On the most recent episode of DJ Premier's So Wassup, the prolific New York City-based producer gives the backstory to his collaboration with the legendary Philadelphia emcee Bahamadia for her 1996 track “True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Shit).” Preemo explains how Bahamadia was discovered by fellow Gang Starr emcee Guru; through his independent label Ill Kid Records, where he would record demos for promising underground talent in order to shop them around to labels. Other notable acts to get record deals through Ill Kid Records include Jeru the Damaja, Big Suge, and Group Home.
Preemo explains that he was blown away after hearing Bahamadia.
"Just off top—the vocal style, the attitude, the bark and the confidence of her delivery," he says. "I was like 'she's gonna definitely get an album deal.' And not only that, she's definitely going to be a name to be reckoned with out of female emcees respected on a high level."
Bahamadia landed a record deal with Chrysalis Records and EMI, going on to release her debut studio album, Kollage, on the label, which would feature three tracks produced by Preemo, including the classic deep cut, “True Honey Buns (Dat Freak Shit).” The track is a smooth jam that finds the emcee explaining the events in a woman’s life and how some women can “overdo” it while trying to get a man’s attention, telling her female listeners, “It ain’t what you do, it’s how you do it.”
