The purpose Dr Dre stopped DJ Premier from working with 50 Cent

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DJ Premier is one in all hip-hop’s most revered producers. Though he could not obtain as a lot reward as figures similar to Timbaland, Pharrell, and Kanye West, he produced among the most unbelievable information of the Nineteen Nineties and was a cornerstone of East Coast hip-hop because the tradition entered its golden age.

Premier (actual title Christopher Martin) operated out of the iconic D&D Studios, a hip-hop treasure on the fourth floor of a West 37th Street Manhattan constructing that hosted the likes of Rakim, KRS-One, Jay-Z, Nas and Gang Starr. Right here, he made instrumentals day by day and collaborated with all of the artists passing by the studio.

Regardless of his Texas roots, Premier contributed considerably to the wholesome jazz-hop movement that emerged from New York within the late Eighties. Also known as ‘Preemo’, the musician is very revered among the many greats of hip-hop.

Nevertheless, throughout an look on HOT 97.0’s Ebro within the Morning radio present, Martin revealed that Dr Dre as soon as blocked him from working with 50 Cent throughout the early 2000s. Christopher unveiled that the interplay between him and Dre occurred simply earlier than 50 Cent signed with Shady Information and Aftermath.

In accordance with the Gang Starr member, the undertaking that he was trying to get Fifty on was a compilation album. Recalling the state of affairs, Martin instructed Darde, “[Fat Joe] signed me to Terror Squad, and we were supposed to do a project like a compilation album the way Khaled does his, and the first single I was going to drop was a 50 Cent record.”

Martin continued, “This was when everybody wasn’t really messing with 50 to the fullest because he was having too much drama after doing ‘How To Rob,’ and me and Fif hit it off right away and clicked when I got on the phone with him.”

Sadly for Premier, Dr Dre shut that down forward of his and Eminem’s enterprise dealings with Fifty. After signing him, Dre positioned all collaborations on maintain till 50 Cent had launched his debut album.

Talking to Darden about his disappointment, Martin mirrored, “He said he would do the record, and right when it’s about time to do the record, we get a call that Fif can’t do it. I’m like, ‘Why not?’ and they like he’s about to sign to Eminem and Dr Dre, and I’m like, ‘Noooo,’ because we already committed to us, and I talked to Dre and Dre was like ‘Preem, I love you, but he’s not doing any more recording until he does his debut album.’”

Though the Texan by no means set to work with 50 Cent throughout his heyday within the early 2000s, Premier and the Get Wealthy Or Die Tryin’ emcee did collaborate in 2011 on the monitor ‘Shut Ur Bloodclot Mouth.’

Since then, he has labored with different outstanding artists, together with Kendrick Lamar, Royce Da 5’9″, Kanye West, Joey Bada$$ and different well-known MCs.

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