Gang Starr

Formed

1985, Boston, MA, United States

Currently

Members

Guru (MC, lyrics, 1985-2005), Big Shug (MC, 1985-?), Suave D (DJ, 1985-?), DJ 1 2 B Down (DJ, 1985-89), Damo D-Ski (MC, 1985-89), DJ Premier (production, DJ, 1989-2003, 2019-present)

Related Artists

Gang Starr Foundation

Genres

East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Jazz Rap, Conscious Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop

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Discography

337

Credits 49 Filmography 1

Album

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Title

Release Date

3.20

1,006

1,006
19

No More Mr. Nice Guy

1989

3.68

3,518

3,518
46

Step in the Arena

1991

3.75

3,415

3,415
54

Daily Operation

1992

3.83

3,782

3,782
54

Hard to Earn

1994

4.02

8,404

102

8,404
102

Moment of Truth

1998

3.45

1,248

1,248
29

The Ownerz

2003

3.45

1,476

1,476
18

One of the Best Yet

2019

EP

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Title

Release Date

3.63

56
2

The ? Remainz

1998

Single

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Title

Release Date

2.47

16
-

The Lesson

1987

3.33

23
-

Positivity (Remix) / No More Mr. Nice Guy (Remix)

1989

3.39

49
-

Words I Manifest (Remix) / DJ Premier in Deep Concentration / Here's the Proof

1989

3.62

144

144
3

Just to Get a Rep / Who's Gonna Take the Weight?

1990 • Gang-Starr

3.53

91
-

Jazz Thing

1990

3.41

84
-

Lovesick / What You Want This Time? / Credit Is Due

1991

3.58

98
-

Step in the Arena / Check the Technique (Remix) / Credit Is Due (Instrumental)

1991

3.52

64
-

Take a Rest / Who's Gonna Take the Weight

1991

3.68

59
-

Who's Gonna Take the Weight?

1991

3.52

53
-

2 Deep

1992

3.37

28
-

Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) / Flip the Script

1992

3.63

86
-

Take It Personal / DWYCK

1992

3.47

80
-

Ex Girl to Next Girl / B.Y.S. / DWYCK

1992

3.93

418

418
5

Mass Appeal

1994

3.68

108

108
-

Code of the Streets / Speak Ya Clout

1994

3.43

95
1

DWYCK

1994

3.52

64
-

Suckas Need Bodyguards / The ? Remainz

1994

3.78

155

155
2

Royalty

1997

3.87

274

274
2

You Know My Steez

1997

3.71

113

113
-

The Militia / You Know My Steez (Three Men and a Lady Remix)

1998

3.71

43
-

Discipline

1999

3.84

223

223
2

Full Clip / DWYCK

1999

3.64

26
-

All 4 tha Ca$h / The ? Remainz

1999

3.63

30
-

Tha Squeeze

2001

3.45

35
-

Skills / Natural

2002

3.57

26
-

Nice Girl, Wrong Place / Rite Where U Stand

2003

3.52

27
-

The Ownerz / Same Team, No Games

2003

3.78

337

337
-

Family and Loyalty

2019

3.38

68
-

Bad Name

2019

3.78

30
-

Bad Name (Remix) [remixes]

2020

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Music video

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Issues

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Title

Release Date

3.18

5
-

Take a Rest

1991

3.37

6
-

Mass Appeal

1994

4.06

5
-

Full Clip

1999

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Title

Release Date

3.53

84
2

Music From Mo' Better Blues [motion picture soundtrack]

1990 • Album • Branford Marsalis

3.18

240

240
8

Ain't a Damn Thing Changed

1991 • Album • Nice & Smooth

3.38

293

293
11

Heavy Rhyme Experience: Vol. 1

1992 • Album • The Brand New Heavies

3.49

349

349
8

First Family 4 Life

1998 • Album • M.O.P.

3.32

116

116
7

The Piece Maker

2000 • Album • Tony Touch

3.18

990

990
38

8 Mile [motion picture soundtrack]

2002 • Album • Various Artists

2.93

169

169
2

Special Blends 1+2 [remixes]

2004 • Album • MF DOOM

3.19

100

100
1

The Danger Zone [archival]

2011 • Album • Big L

3.42

179

179
-

Slowed Down Funk Vol III: Pure Evil

2014 • Mixtape • Delroy Edwards

-
-

My Craft 3 [remixes]

2023 • EP • MiLKCRATE

-
-

Rap Vacation

2024 • DJ Mix • Chuck Strangers

-
-

For the Record [remixes]

2024 • EP • MiLKCRATE

4.00

2
-

DJ Honda

1995 • Album • DJ Honda

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Compilation

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Issues

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Title

Release Date

4.24

691

691
19

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

1999

3.89

84
3

Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr

2007

4.01

5
-

Step In The Arena / Daily Operation

2011

V/A Compilation

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Title

Release Date

3.38

20
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The Rebirth of Cool

1991

3.44

27
-

The Rebirth of Cool, Too

1992

2.87

39
-

Trespass [motion picture soundtrack]

1992

3.06

15
-

100% Acid Jazz

1994

3.97

22
1

Wild Pitch Classics

1994

3.69

16
-

Dope Classics [selector comp]

1997

2.85

102

102
1

Blade - Music From and Inspired by the Motion Picture [motion picture soundtrack]

1998

3.02

76
2

Wu-Chronicles Chapter II

2001

3.73

13
2

The Hip Hop Box

2004

3.71

11
-

Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap

2021

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Bootleg / Unauthorized

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Title

Release Date

3.70

7
-

Step Into the Arena: Instrumental

1990 • G. Starr

3.06

9
-

Appears on: Unreleased Instrumentals Vol. 1

1995 • DJ Premier

3.64

13
-

Doe in Advance / Cop Hell

1997 • Gang Starr / Mobb Deep

4.12

7
-

Appears on: Soul Brother Classics [remixes]

2002 • Pete Rock

3.88

45
2

Appears on: We Are Hip Hop - Me - You - Everybody

2002 • Mos Def

3.85

114

114
2

Appears on: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

2002 • Various Artists

4.15

9
-

The Rarities

2007

4.37

15
-

Appears on: Skate 2

2009 • Various Artists

3.80

40
-

Appears on: DJ Hero [game soundtrack]

2009 • Various Artists

3.68

46
-

Appears on: Essential Mix

2018 • Portishead

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Additional release

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Title

Release Date

4.31

7
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Daily Operation Instrumental [instrumental]

1992

3.16

30
-

The Ownerz: The Instrumentals [instrumental]

2003

3.68

25
1

One of the Best Yet (Instrumental) [instrumental]

2020

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Moment of Truth

sosadixon

"In 1998, if you asked me what my favourite song of all time was I would have said "You Know My Steez" without a second thought. I still know every word to every song on Moment of Truth. The clarity of Guru's lyrical delivery coupled with beats from the greatest hip-hop producer of all time in DJ Premier creates some of the best "real hip-hop" of all time."

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