Playlist
Gang Starr Essentials
Apple Music Hip-Hop
Tracks: 28106:09
Gang Starr were crucial to several movements in hip-hop.
Updated Dec 13, 2022
Tracks 28
- 1One of the Best Yet2:21
- 2One of the Best Yet4:34
- 3Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr4:00
- 4Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr3:02
- 5Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr2:37
- 6Rap Workout4:07
- 790s Hip Hop3:37
- 8Old School Hip Hop Party3:39
- 9Moment of Truth5:11
- 10Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr4:17
- 11Daily Operation4:39
- 12Hip Hop 100 Hits: Urban Rap & R 'n' B Anthems4:48
- 13Step In the Arena3:56
- 14Step In the Arena3:37
- 15Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr4:50
- 16Step In the Arena2:41
- 17Hard to Earn3:35
- 18Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr3:44
- 19Hard to Earn3:29
- 20Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr3:36
- 21Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr4:47
- 22Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr4:14
- 23Hard to Earn3:57
- 24The Ownerz3:39
- 25Hip Hop Party Classics2:57
- 26The Ownerz3:20
- 27Step In the Arena3:27
- 28Daily Operation3:14
About this playlist
Gang Starr were crucial to several movements in hip-hop. Comprised of Guru and DJ Premier, they were at the forefront of fusing hip-hop and jazz in the early '90s. Though Guru's from Boston and DJ Premier from Texas, the pair is known to have crafted the New York sound of the '90s. They were underground gods. Both members branched out into endeavors that help solidify the GS brand. Primo was hip-hop's most sought-after producer, cooking up tracks for Nas, JAŸ-Z and the Notorious B.I.G. while Guru released installments of his Jazzmatazz. They also introduced Jeru the Damaja and Group Home via their Gang Starr Foundation. Some of their classic works include Hard to Earn and The Moment of Truth, the latter became the duo's first gold-selling LP in 1998. Their Greatest Hits compilation, Full Clip, also went gold a year later. Guru died of cancer in 2010.