Year Round Records DJ Premier's label site.'Upcoming Gang Starr LP Artwork + Tracklist + Release Date Revealed'. ^ 'SDCC 2016: Marvel & Netflix's LUKE CAGE Panel'.'Gang Starr Announce Stacked New Album With 'Bad Name ''. ^ 'Gang Starr Shares 'Family and Loyalty' With J.

^ After 'Compton' Succsess, DJ Premier Eyes Gang Starr Biopic.^ DJ Premier: New Gang Starr Album And DVD In The WorksArchived at the Wayback Machine.^ 'Gang Starr rapper Guru's family question 'death bed letter' | News'.^ 'New York rap star Guru dies at 43'.^ 'Rapper Guru dies after battle with cancer'.Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. ^ a b 'The Mass Appeal Of Gang Starr'.'Gang Starr ended one of the greatest hot streaks in hip-hop with its masterpiece'. Mass Appeal: the Best of Gang Starr (2006).Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999).Moment Of Truth Gang Starr Zip Download Compilation albums Gang Starr provided a track, 'Battle', for the sound track of the 2002 movie 8 Mile.Įach episode title of the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage, based on the Marvel Comics character, was named after a Gang Starr song. Their track 'Jazz Thing' was featured on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues. The Gang Starr catalog, especially Step in the Arena (1991), Daily Operation (1992), Hard to Earn (1994) and Moment of Truth (1998) are well respected among underground rap fans and critics. During their career Gang Starr helped pioneer the New York City hardcore hip hop sound. The label offered Guru and Premier unlimited artistic license and major-label distribution worldwide, a platform the group used to become one of the most influential hip hop acts of that decade. In 1990, the group was signed to the Chrysalis record label by then A&R director Duff Marlowe, a former DJ and Los Angeles Times rap music critic. He invited DJ Premier to join Gang Starr, relocate with him to Brooklyn and in that same year they released their first single 'Words I Manifest' along with the album No More Mr. He got in touch with Houston, Texas native DJ Premier (then known as Waxmaster C) who sent him a beat tape, which Guru liked. In 1989, the group split and the only member willing to continue under the name was Guru.

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