Biography

Striking the perfect balance between street cred and sophisticated musicality, Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr emerged as hip-hop pioneers in the late 1980s with their sophisticated, jazz-influenced (but still funk-based) sound. They are the rare rap troupe who command respect from every corner of the rap spectrum, as evidenced by their track record of collaborations, including everyone from jazzman Branford Marsalis to Brooklyn gangster rap-dudes M.O.P. DAILY OPERATION and HARD TO EARN remain among the classic albums of the genre. Guru would go on to release a groundbreaking series of jazz-rap collaborations entitled JAZZMATAZZ.

Top Tracks

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• Above The Clouds

• Code Of The Streets

• Conspiracy

• Dj Premier In Deep Concentration

• Ex Girl To Next Girl

• Ex-girl To Next Girl

• In This Life...

• Jazz Music

• Jazz Thing

• Just To Get A Rep

• Lovesick

• Manifest

• Mass Appeal

• Peace Of Mine

• Positivity

• Put Up Or Shut Up

• Sabotage

• Skills

• Soliloquy Of Chaos

• Step In The Arena

• Take A Rest

• The Militia

• The Rep Grows Bigga

• Tonz 'o' Gunz

• Who's Gonna Take The Weight?

• Words I Manifest

• You Know My Steez

Discography

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• Hard to Earn

  Noo Trybe / Chrysalis Records / VCT

  1994

• Daily Operation

  Noo Trybe / Alliance

  1992

• Step in the Arena

  Noo Trybe / Chrysalis Records

  1991

• No More Mr. Nice Guy

  Wild Pitch

  1989