeline

25 events▣ Album 23◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1960s
1. 21 March 1966 · Birth
  Born 1966-03-21
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 1995 · Debut release
  Debut release: Penalty Recordings Mix Tape - Underground Joint #1 Fall 1995
  First documented release in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1996 · Album
  Album: Crooklyn Cutz Volume 1: East New York Style
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1997 · Album
  Album: 5 Deadly Venoms of Brooklyn
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
2000s
1. 2001 · Album
  Album: Beats 2 Blaze Mics To
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2001 · Album
  Album: Time 2 Chill
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2002 · Album
  Album: Primo's Bakery
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2005 · Album
  Album: The Don Primo Edition
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2005 · Album
  Album: Holiday Hell
  Album (DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2006 · Album
  Album: No Talent Required
  Album (DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2006 · Album
  Album: God vs. Tha Devil
  Album (DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
8. 2007 · Album
  Album: Outside Lookin' In
  Album (DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
9. 2007 · Album
  Album: Inside Lookin' Out
  Album (DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
10. 2007 · Album
  Album: Step Ya Game Up 2
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
11. 2008 · Album
  Album: Time 4 Change
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
12. 15 August 2008 · Album
  Album: Beats That Collected Dust
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 20 July 2010 · Album
  Album: A Legendary DJ Battle Round 1
  Album (DJ-mix)
  source: musicbrainz
2. 17 May 2011 · Album
  Album: Beats That Collected Dust, Volume 2
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 26 March 2012 · Album
  Album: KoleXXXion
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 11 November 2018 · Album
  Album: Fullblast Radio presents... The Don Premier Album
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 22 September 2023 · Album
  Album: Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 20 October 2023 · Album
  Album: Rare Play 20th Anniversary
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2025 · Album
  Album: 2 Sides To Every Story (Instrumentals)
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
4. 8 August 2025 · Album
  Album: The Coldest Profession
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 31 October 2025 · Album
  Album: The Reinvention
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography1,491 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1370091498

Biography

Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He formed the hip-hop duo Gang Starr alongside American rapper Guru, with whom he has released seven albums. He formed another hip-hop duo, PRhyme—with American rapper Royce da 5'9"—in 2014, with whom he has released two albums.
Premier has produced each of Gang Starr's releases, as well as many of those by the Gang Starr Foundation. Alongside this, he has been credited with production work on releases for AZ, Common, Drake, Eminem, the Game, Griselda, Jeru the Damaja, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Joey Badass, Kanye West, Logic, Limp Bizkit, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, the Notorious B.I.G., O.C., Rakim, Royce Da 5'9, Run the Jewels, and Showbiz & A.G., among others. Despite mainly working in underground hip-hop, he has produced Billboard Hot 100-charting singles including "Ain't No Other Man" (2006) by Christina Aguilera, "The Actual" (1998) by All City, "Mass Appeal" (1994) and "You Know My Steez" (1997) by Gang Starr, "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" (1995) by KRS-One, and "Nas Is Like" (1999) by Nas.
Martin founded the record label, Year Round Records, in 2010. He has signed acts including New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khaleel. Tha Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which features 13 Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records in June 2009.

Early life

Christopher Edward Martin was born in Fifth Ward, Houston on March 21, 1966. He was then raised in Prairie View, before moving to Brooklyn, during his teenage years. He attended Prairie View A&M University, where he honed his musical skills as the campus DJ, and he also occasionally performed with the Marching Storm band.

Musical career

The early line-up of the Gang Starr Foundation in the mid-1990s included Jeru the Damaja, Group Home, Big Shug, and Gang Starr. Premier was fully responsible for the production of Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, The Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math. Jeru released three subsequent albums that did not include Premier's involvement. In terms of his Group Home collaboration, Premier commented in a 2003 interview: "They [Group Home] don't respect what fed them." He further explained that he only agreed to produce the track "The Legacy" because of Guru's involvement.
Other artists closely tied to the Gang Starr Foundation who Premier collaborated with include: Afu-Ra, Bahamadia, Krumbsnatcha, Big Shug, Smiley the Ghetto Child, and NYGz.
Premier collaborated with MC Jeru the Damaja on the album The Sun Rises in the East, released in 1994, as well as the 1996 follow-up, Wrath of the Math. Premier produced and supervised Livin' Proof by Group Home, also from the Gang Starr Foundation; although overlooked at the time of its 1995 release, the album eventually received acclaim. He produced several tracks on fellow Gang Starr Foundation member Afu-Ra's debut album Body of the Life Force and KRS-One's debut solo album Return of the Boom Bap.
Besides the Gang Starr Foundation, Premier is closely affiliated with M.O.P., which he names as one of his all-time favorite groups. The relationship started with the remix of "Rugged, Neva Smoove" in 1994, a single from the group's first album, which also included the exclusive B-side "Downtown Swinga." From then, Premier produced about one-third of the songs on each subsequent album and overseeing and mixing the projects. On M.O.P.'s 2009 Foundation album, Premier provided only one track, which was called "What I Wanna B."

In 2006, pop/R&B singer Christina Aguilera recruited Premier to produce her album Back to Basics. Premier explained the reservations he heard from people regarding the collaboration:

When Christina [Aguilera] had me work with her, people were like, "Oh no. Please don't." Then, when they heard "Ain't No Other Man," "Back In The Day," and all the other records were still constructed like Premier tracks they were like, "Yo, I really love this album. I was really impressed. I was worried, but you totally sound like what we love about you." Until you hear it, don't say a word. I never want to be just attached to hip-hop. I want to be attached to music—country, rap, soul, jazz, blues, it doesn't matter, gospel music—I come from all of that.

In 2008, Premier appeared in Grand Theft Auto IV as himself – the host for radio station The Classics 104.1.
Premier produced the majority of Blaq Poet's Tha Blaqprint, which was released in mid-2009. Premier contributed a song on Game's 2011 album, The R.E.D. Album. Also in 2011, Premier appeared on the song "Gangster", on Bushido's album Jenseits von Gut und Böse.
Premier was one of the artists followed in the 2012 documentary, Re:GENERATION. The film followed his production of the song "Regeneration," for which he used a live performance of his work by the Berklee Symphony Orchestra.
In September 2012, Immortal Technique said that a song called "Born in the Trap," on his upcoming album, titled The Middle Passage, would feature production by Premier.
In early 2014, Premier revealed that he was working with Aguilera again in an interview with New Zealand's Rip It Up magazine. Premier produced Y'all Ready Know by Slaughterhouse, from the Shady Records album, Shady XV, and the music video was published in November 2014.
In mid-2014, Premier collaborated with Korean hip-hop group Dynamic Duo on two singles "AEAO" and "Animal", which were both warmly received.
A mid-January 2015 announcement from Premier stated that the producer's studio, D&D, also known as "The HeadQcouterz," will cease to be operational and relocated to a recording space in Astoria, New York City, U.S.
DJ Premier served as one of the three curators for the soundtrack to the video game NBA 2K16, alongside DJ Khaled and DJ Mustard.
On May 16, 2019, DJ Premier released a collaboration with Buffalo (New York) rappers Conway the Machine, Westside Gunn, and Benny the Butcher, called "HeadlinesHeadlines16 May 2019 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Headlines3:27."
In June 2020, DJ Premier produced a track for Public Enemy called "State of the Union (STFU)".
DJ Premier hosted a weekly two-hour show, Live From HeadQCourterz, on Sirius Satellite Radio's Shade 45. The show ended in 2022.
In August 2023, DJ Premier's collaboration clothing collection with AMIRI was released, marked with "PREEMO" alongside the Amiri typography, with a record print.

Style and influences

DJ Premier's style of production epitomizes the New York sound of his earlier peers. He is known for sampling jazz, funk, and soul artists, as well as sampling an artist's past work when creating a new track for that same artist. For example, on Jay-Z's "So Ghetto", from the 1999 album Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter, Premier samples an older Jay-Z song, 1997's "Who You Wit II". In addition, his encyclopedic memory of hip-hop lyrics allows him to distinctively speak with his hands by scratching in lyrics from several different songs to construct new phrases. Premier's beats are known for his oft-imitated combinations of short vocal samples, often from multiple artists, to create a chorus. Premier has also experimented with atonal samples that are not confined to soul, jazz, and funk. For example, he sampled and chopped up seminal electro-acoustic music from the 1960s on the track "Physical Stamina" by Jeru the Damaja.
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, Mix Master 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." DJ Premier attended Prairie View A&M University and may have been influenced by the musical atmosphere at the university while serving as the campus DJ and occasional performer with the world-famous Marching Storm band. He was a major progenitor of the boom-bap style of hip-hop production.

Legacy

In 2008, The Source selected DJ Premier number 3 in their list of the greatest producers of the previous 20 years. He also made the finals in Vibe magazine's 2010 search for the greatest hip-hop producer of all time—he finished second after Dr. Dre received 62 percent of the votes. In 2023, Billboard ranked him the number 3 greatest rap producer of all time.
Afu Ra explained Premier's influence in a September 2014 interview with the "Lyrically Fit" website:

Premier definitely coached me when I was in the booth. "harder..stronger..more this..more that"—I was an untamed artist and rapping next to recording your vocals are different. He gave me this knowledge through the work we did.

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	25	86.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	86	97.3th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	31	68.2th
Genres	8	94.5th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (86 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

Crooklyn Cutz Volume 1: East New York Style
1996 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 2 tracks · 1:30:54
A1Crooklyn Cutz Volume 1 - East New York Style Side A: Continuous mix45:35
B1Crooklyn Cutz Volume 1 - East New York Style Side B: Continuous mix45:19
5 Deadly Venoms of Brooklyn
1997 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 39 tracks · 1:24:23
A15 Deadly Venoms of Brooklyn – Intro1:25
A2I’ll Be Damned3:00
A3Puppet Master1:51
A4Forsaken2:16
A5Wild Hot3:16
A6Say Word1:50
A7Surrounded3:16
A8Bright Lights, Big City2:49
A9Request Line (Mister Cee Blend)1:55
A10Raptures Delight4:42
A11Not Feelin’ You (Mister Cee Blend)2:34
A12The Medicine1:42
A13Hypnotize3:17
A14Know the Game2:20
A15Young Luv1:46
B1Deadly Freestyle2:07
B2Freestyle2:15
B3Freestyle1:55
B4Freestyle4:01
B5Freestyle1:23
B6Freestyle2:49
B7Freestyle3:00
B8Military Cut0:52
B9Live at the Harlem World1:46
B10Live at the Amphitheater L.E.S.3:39
B11It’s Us2:05
B12It’s Yours2:29
B13I Need a Beat (Jazzy mix 1984)1:14
B14Buffalo Gals1:22
B15I Cram to Understand1:33
B16Holy War1:20
B17Ending Interlude2:20
B18Poison Pill2:53
B19Me or the Papes2:18
B20Downtown Swinga1:22
B21Gettin’ Closer to God2:17
B22Tight Team1:24
B23East to West
B24Calm Under Pressure
Beats 2 Blaze Mics To
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 59:37
1Intro1:02
2One Day (instrumental)2:04
3One In a Million (rmx) (instrumental)1:32
4Next Level (instrumental)2:04
5Living Proof (instrumental)2:06
6Kick In the Door (instrumental)2:04
7So Whats Up (instrumental)2:17
8Come Clean (instrumental)2:04
9You Know My Steez (instrumental)2:16
10Danger (rmx) (instrumental)2:28
11Sustained In Time (instrumental)1:48
12Royalty (instrumental)2:04
13Ten Crack Commandments (instrumental)2:05
14Real Hip Hop (instrumental)2:14
15Faybian (instrumental)1:50
16Boom (instrumental)2:07
17Breaking the Rules (instrumental)2:14
18The World is Mine (instrumental)2:03
19Full of Papers (rmx) (instrumental)2:05
20Mass Appeal (instrumental)2:37
21Code of the Streets (instrumental)2:09
22Now Your Mine (instrumental)1:48
23Take it Personal (instrumental2:21
24The Remains (instrumental)2:08
25All For the Cash (instrumental)2:09
26Above the Clouds (instrumental)2:26
27Unknown Beat (instrumental)1:04
28Crooklyn Dodgers (instrumental)2:18
29Invincible (instrumental)2:10
Time 2 Chill
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 49:31
Disc 15 tracks · 22:43
A1Get It All Going4:49
A2Bangin, Slamin Jam6:01
B1Mow Mow Beats4:13
B2It's Like This & Like That4:38
B3Xhibit A3:02
Disc 25 tracks · 26:48
C1The Deepa Movement6:11
C2Flexin & Groovin7:07
D1Searchin for It4:32
D2Low Light & Action3:07
D3He Loves It5:51
Primo's Bakery
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 46:58
1mix part 115:32
2mix part 214:28
3mix part 316:58
The Don Primo Edition
2005 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 28 tracks · 1:01:22
1Intro0:54
2Holla If U Friend or Foe2:31
3Getting Money3:19
4Open Fire Wit a Full Clip2:24
5Understand My Style2:05
6Sleep on Me2:16
7Primo Speaks0:13
8It's All Real1:42
9Interlude - War0:17
10My Enemies Give Me Power2:39
11Here I Am (Fuck Y'all)2:47
12Paper on My Block3:31
13Hail Mary3:10
14Interlude - Hip Hop's Influence0:10
15Old School Memories3:43
16Neva Call U Bitch3:31
17Against the World1:42
18So Ghetto (Out on Bail)3:08
19Thug Style2:59
20A Classic Combination2:51
21Interlude - From NY 2 Cali0:16
22Better Dayz3:04
23Interlude - Origin of Makaveli0:30
24Thugz Mansion2:48
25This Life I Lead2:46
26Throw Ya Gunz Up2:21
27Ready 4 Wuteva2:47
28Outro0:58
Holiday Hell
2005 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:19:08
1Intro1:26
2It’z On4:34
3I Used to Think I Was Run4:55
4There They Go4:28
5D’s Up2:49
6Just Rhymin’ With Krumb3:50
7The Infamous5:17
8The Exorcist5:28
9NY, NY (Ain’t Nobody Ride)5:22
10Get Throwed4:45
11Struggle2:38
12Mi Casa5:22
13Married 2 tha Game4:29
14Git Dat $4:46
15Harlem4:33
16Sic‐A‐Niguz3:26
17Talk About Me4:36
18Kill Em2:22
19I Never Snitch4:02
No Talent Required
2006 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:32
1Intro1:05
2Pay Homage3:10
3Stop Pushin4:09
4.1Ding5:22
4.2Voices5:25
5On Your Way5:04
6Lost One4:30
7GZ and Hustlaz2:58
8Watch How It Go Down (remix)3:58
9Hood Rules Apply2:36
10Love Jones1:37
11Peace and Gangsta4:22
12I Got Hoes4:22
13My Life5:18
141-800-Homocide2:07
15Growin Up4:49
16Agent Double o Deuce 4 Blocc and CPT5:05
17Cuntry Cuzins4:43
18Hov Is Back (Mick Boogie remix)2:15
19Why You Hate the Game0:04
20Why You Hate the Game5:33
God vs. Tha Devil
2006 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:18:43
1God vs. tha Devil (intro)1:26
2Letter to New York4:28
3You Fucked Up3:31
4Capital P, Capital H5:13
5Speed Racer5:32
6Bumpin My Music4:32
7100 to 14:09
8Whut It'z All About5:17
9F.A.Y.B.A.N. 20063:20
10Gotta Get Paid4:30
11Hustlin'3:59
12Wonder Years3:56
13Kick Push5:00
14One Eleven0:37
15Waves0:31
16One for the Ghost1:03
17Whip You With a Strap2:34
18Laundry Kings4:23
19NY Shit6:06
20You Ain't Got Enough5:22
21Invisible Man3:14
Outside Lookin' In
2007 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:19:26
1Outside Lookin' In-Tro1:57
2Success5:09
3Ya Dayz R #'D6:13
4Let Em' Have It4:23
5We Roll4:38
66 in the Morning4:44
7B.E.T. 2007 Hip Hop Cipher # 11:59
8I'm From Gowanus3:43
9The Rosary3:47
10The Radar (remix)6:10
11The Red2:48
12Roc Boys5:26
13Never3:11
14Play It (remix)4:15
15Can't Win for Losing5:34
16Don't Give a Fucc!2:43
17Take It Back5:22
18Stop, Look, Listen4:48
19Promise Land2:36
Inside Lookin' Out
2007 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 16 tracks
1Inside Lookin' Out (Intro)
2N.H.B. (Nigga, Ho, Bitch)
3Can't Tell Me Nothing
4Business As Usual
5Heat
6Hit 'Em
7It Just Don't Stop
8In The Smash
9Nothin' New
10Walk In Gutta
11Click
12What A Job
13Let Yourself Go
14Hold On
15Take Notice
16That's Life
Step Ya Game Up 2
2007 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:16:59
1Intro1:10
2The Foulest3:35
3Proper Dosage4:38
4Tha Way It Iz5:09
5Where I'm From (remix)4:40
6Renaissance Man3:57
7Side Talk4:07
8When It Gets Gangsta4:56
9Still Tippin4:41
10Welcome to the G-Dom5:01
11Showtime4:58
12Shout Out1:06
13Intoxicated4:54
14Checkmate2:51
15My 443:42
16Ski Mask Way3:51
17Just a Moment5:07
18Bread & Butter4:47
19I'm Black3:49
Time 4 Change
2008 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:18:40
1Time 4 Change1:57
2Policy4:38
3When I Strike5:31
4U Gotta Love Us3:55
5Hold That4:52
6Ain’t Nuttin Changed3:32
7Veterans Memorial Pt. 23:57
8For the City4:22
9I Showed You2:43
10Like Dat3:28
11Emeritus4:43
12Bless the Child4:19
13Undisputed4:20
14Dear Hip Hop4:04
15School4:30
16The OG Pt. 32:16
17I Gotta Shake This6:03
18The DJ5:04
19The Matrix4:26
Beats That Collected Dust
2008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:29
A1Spin Live3:04
A2Sing Like Bilal2:56
A3Blow Horn Joint3:38
A4Pee-An-Oh2:44
A5Mysterious2:04
A6Dadaa3:04
B1Dink2:58
B2B-Line3:07
B3Trackhorn2:13
B4Waaaaaa2:12
B5Droop3:58
B6Original Rep-Re-Sent1:31
A Legendary DJ Battle Round 1
2010 · DJ-mix
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Tracklist · 13 tracks
Disc 17 tracks
1Intro
2JB Set
3Motown Set
4Breakbeats Set
580’s Set
690’s Set
7DJ Premier-Pete Rock Works
Disc 24 tracks
1Intro
2JB Set
3Motown Set
480’s Set
Disc 32 tracks
190’s Set
2DJ Premier-Pete Rock Works
Beats That Collected Dust, Volume 2
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:34
A1Joint2:34
A2Ch-Ching1:22
A3Dots3:06
A4Doomp Doomp Doomp3:47
A5Stylesss3:56
A6Epic-ishh4:12
B1Beautiful3:20
B2Change2:02
B3Live Pro2:15
B4I Don't Know4:05
B5Late Night1:23
B6N.Y.S.O.M. #203:32
KoleXXXion
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:08:57
1My Thoughts4:03
2Shake the Room3:52
3B.A.P. (Bumpy and Premier)5:19
4eVrEEbOdEE2:17
5wEaRe aT WaR3:26
6P.A.I.N.E.4:30
7The Life3:49
8FYPAU3:00
9D'Lah4:27
10More Levels4:50
11GrEaTnEsS2:47
12EyEnEvErPuTmY4cUsAwAy4:21
13Turn Up the Mic (DJ Premier Rmx)3:32
14The Key3:00
15OwNiT2:37
16The Gang Starr Bus2:55
17Word Iz Bond4:09
18UnDaGrOuNdGoOn2:03
19Mic & Gun4:00
Fullblast Radio presents... The Don Premier Album
2018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 33 tracks · 1:26:03
1Intro0:54
2Holla If U Friend or Foe3:45
3Gettin’ Money3:19
4Open Fire With a Full Clip2:24
5Understand My Style2:04
6Sleep on Me2:15
7Preemo Speaks0:13
8It’s All Real1:58
9My Enemies Give Me Power2:37
10Dirty War Games2:33
11Hell 4a Hustla3:02
12Paper on My Block3:30
13Hail Mary3:09
14Preemo Speaks Again0:10
15Old School Memories3:43
16Never Call U B!#ch3:30
177 Days of Temptation3:27
18Love Sickness2:45
19Tears of Discipline2:54
20The Legacy2:25
21Makaveli vs M.O.P.3:17
22Step in Pac’s Arena1:52
23Thug Style2:58
24A Classic Combination2:59
25Still Ballin’3:16
26Starin’ Thru My Rearview2:42
27Thugz Mansion2:48
28This Life I Lead2:45
29Throw Ya Gunz Up2:21
30Ready 4 Whateva2:47
31Outro (Rip)1:12
32Pac’s Inspiration3:32
33Changed Man2:57
Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental)
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 39:38
1WOOOWOOWOO (Instrumental)3:01
2Really (Instrumental)3:00
3Kelly B (Instrumental)2:04
4Eiht 45 (Instrumental)1:30
5Climbmax (Instrumental)2:38
6Here We Go (Instrumental)2:21
7HAYE (Instrumental)2:11
8Bah Dah (Instrumental)2:16
9Bogart (Instrumental)3:01
10Tha Can (Instrumental)1:12
11Dee Ell P (Instrumental)2:31
12DMX Bark 'n Growl (Instrumental)1:21
13Spaced Dem Mo (Instrumental)2:42
14Shy Role (Instrumental)1:34
15Perc Pad (Instrumental)1:32
16Bobble (Instrumental)1:27
17In Moe (Instrumental)2:33
18Episode 207 (Instrumental)2:44
Rare Play 20th Anniversary
2023 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:07:02
1Intro Rare Play0:46
21, 2 Pass It5:01
3Danger (Remix)3:47
4Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers5:07
5Against The Grain3:53
6Freaky Flow (Remix)4:03
7...And I Rock4:27
8Comin' At Cha2:06
9Goldyn Child3:39
10First Nigga (Remix)3:09
11Any Type Of Way3:52
12Raedy Set Begin3:29
13Ding!3:21
14Showtime5:03
15Reality Check3:43
16Hit 'Em2:40
17Classic4:45
18Criminal Minded '084:11
2 Sides To Every Story (Instrumentals)
2025 · Mixtape/Street
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 35:16
1Two Sides [intro] (instrumental)0:45
2Out the Gate (instrumental)3:22
3Contraband (instrumental)3:50
44 tha Love (instrumental)3:36
5It Is What It Is (instrumental)3:11
6Life in the FEDS (instrumental)2:56
7Know Our Way Around (instrumental)3:40
8No Fake Love (instrumental)1:58
9Baby [feat. I-Fresh] (instrumental)2:57
10Hostile Takeover (instrumental)2:54
11The Thoro Side (instrumental)3:19
12Life in the FEDS [remix] (instrumental)2:48
The Coldest Profession
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 19:34
1Arrival0:27
2Armani Section3:03
3Prayer Hands2:14
4Good to Go2:40
5Glory Hole2:37
6RocMarkable2:20
7Travel Fox3:18
8Execution Style2:55
The Reinvention
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 17:55
1Amazing Graces2:36
2A Cut Above2:11
3Rap Radar x Ransom0:50
4Chaos Is My Ladder2:49
5Forgiveness3:43
6Survivors Remorse3:11
7Reinvention2:35
Unreleased Instrumentals, Vol.# 8
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks
A1Strength (instrumental)
A2Giantz Ta Thiz (instrumental)
A3Skillz (instrumental)
B1Unfucwitable (instrumental)
B2The Question Remains (instrumental)
B3Freaky Flow (Primo remix, instrumental)
B4Battle (instrumental)
Planet of the Beats
— · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:08:11
A1Count Down7:25
A2Lift Off3:56
A3On a Mission3:41
B1Up, Up Into the Sky3:31
B2High & Higher3:49
B3Into Space4:14
B4Stars in My Eyes4:51
B5Space Is Awesome2:22
C1All Alone in Space2:00
C2A New Dimension7:14
C3A New Time Zone3:52
C4Our Solar System3:43
D1Is This for the Love or the Money3:23
D2Lets Get Busy4:07
D3The Journey Home3:48
D4Hold Tight3:00
D5Crash Landing3:15

Other · 6

Other release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1995	Penalty Recordings Mix Tape - Underground Joint #1 Fall 1995Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 57:57 ASide 130:14 BSide 227:43		1995
1999	The Premo Collection - BreaksSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 27 tracks · 1:09:53 1Billy Paul - Let's Fall in Love All Over Again3:48 2M.F.S. B - Sunnin' and Runnin'1:27 3Barbara Mason - A Good Man Is Gone3:33 4Latimore - Lets Do It in Slow Motion4:17 5Jeff Beck - Come Dancing0:55 6John Dankworth - Two Piece Flower4:05 7Flash Is on the Beatbox0:20 8Paul Horn - Here's That Rainy Day1:41 9War - Deliver the Word3:57 10Theme From Dark Shadows2:38 11Les McCann - Beyond Yesterday1:22 12The Originals - Fantasy (interlude)1:46 13Dizzy Gilespie - A Night in Tunisia2:51 14The J.B's - Bring It Up2:38 15Pointer Sisters - Don't Drive Me Crazy4:27 16The Blackbirds - Wilford's Gone2:17 17Thunder and Lightning - Bumpin' Bus Stop3:13 18Fred Wesley - Four Play2:46 19Marlena Shaw - California Soul2:55 20The Meters - Funky Miracle2:20 21Caesar Frazier - Funk It Down2:21 22Sugar Billy Gardner - I Got Some2:43 23Clarence Wheeler - Hey Jude4:04 24Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution0:25 25Joe Chambers - Mind Rain2:36 26Gap Band - Yearning for Your Love2:38 27Ahmad Jamal - I Love Music1:50		1999
2000	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 3Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 24:52 A1Blowin Up The Spot2:23 A2Now You're Mine2:00 A3Weed Scented1:58 A4Cause & Effect1:57 A5The Meaning Of The Name2:07 A6Execution Of A Chump1:56 B1What I'm Here 42:05 B2Gotch U2:07 B3Here Today, Gone Tomorrow2:07 B4Mic Stance (Original Mix)1:54 B5Comin' For Datazz2:09 B6'92 Interlude1:09 B7Gettin' Closer To God1:00		2000
2003	Golden Years 1989-1998Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:05:56 1In Deep Concentration3:16 2N.Y. State Of Mind4:55 3Unbelievable3:51 4DWYCK4:09 5Step In The Arena3:40 6Rappaz R. N. Danja4:11 7The Realness4:14 8Come Clean4:54 9You Know My Steez (Three Man And A Lady Remix)3:37 101, 2 Pass It5:00 112 Deep3:42 12Royalty4:18 1310 Crack Commandments3:27 14A Million And One Questions3:04 15Watch What You Say4:44 16Words I Manifest4:54	Compilation	2003
2008	GTA IV: The Classics 104.1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 28:57 1Supa Star1:50 2All For One2:45 3I Got It Made3:02 4D. Original1:59 5Droppin' Science1:54 6Cha Cha Cha2:46 7Top Billin'2:21 8Go Stetsa2:44 9It's Yours2:01 10Gang Starr - Who's Gonna Take the Weight4:40 11Live At The Barbeque2:55	DJ-mix	2008
—	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol # 9Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 8 tracks A1History A2First Nigga A3Seen It All A4Almost Doesn't Count (Remix) B1Too Perverted B2Love Rap B3Put Up Or Shut Up B4Handle Ur Bizness (Remix)		—

Album · 26

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1995	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks A1Knowledge A2Soliloquy Of Chaos A3Up Against The Wall A4ALONGWAYTOGO (Partial) A5One Day A6Jeru The Damaja Interlude A7Baby Paw B1Manifest B2Much Too Much (Mack A Mill) (Partial) B3Hardcore Composer B4Too Perverted B5"P" Is Still Free B6Ain't The Devil Happy B7ALONGWAYTOGO (Partial) B8"P" Is Still Free (Slowed Down)	Compilation	1995
1996	Crooklyn Cuts Volume III (Tape C)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:09 A01Intro C6:47 A02Screwed Up A03Kool Kat3:29 A04Just Maintain3:14 A05More Trife Life4:07 A06All About the Benjamins4:08 A07Tremendous6:14 A08No Fear3:49 A09Fish4:10 A10What Eva Man4:19 A11We Dat Nice3:15 B01Intro B02Luchini5:07 B03Marintin4:15 B04Babylon2:47 B05One Life to Live4:54 B06Animal Instinct5:16 B07Games Sober6:18	Compilation	1996
1996	Crooklyn Cuts, Volume III (Tape a)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks A1Intro A2Anticipation A3Worldwide A4Live to Regret A5Too Many Suckas A6Camay A7Tried by 12 A8Who Dat A9Leave Your Style Cramped A10Bum Deal A11Shine B1Every Man 4 Himself B2Cranium B3Think Not B4The Interview B5Stakes Is High (remix) B6Walk With a Limp B7Hell on Earth B8Freestyle B9People Time	Remix	1996
1996	Crooklyn Cuts, Volume III (Tape B)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:12:07 A1What Is Hip Hop?5:12 A2Head Over Wheels5:48 A3Regrets5:22 A4American Dream4:01 A5Money to Make4:51 A6The Obvious Joint6:38 A7For All Those5:16 A8I Want It All5:26 A9? Vs. Scratch1:42 B1The Bitch in You4:19 B2Elevators5:14 B3Check the Method5:23 B4How I'm Lvin5:38 B5Lick a Shot5:32 B6Therapy1:45 B7Get ya Swerve On B8My Kinda Nigga B9Get a Grip Mutha... B10New Jack City	Compilation	December 1996
1997	Haze Presents....... New York Reality Check 101Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:14:24 1Intro1:00 2Braggin’ Writes4:07 3Break It Down5:30 4Off Balance4:13 5Head Over Wheels5:56 6Skit1:15 7Lyrical Tactics5:31 88 Steps to Perfection5:45 9Change4:33 10Too Complex7:05 11Intro 21:18 12Metal Thangz5:55 13Inner City Blues4:35 14Properties of Steel5:05 15Mixmaster2:30 1621 Years4:04 17Outro2:02 18Feel the High, Part 24:00	Compilation	1997
1997	Crooklyn Cuts, Volume III (Tape D)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 23 tracks A1Intro A2Downtown Swinga "96" A3Divine Styles A4Wildflower A5Rock da Spot A6Unstoppable A7Eyes May Shine (remix) A8Foundation A9Gods, Earths & 85ers A10International Rules A11All Hands B1Intro B2Wordplay B3Street Dreams (remix) B4Love L.O.D. B5Nighttime Vultures B6Panic B7Push Up Ya Lighter B8Do What Ya Feel B9Don't Get It Twisted B10Broken Language, Part II B11Drugs B12Up on Prospect	Remix	January 1997
2000	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks A1Protectors Of 1472 (Partial) A2I'm The Man (Partial) A3B.Y.S. A4Above The Clouds A5Next Time A6The Militia II A7Flip The Script (Partial) B1The Illest Brother B2Take It Personal (Partial) B3Take Two And Pass B4Robbin Hood Theory B5In Memory Of... (Partial) B6Take It Personal (Partial) B7Flip The Script (Main Beat) B8In Memory Of... (Partial)	Compilation	2000
2000	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 7Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks A1Invincible A2Recognize A31,2 Pass It (Remix) A4Jus' Rhymin' With Kane A5Statik B1Love Is Gone B2Return Of The Crooklyn Dodgers B3So Wassup? B4Gangstas Don't Cry B5Unbelievable	Compilation	2000
2000	Collectif Rap 3 : Toutes les familles du rap françaisSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 39 tracks · 2:35:16 Disc 120 tracks · 1:17:31 1Intro1:09 2La Fièvre du béton3:54 3Comme des fous4:37 4Exercice de style5:13 5Le public respecte4:09 6Faut k’ça saigne4:36 71, 23:45 8Comme un aimant3:35 9Libérez4:18 10Raz de marée3:29 11Interlude2:57 12Du coq à l’âne4:01 13Plus de monde4:16 14L’Inédit Niroshima3:42 15Questions4:12 16Sexe, violence, rap & flooze3:35 17Wesh t’es malade ou quoi ? (remix)4:10 18Ambiance assurée5:20 19Qu’est‐ce qu’elle a ma gueule ?5:57 20Outro0:36 Disc 219 tracks · 1:17:45 1Intro1:14 2Les vibes qui mènent…3:59 3Les Princes de la ville2:50 4Showbizness 984:32 5Civilisé4:40 6Le Retour du Shit Squad6:34 7Putain de soirée5:08 8Au delà du réel5:21 9Sérieux dans nos affaires6:13 10L’Étau (remix)5:22 11Interlude2:17 12Qui tu es ?2:57 13Star Clash (remix)4:58 14Syndikat du rap4:26 15On s’habitue3:32 16Reste sport3:32 17Guerrier de l’est4:17 18Rap français haute‐fidélité5:05 19Outro0:48	Compilation,DJ-mix	November 2000
2003	Prime Cuts, Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 39 tracks · 2:30:10 Disc 120 tracks · 1:17:00 1Intro0:47 2Livin Proof4:15 3The Best Part3:47 4Track the Movement5:34 5My World4:21 6My Friend3:25 7Mathematics4:06 8Against the Grain3:48 9Black Label4:36 10Goldyn Child (remix)3:36 11Look for the Name3:39 12Planet Brooklyn2:37 13The Actual4:11 14Ebonics (remix)3:00 15Rugged Neva Smoove5:07 16Driveby (remix)3:50 17Big Machine Gun Funk (remix)3:21 18Strength4:12 19Three da Hard Way4:12 20Equality4:36 Disc 219 tracks · 1:13:10 1In Deep Concentration3:11 2Big Acts Little Acts (remix)3:34 3Weed Scented3:30 4It's Getting Hectic4:00 5The Return4:00 6Sayin' Somethin3:46 7Let the Man5:23 8The Piece Maker2:43 9In the Trunk (remix)4:30 10The Legacy4:01 11Da Enemy2:46 12Everybody Wanna Know4:01 13Kaught in da AK (remix)3:55 14Ten Crack Commandments3:24 15On & On3:47 16Roll Call4:03 17Seen It All4:07 18Recognize4:13 19Handle Ur Business (remix)4:16	Compilation	2003
2004	Signature Sounds, Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 46 tracks · 2:57:36 Disc 123 tracks · 1:29:26 1Weed Scented3:30 2Any Type of Way4:01 3Ebonics (DJ Premier remix)3:00 47 Days (DJ Premier remix)4:24 5Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers5:04 6Devil’s Pie5:19 7Thick3:43 8Sayin’ Somethin’3:52 9Dat Gangsta Shit2:52 10Lazy!4:31 11Battle2:56 12Tha Squeeze3:29 13The Natural2:47 14The Legacy4:01 15Steady Rockin’3:49 16None of Y’all Betta3:37 17Together Again (DJ Premier 100 in a 50 remix)5:23 18A Million and One Questions / Rhyme No More2:59 19So Ghetto4:00 20Love Is Gone4:06 21Ya Playin’ Yaself4:09 22History3:11 23MC’s Act Like They Don’t Know4:43 Disc 223 tracks · 1:28:10 1Incredible3:42 2Unfuckwitable3:41 3Follow Instructions3:47 4Roll Call4:03 5I’ve Committed Murder (Gang Starr remix)4:13 6Mathematics4:06 7N.Y. State of Mind, Part 23:36 8Nas Is Like3:56 9Rock Stars4:00 10Giantz ta Thiz3:47 11It’s All Real3:59 12Lessons of Today3:47 13When I B on tha Mic3:42 14Gotcha Back3:13 15Boom (12″ street version)3:53 16Intruder Alert4:25 17F.A.Y.B.A.N.3:08 18The One and Only3:49 19Look 4 tha Name3:42 20Kick in the Door3:34 21Rap Phenomenon4:02 22Inspiration4:32 23What a Mess3:33	Compilation	2004
2004	Australia/New Zealand Tour Mixtape 2004Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:17:31 1Politics of the Business2:12 2Hip Hop7:13 3Whut the Fuck3:47 4The Streets4:36 5King of Kings4:24 6Zigga Zigga4:17 7Twilight2:47 8The Drummer2:42 9The Setup (remix)2:42 10Kemotherapy2:45 11Recognize the Name3:47 12Chinese Food3:49 13Industrial Revolution4:56 14G'd Up3:59 15Black Cadillac4:11 16Gangstaz Roll3:43 17You Gotta Have Heart5:51 18Hold Me Down4:44 19The Weekend5:06	Compilation,DJ-mix	2004
2004	Golden Years: The Remixes 1993-2000Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:10:59 1In the Trunk4:32 2On & On4:00 3Cop Hell4:00 4I’ve Committed Murder4:38 5Together Again5:19 6Shit Is Real4:38 7Voodo Chile3:40 8Caught in the Ak4:02 9Lady4:02 10Deathwish III4:10 11Almost Doesn’t Count3:42 121st of the Month5:08 13Danger3:42 14Pop Shots (12″ version)3:38 15Watch How It Goes Down3:20 16Ease My Mind4:10 17Getcha Groove On (Dirt Road remix)4:18	Compilation	2004
2004	Golden Years ReturnsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:03 Disc 18 tracks · 32:51 A1Who's Gonna Take the Weight (instrumental)3:51 A2Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers5:00 A3Soliloquy of Chaos3:12 A4Kick in the Door3:40 B1It's Been a Long Time3:55 B2Win a G5:41 B3I Gave You Power3:54 B4Downtown Swinga, Part 23:38 Disc 29 tracks · 33:12 C1Together Again5:16 C2Rugged Ruff3:08 C3Friend or Foe1:29 C4Devils Pie5:15 D1Memory Lane4:00 D2The Enemy2:46 D3Outta Here4:28 D4Ya Playin' Yaself3:47 D5Just to Get a Rep (instrumental)3:03	Compilation	2004
2005	Step Ya Game UpSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:17:12 1Intro1:53 2Get 2 Tha Point3:12 3On My Way4:49 4Tefs Def jam4:07 5Hold U Down5:46 6Super Educated4:25 7Welcome to Gillahouse4:04 8Rep Tha Hardest4:17 9Get Down2:41 10The Gang4:02 11Take It Back6:14 12Never Take Me Alive4:36 13What's the Deal4:33 14Why Freestyle4:27 15So Lovely2:47 16It's Over4:35 17Chillin3:27 18And This Is For4:34 19Still Feel Me2:43	Compilation	2005
2005	Checc Ya MailSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:17:16 1Premier (intro)1:01 2Mother Nature4:49 3To the Top4:11 4Bang Dis!3:04 5Mind on the Road5:16 6Gillahouse Check4:19 7The Comeup5:48 8Game Over4:34 9Coast to Coast3:56 10The 3 Shugs5:14 11Freestyle - Rugged Terrain2:23 12The Life3:25 13300 Shots5:55 14Ghost Unit2:29 15Ghetto5:11 16Bullseye4:54 17Gee's Like Uuss...5:12 18Death Anniversary3:06 19R.I.P. Justo2:29	Remix	2005
2007	Re-Program 2007Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:19:22 1Intro1:17 2Hood Crazy5:09 3Brooklyn Stompin'2:47 4Blam Blam for Nottingham4:03 5Git It Done4:44 6New York Shit3:34 7Outta Town Shit3:31 8Where Are They Now4:23 9BET Awards Shit3:37 10Introduction3:05 11Kushn' n' Pushn'4:57 12Block Loyal3:52 13What Kinda Life4:22 14Tryin' Ta Live3:06 15Hot 12:14 16Dumpin'4:46 17Imma Kill This Nigga4:07 18Piped Out6:04 19The Dream4:09 202006 Rap Up5:35	Compilation	2007
2007	DJ Premier Salutes James Brown: The Foundation of Hip HopSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music	Compilation	2007
2008	Rare Play: Volume OneSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:09:26 1Rare Play (intro)0:40 2Goldyn Chyld4:23 3Insp-her-a-tion5:42 4Comin at Cha3:11 5Look 4 tha Name5:40 6Weed Scented3:32 7Bloody Murdah5:02 8We Gon Ill3:24 9The Actual3:28 10Seen It All5:03 11Up Against the Wall (Century remix)2:01 12Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers1:20 13The Jig Is Up1:43 14Danger (Premier remix)1:11 15Everybody Wanna Know2:19 16Closer to God6:44 17Against the Grain6:36 181, 2 Pass It (original remix)7:27	Compilation,DJ-mix	2008
2009	Rare Play: Volume IISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:03:05 1Rare Play Volume 2 (intro)1:12 2Pop Shots3:27 3Wake Up Call4:21 4Bloody Murdah4:55 5Nice2:58 6Game Over3:36 7Battle4:48 8The Immortal3:16 9Lesson of Today4:16 10First Nigga (remix)2:41 11Crush2:21 12P.A.I.N.E.3:16 13Extra Extra4:43 14What a Mess2:59 15Wonder Years3:02 16The Squeeze3:25 17My Friend3:56 18Sayin' Something3:53	Compilation,DJ-mix	10 April 2009
2010	DJ Premier Presents Year Round Records: Get Used to UsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 54:42 1Bang Dis!3:04 2Policy2:53 3Opportunity Knoccs3:36 4Hot Flames3:32 5Epic Dynasty3:18 6Fine by Me3:23 7Temptation3:26 85%3:36 9Ya Dayz R #’d (NYGemix)4:14 10Sing Like Bilal (version 3)3:24 11Married 2 tha Game3:51 12Not a Game3:41 13Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (remix)3:37 14Lifetime Membership3:31 15Rappin’ Exercise2:42 16The Gang Starr Bus2:54	Compilation	7 December 2010
—	The Early Years, Volume 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks A1No Surrender, No Retreat A2Flip Da Script (remix) A3Flip Da Script (remix instrumental) B1Drug Dealer B2A Word to the Conscious B3Here Comes the Heavsta	Compilation	—
—	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 5Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks A1Gotta Get Over (Remix) A2My Life A3Statik A4Supa Star A5The Planet (Partial) A6Speak Ya Clout (Partial) B1Success (Remix) B2N 2 Gether Now B3You Can't Stop The Prophet B4Perverted Monks In Tha House B5Words From The Nutcracker B6Speak Ya Clout (Partial)	Compilation	—
—	Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 6Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks A1Big Acts, Little Acts (Remix) A2Crush A3Breaker One A47 Days (Remix) A52nd Childhood B1BEP Empire B2Mathematics B3Memory Lane B4It's Alright (Remix) B5Treat U Better	Compilation	—
—	Unreleased Instrumentals, Vol. 4Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks A1Music Evolution (Remix) A2A Million & One Questions Remix (Partial) A3All For You (Top Heavy Remix) A4Voodoo Child (Remix) A5How I'm Livin' A6Me Or The Papes A7Untitled B1Extra, Extra B2Devil's Pie B3Guilty B4718 B5Black Cowboys B6R.N.S. B7A Word To The Conscious	Compilation	—
—	DJ Premier's Greatest HitsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 15 tracks A1Words I Manifest A2Giant in the Mental A3Strictly for the Ladies B1Rappers Are in Danja B2Come Clean B3The Realness B4Dwyck C1Success C2Deep Concentration C3Unbelievable C4Next Label D1Step in the Arena D2It's Been a Long Time D3Gotta Get Over D4N.Y. State of Mind	Compilation	—

Single · 27

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2000	SET ME FREESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:44 1SET ME FREE MAIN MIX4:18 2SET ME FREE HIP HOP MIX4:10 3SET ME FREE TV TRACK (MAIN MIX)4:16	12 October 2000
2005	We Gonna Ill / Poet’s Comin’Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks A1We Gonna Ill (street) A2We Gonna Ill (clean) A3We Gonna Ill (instrumental) B1Poet’s Comin’ (street) B2Poet’s Comin’ (clean)	2005
2010	Project BoySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 11:14 1Project Boy3:46 2Project Boy (clean version)3:43 3Project Boy (instrumental)3:45	13 April 2010
2011	B.A.P.Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 22:54 1B.A.P.5:19 2B.A.P. (radio edit)5:20 3B.A.P. (instrumental)4:46 4B.A.P. (a cappella)4:48 5Ownit2:41	2011
2012	wEaRe aT WaRSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 7:48 1wEaRe aT WaR2:36 2wEaRe aT WaR (Radio Edit)2:36 3wEaRe aT WaR (Instrumental)2:36	24 January 2012
2014	A Giant StepSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 9:34 1AEAO5:16 2Animal4:18	16 July 2014
2017	My Space BabySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:32 1My Space Baby3:32	11 May 2017
2017	Our StreetsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:03 1Our Streets3:03	7 November 2017
2018	WUT U SAID?Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:19 1WUT U SAID?3:19	19 July 2018
2019	HeadlinesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:27 1Headlines3:27	16 May 2019
2020	Payday InstrumentalsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 9:51 1Our Streets3:04 2Wut U Said?3:19 3Headlines3:28	28 February 2020
2020	Ooh La LaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:04 1Ooh La La3:04	25 March 2020
2020	100%Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:16 1100%4:16	26 March 2020
2021	The NarcissistSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:18 1The Narcissist2:18	23 July 2021
2021	Life in the FEDS (Instrumental)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:02 1Life in the FEDS [Explicit]3:01 2Life in the FEDS [Clean]3:01	4 August 2021
2022	Walk OutSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:41 1Walk Out2:41	9 September 2022
2023	Hostile TakeoverSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:53 1Hostile Takeover2:53	14 June 2023
2023	RunwaySearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track 1Runway	4 August 2023
2023	AEAOSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 10:19 1AEAO (Sped Up)5:02 2AEAO (Slowed)5:17	22 August 2023
2023	Work This OutSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:58 1Work This Out2:58	31 December 2023
2024	Can U Dig That?Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:14 1Can U Dig That?3:14	29 March 2024
2024	Can U Dig That? Pt. 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:14 1Can U Dig That? Pt. 23:14	5 April 2024
2024	Plaza Con PradaSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:13 1Plaza Con Prada3:13	31 October 2024
2025	Armani SectionSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:01 1Armani Section3:01	7 February 2025
2025	Gonna Be Me (J-Vibe Version)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:24 1/1Gonna Be Me (J-Vibe version)3:24	11 April 2025
2025	Prayer HandsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:14 1Prayer Hands2:14	1 August 2025
2026	For The GigSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:54 1For the Gig2:54	4 May 2026

EP · 2

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2012	StOoDiOtYmESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 13:36 1StOoDiOtYmE2:39 2Fake3:10 3That Preemo Shit2:54 4tAkEiT2tHeToP2:49 5Inspired by Fire2:04		6 March 2012
	2022	Hip Hop 50, Vol. 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 5 tracks · 14:00 1Lettin’ Off Steam3:26 2Remy Rap2:46 3Beat Breaks2:39 4Terrible 2’s2:52 5The Root of All2:17		15 July 2022

Stats & PK

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DJ Premier metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	25	86.6th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	86	97.3th
Studio albums	25	97.5th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	25	95.6th
Recording span (years)	31	68.2th
Genres	8	94.5th

Awards & honours

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Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To
Buckshot LeFonque(band)	—	present
Gang Starr(band)	—	present
PRhyme(band)	—	present
Gang Starr Foundation(band)	—	present
DJ Premier and The Badder Band(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DJ_Premier_2008.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/084e06f5-3c82-4b71-bd94-dd69e7bd515e
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/084e06f5-3c82-4b71-bd94-dd69e7bd515e
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380639
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380639
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Premier

Why this artist is in the database

List of hip-hop musicians

Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 25 language versions)
Image: alanpixx · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q380639 · MusicBrainz: 084e06f5-3c82-4b71-bd94-dd69e7bd515e

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Timeline

1960s

Born 1966-03-21

1990s

Debut release: Penalty Recordings Mix Tape - Underground Joint #1 Fall 1995

Album: Crooklyn Cutz Volume 1: East New York Style

Album: 5 Deadly Venoms of Brooklyn

2000s

Album: Beats 2 Blaze Mics To

Album: Time 2 Chill

Album: Primo's Bakery

Album: The Don Primo Edition

Album: Holiday Hell

Album: No Talent Required

Album: God vs. Tha Devil

Album: Outside Lookin' In

Album: Inside Lookin' Out

Album: Step Ya Game Up 2

Album: Time 4 Change

Album: Beats That Collected Dust

2010s

Album: A Legendary DJ Battle Round 1

Album: Beats That Collected Dust, Volume 2

Album: KoleXXXion

Album: Fullblast Radio presents... The Don Premier Album

2020s

Album: Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental)

Album: Rare Play 20th Anniversary

Album: 2 Sides To Every Story (Instrumentals)

Album: The Coldest Profession

Album: The Reinvention

Biography

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Discography (86 release groups · 25 studio albums)

Albums · 25

Other · 6

Album · 26

Single · 27

EP · 2

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