We could (and maybe should) have included Group Home’s Livin’ Proof album, which featured some of Premier’s best soundscapes ever (11 of the 14 tracks on the album were produced by him), but the album was let down by subpar rhyming, which is why we left it off. In this article we focus on 9 albums more or less completely produced by DJ Premier, 9 albums that should be owned by any self-respecting fan of Hip Hop music. More often than not the Premier-produced tracks are stand-outs on all these artists albums. There is only one who arguably tops all those names: DJ Premier.ĭJ Premier is the innovator of the “scratched-sample hook”, which makes his cuts immediately and eminently recognizable, and Premier has produced tracks for basically everyone who means something in Hip Hop: Nas, The Notorious BIG, KRS One, Jay Z, Big Daddy Kane, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Snoop Dogg, Rakim, The Lady of Rage, Biz Markie, Lord Finesse, Big L, Mos Def, Bahamadia, O.C., Fat Joe, Dilated Peoples, AZ, Bun B, The Game, Ludacris, Joey Bada$$, Evidence and many more. Dre, RZA, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, J Dilla – just to name a few there are a lot of legendary producers in the Hip Hop game who are responsible for enriching the world with timeless music.