DJ Premier, Roc Marciano Announce Joint EP, Drop Music ‘Armani Phase’

DJ Premier and Roc Marciano joined forces for his or her first collaborative observe, “Armani Phase,” whilst additionally pronouncing an upcoming joint EP within the works. The three way partnership will likely be launched later this 12 months however a date has but to be introduced.

Consistent with a press unlock, the tune is “a declaration that true luxurious and authenticity in tune by no means is going out of fashion, isn’t dated; and you’ll be able to by no means have sufficient of it.”

Within the opening verse, Roc drops, “Bagged the cashier dressed in cashmere/That’s 20 racks for a jacket and a few khaki pants/Bummy rappers with bunny rabbit ears/You mad I’m a cash magnet,” ahead of pointing out: “If it’s me and Preem, then it’s a wreck hit, like summer season insanity.”

The duo in the past collaborated on PRhyme 2, with Roc guesting on “Recognize My Gun.” This new unmarried collab, then again, teases at larger issues to come back with their EP at the means.

“True Tale. A number of years in the past I used to be buying groceries at Macy’s in Bring in Sq. and I used to be passing the ‘Armani Phase,’ after I see Roc Marci there and he asks me when are we gonna do a document in combination” Premier recalled in a commentary.  “I informed him we’d ultimately get to it. Rapid ahead a couple of years later, proper ahead of Christmas 2024, I gave him a decision and informed him it used to be time to get to it.  I reminded him of that day, and he stated that are meant to be the name of the document.  The tone used to be formally set.”

“‘Armani Phase’ is gutter and costly.  The whole lot you’d be expecting from a Preemo and Marci joint” Roc added. 

In November, Gang Starr launched “Finishem,” which included vocal strains recorded through MC Guru, one part of the duo along Premier, ahead of his demise in 2010. The tune debuted at the 5th anniversary of the crowd’s LP, One of the most Very best But, which marked the Gang Starr’s first new tune in 16 years when it dropped in 2019.

“The album is particular on such a lot of other ranges; what it intended to me, Guru’s circle of relatives, and the lovers, it warranted one thing new to honor the instance,” Premier stated in a commentary on the time.

Roc, in the meantime, dropped Marciology final 12 months, which Rolling Stone named some of the very best hip-hop albums of 2024, calling the providing “any other very good selection of Roc Marciano’s one-of-one rhymes over a various number of beats.”