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Champaign-Urbana, IL - Musician, producer, composer, audio designer, and DJ Larry E. Gates II  has played hundreds of stages across the nation and has shared those stages with the likes of Chuck Berry, G. Love & Special Sauce, 30 Seconds To Mars, Local H, Superdrag, Trombone Shorty, Brother Ali, The Nappy Roots, Blueprint, DJ Rare Groove, Illogic, and many others.

 

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Entries in DJ Premier (5)

Madhouse Mondays: D&D Studios

Take a trip back in time with DJ Premier as he visits the old D&D Studios spot where many a hit was made.

Real Talk Tuesdays: DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock

Premo and Pete Rock faced on in a friendly dj battle at Boston's legendary Middle East. The catch? They used each others catalogs against each other. This is hip-hop. Dig.

Feel Good Fridays: Rapsody

Rapsody just dropped a super hot mixtape (She Got Game) - the stand out track for me was the DJ Premier produced, "Kingship". Dig it.

Feel Good Fridays: Guru

Three years ago today we lost one of the best emcees to ever do it - Gangstarr's Guru. Marco Polo teamed up with Talib Kweli and DJ Premier to pay tribute. Dig.

 

Real Talk Tuesdays: DJ Premier

For all the cats out there making flash-in-the-pan, trendy beats there is (thankfully) always someone who is still doing it right. Example: DJ Premier. The Gang Starr maestro is still churning out quality hip-hop. He recently teamed up with upstart Joey Bada$$. The results are pleasant. Dig (apologies for the edited version).