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  Features2 months ago

  Best Gang Starr Songs: 20 Hip-Hop Essentials

  Guru and DJ Premier are among hip-hop’s most iconic duos, with albums like ‘Hard To Earn’ and songs like ‘Mass Appeal.’ Here are their best songs.

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  Features4 months ago

  Best Motown Samples: 20 Essential Tracks For Crate-Diggers

  Not often a label thought of in hip-hop terms, the best Motown samples prove that Berry Gordy’s empire had more than enough beats for the crate-diggers.

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  Features9 months ago

  Best Blue Note Samples: 20 Tracks That Built Hip-Hop

  Widely used by discerning crate-diggers and hip-hop heads, the best Blue Note samples have become part of the cultural fabric.

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  News10 months ago

  DJ Premier Drops Previously Unreleased Gang Starr Cut ‘Glowing Mic’

  The track features a never before heard verse from late Gang Starr member MC Guru and appears on the group’s instrumental album ‘One of the Best Yet.’

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  Features10 months ago

  Best Donald Byrd Pieces: 20 Jazz Essentials From Hard Bop To Disco

  The trumpeter took jazz music out of tiny clubs and up the R&B charts…and even onto the dance floor.

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  Features11 months ago

  ‘Expansion Team’: How Dilated Peoples Spread Their Wings

  ‘Expansion Team’ was Dilated Peoples’ most commercially successful album, beloved by fans with a fondness for hip-hop’s Golden Age.

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  News11 months ago

  ‘L.A. Originals’ Soundtrack Set For December Release

  The new collection includes landmark tracks by Gang Starr, Eminem, Public Enemy, Snoop Dogg and many more.

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  Artists1 year ago

  Jeru the Damaja

  Jeru the Damaja is a Brooklyn rapper affiliated with rap duo Gang Starr and known for classic solo albums like The Sun Rises in the East.

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  Artists2 years ago

  Gang Starr

  With a legacy nothing short of legendary, Gang Starr are considered to be one of the finest DJ/MC partnerships Hip Hop has ever been witness to.

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  News2 years ago

  Gang Starr Announce New Album, ‘One Of The Best Yet’

  Trailing the new record, the hip-hop pioneers' new single, 'Bad Name' is released today.

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  News2 years ago

  Gang Starr Resurrected With New Single ‘Family And Loyalty’ Featuring J. Cole

  “This record means so much to me. It’s a continuation of what I never wanted to end” DJ Premier says of the track.

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  News2 years ago

  Gang Starr’s Underground Classic ‘Step In The Arena’ Set For Reissue

  Gang Starr laid the blueprint for grassroots hip-hop and all stayed true to their mission of being “dedicated ministers of underground sound”.

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  News2 years ago

  “They Tell A Larger Story”: Vikki Tobak On The Visual History Of Hip-Hop

  Vikki Tobak, author of the book ‘Contact High: A Visual History Of Hip-Hop’ talks hip-hop’s forgotten legacy in photographs and her new exhibition.

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  News3 years ago

  Watch: New Lyric Video For Guru’s ‘No Time To Play’

  To celebrate the 25th anniversary 3-LP reissue of Guru’s Jazzmatazz Volume 1, Urban Legends has premiered a new lyric video for the track 'No Time To Play'.