So Wassup? Episode 53 | Gang Starr - "DWYCK feat. Nice & Smooth"

In episode 53, DJ Premier takes us through the process of how "DWYCK feat. Nice & Smooth", from Gang Starr was created.
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[@LeroybrownLR3mk02]

DWYCK was a popular jam and it still is.

[@Jdowling357]

I see what ya did there.

[@edhat7529]

​@@Jdowling357 came to say the same thing! You beat me to it! Lol

[@drunkenskunkenmonk7089]

One Day It'll All Make Sense! Common Sense. I Love It.

[@drunkenskunkenmonk7089]

I love all these rap stories it brings me back to the best Era Ever the 90's

[@Seanljohnsonsr609]

Banga

[@yoursportsnow9729]

It always amazed me how Premier not being from New York could capture New York so vividly in his beats.

[@juliorodriguez2655]

New York embraced Preem and he architected the sound of NyC culture

[@proskills2168]

Great question...still haven't figured it out.

[@medigoal]

New York originated hip hop but not genius #thesouthgotsomething2say

[@alvarezgamers]

NYC was HipHop, HipHop was NYC before it took over the world. Now HipHop is world wide, but it wasn't always like that.

[@pukysand]

You don't have to be from NY to be great at producing music.

[@ther7478]

After all these years, I finally know why it was called DWYCK! 😂 This has plagued me for years! 😂

[@Waynestarr]

FINALLY! The track we've all been waiting for! 🔥

[@thecunninlynguist]

I'm lowkey waiting for second childhood and a million one questions and it's all real

[@DG-lc2le]

and it still is

[@logandeboer1009]

I saw this in my feed and just said "Oh, it's finally here."

[@rodreiquezattakhan1710]

Facts

[@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

👍❤

[@darowemcmillon2724]

This song is nothing but hip hop. Party rhymes, smooth lyrics, great bars, a straight up fire beat. You can dance, nod your head, or spit your own to this song.

[@darowemcmillon2724]

@Yehudah LionESS That's a great track, as well. Love the Roots. The true hip hop band, with no disrespect to Stetsasonic.

[@alexandermanukow829]

I love how preemo is actually telling a story in between the shoutouts 😂

[@juliorodriguez2655]

He creates and, then, articulates history, very intellectual!

[@DrBigFMC]

For years I swore DWYCK stood for Do What You Can, Kid 😄😄

[@KUTProductionz]

Same here. I think I saw it in a Source magazine or heard it someplace. Do What You Can Kid

[@davidmcdowell9497]

same!!

[@Paulphila215]

I remember the same thing, and I thought that’s why the whole word was capitalized.

[@MEEZLEMONSTER]

Everything about this track is CLASSIC. A couple years ago on Twitter, I told Greg Nice that he prolly has the best opening verse ever on this song. He agreed.

[@ThaFinestMusic]

Facts

[@NickNieves112]

Deck says hello and that he Bombs Atomically...

[@ExLionTamer2]

It's a great one but the winner is Buggin Out for me

[@yehudahlioness8544]

Oh shoot, thanks, you got me about to go blow up Buggin' out now, lol. I've been bangin' "God Lives Through" almost everyday in my car for the last few weeks. Yes, Tribe, no doubt!

[@niterida380]

Bugging’ Out from who?

[@thecunninlynguist]

Classic. Lemonade is a popular drink and still is

[@CoHeirMultimedia]

So simple…..but still epic!!!

[@jasonmurray4714]

That would be good on a t-shirt.

[@tochiRTA]

I got more props and stunts than Bruce Willis 🤣

[@ExLionTamer2]

It's mad that this line is so iconic. I mean it's brilliant and stood out instantly when I heard it, but I don't really know what makes it so good

[@MarkWhippy]

@@ExLionTamer2 It’s because it’s not a very good line, but it’s become like a meme

[@eugenedantzler4485]

Rip Guru!!!!! Hip Hop ain't the same without you!!!! Shout out to DJ Premier!!!!! Gangstar shall live forever!!

[@Harp_and_Guitar_Moving_Forward]

👍❤

[@scienz]

GURU top 5 dead or alive

[@eugenedantzler4485]

@@scienz facts

[@DateMike22]

My all-time favorite Gang Starr track along with Mass Appeal. #RIPGuru #ThanksPremo

[@pukysand]

Code of the Streets!

[@MBC1988.]

This episode really made preemo so happy thinking of all the dope studio session memories

[@Kevin-zq2qy]

I am 47 years old. The impact Preemo has had in my life is beyond words. I don't know if he would read comments, but this man is the GOAT and is so appreciated. The soundtrack of my life.

[@inspectah2342]

One of the hardest beats all time. Just baseline and drums

[@MrBobbyBX]

This is one of the few “posse records” where no one can decide who ripped it the hardest!

[@amdi8966]

I can. Guru.

[@tylowe78]

Smooth B snapped too. Like a rhinoceros/my beat is prosperous/and pure knowledge expands from my esophagus....dope line.

[@MrBobbyBX]

@@tylowe78 that’s what i been saying, they all caught wrek. “I put lead in your ass then drink a cup of tea” Greg Nice “i get more props and stunts than Bruce Willis” Guru “i write in the night to bring truth to the light” Smooth B Every bar in that record is a Hip Hop quoteable!

[@blue9multimediagroup]

​@@tylowe78 *speed is prosperous

[@tylowe78]

my dialogue is my own/and Smooth B will never bite... You right they all snapped

[@garrytreymendeziii5650]

It’s so cool getting the real stories behind the tracks. It’s tough to hear how many RIPs there are. The people may be in the next world but the artists and the music are eternal.

[@eafloe]

The track of all tracks! Defined the summer of '92 for Hip Hop! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💯💯💯

[@Solsurvz92]

Shout out to my man Drake Goodrich (rest in peace) who brought the DWYCK cassingle to science class in ‘92 and played it the entire class period. I was blown away, but also confused because I had Daily Operation. “WHAT IS THIS???” was my reaction. Two years later when they put it on “Hard To Earn” the song STILL felt new. That’s how long records lasted back then. True definition of a classic.

[@jhall9602]

I love how Preem keeps giving Guru love on every one of these. That’s real love man. You can feel it! Absolutely love all these stories! Thank you so much to the God Premier!

[@DJ--ALLDAY]

🔥DWYCK - A TOP 50 GREATEST HIP HOP SONG OF ALL TIME 🔥 Thank u "Primo & Bald Head Slick"

[@henrysmifth536]

Dwyck was pure Hiphop Having fun With your friends listening to hard core beats 🙌

[@henrysmifth536]

Premo be having a million shout outs🤣🤣🤣🤣love ya premiere 💪🏽💪🏽👍

[@eyeq4000]

The best part!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Peksisarvinen]

For real though

[@Truth565]

I’m a UK rapper and producer that goes way back and I remember losing my mind when I first heard this track. So fresh and funky no matter when you hear it. The drum break is one of those classics that everyone was using at the time, but this is one of the best renditions. It got in my head so much, that when making beats, I have to try hard not to bite it. I had DWYCK and Faking the Funk on repeat back in the day! Peace n love to the whole squad and R.I.P to those who passed ❤ 👊🏾👏🏾🙏🏾

[@juliorodriguez2655]

As much as DWYCK is a timeless masterpiece, knowing that Grand Puba Maxwell was in the studio when this song was being recorded conjurs up how much more bananas it would've been if Puba spat some bars on this track, taking this work of perfection to another impossible level...

[@afrikanrepat]

that would have been crazy!

[@gregsmith1342]

Puba would've definitely took it to a definitely level 💯

[@AQuestionofCharacter]

This track RAN the summer.

[@darrylwoodbury]

This song takes me back to my high school days and playing football. This was our pregame song in the locker room to get us ready to play. I played the entire “Hard to Earn” album to death that year. I still play it to death today. The album is a classic.

[@EthanLeeV]

Dwyck is a modern day classic

[@fjones1914]

One of the phattest beats and dopest posse cuts in Hip-Hop history! Thank y’all for creating this gem!!!

[@dannybx78]

I wasn't mad when "Dwyck" wasn't featured on the "Daily Operation" (1992) album. Because i knew i find the song one day. Thank you Preem for adding "Dwyck" on "Hard To Earn" (1994)

[@fettywapsmissingeye]

Preemo I don’t know if you’ll ever see this but even as a 14 year old from Ireland there is no one I would love more to just sit and conversate with than you. You are inspirational beyond your knowledge bro and my favourite producer of all time. This series is one of the dopest things on KZbin. Seeing into the genius mind and memories of one of the greatest producers Ever. I always look forward to the next episode; And this is one of the dopest yet! I always wanted to know what DWYCK meant 😂. I always thought up that it was “Do what you can Kick.” Glad I know now 😂. RIP to Guru, Biz, and everyone else mentioned. All legends in they own right. Hope you see this, peace, living legend ✌️

[@TheDumontShow]

One of the greatest hip hop songs ever got its name from a joke. Who would have knew? Always thought it was named after the sound of the stratch on a record. That era was so creative. We will never get that level of creativity in today's music and world. I always wish 90s hip hop didn't peak so fast. By the time we got to the end of the 90s, they did everything

[@eddiethetruhead]

Epic EMCEES at their best, hype ass beat and incredible scratches. What more can you ask for? DWYCK is a phenomenal track. Absolute classic. One of Gangstarr’s best.🔥💾🔥 Mad props to Primo, Nice n Smooth, and RIP to the one and only GURU.🔥 Salute the floppy Y’all.💾 Peace.🔥💾🔥🎤🔥💾🔥🔊🔥

[@mariodjcomplexnc]

Base Blasta “it ain’t what you do” WAS MY JAM

[@christophermoody6840]

Lemonade was a popular drink and still is!!! That line made him one of the greatest of all time. He's the only M.C. that could have put that kind of chill / swag / dopeness on such a simple phrase that it stood out so much.

[@BBMP7]

Long live Dj Premier!!!

[@zahuidanielstevewogou2686]

Ce qui rend Preemo différent c’est qu’il aime profondément la musique et ceux qui la font ❤

[@misterill]

I love how preemo takes the time to talk about and thank so many of the artists and people he worked with at the time...one of the best producers of all time and he's still completely down to earth and appreciative of everybody around him.

[@lamontricks1074]

I remember when this came out it was everywhere classic joint

[@coolmancam1032]

Probably one of the most iconic songs in hip hop history. Thank you so much for this history lesson and thank you so much for finally doing everyone's favorite song.

[@Archimedesu]

Man I could listen to Prem tell stories for hours

[@christopherwhite5868]

Thank you for sharing your story about DWYCK , it reminds me of deeez nuts and all the verbal things we do to connect with our brothers that end up becoming slang. I realised that slang is the undocumented glue that binds us, and it creates fly shit, that thing that defines us.

[@laurnacarter5081]

This why DJ Premier is up there with the best, I wore out so many cassette rewinding this mutha because that joint right here was UNBELIEVABLE. These kids don't know, even that album Daily Operation which it should of been on was fucking crazy. This joint here, right here, the cuts, everything about this joint was PERFECTION ✌👍✊

[@Black_2_Def]

This is Classic Gangstarr💯💯🔥 I had the privilege to watch Gangstarr perform this song in the 90s!! It was a wonderful time to be Alive! Lemonade is a popular drink and it still is~Guru 🙏🏾

[@brandonjohnson3189]

Yo I'm from Virginia but I used to be in New York every summer. When this came out it was the only song I would hear all over the city. Primo is my favorite producer of all time, and this might be my favorite joint he ever did!

[@CoHeirMultimedia]

I love how the scratches are STILL considered the best EVER in Hip Hop!

[@russelltolbertii5728]

After the tour quits, I come back with more hits

[@rocstarskinnyjeans]

I love this. DWYCK is one of my favorite songs; I remember watching this video on Video Music Box channel 31 🙏🏾💯

[@KITEHIGHSTYLE]

MAN you sparkin a world of memories. Just about every bar cuttable🔥my favorite “they lack the new knack that’s comin from way way back” take it personal one of the hardest beats I’ve heard in life! RIP Guru🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Premier too Thoro ‼️

[@spotmusic7345]

Love this track, even more mesmerized that I don't know what DWYCK means to this day !!!!!❤️😂✌️

[@kenyattacm]

I was an intern at D&D studios from 98 -99 and then an executive at D&D records from 2000 till its closing in 2008. I was very young when I asked Primo in the studio what “DWYCK” meant and he told me specifically that it stood for, “Don’t You Wish You Could Know!” I was just a stupid, young intern at that time and everyone laughed when he said it. Till this day, that is what I believe it means.

[@ronnieshuffle8770]

It might be a good idea to back those floppies up, Preme. Like on external hard drive, in the cloud, etc. It would make things easier to find as well.

[@dimviesel]

Just found my original Hard 2 Earn cd from 95! It’s so scratched up that Dwyck is the only track that still plays😎 Big UP Premier

[@pukysand]

I have a lot of CDs from my. Childhood and still in perfect condition! Of.course record labels such as relativity, loud, mercury, wild pitch, chrysalis, Elektra, pendulum, and EMI are defunct labels I can get a lot of $ for them but NOT SELLING!!!!

[@ShaamJones]

This episode is worth saving to favorites and making clips. So many gems.

[@theb5487]

One of my FAVORITE Gangstarr cuts, a true CLASSIC. I STILL rock it, NEVER gets old...

[@Nebo888]

“How much wood coulda wood Chuck, Chuck if a wood Chuck could Chuck wood!?” Down The Line 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@akerockstar]

These episodes are so full of Hip-Hop history. I'm sure all of us Hip-Hop heads are in awe hearing the stories. Pounds of respect to DJ Premier and his crew for sharing these videos!!!!! They are so appreciated. Thank you! RIP Guru forever! Gang Starr forever!

[@keithevans2722]

I'm getting goose bump just listening to the story...these stories are priceless

[@ALBERTEINSTEIN777]

I LOVE THE EXPOSITION OF THIS CONCEPT IN YOUR VIDS. THE ORIGIN TALE, THE HISTORICAL CLASSIC CLIPS FROM BACK THEN, MIXED WITH THE EXHIBITION AND INCORPORATION OF THE TECHNOLOGY USED AT THE TIME. THE FACT THAT YOU WONT DO A VID UNTIL YOU HAVE THE DISC IN YOUR HAND. ITS ALL MASTERFUL. WELL DONE FAM. 🍾🍾🍾🍾

[@Phloptical]

This track never fails to make you smile, bounce ya head, and rap along with every word…every damn time.

[@bashlove9641]

this was when hip hop was Fin AMAZING! My kids walk in when I put this tune on blast and start dancing

[@seanfelder3977]

That song dwyck from gangstarr was crazy back in the 1990s and still can jam the clubs

[@KSoloLoso]

one year later Peace out Premier take me out wit da fader. - Greg nice

[@ThaFinestMusic]

One of the greatest songs ever created.

[@DRS17411]

Yo when this came out we were Wilding In The 90's. RIP guru and shout out to the legends premiere and nice&smooth.

[@michaelwright9896]

Absolute CLASSIC. Another gangstarr CLASSIC is " Take A Rest"!

[@1andonlydasilent1]

Crazy how something so fragile holds such classic hip hop from the 90s on it 💾 Big Up Premier!!!

[@mrgee918]

Haven't heard this in over a decade, but still know every lyric - verbatim! That's when the dopest beat meets illest lyrics. Thank you sir.

[@AMOKIAN]

Yep….the classic…my goodness. I remembered they performed it on Living Color as he was talking about The first TV appearance. The memories come flooding back.

[@skrachvynl]

Such an iconic song. From Jay-Z on the All The Way Up Remix to you and Greg Nice appearing on Run The Jewels Ooh La La, the song transcends as more than just a summer hit from '92. This song will forever live on. RIP Gifts Unlimited Rhymes Universal

[@DarkshadowXD63]

Awwww shitttt another Premo classic 🔥🔥🔥

[@sonjamsg5582]

This whole episode gave me chills. DWYCK was itttt and hearing it still gets me hyped like no time has passed. The early 90s hip hop era really was the best #RIPGuru

[@siordamc]

Fully appreciate how long (1st vid in the series almost half hour) & detailed this was...totally enjoyed every gem of insight into the process of both track & video details. A track that owned summer '94 in every sector of the earth! Peace out Premier take me out with the fader!

[@andreiardeleanu650]

Much respect & admiration to DJ Premier sharing all these memories and knowledge, his story-telling is amazing and his body of work is second to none! RIP to Guru, BIG and all the Legends he has worked with 🙏🏼 with that said, I'd love to see a So Wassup? episode on Full Clip... 'Big L rest in peace'

[@mr219gip5210]

I still bump this song, Hip Hop classic. Rest In Paradise Guru

[@trevorhembrough1290]

Random memory from that In Living Color performance: Marlon Wayans absolutely buggin’ out the whole performance. He kept doing all these crazy steps with random people the whole time. He gets Shawn in with him at one point. He gets Smooth to start, like, side stepping really quick. I think he even gets Jim Carrey to start buggin’ out at a point. Dope visual. It’s up on KZbin if you wanna see it for yourself.

[@QuopCoup]

Thanks for the history Preem!.. Remeber D&D was around the block on 8th ave.. Dont think E Sancho ever got a meals from "Maria's"Moms ran a restaurant there.. Seen all the traffic in them days going up to 37th. Now in Texas, Peace blessings. R.I.P Guru. Also a cat I bumped in to when he had a spot in smith 9th.. Bk,back in the day.. Always made beats, never got to connect.. Blessings!..

[@alvarezgamers]

Dwyck was everywhere. I grew up in the Bronx in the 1980s and 1990s. I remember as a teen in the 90's. I use to live on Watson and Manor, that song will never get old and was always being played in our hood. It was always on the radio.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Another amazing history lesson. Personally, I've always felt that DWYCK fit better on Hard to Earn that it would have on Daily Operation. Also, Smooths verse HAS to go down as one of the greatest!

[@damonadams9640]

THE CLASSIC SUPREME DOPENESS RIGHT HERE! SALUTE TO U ALL GANG STARR & NICE & SMOOTH B. LOVE YAL BROTHERS!!![999]

[@user-by1tw6xv3n]

Premo's beats are playing on my smartphone every day. Next..I hope "Protector's of 1472".

[@illreel5169]

Man listen, we waited 2yrs for this one Premo....🤯😜🤯

[@Diwani_Spark14]

Those episode is epic. Such a Classic Classic joint. I appreciate how Preemo takes us all back with the backstory. From everyone in the studio to the video etc. I miss the 90’s just such a classic time for Hip Hop. I’m watching this video rapping every verse. Salute Gang Starr Guru 4 Eva Nice & Smooth. Yes the episode we’ve been waiting for me 🔥🔥🔥

[@Macmerck12]

NUFF RESPECT! This song is so instrumental to Hip Hop and the culture. Most people don't know the history of it. I remember first seeing this song performed (now knowing it was live) on in Living Colour. Also shout out to the NBA producers for playing DWYCK on their "NBA Today" broadcast. Let's keep the culture alive. Innovate and expand upon it for another 50 years!

[@gregorynetus5557]

Dj premier is the best dj ever. Goat 🐐 👑. Guru is one of the best mc ever.and nice and smooth.greg nice and smooth b.is one of my favorite rap groups ever.dwyck is a legendary song and video.and yes lemonade was a popular drink and it still is.word up son

[@larrymcmillan4886]

Oh wow!! This was a good one! Tbh i always thought DWYCK was an acronym for Do What You Can Kid! 🙊

[@p4rt_t1me_g0d]

From an era before I knew that Preemo had an actual voice! Back then he talked with his hands and rarely spoke, if ever. When he finishes scratching and just gets up and walks away, it was the mic drop before the mic drop!

[@bigtizzo]

This is a serious ClasSick moment. Thx Preem!!! Rest Well GURU!!!

[@arielmedrano8098]

I swear I seen this b4 in my dreams,an now its here!!!! Holy mackerel!it's like deja vu. I just showed my dad this track too. He said send that to me! Now I gotta send this too! 💯 Thank you Prem!!!

[@CHANGEISHAPPENING]

PREMO HAS BEEN ON THE MOST CLASSIC ALBUMS IN HISTORY. SCARY IF I EVER RUN INTO PREMO ID PROBABLY 😢 BECAUSE THE MAN IS SO MUCH OF A ICON RARE ABSTRACT LEGEND. STILL LIVING WITH US!

[@consciouscool]

The bass line was so deep.

[@stefanbogdanovic590]

Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is!!! LEGENDARY!! RIP GURU!! One of my favourites!! Definition of 90's era classic rap songs!! Thank you Premooo!!!

[@Des_Zee]

Almost 30 minutes dedicated to one of the illest hip hop tracks of all time. Respect DJ Premier💯 And eff those casinos that didn't want to give y'all a table. It was more hip hop you DJing on the ground anyway!!

[@atg1694u]

DWYCK one of the hottest hip-hop songs ever 💯.

[@KojiroMC]

This is such a timeless BANGER! Man, I love it. It's such a fun record. And I LOVE the In Living Color performance. I remember my boys and me did that crazy dance about 20yrs ago in the club because we loved that performance / dance :-D I'd love to know where DWYCK suppossed to be on the Daily Operation record. Let us know, Premier! BIG UP to the best who ever did it. Love Gang Starr 2 death!

[@oguzsamsa2628]

damn i still cant believe preemo on youtube and tellin his priceless stories to us. am i dreaming o something?

[@joshuandrewr]

I swear...These "eps" are just too much! We're not worhty! Thank you! Gang Starr has got to be the sure shot! God bless Preem!

[@josesorianojr2544]

The group, the song, the crew and the features are all Classic Salute to DJ Premier, Greg Nice, Smooth B and RIP Guru 🫡

[@lafree7833]

certain songs mark a time in our lives - DWYCK transports me back to my teenage years.

[@MyNewYorkCity.]

Had the Buick 88 playing that song on Replay 15s was bustin 💥💥💥 RIP guru all of gangstarr are classic

[@hassanburton669]

The Summer Of 92 I Heard DWYCK All Over The Place. Crushed Everything Around Us.

[@stephenheath8465]

Which is crazy because that was a loaded year if think of the albums that came out

[@damonadams9640]

FULL CLIP MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE GANG STARR ALBUM!!![999]