DJ Premier & Roc Marciano announce collab EP, share “Armani Section”

The boom bap movement of the ’90s wouldn’t have happened the way it did without DJ Premier, and the boom bap resurgence of the 2010s/’20s wouldn’t have happened the way it did without Roc Marciano. Now, those two hip hop visionaries have teamed up for a collaborative EP, due later this year (title and release date TBA). First single “Armani Section” is out now, and it sounds exactly like you’d hope a collab from these two would sound. If you like anything from Reasonable Doubt to Reasonable Drought, don’t miss this.

Preemo and Marci previously teamed up on the PRhyme (DJ Premier & Royce da 5’9″) song “Respect My Gun” in 2018, but this is their first 50/50 collab together. Preemo explains how it came to be: “True Story. Several years ago I was shopping at Macy’s in Herald Square and I was passing the ‘Armani Section,’ when I see Roc Marci there and he asks me when are we gonna do a record together. I told him we would eventually get to it. Fast forward a few years later, right before Christmas 2024, I gave him a call and told him it was time to get to it. I reminded him of that day, and he said that should be the title of the record. The tone was officially set.”

Check it out below, and stay tuned for more on the EP.