“Bad Name” is a ’90s-vibe track that could be mistaken ... In addition to announcing their new album and releasing a new track, Gang Starr collaborated with current hip-hop heavyweight ...

Nothing beats a classic rap record, and few MCs were dropping them on the regular quite like legendary ’90s rap duo Gang Starr. The group, consisting of Guru holding things down on the mic and ...

Gang Starr is an institution ... Unfortunately, he struggles to recapture the haunting ambiance of his ’90s work (although “Bless the Mic” comes close), and is too set in his ways to ...

The days of the B-Boy and the Adidas tracksuits were coming to a close and the 90s were slowly approaching. This cultural limbo provided a new lane for Gang Starr to utilize with their style.

Gang Starr’s One Of The Best Yet is exactly such ... they’d painstakingly set for it throughout the early ’90s and even into the 2000s. The genre now is nearly unrecognizable to longtime ...

Cole. During their heyday in the '90s, Gang Starr was one of the most popular and acclaimed East Coast hip-hop acts. Initially, the group was Boston-born Guru and DJ 1, 2 B Down, plus a string of ...

By Paul Cantor The last time DJ Premier saw Guru, his partner in the influential 1980s and ’90s rap group Gang Starr, it was March 2010. Gang Starr hadn’t dropped an album in seven years ...

Guru, the MC for the '90s hip-hop duo Gang Starr and a solo artist who blended rap and jazz on a series of records, has died of cancer-related causes. He was 43. Born Keith Elam near Boston ...

Gang Starr released six records between 1989 and ... out during the glut of great hip-hop in the late ’80s and early ’90s. To release one 20-track album without a dud is a feat—but to ...

A native of Boston, Guru's name and sound became synonymous with underground hip hip during the early 90s. Along with his then-partner DJ Premier, Gang Starr released six classic albums before the ...

Gang Starr, the duo of Guru and DJ Premier, were one of the most iconic New York rap groups of the ’90s. Guru died in 2010, but last year, Premier assembled a bunch of unreleased material into a ...

Cole. During their heyday in the '90s, Gang Starr was one of the most popular and acclaimed East Coast hip-hop acts. Initially, the group was Boston-born Guru and DJ 1, 2 B Down, plus a string of ...