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Track Listing
1. Intro (The First Step)
2. Alongwaytogo
3. Code of the Streets
4. Brainstorm
5. Tonz O' Gunz
6. Planet, The
7. Aiiight Chill...
8. Speak Ya Clout
9. Dwyck - (with Nice & Smooth)
10. Words From the Nutcracker
11. Mass Appeal
12. Blowin' up the Spot
13. Suckas Need Bodyguards
14. Now You're Mine
15. Mostly Tha Voice
16. F.A.L.A.
17. Comin' For Datazz
Album Notes
Gang Starr: Guru (rap vocals); DJ Premier (scratches).
Gang Starr Foundation: Jeru The Damaja, Big Shug, Lil Dap, Melachi The Nutcracker (rap vocals).
Recorded at D&D Recording, New York, New York.
On its much-anticipated fourth release, Brooklyn's Gang Starr exhibits the growth and maturity of true professionals, representing hip-hop (not just rap) with an insightful, original perspective on street life and neck-snapping beats that up the ante on creativity. Never compromising its street credibility and respect for commercial hits and mass appeal, this duo has always stuck to the formula most prized in hip-hop: realism. Once again, Gang Starr's commitment to the art form has paid off in an album that is simultaneously innovative, soulful, and slammin'.
Industry Reviews
...a further, welcome shot of [Gang Starr's] luxurious, self-contained sound, where atmosphere, rhythm and lyric are joined at the hip, by the hip, for the hip...
Melody Maker (02/12/1994)
...This is music that reflects and responds to New York City: sophisticated, alternately claustrophobic and soothing, violent and cool...
Musician (04/01/1994)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Gang Starr have brazenly defied trends, and the result is an achievement like HARD TO EARN...
Rolling Stone (06/02/1994)
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