That "Starchild" Album Is Heavily Slept On..."Evaridae" With Pharoahe Monch Is My Favorite Track From That Album... "Trophies" With Apollo Brown Is Another Overlooked Classic By O.C......
O.C. Talks about the making of MY WORLD “I’m a Slick Rick die-hard. That first line is from ‘Runaway.’ That second Slick Rick album is slept on. If you’re a lyricist enthusiast, then you should know that you’re just now catching up to Slick Rick. But that was one of my favorite records when I heard that album. It was just dope, and that’s how the line became a part of ‘My World.’ “Preem didn’t give out beat tapes. He did his production on the spot. He came and scooped me up from my crib, and we went to the studio. He started laying a couple of joints, catching my ear a little bit. But then when he came with this record, with the bassline and the keys, and then he put the drums to it-he did the shit in like twenty minutes-and was like, ‘It sound like some Mobb Deep shit.’ And I’m like, ‘Yo, you buggin’. Get out the studio, leave me alone for like twenty, thirty minutes.’ And he was like, ‘I’m going to get me some weed anyway though, so I’ll be back.’ And when he came back, the song was written. “He didn’t like that beat at first. He thought it sounded similar to ‘Shook Ones.’ But then when I said that first line to him-the Slick Rick shit-he was like, ‘Yeah yeah, go in the booth.’ So I went in the booth and I laid it, and he was like, ‘Yo, this shit hot right here. We good money.’ “That whole premise of ‘It’s my world,’ that wasn’t about me. That was about people in general. Have that confidence in yourself. Who else gonna have confidence in you, but you?”
Same here Brother as a New Yorker who grew up living Hip Hop culture and on the Music since 1986 and still loving it and still current that second Slick Rick Album is Dope AF, I was just bumping it yesterday Mistakes, I shouldn't have done it, King, Moses etc all great song's.
Man.....the fall of 1997, Jewelz remained on constant repeat in my dorm room. This first track after the intro.....whew. An instant classic was born. From the signature Preemo drums, to Mr. Credle's incredible flow, even to the cowboy whistling, wild westernesque vibe of the joint.....this was greatness manifested.
I was in 10th grade when Word..Life came out. That shit held me down walking home from school and football practice. Drained a lot of batteries listening to that jawn . Much respect to OC and MC Serch
Maurice Riddick yo for reeeal! That’s why you had to rock with either dope albums or dope mixtapes. Fast forwarding was a battery killer that could really fuck with a kid’s budget.
Haha, I use this track as part of my workout list too. The whole premise of the track just gets you hyped. "Ready for war, pushups get my chest swollen". 💪🏾 Love the unorthodox chorus my Organized Konfusion too. Maybe one day we'll get an OK reunion track produced by Premier.
O.C. was the second coming of Nas to me in 94... Word..Life is a FUCKING CLASSIC!!!! I was 15 years old when it dropped.. my coming of age years... so this album helped shape me.. 💯
O.C. is one of the most underrated dudes for real. Starchild, Jewelz, Word Life, etc are all GEMS no doubt.💯👍 Dope ass hat you rockin Preemo. Payin homage to BDP💪💯
@@hudekphoto Yeah I owned Word..Life,like the actual album awhile back and I remember it was out of print so it was pretty rare in the 00's. I used go to digging on Amazon back in the early 00's and I bought Jewelz for $1.25. Best value purchase I think I ever made for music. Jewelz is what got me hooked,I own all of his albums now. Bought "The Underground King" mixtape off of O.C.'s Facebook and he sent me a free copy of Starchild as a thank you.
I’m not the hip hop head I once was at least when it comes to anything new but O.C. Is one of the few I’m still checking for, “Same moon same sun”, “A new dawn”, “Perestroika” all incredible album on top of the classics yall already mentioned, he still got a classic in him
The historical perspective is at times, dare I say, more impressive than the tracks!! OC is a legend...Preemo is like Professor Xavier! Long live real Hip-hop!
R.I.P. to U Nast, I didn't know he returned to the essence until I saw this episode. He appeared on one of, if not my favorite O.C. song ever - "Your Life" off the Soul In The Hole Soundtrack. Beat is incredibly dope, my favorite piano loop ever.
DJ Premier produced 4 songs on O.C.'s "Jewelz" album. (1) My World (2) War Games (feat. Organized Konfusion) (3) Win The G (feat. Bumpy Knuckles) (4) M.U.G. (feat. Freddie Foxxx)
Premier is Hip Hop. He does Hip Hop, he Teaches us (both old heads / new heads) Hip Hop. He reps Hip Hop (always has a shoot out for artists, products, medias, production companies, hardware), he Wears Hip Hop (Criminal Minded cap/t-shirt). He is my own personification of Hip Hop (producers and MC included, as he raps with his hands on his signature scratched choruses).
Summer '97, album just dropped. My crew's annual VA beach trip from MD. We played this not only on the entire ride down BUT half the time while we were there. We had our box and must've bought batteries every other day. No one stopped us. The heads that did turn were like "what is that?" It was our theme ALBUM for most of that trip and we bought other music but no one complained when we started that joint up again & again. Them dayz, boy!
Hazy like asthma, Super Official OC track that I will never forget and to this day I still get chills from that whistle! It’s My World Preemo you are a beast unlike any other!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Classic!!! I love this series so much, even as a 50 year old Hip Hop head i still discover new trivia trough this channel. So i wont only salute the floppy als salute DJ Premiere and the Hip Hop Culture for beeing a big part of my live for over 40 years,
What a tune, if you don’t move to this you must be dead.. if I was dead this tune would bring me back to life 😂. Love it. Peace and Love to Preemo and OC
This takes me back to my younger years and taking the train from NJ to NY with this song and the entire OC album "Jewelz" blasting in my headphones. Those were the days.
Classic joint. Preemo is a master. This was so Fyah still knocks to this day. O.C. gets busy. War Games was Fyah. The Jewelz album was underrated. I look forward to all of these episodes keep it going Preem Salute 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The hook on this is so iconic and its not even Premo scratched. A lesser producer would have just had the loop without the broken harp chops. I've always loved this song, as OC just centers down the beat, riding those kicks and snares with a dash of sci-fi through the entire song.
@@Agentunderfire Ha that's a goof point. I guess what i meant is what made Illmatic special to me was the all-star line up production. Jewelz had Preem, Buck, Beatminerz, Show, Lord finesse which put it on that level to me. as well. World Life is an incredible album and Buck def did his thing on the production
"Jewelz" is still one of my all-time favorite hip-hop albums. Introduced me to Bumpy Knuxxx and chock full of beats by all of my favorite producers. So good. This record is perfect for riding around on a cold winter's day. And "M.U.G." might be in my Top Five favorite Primo beats.
This album and this song in particular sparked a convo that birthed a life long friendship between myself and my ace Jus....much love and much respect 🙌🏻🙌🏻
This Series is THE school of Hip-Hop History right here.Young cats need to watch this and understand the art of constructings rap beats.You have THE best teacher teaching class.
OC’s album was crazy! I’m from the WC and up on him, shout out to Tim 2 for gifting me the music back in the day. Stayed laced by TIM 2. That first album he spits 🔥. A real Wordsmith.
O.C. , Nine, and PMD's solo albums. These three MC's never got the love they deserved. Those who like them, adore them. But they never reached the sales many other less talented rappers reached. DJ Premier on the other hand, thankfully, is adored by everyone who loves hip hop. From NY to Tokyo, to my place, Athens, GR. Thank you Preemo, SIR.
" JEWELZ " is definitely my favorite OC album!!! COT-DAMN , every song is classic material 4real 4real! My favorite song on da entire album is " THE CHOSEN ONE !!! " That song alone should've given that album 5 mics! ...💥💥💥 BONG!!! 💥💥💥
One of my favorite Emcees! One of my favorite songs off one of the MOST classic albums of all time!!! "Word Life", Time's Up is STILL one of the illest songs EVER!!!
Thank you Premo for sharing these incredible stories behind these incredible beats* One element I find sorely missing in hip-hop today is cuttin & scratching. Would love to hear the story about Premier's X-Ecution one day*
Anyone who just got introduced to this album through this video go listen IMMEDIATELY! Hip Hop classic! Title track from this album still gets heavy play to this day. Thank you for visually archiving the history of this era of hip hop Preemo!
I used to have this record on repeat back in high school 2001 the days in Barstow Cali I still remember going to sleep to this, it was on a tony touch mixtape.
O.C. is 1 of the greatest emcees ever to grab a 🎤 !! Preemo 1 of the greatest producers ever!! Top 2!! This 1 is special. This song came off 1 of the greatest albums ever made in hip hop history. Both your work is timeless. I would not be mad if O.C. did an all produced preemo album!! Epic!!!!
My World, Time’s Up and Wordlife are definitely my Fav OC joints. That sample is magical Primo. Mad props. DITC for life yo! Salute the Floppy Y’all. Peace.🔥💾🔥💾🔥💾🔥🎤🔥💾🔥🎤🔥💾
This whole album is a classic! 4 Premo tracks, Bumpy Knucks on 2 tracks and a Big L appearance, how can you go wrong with that??
100%!
Can't go wrong ;)
One of my ultimate favourites.
@@frizzlefry851 very underrated song on this album
Don't forget the fact that OC's a beast on the mic
Despite not having the fame O.C. has a top tier catalog. His albums are better than most rappers
Came back after a hiatus with another classic with Apollo Brown.
This song is better than most rappers careers.
He was my most streamed artist on Spotify for 2021…I fuck with OC very heavily🔥🔥🔥love all his work !!
Perestroika!!!
That "Starchild" Album Is Heavily Slept On..."Evaridae" With Pharoahe Monch Is My Favorite Track From That Album... "Trophies" With Apollo Brown Is Another Overlooked Classic By O.C......
Love when Preemo says "wait, lemme back it up," because you KNOW you're about to get some more gems dropped on you
O.C. Talks about the making of MY WORLD
“I’m a Slick Rick die-hard. That first line is from ‘Runaway.’ That second Slick Rick album is slept on. If you’re a lyricist enthusiast, then you should know that you’re just now catching up to Slick Rick. But that was one of my favorite records when I heard that album. It was just dope, and that’s how the line became a part of ‘My World.’
“Preem didn’t give out beat tapes. He did his production on the spot. He came and scooped me up from my crib, and we went to the studio. He started laying a couple of joints, catching my ear a little bit. But then when he came with this record, with the bassline and the keys, and then he put the drums to it-he did the shit in like twenty minutes-and was like, ‘It sound like some Mobb Deep shit.’ And I’m like, ‘Yo, you buggin’. Get out the studio, leave me alone for like twenty, thirty minutes.’ And he was like, ‘I’m going to get me some weed anyway though, so I’ll be back.’ And when he came back, the song was written.
“He didn’t like that beat at first. He thought it sounded similar to ‘Shook Ones.’ But then when I said that first line to him-the Slick Rick shit-he was like, ‘Yeah yeah, go in the booth.’ So I went in the booth and I laid it, and he was like, ‘Yo, this shit hot right here. We good money.’
“That whole premise of ‘It’s my world,’ that wasn’t about me. That was about people in general. Have that confidence in yourself. Who else gonna have confidence in you, but you?”
Great story, thanks!
Thanks for sharing the other end of the story. It's dope to hear
thanks for sharing! I f*ckin love this song.
Same here Brother as a New Yorker who grew up living Hip Hop culture and on the Music since 1986 and still loving it and still current that second Slick Rick Album is Dope AF, I was just bumping it yesterday Mistakes, I shouldn't have done it, King, Moses etc all great song's.
Man forget about the second Slick Rick album being slept on... how about the fourth Slick Rick album, "The Art of Storytelling"???
Man.....the fall of 1997, Jewelz remained on constant repeat in my dorm room. This first track after the intro.....whew. An instant classic was born. From the signature Preemo drums, to Mr. Credle's incredible flow, even to the cowboy whistling, wild westernesque vibe of the joint.....this was greatness manifested.
All FACTS!!!!
Jewelz is constantly played these days
DJ Premier. The illest there ever was, is and will be. 💯
The Hitman!
O.C. of D.I.T.C. is one of the most underrated rappers of all-time who always puts out solid projects. I appreciate the history lesson by DJ Premier.
I was in 10th grade when Word..Life came out. That shit held me down walking home from school and football practice. Drained a lot of batteries listening to that jawn . Much respect to OC and MC Serch
I salute the cassette player as well 😂🤝🏽
@@mrjace3 remember them shit with no rewind button? You had to flip it over and FF it just to rewind it LMAO. Salute the Sony Sportsman Walkman LOL
Maurice Riddick yo for reeeal! That’s why you had to rock with either dope albums or dope mixtapes. Fast forwarding was a battery killer that could really fuck with a kid’s budget.
Word! "War Games" joint Preemo did on "Jewelz" is crazy too! Both records on my workout playlist!
Dude that one is insane
and "Win the G" with Bumpy Knuckles
@@zncuentertainment712 No doubt!
@@Agentunderfire Facts!
Haha, I use this track as part of my workout list too. The whole premise of the track just gets you hyped. "Ready for war, pushups get my chest swollen". 💪🏾 Love the unorthodox chorus my Organized Konfusion too. Maybe one day we'll get an OK reunion track produced by Premier.
I wore this cd OUT!!!!! My World; War Games; Can't go Wrong; The Chosen One; Dangerous; Far From Yours; M.U.G. Man this had some HEAVY cuts.
O.C. was the second coming of Nas to me in 94... Word..Life is a FUCKING CLASSIC!!!! I was 15 years old when it dropped.. my coming of age years... so this album helped shape me.. 💯
O.C. is one of the most underrated dudes for real. Starchild, Jewelz, Word Life, etc are all GEMS no doubt.💯👍
Dope ass hat you rockin Preemo. Payin homage to BDP💪💯
Didn't see you include "Trophies" he made with Apollo Brown,album is FIRE! Need a Trophies part 2.
He is indeed underestimated. He is a legend!
@@hudekphoto Yeah I owned Word..Life,like the actual album awhile back and I remember it was out of print so it was pretty rare in the 00's. I used go to digging on Amazon back in the early 00's and I bought Jewelz for $1.25. Best value purchase I think I ever made for music. Jewelz is what got me hooked,I own all of his albums now. Bought "The Underground King" mixtape off of O.C.'s Facebook and he sent me a free copy of Starchild as a thank you.
Not many real ones know about OC starchild, trophies or the album with AG
I’m not the hip hop head I once was at least when it comes to anything new but O.C. Is one of the few I’m still checking for, “Same moon same sun”, “A new dawn”, “Perestroika” all incredible album on top of the classics yall already mentioned, he still got a classic in him
OC is without a doubt one of NY finest MCs. Heavy Catalogue!!
The historical perspective is at times, dare I say, more impressive than the tracks!! OC is a legend...Preemo is like Professor Xavier! Long live real Hip-hop!
O.C. = Legend!
R.I.P. to U Nast, I didn't know he returned to the essence until I saw this episode. He appeared on one of, if not my favorite O.C. song ever - "Your Life" off the Soul In The Hole Soundtrack. Beat is incredibly dope, my favorite piano loop ever.
Classic Classic Classic
DJ Premier produced 4 songs on O.C.'s "Jewelz" album.
(1) My World
(2) War Games (feat. Organized Konfusion)
(3) Win The G (feat. Bumpy Knuckles)
(4) M.U.G. (feat. Freddie Foxxx)
all classic! though My World is the true standout imo
then after that is M.U.G. for me
THE CROW and HYPOCRITE are my favorites
My World and War Games for me 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@tochiRTA Bro My World still on repeat!
Premier is Hip Hop. He does Hip Hop, he Teaches us (both old heads / new heads) Hip Hop. He reps Hip Hop (always has a shoot out for artists, products, medias, production companies, hardware), he Wears Hip Hop (Criminal Minded cap/t-shirt). He is my own personification of Hip Hop (producers and MC included, as he raps with his hands on his signature scratched choruses).
Jewelz is one of my 3 stranded on a island joints.
My favorite album
Hands down the dopest show on youtube
I used to like Rate The Bars a lot, but these are good.
So much interconnected history... 🙏🏿
I’d love for Primo to take a minute, compose a shit load of So Wassups so we could straight Binge 2-3 hours of them. Each one leaves me wanting more
Yes yes!!
Summer '97, album just dropped. My crew's annual VA beach trip from MD. We played this not only on the entire ride down BUT half the time while we were there. We had our box and must've bought batteries every other day. No one stopped us. The heads that did turn were like "what is that?" It was our theme ALBUM for most of that trip and we bought other music but no one complained when we started that joint up again & again. Them dayz, boy!
Not Premo but ‘The Crow’ still gives me goosebumps 🔥 amazing beat and lyrics. Classic album
Showbiz That dude doesn't get credit for being one of the illest producers of that era
the crow was so ill
@@stephenheath8465 💯💯💯
Hazy like asthma, Super Official OC track that I will never forget and to this day I still get chills from that whistle! It’s My World Preemo you are a beast unlike any other!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Classic!!!
I love this series so much, even as a 50 year old Hip Hop head i still discover new trivia trough this channel. So i wont only salute the floppy als salute DJ Premiere and the Hip Hop Culture for beeing a big part of my live for over 40 years,
What a tune, if you don’t move to this you must be dead.. if I was dead this tune would bring me back to life 😂. Love it. Peace and Love to Preemo and OC
Top 5 Preemo beat ever!!!
This takes me back to my younger years and taking the train from NJ to NY with this song and the entire OC album "Jewelz" blasting in my headphones. Those were the days.
We need Showbiz and AG - Next Level (nyt time) remix. An absolute banger
Agree bro!
FACTUALS! Need that for sure!
got it!
O.C - one of underrated MCs. He is so dope, almost every OC joint or feature is a banger 🔥🔥🔥
The intro is so crazy. When I first heard that song, I almost lost it. I had that sample as well. He flipped the hell out of it.
Classic joint. Preemo is a master. This was so Fyah still knocks to this day. O.C. gets busy. War Games was Fyah. The Jewelz album was underrated. I look forward to all of these episodes keep it going Preem Salute 🔥🔥🔥🔥
YES. I play this song religiously. Just played it two days ago. Definitely my top 5 Premo beats of all time.
Peace from London.... Salute to Percee p. Unsung member of D.I.T.C.
The hook on this is so iconic and its not even Premo scratched. A lesser producer would have just had the loop without the broken harp chops. I've always loved this song, as OC just centers down the beat, riding those kicks and snares with a dash of sci-fi through the entire song.
I always though O.C. Jewelz was an Illmatic level record in terms of the production line up, song format, and lyrical consistency throughout the album
@@Agentunderfire Ha that's a goof point. I guess what i meant is what made Illmatic special to me was the all-star line up production. Jewelz had Preem, Buck, Beatminerz, Show, Lord finesse which put it on that level to me. as well. World Life is an incredible album and Buck def did his thing on the production
"Jewelz" is still one of my all-time favorite hip-hop albums. Introduced me to Bumpy Knuxxx and chock full of beats by all of my favorite producers. So good. This record is perfect for riding around on a cold winter's day. And "M.U.G." might be in my Top Five favorite Primo beats.
OC's track 'Bonafied" really helped me get out of my dark, depressive period back in the day. I am forever grateful to this man.
This album and this song in particular sparked a convo that birthed a life long friendship between myself and my ace Jus....much love and much respect 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I still rock this shits here! I loved the "Jewls" album. OC is that dude!
Premo gotta do "Code of the Streets"!!!
I recently discovered last week only because I seen premo made the best and I’ve been bumping it for the past week crazy track🔥🔥
welcome to the club! we've been bumping this track for more than 2 decades now. It sounds crazy to you now like it sounded crazy to me back then
Get the album bro! You will not be disappointed 🔥
Jewelz is amazing album. O.C. underrated
Timeless album. In my top 10 albums all time and I still listen to it today. Salute to O.C.
Loving the history as usual Preemo. Keep it coming.
Been waiting for this one. Still have the CD.
I have a lot of great memories related to this beat. Must be my favorite ever.
The most underrated. O.C. Buckshot Masta Ace Group Home , Jeru. Respect for all , Amazing work Dj Premier
I remember that shit. I'm a swing back to this joint. My sister broke my cds back then...love you sis.
This Series is THE school of Hip-Hop History right here.Young cats need to watch this and understand the art of constructings rap beats.You have THE best teacher teaching class.
Yes yes y’all!
OC’s album was crazy! I’m from the WC and up on him, shout out to Tim 2 for gifting me the music back in the day. Stayed laced by TIM 2. That first album he spits 🔥. A real Wordsmith.
I've always loved it this song! Jewelz is a classic album! Even his pop hit attempt Far From Yours banged.
This whole series gives you that, "Oh, shit! That album is one of the best." But this. Right here. Truly one of the best albums of all time. RIP OC
What a classic. I never realized untill this Day that this was a premo beat. It all makes sense now.
I'm so happy that DJ Premier is making these video series. Lot of beautiful Hip Hop History! 🖤
O.C. , Nine, and PMD's solo albums. These three MC's never got the love they deserved. Those who like them, adore them. But they never reached the sales many other less talented rappers reached. DJ Premier on the other hand, thankfully, is adored by everyone who loves hip hop. From NY to Tokyo, to my place, Athens, GR. Thank you Preemo, SIR.
Who doesn't love DJ Premier
Crazy how the goats are the most humble and informative
" JEWELZ " is definitely my favorite OC album!!! COT-DAMN , every song is classic material 4real 4real! My favorite song on da entire album is " THE CHOSEN ONE !!! " That song alone should've given that album 5 mics! ...💥💥💥 BONG!!! 💥💥💥
2 albums that I’ve purchased over the years multiple times that have different color discs…royal flush “ghetto millionaire” & O.C “jewelz” 💪🏾🔥💯
Remember buying those the same day during their album release, great hiphop moment
Royal Flush- Forgot about that shit!
One of my favorite Emcees! One of my favorite songs off one of the MOST classic albums of all time!!! "Word Life", Time's Up is STILL one of the illest songs EVER!!!
One of the best albums of 90's,one of my favorites
Dope as always!! The goat!
Thank you Premo for sharing these incredible stories behind these incredible beats* One element I find sorely missing in hip-hop today is cuttin & scratching. Would love to hear the story about Premier's X-Ecution one day*
Still own the original Jewelz Cd!!! I bump it from time to time!!!
One of my favourite hip hop tracks ever.
I needed this one been asking for this for months
DJ Premier coldest DJ to ever touch the Wheels of Steel since Grandmaster Flash. Word #legendary
Anyone who just got introduced to this album through this video go listen IMMEDIATELY! Hip Hop classic! Title track from this album still gets heavy play to this day.
Thank you for visually archiving the history of this era of hip hop Preemo!
Organize Konfusion is super underrated !!
I used to have this record on repeat back in high school 2001 the days in Barstow Cali I still remember going to sleep to this, it was on a tony touch mixtape.
O.C. is 1 of the greatest emcees ever to grab a 🎤 !! Preemo 1 of the greatest producers ever!! Top 2!! This 1 is special. This song came off 1 of the greatest albums ever made in hip hop history. Both your work is timeless. I would not be mad if O.C. did an all produced preemo album!! Epic!!!!
Who else watched Video Music Box after school each week day?
One of my favorite hip hop songs of all time!
Word Life is a super classic...incredible time...to
One of my all time favourite songs and beat. So mad inspiring
Preem, please do Show & AG - Next Level (Nyte Time Mix), one of the greatest beats of all time!!!
One of the greatest intros and opening tracks of all time.
Criminally underrated oc top 50 for sure
That Jewelz album is severely underrated.
One of my favorite tracks of all time. Straight up banger
Another classic joint but me personally I want that Showbiz & AG next level remix
🗣SHOWBIZ!
i actually like war games... but this oc jewelz album is a must have. so go get it!! underground and dirty!
Dj Premier cares about Hip Hop, I love that mentality....🙌🙌🙌
OC is impressively timeless. Slams in all eras.
i love this series, thank you for doing all this for us❤️
My World is a classic! And salute to O.C. for doing his thing on Far From Yours too. His third verse on that joint is one of my all time favorites.
I love that first line too Preem 😂 Thank You For The Memories This one was dope it had mad heavy rotation out here.
one of my all-time favorite Premo beats period! Top 5
O.C is one of my favs.
Fantastic record....and album! Raw....with no frills....just how we like it!
Highly underrated album ….. I remember coppin summer of ‘97 leaving work
I still play 'Times up' on a regular basis.
Masterpiece 👌
My World, Time’s Up and Wordlife are definitely my Fav OC joints. That sample is magical Primo. Mad props.
DITC for life yo!
Salute the Floppy Y’all. Peace.🔥💾🔥💾🔥💾🔥🎤🔥💾🔥🎤🔥💾
I'd love to see one of these for Mathematics, keep it up these are sick👍