Producer Interviews

DJ Revolution Interviews DJ Premier

No promotion of projects in this interview, just serious conversation. DJ’s Premier and Revolution sit together in Headqcourterz studios to talk about the history of D&D, the story of moving into his current studio room, and the origin of the of the studio’s name.

Hec Dolo Behind The Beats: Records, Beats, Software

D.C. area producer Hec Dolo shows off his intense record collection while talking of his transition from an MC to a producer and his musical influences. He also talks about how essential a portable record player is when digging, his process of working with a beat, and when he prefers to work with Logic vs … Read more

Young Guru Talks Bad Boy, Jay-Z, Battling Just Blaze

The Hip-Hop Chronicle interviews engineer Young Guru as he discusses working with Bad Boy and his connection with D-Dot, Chucky Thompson, and Tracy Lee. Young Guru also touches on his his start DJ’ing for Nonchalont to moving to New York and becoming D-Dot’s engineer, which finally lead to working with numerous other artists.

DJ Premier On Tyler The Creator and Bushido

Splash! Mag sits down with DJ Premier to review and discuss clips from Yo MTV Raps, Tyler The Creator, and the documentary Secondhand Sureshots. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Secondhand Sureshots, you should definitely do it ASAP. The most surprising elements of the interview were details concering Primo’s collaboration with German … Read more