Nice Guy (1989), and its featured single, “Words I Manifest.” The DJ-spotlight track “DJ Premier in Deep Concentration” is another highlight of the album, which spent years out of print. The partnership of Guru and Premier as Gang Starr led to a formative debut album, No More Mr. Guru had founded Gang Starr a couple years earlier, in 1987, and had already established a working relationship with Wild Pitch Records. Guru (born Keith Edward Elam on July 17, 1966, in Boston, MA died following a battle with cancer on April 19, 2010) and Premier (born Christopher Edward Martin on March 21, 1966, in Houston, TX) began working together in 1989. During this period of solo activity, Gang Starr became increasingly recognized as a touchstone, one that critics and hip-hop purists frequently cited as a standard-bearer for streetwise, socially conscious East Coast rap. Following Hard to Earn (1994) - the duo’s fourth Gang Starr collaboration overall - Guru and Premier began focusing primarily on their solo projects, reuniting infrequently - too infrequently, many fans felt - for albums such as Moment of Truth (1998) and The Ownerz (2003). Guru likewise collaborated with plenty of well-known artists - Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, N’Dea Davenport - on his solo debut, Jazzmatazz, Vol. Following Step in the Arena and Daily Operation, Premier became one of New York’s most demanded producers, crafting hits for the city’s finest MCs, including the Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Jay-Z, and KRS-One. Beginning with these classic releases, both listeners and critics heaped mounds of praise upon Guru and DJ Premier - the former because of his socially conscious lyrics and no-nonsense stance, the latter because of his DJ-style beat-making and jazzy sound. The most influential MC-and-DJ tandem of the 1990s, Gang Starr set new standards for East Coast rap with a pair of early-’90s touchstones, Step in the Arena (1991) and Daily Operation (1992), whose appeal has only grown over the decades. Gang Starr – Studio Discography (1989-2006) Quality.: 693 kbps / Avg 44.1kHz / 2 channelsĠ2 Fabulous And Nate Dogg – Can’t Deny 4:37Ġ3 Shaggy And Ricardo Rikrok Duc – It 3:55Ġ5 Ludacris – Roll Out (My Business) 4:15 VA-MTV Karaoke Hip-Hop-CD-FLAC-2002-FLACME