DJ Premier
DJ Premier ( born March 21, 1966 in Houston, Texas; bourgeois Christopher Edward Martin), and Premo, is an American hip hop DJ and producer. He is considered one of the most influential and important producers of hip-hop of the American east coast.
Biography
After the unsuccessful attempt with his old group ICP to get a record deal, learned a native of Houston, Texas Premier (then known as Waxmaster C ) in 1988, the MC Guru on the common label Wild Pitch Records know. The two decided to move to Brooklyn and formed the successful hip- hop duo Gang Starr.
Produced DJ Premier initially exclusively for your own group, gave him his distinctive style soon considerable respect in the scene. He eventually became one of the most sought after producers in the underground hip -hop of the 1990s and worked with artists such as Group Home, Jay -Z, Jeru The Damaja, KRS -One, MOP, Afu -Ra, Nas, Notorious BIG, Mos Def, GZA, Talib Kweli and Rakim together.
In his productions Premier commonly used jazz as well as funk and soul samples, which they initially imprinted Jazz Rap gave, he himself never took over. He also sets DJ techniques such as scratching and processed earlier works of one artist to refrain.
Although Premier is known primarily for his work as a producer, he sees himself primarily as a DJ. From his name, his claim derives, to be among the best in his field and always show one direction.
In 2002, DJ Premier, the label Year Round Records and bought 2004 New York D & D Studios, where he first took up until its closure in only. In 2006, he took on some pieces for her album Back To Basics by Christina Aguilera. In 2011, he took along with Bushido a track for his album " Beyond Good and Evil " on.