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Boston, Massachusetts (MA)

New York City, New York (NY)

Gang Starr

ALIAS(ES)

G. Starr, Gang ☆, Gang Star, Gang Starr Productions Inc, Ganga Starr, Gangstaar, Gangstar D, Gangstar, Ganstarr

STORY

One of the most important group in Hip Hop history & maybe the best MC/DJ combination with Pete Rock & CL Smooth...

Gang Starr is a legendary East Coast hip hop duo made up of the late MC Guru and DJ/producer DJ Premier, which originated a style combining elements of New York jazz and hip hop.

The group was founded by Keith Elam in Boston, MA in 1985 (then known as Keithy E. The Guru) and DJ 1,2 B-Down (also known as Mike Dee) with various producers, such as Donald D, J.V. Johnson or DJ Mark the 45 King helping out. In 1987 and 1988, Gang Starr released three 12" vinyl singles on Wild Pitch.

In 1989, the group split and the only member willing to continue under the name Gang Starr was Guru. He soon got in touch with TX born & Brooklyn, NY raised DJ Premier (formerly known as Waxmaster C) & teamed up with him. They soon released their first single "Words I Manifest" along with the album "No More Mr. Nice Guy" (1989). During their career Gang Starr helped pioneer the New York hip hop sound. The entire Gang Starr's catalog, especially "Step in the Arena"(1991), "Daily Operation" (1992), "Hard to Earn" (1994) & "Moment of Truth" (1998) are critically acclamied & are now considered as all-time classics.

The duo ended up when Guru passed away on April 19, 2010 but Primo released another album under the gang Starr name, entitled "One Of The Best Yet" (2019).

ACTIVITY

1989 - 2019

LABEL(S)

Chrysalis, Gang Starr Enterprises, INgrooves, Noo Trybe Records, TTT (To The Top), Virgin Records America, Wild Pitch Records

GALLERY

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DISCOGRAPHY

Albums Appeareance All

1989

No More Mr. Nice Guy (CD)

1 -
Premier & The Guru
2 -
Jazz Music
3 -
Gotch U
4 -
Manifest
5 -
Gusto
6 -
DJ Premier In Deep Concentration
7 -
Positivity (Remix)
8 -
Manifest (Remix)
9 -
Conscience Be Free
10 -
Cause And Effect
11 -
2 Steps Ahead
12 -
No More Mr. Nice Guy
13 -
Knowledge
14 -
Positivity

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1990

Step In The Arena (CD)

1 -
Name Tag (Premier & The Guru) - 0.36
2 -
Step In The Arena - 3.37
3 -
Form Of Intellect - 3.40
4 -
Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) - 2.41
5 -
Who's Gonna Take The Weight? - 3.56
6 -
Beyond Comprehension - 3.13
7 -
Check The Technique - 3.58
8 -
Love Sick - 3.27
9 -
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow - 2.18
10 -
Game Plan - 1.08
11 -
Take A Rest - 4.21
12 -
What You Want This Time? - 2.41
13 -
Street Ministry - 1.25
14 -
Just To Get A Rep - 2.42
15 -
Say Your Prayers - 1.24
16 -
As I Read My S-A - 3.02
17 -
Precisely The Right Rhymes - 3.25
18 -
The Meaning Of The Name - 2.55

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1991

Ain't A Damn Thing Changed (CD)

With : Nice & Smooth

1 -
Harmonize - 3.33
2 -
Cake & Eat It Too - 3.48
3 -
Down The Line - 4.17
4 -
Sometimes I Rhyme Slow - 2.52
5 -
Paranoia - 4.46
6 -
Sex, Sex, Sex - 3.40
7 -
"Billy-Gene" - 1.06
8 -
How To Flow - 4.25
9 -
Hip Hop Junkies - 3.29
10 -
One, Two And One More Makes Three - 3.24
11 -
Pump It Up - 2.43
12 -
Step By Step - 3.19

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1991

Rap Jams (CD)

With : Various

1 -
Appetite For Destruction (Clean Version - Don't Be Alarmed) - 3.08
2 -
Born And Raised In Compton (Radio Version) - 3.39
3 -
Ain't No Future In Yo' Frontin' - 4.01
4 -
Lovesick - 3.24
5 -
No Title For This - 3.31
6 -
Steady Mobbin' (Clean) - 4.11
7 -
Born Killer (Radio) - 3.34
8 -
Mind Blowin' - 3.35
9 -
Treat 'Em Right - 4.42
10 -
Change The Style - 3.11

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1992

Blue Funk (CD)

With : Heavy D. & The Boyz

1 -
Truthful
2 -
Who's The Man?
3 -
Talk Is Cheap
4 -
Girl
5 -
It's A New Day
6 -
Who's In The House
7 -
Love Sexy
8 -
Slow Down
9 -
Silky
10 -
Here Comes The Heavster
11 -
Blue Funk
12 -
Yes Y'all
13 -
A Buncha Niggas

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1992

Daily Operation (CD)

1 -
Daily Operation (Intro) - 0.27
2 -
The Place Where We Dwell - 2.27
3 -
Flip The Script - 4.02
4 -
Ex Girl To Next Girl - 4.39
5 -
Soliloquy Of Chaos - 3.14
6 -
I'm The Man - 4.04
7 -
92 Interlude - 0.29
8 -
Take It Personal - 3.10
9 -
2 Deep - 3.39
10 -
24-7/365 - 0.24
11 -
No Shame In My Game - 3.55
12 -
Conspiracy - 2.47
13 -
The Illest Brother - 4.44
14 -
Hardcore Composer - 3.16
15 -
B.Y.S. - 3.05
16 -
Much Too Much (Mack A Mil) - 3.30
17 -
Take Two And Pass - 3.17
18 -
Stay Tuned - 2.31

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1994

Hard To Earn (CD)

1 -
Intro (The First Step) - 0.54
2 -
ALONGWAYTOGO - 4.13
3 -
Code Of The Streets - 3.29
4 -
Brainstorm - 3.02
5 -
Tonz 'O' Gunz - 3.55
6 -
The Planet - 5.16
7 -
Aiiight Chill... - 3.13
8 -
Speak Ya Clout - 3.35
9 -
DWYCK - 4.03
10 -
Words From The Nutcracker - 1.29
11 -
Mass Appeal - 3.41
12 -
Blowin' Up The Spot - 3.10
13 -
Suckas Need Bodyguards - 4.05
14 -
Now You're Mine - 2.55
15 -
Mostly Tha Voice - 3.38
16 -
F.A.L.A. - 4.17
17 -
Comin' For Datazz - 4.02

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1994

Hard To Obtain Rap Classics Vol.2 (Vinyl)

With : Various

Disc A

1 -
Catchin' Wreck
2 -
Check The Technique (Remix)
3 -
Things Done Changed
4 -
Fugitive
5 -
The Party Scene

Disc B

1 -
I Can't Take No More
2 -
Peace Is Not The Word To Play (Remix)
3 -
Party Over Here(Remix)
4 -
Who's It On (Pt.1)
5 -
It's Yours

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1994

The Sun Rises In The East (CD)

With : Jeru The Damaja

1 -
Intro (Life) - 0.50
2 -
D. Original - 3.35
3 -
Brooklyn Took It - 3.22
4 -
Perverted Monks In Tha House (Skit) - 1.13
5 -
Mental Stamina - 2.21
6 -
Da Bichez - 3.51
7 -
You Can't Stop The Prophet - 3.54
8 -
Perverted Monks In Tha House (Theme) - 1.02
9 -
Ain't The Devil Happy - 3.44
10 -
My Mind Spray - 3.44
11 -
Come Clean - 4.57
12 -
Jungle Music - 3.50
13 -
Statik - 3.07

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1996

Pass The Mic - The Posse Album (CD)

With : Various

1 -
Symphony Vol. 1
2 -
DWYCK
3 -
Buddy (Remix)
4 -
Got It Bad Y'all
5 -
Knick Knack Patty Wack
6 -
La Schmoove
7 -
Westside Slaughterhouse
8 -
Just Rhymin' With Biz
9 -
Bounce To This
10 -
Ladies First
11 -
Live At The Barbeque
12 -
Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka (Part 2)
13 -
Grand Finale

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1998

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Blade - Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture (CD)

With : Various

1 -
The Edge Of The Blade - 4.12
2 -
1/2 & 1/2 - 4.17
3 -
Blade - 3.11
4 -
Fightin' A War - 4.01
5 -
Reservations - 4.26
6 -
Gangsta Bounce - 5.27
7 -
Things Ain't The Same - 4.33
8 -
Deadly Zone - 5.00
9 -
Blade 4 Glory - 3.45
10 -
Strictly Business (Mantronik MBA Radio Edit) - 3.36
11 -
Wrek Tha Discotek - 6.13
12 -
Confusion (Pump Panel Reconstruction Mix) - 10.12
13 -
Playing With Lightning - 4.31
14 -
Dig This Vibe - 4.54
15 -
Dealing With The Roster - 5.33

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1998

Caught Up - Music From The Motion Picture (CD)

With : Various

1 -
Ride On (Caught Up) - 4.42
2 -
Work - 2.55
3 -
U Should Know Me - 4.46
4 -
You Don't Want None - 5.06
5 -
All In The Club - 4.36
6 -
Ordinary Guy - 5.00
7 -
My Buddy - 4.18
8 -
Cross My Heart - 3.44
9 -
Ey-Yo! (The Reggae Virus) - 3.51
10 -
Rock Me - 3.25
11 -
R.U.Down - 4.12
12 -
I Like - 4.12
13 -
Girl - 4.59
14 -
Made Men - 4.43

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1998

First Family 4 Life (CD)

With : M.O.P.

1 -
Billy Skit - 0.58
2 -
Breakin' The Rules - 4.12
3 -
4 Alarm Blaze - 4.29
4 -
Blood Sweat And Tears - 4.43
5 -
Down 4 Whateva - 3.33
6 -
Facing Off - 3.38
7 -
My Kinda Nigga Part II - 4.07
8 -
I Luv - 4.50
9 -
Salute Part II - 4.17
10 -
Ride With Us - 4.43
11 -
Handle Ur Bizness (DJ Premier Remix) - 4.15
12 -
Fly Nigga Hill Figga - 4.07
13 -
What The Future Holds - 3.57
14 -
Downtown Swinga '98 - 4.13
15 -
Fame Skit - 1.52
16 -
Brooklyn/Jersey Get Wild - 4.08
17 -
New York Salute - 2.56

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Moment Of Truth CD LP

1998

1 -
You Know My Steez - 4.07
2 -
Robbin Hood Theory - 3.44
3 -
Work - 2.57
4 -
Royalty - 5.11
5 -
Above The Clouds - 3.41
6 -
JFK 2 LAX - 3.34
7 -
Itz A Set Up - 3.49
8 -
Moment Of Truth - 4.07
9 -
B.I. Vs Friendship - 4.37
10 -
The Militia - 4.48
11 -
The Rep Grows Bigga - 4.55
12 -
What I'm Here 4 - 2.45
13 -
She Knowz What She Wantz - 3.00
14 -
New York Strait Talk - 4.14
15 -
My Advice 2 You - 2.31
16 -
Make 'Em Pay - 4.21
17 -
The Mall - 3.40
18 -
Betrayal - 5.29
19 -
Next Time - 3.06
20 -
In Memory Of... - 3.50

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1998

Side A

1 -
You Know My Steez - 4.09
2 -
Robin Hood Theory - 3.46
3 -
Work - 2.59
4 -
Royalty - 5.13

Side B

1 -
Above The Clouds - 3.43
2 -
JFK 2 LAX - 3.36
3 -
It's A Set Up - 3.51
4 -
Moment Of Truth - 4.09

Side C

1 -
B.I. Vs Friendship - 4.39
2 -
The Militia - 4.50
3 -
The Rep Grows Bigga - 4.57

Side D

1 -
What I'm Here 4 - 2.47
2 -
She Knowz What She Wantz - 3.02
3 -
New York Strait Talk - 4.16

Side E

1 -
My Advice 2 You - 2.33
2 -
Make 'Em Pay - 4.23
3 -
The Mall - 3.42

Side F

1 -
Betrayal - 5.31
2 -
Next Time - 3.05
3 -
In Memory Of... - 3.49

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1999

Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr (CD)

Disc 1

1 -
Intro - 2.09
2 -
Full Clip - 3.37
3 -
Discipline - 4.16
4 -
Words I Manifest (Remix) - 5.09
5 -
Ex Girl To Next Girl - 4.02
6 -
I'm The Man - 4.05
7 -
Mass Appeal - 3.41
8 -
Jazz Thing (Video Mix) - 4.44
9 -
The Militia - 4.49
10 -
Tonz 'O' Gunz - 3.55
11 -
Royalty - 4.11
12 -
Who's Gonna Take The Weight - 3.54
13 -
You Know My Steez - 3.44
14 -
Above The Clouds - 3.45
15 -
Just To Get A Rep - 2.39
16 -
Dwyck - 4.03

Disc 2

1 -
All 4 Tha Ca$h - 2.29
2 -
Step In The Arena - 3.36
3 -
Work - 2.57
4 -
Soliloquy Of Chaos - 3.13
5 -
Take It Personal - 3.07
6 -
Speak Ya Clout - 3.35
7 -
Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) - 3.46
8 -
1/2 & 1/2 - 4.17
9 -
The ? Remainz - 3.39
10 -
Code Of The Streets - 3.29
11 -
So Wassup?! - 2.22
12 -
Now You're Mine - 2.55
13 -
Betrayal - 4.49
14 -
B.Y.S. - 3.06
15 -
Credit Is Due - 4.49
16 -
The Militia II (Remix) - 3.36
17 -
You Know My Steez (Three Men And A Lady Remix) - 3.32

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1999

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The Real Hip-Hop - Best Of D&D Studios Vol.1 (CD)

With : Various

1 -
NY State Of Mind
2 -
Come Clean
3 -
Bucktown
4 -
Supa Star
5 -
Danger
6 -
Whirlwind Thru Cities
7 -
Unbelievable
8 -
Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz
9 -
(How About Some) Hardcore
10 -
MC's Act Like They Don't Know
11 -
Next Level
12 -
Rep Grows Bigga
13 -
Ain't No Nigga
14 -
Who Got The Props
15 -
1, 2 Pass It
16 -
Ghetto Like D&D

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2000

Now Or Never: Odyssey 2000 (CD)

With : Easy Mo Bee

1 -
Now Or Never - 3.17
2 -
Sunstroke - 4.24
3 -
Fie Fie Delish - 3.46
4 -
Instrumental No. 1 - 0.38
5 -
S---'s Goin' Down Tonite - 4.46
6 -
Soul - 3.45
7 -
Talkin' Bout You - 4.12
8 -
Instrumental No. 2 - 0.27
9 -
N.Y.C. - 5.00
10 -
*69 Monique No. 1 - 1.07
11 -
Sex, Money, Drugs - 4.49
12 -
Instrumental No. 3 - 0.25
13 -
Sound Of My Heart - 3.57
14 -
Let's Make A Toast - 5.28
15 -
*69 Monique No. 2 - 1.23
16 -
Make Em Bounce - 2.51
17 -
Dis Beat Is Mine - 1.52
18 -
Instrumental No. 4 - 0.42
19 -
*69 Monique No. 3 - 0.35
20 -
Always Be There For You - 5.14
21 -
We Pledge Allegiance - 2.46

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2002

Respect All Fear None (CD)

With : Krumb Snatcha

1 -
Intro - 1.32
2 -
What's Life - 4.05
3 -
Words From The General - 1.12
4 -
Incredible - 3.42
5 -
Strike Back - 3.28
6 -
Prison Life - 4.23
7 -
Nobody Move - 4.03
8 -
Streets Is Calling - 4.04
9 -
Oxygen - 4.56
10 -
House Party - 4.31
11 -
Get Down - 3.48
12 -
King Of All Kings - 4.17
13 -
Headqcourterz - 0.26
14 -
Rich Man Poor Man - 4.41
15 -
D&D Radio - 2.29

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2003

The Ownerz (CD)

Disc V

0 -
Gang Starr In Concert... - 10.45

Disc 1

1 -
Intro (HQ, Goo, Panch) - 0.46
2 -
Put Up Or Shut Up - 3.15
3 -
Werdz From The Ghetto Child - 1.09
4 -
Sabotage - 2.22
5 -
Rite Where U Stand - 3.37
6 -
Skills - 3.17
7 -
Deadly Habitz - 4.12
8 -
Nice Girl, Wrong Place - 3.32
9 -
Peace Of Mine - 3.01
10 -
Who Got Gunz - 3.36
11 -
Capture (Militia Pt. 3) - 3.23
12 -
PLAYTAWIN - 3.11
13 -
Riot Akt - 4.04
14 -
(Hiney) - 1.31
15 -
Same Team, No Games - 3.44
16 -
In This Life... - 3.03
17 -
The Ownerz - 2.57
18 -
Zonin' - 2.54
19 -
Eulogy - 2.54

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2004

Marxmen Cinema (CD)

With : M.O.P. (The Marxmen)

Disc 1

1 -
Intro
2 -
The Money Got Lost
3 -
Tef Money
4 -
Bloody Murdah
5 -
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
6 -
Get Down
7 -
Easy
8 -
The Game's Been Fixed
9 -
The Marxmen
10 -
Nine And Two Clips
11 -
Western Beef
12 -
My Hood
13 -
All Of The Above
14 -
Story Of My Life
15 -
Nigggaaahhh
16 -
Slade
16 -
Beats By Fizroy

Disc 2

1 -
Premier Intro
2 -
Brooklyn Military
3 -
Half And Half
4 -
Hilltop Flava
5 -
Downtown Swinga
6 -
Rugged Neva Smooth
7 -
Cold World
8 -
The Life
9 -
Victim Of The Ghetto
10 -
Guns And Roses
11 -
Watch Out
12 -
Got To Go
13 -
What The Fuck
14 -
G-Boy Stance
15 -
Fuck M.O.P.

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2004

Special Blends 1+2 (CD)

With : MF Doom

Disc 1

1 -
Warriorz (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.43
2 -
Off The Books / Just To Get A Rep (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.31
3 -
Mighty Healthy / That's Me (MF Doom Special Blend) - 4.41
4 -
You're Playing Yourself (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.43
5 -
Latoya (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.52
6 -
Apple Tree (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.58
7 -
Top Billin' (MF Doom Special Blend) - 1.58
8 -
Shook Ones (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.26
9 -
One Love (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.51
10 -
Brown Sugar (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.20
11 -
Ante Up (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.26
12 -
Stakes Is High (MF Doom Special Blend) - 1.59
13 -
Paper Thin (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.10
14 -
Criminology (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.24
15 -
Bring The Noise (MF Doom Special Blend) - 1.35

Disc 2

1 -
Hustlin' (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.10
2 -
Shit's Real / Stick To Ya Gunz (MF Doom Special Blend) - 6.18
3 -
Mad Sick (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.52
4 -
The Glock (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.41
5 -
We Run Things (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.47
6 -
Hell On Earth (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.35
7 -
Slingin' Bass (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.38
8 -
Method Man (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.17
9 -
Hazy Shade Of Criminal (MF Doom Special Blend) - 2.01
10 -
Ryde Or Die (MF Doom Special Blend) - 3.06
11 -
(You're Puttin') A Rush On Me (MF Doom Special Blend) - 4.07
12 -
Get Your Roll On (MF Doom Special Blend) - 4.52

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2005

Never Say Die (CD)

With : Big Shug

1 -
DJ Premier Intro - 1.04
2 -
The Way It Is - 2.46
3 -
The Jig Is Up - 1.52
4 -
Counter Punch - 2.53
5 -
Who? (Got My Back) - 2.30
6 -
Premier Skit - 1.17
7 -
We Gotta Get Up Freestyle - 2.43
8 -
Premier Skit - 1.12
9 -
Crush - 3.46
10 -
Premier Skit - 1.15
11 -
The Militia - 4.48
12 -
The Militia Pt. 3 (Capture) - 3.18
13 -
Premier Skit - 0.56
14 -
Serious Rap Shit - 3.19
15 -
We Gangsta - 2.52
16 -
Love Or Hate - 2.34
17 -
Official - 3.36
18 -
Premier Skit - 0.44
19 -
Stay Out Of My Face - 2.43
20 -
F.A.L.A. - 4.15
21 -
Do What Pays Ya - 3.40
22 -
Gangsta Luv - 3.05
23 -
Premier Outro - 1.06
24 -
Treez - 2.33

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2019

One Of The Best Yet (CD)

1 -
The Sure Shot (Intro) - 1.23
2 -
Lights Out - 3.38
3 -
Bad Name - 2.23
4 -
Hit Man - 2.23
5 -
What's Real - 3.26
6 -
Keith Casim Elam (Interlude) - 0.16
7 -
From A Distance - 2.32
8 -
Family And Loyalty - 4.37
9 -
Get Together - 3.28
10 -
NYGz/GS 183 RD (Interlude) - 1.10
11 -
So Many Rappers - 2.12
12 -
Business Or Art - 3.02
13 -
Bring It Back Here - 0.50
14 -
One Of The Best Yet (Big Shug Interlude) - 0.29
15 -
Take Flight (Militia Pt. 4) - 2.56
16 -
Bless The Mic - 2.36

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