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Guru with Gang Starr, Germany, 1999. Guru's first solo album not a part the Jazzmatazz series, Baldhead Slick & da Click, was released in 2001 to poor reviews. [13] The album reached #22 on the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop album charts. Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures, was released in 2005 on Guru's own record label, 7 Grand Records. The album was ...
Gang Starr was an American hip hop duo, consisting of Houston-born record producer DJ Premier and Boston-based rapper Guru. [1] Gang Starr was at its height from 1989 to 2003, and is considered a widely influential MC-and-producer duo. [2] [3] They are recognized for being one of the pioneers of jazz rap active during the golden age of hip hop.
When Gang Starr was working on Hard to Earn, DJ Premier asked Guru if they owned the rights to the song as he believed it would be a suitable addition for the album. The original version contained horns and a slightly different drum pattern, but still used the same lyrics. Guru changed the title to "Code of The Streets".
Guru; Gang Starr chronology; ... The Ownerz is the sixth studio album by the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, ... "Rite Where U Stand" (featuring Jadakiss) – 3:37
A1. "I Lost My Ignorance (And Don't Know Where to Find It) [Original Mix]" {featuring Gang Starr} | co-produced by Guru and Dream Warriors; A2. "I Lost My Ignorance (And Don't Know Where to Find It) [Gang Starr Remix]" {featuring Gang Starr} | co-produced by Guru
Hard to Earn is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr.It was released on March 8, 1994, by Chrysalis and EMI Records in North America. The album featured the singles "Dwyck" (featuring Nice & Smooth), "Mass Appeal" (their first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart), and "Code of the Streets".
Last year, DJ Premier cobbled together a bunch of unreleased material that comprised a Gang Starr album titled One of the Best Yet. Today, there's an instrumental version of that album that's out ...
Rapper Guru died of cancer in April 2010, having not released an album with DJ Premier as Gang Starr since 2003's The Ownerz, seven years earlier. A note from Guru provided by former collaborator Solar had said that he disowned his former producer and DJ, and was released around the time of his death. However, many looked on it with suspicion.