Jeru the Damaja

He was real tight with DJ Premier(Gang Starr) back in the 90's... He released two albums with Premier doing all the beats. The Sun Rises In The East was his debut and Wrath Of The Math is the other one. Both of them are classic albums, I think, especially The Sun Rises In The East which is the album "You Can't Stop The Prophet" is from. He also did some work with Crooklyn Dodgers.

His best work is definitely his first two albums with DJ Premier.

A girl on OTB :o? Something new everyday...

Don't know much about him. Only have one album...

You asked this question in OT a while ago so I'll just paste my response from that thread. Halftime covered a lot of it though...

Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, the Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math, are amazing. Both of them were produced by DJ Premier so you know they will have great production and Jeru's no slouch on the mic either.

Here's some other notable Jeru guest appearances....

Gang Starr (feat. Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja)- "I'm the Man" (1992)

"I'm the Man" was Jeru's first guest appearance, it's from Gang Starr's cIassic album Daily Operation. Lil Dap would also later be the benficiary of an album completely produced by DJ Premier as well, Group Home's album Livin Proof (listen to "Supa Star" from that album). Pretty recognizable Charles Mingus sample for Jeru's verse by the way.

Crooklyn Dodgers- "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" (1995)

In the 1994 Special Ed, Masta Ace and Buckshot collaborated to release the first Crooklyn Dodgers song "Crooklyn," which was produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest. The following year the Crooklyn Dodgers returned, this time represented by Chubb Rock, O.C. and Jeru the Damaja, who released "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" produced by DJ Premier. Not too long ago 9th Wonder did a tribute to both of these Crooklyn songs and created the third installment in the series, "Brooklyn in My Mind," with Mos Def, Jean Grae and Memphis Bleek.

Another interesting thing is that Jeru the Damaja was one of the people being subliminally dissed (along with others like Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface) on Biggie's "Kick in the Door" released in 1997. Jeru was originally supposed to appear on Biggie's debut album Ready to Die in 1994 (both are from Brooklyn), but Puffy didn't think Jeru was commercial enough so that did not go through. Jeru threw some subliminal disses toward Biggie on "One Day" and people also felt "Ya Playin Yaself" was directed toward B.I.G. as well. So that's why Biggie dissed Jeru on "Kick in the Door" the following year. The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

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get both the Wrath of the Math and The Sun Rises in the East. The Sun Rises in the east is the best overall out of the two but both are classics you should definitely check out. Here's  2 of my favorite tracks from both albums

Too Perverted

"It's the Return of the dopest Brooklyn Motha *****"

Jungle Music

Also I see you posted You Can't Stop The Prophet, check out the Pete Rock Remix if you haven't already. It's much better then the original 

You asked this question in OT a while ago so I'll just paste my response from that thread. Halftime covered a lot of it though...

Jeru the Damaja's first two albums, the Sun Rises in the East and Wrath of the Math, are amazing. Both of them were produced by DJ Premier so you know they will have great production and Jeru's no slouch on the mic either.

Here's some other notable Jeru guest appearances....

Gang Starr (feat. Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja)- "I'm the Man" (1992)

"I'm the Man" was Jeru's first guest appearance, it's from Gang Starr's cIassic album Daily Operation. Lil Dap would also later be the benficiary of an album completely produced by DJ Premier as well, Group Home's album Livin Proof (listen to "Supa Star" from that album). Pretty recognizable Charles Mingus sample for Jeru's verse by the way.

Crooklyn Dodgers- "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" (1995)

In the 1994 Special Ed, Masta Ace and Buckshot collaborated to release the first Crooklyn Dodgers song "Crooklyn," which was produced by Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest. The following year the Crooklyn Dodgers returned, this time represented by Chubb Rock, O.C. and Jeru the Damaja, who released "Return of the Crooklyn Dodgers" produced by DJ Premier. Not too long ago 9th Wonder did a tribute to both of these Crooklyn songs and created the third installment in the series, "Brooklyn in My Mind," with Mos Def, Jean Grae and Memphis Bleek.

Another interesting thing is that Jeru the Damaja was one of the people being subliminally dissed (along with others like Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface) on Biggie's "Kick in the Door" released in 1997. Jeru was originally supposed to appear on Biggie's debut album Ready to Die in 1994 (both are from Brooklyn), but Puffy didn't think Jeru was commercial enough so that did not go through. Jeru threw some subliminal disses toward Biggie on "One Day" and people also felt "Ya Playin Yaself" was directed toward B.I.G. as well. So that's why Biggie dissed Jeru on "Kick in the Door" the following year. The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

Orlando_Magic

Thanks. I guess I missed your post in OT. It's kind of overrun by metalheads, which is why I came here. I also see you posted The Sun Rises in The East in the cla$$ics thread, I'll have to pick it up, next time I see it.

i just started listening to him about a month ago, he is sick,

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

Orlando_Magic

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

iHeartCali

haha

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

tmac200913

haha

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

iHeartCali

haha

Premo really slept with Jeru's sister?

haha Premo is That Dude

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

iHeartCali

No one really knows, that's why I left it open when I mentioned it. Other people say it was a financial dispute. But I do think Premo producing Kick in the Door is a much more plausible cause than Premo sleeping with Ru's sister or whatever else is out there.

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

Orlando_Magic

No one really knows, that's why I left it open when I mentioned it. Other people say it was a financial dispute. But I do think Premo producing Kick in the Door is a much more plausible cause than Premo sleeping with Ru's sister or whatever else is out there.

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The ironic thing is that Jeru's longtime producer DJ Premier ALSO produced Biggie's "Kick in the Door," and after "Kick in the Door" was released, Jeru the Damaja and DJ Premier never worked with each other again....

HaSheeSh_basic

No one really knows, that's why I left it open when I mentioned it. Other people say it was a financial dispute. But I do think Premo producing Kick in the Door is a much more plausible cause than Premo sleeping with Ru's sister or whatever else is out there.