While being interviewed by IRuns NY recently, renowned producer and deejay DJ Premier, had quite a lot to say about the art of deejaying and Hip Hop.
As far as the turntables vs. Serato debate is concerned Premier explained that using Serato is really something you should earn as a deejay.
“When it comes to Serato I think Serato is one of the most amazing things to ever come out that continues deejaying and the art of scratching and mixing. But the only thing is I feel like it should be earned,” Premier explained. “Just like where you gotta study a test to get your driver’s license you gotta be licensed to get a Serato. We are licensed cause we carried records, speakers, amps. Upstairs, downstairs, late night, four, five in the morning. All your friends disappear when it’s time to take the equipment home, but they all there when it comes to getting into the party. You gotta have that experience.”
Premier later went on to speak on the origins of Hip Hop and the artists that inspired its creation.
“I’m 44-years-old so I was around when it was no rap, no Hip-Hop. There was graffiti and all of that,” said Premier. “There was b-boying and breaking and there was gangbanging in New York but there was no Hip Hop music in rapping form until you had James Brown, The Jackson 5, Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin, The Chi-Lites…you gotta know all of that just to name a few to really be a true DJ.”
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i mean this with all due respect:
fuck preemo. he sounds like a dinosaur with that all of that. so he’s telling us if there was a serato when he first started dj’ing he wouldn’t use it?
you know, premo is one of my favorite producers of all time on top of being a personal inspiration to my own music but i gotta co-sign ^^^. that shit is beyond ridiculous.
Nah man, DJ Premier woulda still carried a whole orchestra on his back if he came in the game and Serato was around… (sarcasm)
Old heads like this need to chill with that attitude. He sounds like the people that used to shit on using a turntable as an instrument. I wonder if he remembers those days when it was considered “cheating” to do so…
Hypocrite.
Spoken like a true Windows Media Player DJ…non mixing and scratching jerkoff…In other words, learn how to REALLY DJ and then hit the software…SMH…
Using Serato when first start out doesn’t make you a a DJ with no skills.
I started dj’ing around 2000 with two turntables and a mixer…and took that slow road of building your music collection record by record. buying doubles and all of that.
I also learned how to work the pitch control to match beats, and eventually learned to beat juggle and scratch and whatnot.
I stopped for awhile and in 2009 got back in the game and bought Traktor Scratch. If you’re using turntables or cd decks it’s really no different or easier to DJ.
You can build your skills just the same with Serato or Traktor than without it. The only difference is the ability to replace the records with mp3s and maybe add some effects in your mix w/o a separate piece of equipment.
Oh and for the record…if i’m out at a club, i’d rather listen to the dj who knows what to play and when to play it to make me enjoy my night than to listen to a douche who expects me to enjoy some boring lame shit just because he blended it together :/
Yeah fuck that old nigga
Fuck you all. Premo earned the right to say what the fuck he wants.
This is like saying..Man before cars we had horses so in order to drive you gotta have a horse and ride that bitch for 100000 miles..No son its not happening Im a big premier fan but serato is really the same minus the carrying part.Instead of carrying records you carry the laptop serato records and box and there u ahve it.sounds lovely to me I hate lifting heavy shit!
dj hero, unplug the wii, and shut up!
Fuck yall!! He’s speaking on paying dues. Yall new niggaz got it too easy nowadays. Don’t know your history or nothing. Let’s preserve the art form!! DJ Premier is the PREMIER DJ!!!!
Nah man, DJ Premier woulda still carried a whole orchestra on his back if he came in the game and Serato was around… (sarcasm)
Old heads like this need to chill with that attitude. He sounds like the people that used to shit on using a turntable as an instrument. I wonder if he remembers those days when it was considered “cheating” to do so…
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Like I said before, dude is being a hypocrite.
The early DJ’s never called themselves musicians, if they did you would have an argument. Premier is saying if you’ve never owned, scratched, or spun vinyl etc. you aint no real DJ, because these new dudes call themselves DJ’s.
I can respect where Premo is coming from but…that shit makes no goddamn sense. The whole point of the new technology is so you don’t have to do shit the old, much more difficult, way. I know it’s not the same now and it seems a little like cheating compared to what the old dudes went through, but you can’t ignore progress.
progress to destroy a culture …shut up and respect the elders…listen and learn
he earned the right to talk like dat…did u see his credits…so yall can shutafuk
yeah, have people seen PREMIER’s discography/ production credits? it’s extensive!
this one? http://www.djpremierblog.com/trackology
Eyes On Vinyl. Nuff said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_TlswD1yM
This sounds like what one old nigga would say to another old nigga.
Old Nigga1: These young niggas dont know what DJing really is.
Old NIgga2: Word?
Old Nigga1: Yeah, when we was Dj’ing we had to carry like 200 records, a big ass mixer, and like our mama’s record players.
Old Nigga2: I know, right.
Old Nigga1: Yeah, we had to sneak them records players out of the house cuz momz would wipe our arse if she knew.
Old Nigga2: Word nigga, that’s true. Yo, pass me my IPOD.
The Hip Hop Culture Represents so much more than “JUST” music. it doesn’t matter about new or old technology, as long as the correct message is being presented and represented to the community’s. yeh dig!… Hip Hop Forever, 1 love
stop lyin, if it ain’t ruff it ain’t me
i need that cutting edge sharp beat to flow
it comes from the heart
but “if you can’t feel it steal it” works to i guess
all tose super soft computerized tempo keepin beat just ain’t cuttin it i like rap and beats but rappers grown like grass wit the mass appeal
Maybe he should learn how to play an instrument and not sample! j/k
I always felt that it’s all about what comes out of the speakers…doesn’t matter HOW you do it. If you rockin it…you’re rockin it!
Oh you must be one of those “Fisher Price” noisemakers……..
BTW, dude knows how to play basic piano….
its like these balla’s be tryin to do the and 1 moves and shoot 3’s b4 they learn the basic fundamental’s . its not old or new it’s true school, fool!
but there is a really big market for wack music so it’s not a complete loss if you can’t scratch. you want mcdonalds or red lobster. get yo “ohh give me mickey d’s cuz they getting money and servin a milli everyday” face ass outta here
Indeed so primo, sucka d jayz SHOULD call me sire
all you producers
beat it
To be a DJ you have to be Disk Jockey. This is only done on vinyl, and the real way is with real vinyls. So you can use Serato but you have to have it on vinyl mode.