DJ Premier recently discussed the history of the legendary D&D Studios in an interview with thecutonline.com.
“D&D stood for Dave and Doug,” explained Preme. “Dave Lotwin and Doug Grama, so that’s where the D’s came from. They started in the same building in 1982. …all my Gang Starr history from Daily Operation all the way until 2004 was done in this room.”
Premier revealed why, after purchasing D&D, he renamed the studio HeadQCourterz. “HeadQCourterz – I’ve never met a dude like this in my life. He had the energy of Public Enemy, X Clan, Ice Cube, NWA, and, the last part was all combined into one. And the Black Panthers. And Tupac. He was and is all of that. He was here now, my whole company would be on a whole different plane, because this dude was our biggest cheerleader, our biggest promoter…”
“Losing him two days after Jam Master Jay died…I remember getting the call that Jam Master Jay died, because one of my buddies is a cop. He was in the area on duty…we were all bugging out for that, and HeadQCourterz called me, like, ‘Yo, you hear about Jam Master Jay? I was just doin’ some stuff with him…’ and from there, two days later, he got killed.”
Watch the interview below:
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ok thanks Preem, now can you do some magic in that studio with Nas?.. i mean come on man, we need that N.Y. State of Mind III.
its not up to preem..
he emphasized very often that hes ready as soon as nas is down..
they’ll be surely collaboratin in the near future, im pretty positive..
i hope it happened on the next LP.. they need entire album together
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Very good reason for the name change, but as a name, it’s still kinda silly, from an objective perspective.
Long live the immaculate Premo though!
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BEAUTIFUL interview!! 1
It’s refreshing to see that a dude with the kinda status like preem still has sentimental value for his close friends. I can totally relate but it’s cool to see he’s still human too (lol). But damn what’s up w/all dem deaths around him like that?