Judging the RZA and DJ Premier Song Battle: It was Epic but DJ Premier could have done more and got the Victory

This is not counting that he only played one song from Group Home’s album. Although Group Home wasn’t that lyrical, the production on that album was probably some DJ Premier’s best work! Let’s not get into some of the songs he didn’t play from his outside production. “Bring it On” from JAY Z, 2nd Childhood from Nas, Recognize from the LOX. I can go on and on about what DJ Premier didn’t play in this battle.

It seems like he wasn’t prepared, it took him at least 2-3 minutes to play a song when his turn came. We knew about this battle in advanced, why didn’t anyone give the memo to Premier? It might seem like I’m saying that it was an obvious victory for RZA, but I’m not. Even when Preemo plays half of his songs, he is still a slugger. I’m just saying, he should have pulled out some heavier artillery, but I digress.

The consensus is that the real victory was for Hip Hop and it was. It can’t be denied the excitement and camaraderie that this battle created for the Hip Hop community. For that, we salute RZA and DJ Premier for giving us those classics and this moment in these difficult times.