DJ Premier - Beats That Collected Dust Vol.1

One of the biggest influences on my production for over 15 years has been DJ Premier. I mean when it comes to the authentic sound of boom-bap he practically originated it. Who would've ever thought that a kid from Houston would have had such a huge impact on New York's hip-hop scene....It happened though. Premier has been in New York for all of it's great triumph's and disasters and his style of production has withstood the test of time. In addition to being one of the most highly respected and sought after producers in the game Premier has also defined what a DJ truly is as well. Premier took cutting to a whole other level and continues to do just that with his patented scratching in of lyrics from other songs on the chorus. One of his many trademarks that has made him so original.

Funk, Soul, Jazz, Rock, you name it and Premier Has flipped it and flipped it well. Many of his fans enjoy his sample manipulation to no end, but personally I have always enjoyed his drums the most. See, Premier is a genius. He knows that often times in music less is more. That's the mentality behind really good boom-bap beats anyway. You don't need a thousand different change ups in the beat, tons of drum rolls, crashes and crescendo's. Not at all. What you need is a good groove repeated over and again without interupption. Premier puts more time into the sound of his snare and Kick. Making sure that they have the right chemistry, the right swing. Some might try to say that Premier's drums are simplistic, but they're wrong. In fact, Preme's drums have always been just right. No weak emcee can hide out amongest a Premier production, oh no....those drums force you to be more than just an average rapper, you better come wit something ill, otherwise you will be outshined by Premo's musical concoction and that's the way it's been since 89' man.

Here we have more of Premier's much celebrated simplicity (the title explains exactly what your getting) in the form of a nice lil' mix of unreleased beats, that for some reason or other never got snatched up by anyone. There are a few familiar sounds on here, but don't be fooled, they are the original versions that Premier is being gracious enough to let us hear in their infancy. For me it's a really spectacular thing to be able to hear some of the things that Premier had just cooped away....nothing on here should have been kept from the true fans. "Beats That Collected Dust" is another solid release from Premier and will surely satisfy his longtime fans. We still haven't gotten that solo album but until we do (if we ever do) this will momentarilly placate our insaciable thirst. Premier has always just worked at his own pace man, what can I say. Some of his fans dispise his inactivity at times, but i think we need to understand that we've gotten a lot of great music because of that un-yielding and un-compromising work ethic. Premo can't be rushed, and won't be. No doubt, some of these beats are most likely from quite awhile ago, lol, but now we're barely recieving them in 2008. Better late than never I guess.

-BIG D O



01. Spin Live
02. Sing Like Bilal
03. Blow Horn Joint
04. Pee-An-Oh
05. Mysterious
06. Dadaa
07. Dink
08. B-Line
09. Trackhorn
10. Waaaaaa
11. Droop
12. Original Represent

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