DJ Premier and Roc Marciano share new track, ‘Prayer Hands’, from forthcoming project: Listen

DJ Premier and Roc Marciano have shared a new track.

‘Prayer Hands’ is taken from the forthcoming joint project by the longstanding hip-hop artists, ‘The Coldest Profession’, which is out on 8th August via TTT.

Speaking about the project, Premier said: “Roc always makes sure to never go in the direction of the expected types. He brags, without bragging. He shows off, without showing off.”

“If that does not make sense, then you’re not what we want in our league of pure style. That’s the definition of ‘Prayer Hands.’ Explanations are not needed”, he added.

In 2019, DJ Premier revived the seminal Gang Starr project — originally a duo featuring himself and the late rapper Guru, who died in 2010 — releasing the act’s first new music in more than 16 years.

Revisit the 2022 music video for ‘Remy Rap feat. Remy Ma & Rapsody’, which featured on DJ Premier’s ‘DJ Premier: Hip Hop 50 Volume 1’ project.

Read about how DJ Premier stays inspired in our 2022 interview with the legendary producer here.

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Jialing announces new EP, ‘WUPS!’, on Sorry Records, shares ‘NINE OH NINE’: Listen

Jialing is releasing a new EP, ‘WUPS!’.

The four-tracker lands on 8th August via New York’s Sorry Records and is described as a “floorshaking exploration of big room Latin house, queer vocal slammers, and plenty of breaks and bass in between”.

Check out the first track to be shared from the EP, ‘NINE OH NINE’, below. You can a pre-order a copy of ‘WUPS!’ from Bandcamp here.

Announcing the release in an Instagram post, Jialing wrote: “I wrote these demos after I lost my laptop and harddrive on the MTA (big WUPS!) and wanted to quit but then realized that life’s too short so f it I just wanna have fun and release music every month. Oops I’m really not perfect. I’m sorry.”

The new EP follows the Baltimore-born, New York-based Taiwanese-American producer’s recent single ‘SETMEFREE’, the fifth edition of their ‘CLUB TOOLS’ series, and the ‘BLIZZARD’ EP from earlier this year, as well as last November’s collaborative ‘WOE’ release with Kade Young.

Last July, Jialing dropped the ‘FREAKY HORNS’ EP on Clasico Records.

Read our review of Jialing’s collaborative EP with Farsight, ‘WHISTLE TIP’, here. Revisit the artist’s Selections feature from 2024 here.