Gang Starr
USA
Formed: 1987
Died: 01 January 2004
Styles: East Coast Rap, Hip-Hop/Urban, Hip-Hop/Urban, Golden Age, Jazz-Rap
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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. 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. Following Step in the Arena and Daily Operation, Premi...
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