DJ Premier live in concert.
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DJ Premier

18
critic concert reviews
rap

How good are they LIVE?

Live Rating  

75
%
Based on 
18
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reviews
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Critics Consensus

Based on 18 concert reviews, the critics consensus is that DJ Premier is rated as an enjoyable live performer, with some notable strengths.

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Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
Houston, United States (3/21/1966)
Bio
Christopher E. Martin (born March 21, 1966), better known as DJ Premier (or Primo by his fans, fellow musicians, and critics), is a prominent American hip hop producer and DJ, and the instrumental half of the duos Gang Starr and PRhyme.
Has Performed With
Your Old Droog, The Badder Band, Royce da 5-9
Artist Website

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

February 26, 2015
80
%
Tattoo, Toronto, Canada

The AU Review (Australia)

May 9, 2014
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The Hi-Fi, Sydney on May 3, 2014

Exclaim (Canada)

April 1, 2004
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It seems fitting that Premier would be able to part the crowd in two and leave gasps on faces; he is after all responsible for the majority of classic hip-hop beats created in the past 15 years.

303 Magazine (USA)

June 15, 2017
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When you add in the talents of the BADDER Band, with Marc Williams, Lenny Reece, Brady Watt and Takuya Kurodo, a get down bash comes to mind.

Dagens Nyheter (Sweden)

September 10, 2015
60
%
Stockholm, Sweden

Kingsize Magazine (Sweden)

September 9, 2015
70
%
Debaser Medis, Stockholm, Sweden

Humo (Belgium)

August 20, 2015
70
%
Pukkelpop 2015, Belgium

Past critic reviews published in

Kingsize Magazine (Sweden), Soundvenue (Denmark), Gaffa (Denmark), Slug Mag (USA), NOW Magazine (Canada) and more

Image Credit

Xi WEG [CC BY 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons

Latest Release

Beats That Collected Dust, Vol. 3 (Instrumental) (22 September 2023)