Rap Critics: January 2011

New Year’s Revolution: DJ Premier Set to Drop Classic Albums All Year Round.

Urb.com article excerpt:

That beat for 5%was originally for Rakim when he was on Aftermath, and it was called the “The Mind of Rakim.” After things fell through with his Aftermath project, the beat was just sort of sitting. When me and KRS got together to take about beats for this track, he asked if I had anything just laying around. I told him that I always wanted to use this beat. When he heard the beat, he said he was looking to do a track about the 5% nation for the 21st Century. Sudenly there is a knock at the door, and it was Ice-T and his wife, and we were all talking. He said that we needed to get someone like a Grand Puba on the record. Me and KRs-both said ‘Grand Puba!’ and smiled.