DJ Premier Quotes

Compton got such a legacy in hip-hop.

I put Compton on the map.

I wanted to be Ice Cube when I was younger.

To me, the NWA is a thing of the past.

I grew up listening to a lot of Snoop Dogg and the Wu-Tang Clan. Actually, I was a huge Wu-Tang fan.

I got Ice Cube his start. I also launched Eazy-E.

I grew up looking up to DJ Premier, who would have the illest hip-hop joint on everybody's album.

'Straight Outta Compton' was such a great movie, and obviously, I'm in the music business, so getting to see that piece of history was amazing, and it was an incredible movie.

Dr. Dre is the most influential artist and producer in hip-hop history.

I was a Dr. Dre fan.

Thank you to Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, Universal Studios, and the Grammys for telling the story of what Compton was and is becoming.

Eminem is more like a friend. And I'm also a fan on Eminem.

Yauch was a gifted MC.

My parents were fairly young in the city of Compton. So the things that they played - you know, that was the hip crowd. So I was being exposed to all these ideas, from Big Daddy Kane to Eazy-E to the Bay Area - Too Short, E-40 - you know, back to Marvin Gaye and the Isley Brothers.

Eminem is a master.

I respect Soulja Boy.

I'm trying to be the Dr. Dre of Cleveland.

Tupac is definitely a legend.

Dr. Dre's '2001' album changed modern pop music.

Oh, my dad listens to a lot of 2Pac, Ice Cube and WC. That's what he was listening to a lot when we were growing up. He's always been a fan of hip-hop.

Our favourite album that we always listen to in the car is '2001' by Dr. Dre, which is just the ultimate album of all time.

I feel like the D.C. streets just love Gucci Mane. He's like a hood pastor.

I listen to a lot of music, and I listen to some rap, and I do like listening to Biggie Smalls.

Your man Flavor Flav is living!

Part of my affinity with urban music comes from being on 'Kids Incorporated,' 'cos we used to sit around and listen to Chaka Khan and Prince, and I got influenced by all that. Then gangsta rap got started, and I was infatuated with that - maybe that's why I'm fascinated by guns.