false 2025-11-07 18:34:29 2005 2005-01-01 2005-01-01 74 East Coast Hip Hop Hip Hop Underground Hip Hop West Coast Hip Hop bb1fc781-daa4-417a-8581-8a47c8e83bfa 084e06f5-3c82-4b71-bd94-dd69e7bd515e 17eca201-f87d-3d35-bc8e-a0584c9b938d /media/data/media3/Music/DJ Premier/Step Ya Game Up/folder.jpg Arcee Blaq Poet Bumpy Knuckles Diamond D DJ Premier Ghostface Killah Jadakiss M.O.P. Murs NYG’z Pitch Black Redman Showbiz feat. Fat Joe, Party Arty Shyne feat. Foxy Brown Skillz Tef The Alchemist feat. Prodigy, Nina Sky, Ill Gee Young Gunz feat. Jay‐Z DJ Premier 1 1 01:53 1 2 03:12 1 3 04:49 1 4 04:07 1 5 05:46 1 6 04:25 1 7 04:04 1 8 04:17 1 9 02:42 1 10 04:02 1 11 06:14 1 12 04:37 1 13 04:33 1 14 04:27 1 15 02:47 1 16 04:35 1 18 04:34 1 19 02:43 Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr—alongside the rapper Guru—and presently forms half of the hip hop duo PRhyme, together with Royce da 5'9". Premier is known for producing all of Gang Starr's songs as well as many of those composed by the Gang Starr Foundation. Notable works for artists and collectives he has worked with include Afu-Ra, A$AP Mob, AZ, Christina Aguilera, Common, D'Angelo, Dynamic Duo, Evidence, Feid, The Game, Griselda Records, Group Home, Jeru the Damaja, J. Cole, Jay-Z, Joey Bada$$, Kanye West, KRS-One, Limp Bizkit, M.O.P., Mos Def, Nas, The Notorious B.I.G., O.C., Rakim, Royce da 5'9", Run the Jewels, Showbiz & A.G., and more. As a businessman, DJ Premier has his own record company named Year Round Records. Among its artists are New York group NYGz, New Jersey rapper Nick Javas, and Houston rapper Khalil. Tha Blaqprint by Blaq Poet, which features 13 Premier productions, was released by Year Round Records through Fat Beats Records in June 2009.