Gang Starr

Gang Starr is the formidable hip-hop duo of MC Guru and producer DJ Premier. Gang Starr originally consisted of Guru, Big Shug, and Shug’s younger brother DJ Suave D with the Boston trio actually forming the group in Atlanta, Georgia. Shug was later sent to prison, causing DJ Suave D to quit the group and Guru re-forming the group with MC Damo D-Ski and DJ 1 2 B-Down a.k.a. Mike Dee. They worked with producers such as Donald D, J.V. Johnson and Mark The 45 King on demos they recorded as early as 1986. Between 1987 and 1988, Gang Starr released the singles “Believe Dat,” “The Lesson,” and “Movin' On” on Wild Pitch Records before this second iteration of the group split in 1989. Guru came across a beat tape from Texas DJ/producer Waxmaster C, who later became known as DJ Premier. The two joined forces in Brooklyn, New York, and helped define the sound of East Coast hip-hop in the 1990s with their jazzy production on singles such as “Words I Manifest” and “Jazz Thing,” as well as their harder boom bap singles like “Just to Get a Rep” and “Take it Personal.” The duo released six studio albums together between 1989 and 2003 before going their separate ways. Their greatest hits compilation, Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr, was released in 1999, four years before their final album they recorded together, The Ownerz. Unfortunately, Guru died from cancer complications on April 19, 2010 at the age of 48. On September 20, 2019, DJ Premier released the Gang Starr single “Family and Loyalty” featuring new lyrics from J. Cole alongside previously unreleased lyrics from Guru. The single would precede One of the Best Yet, an album consisting of 16 Gang Starr tracks released on November 1, 2019.

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Number of songs Gang Starr has created by producer

Albums & EPs

2018

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

1/2 & 1/2 produced by DJ Premier
Discipline produced by DJ Premier
The Militia II (Remix) produced by DJ Premier
So Wassup?! produced by DJ Premier
You Know My Steez (3 Men And A Lady Remix) produced by Kurupt , DJ Premier
Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) produced by DJ Premier
All 4 Tha Ca$h produced by DJ Premier
Jazz Thing produced by DJ Premier
Full Clip produced by DJ Premier
The ? Remainz produced by DJ Premier

2003

Code Of The Streets

Code Of The Streets

Code Of The Streets (Radio Version) produced by DJ Premier

The Ownerz

The Ownerz

Capture (Militia Pt. 3) produced by DJ Premier
Deadly Habitz produced by DJ Premier
Eulogy produced by DJ Premier
Nice Girl, Wrong Place produced by DJ Premier
Hiney produced by DJ Premier
PLAYTAWIN produced by DJ Premier
Peace of Mine produced by DJ Premier
Put Up or Shut Up produced by DJ Premier
Riot Akt produced by DJ Premier
Sabotage produced by DJ Premier
In This Life... produced by DJ Premier
Werdz From the Ghetto Child produced by DJ Premier
The Ownerz produced by DJ Premier
Skills produced by DJ Premier
Same Team, No Games produced by DJ Premier
Natural produced by DJ Premier
Tha Squeeze produced by DJ Premier
Intro (Hq, Goo, Panch) produced by DJ Premier
Who Got Gunz produced by DJ Premier
Rite Where U Stand produced by DJ Premier
Zonin' produced by DJ Premier

2002

8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture

8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture

R.A.K.I.M. produced by Mr. Porter
Battle produced by Havoc , DJ Premier
The Weekend produced by DJ Premier
Spit Shine produced by Mr. Porter
Rap Game produced by Mr. Porter

1998

The ? Remainz

The ? Remainz

The Militia (Soul Brother Remix) produced by DJ Premier
You Know My Steez (Three Men and a Lady Remix) produced by Kurupt , DJ Premier

Moment of Truth

Moment of Truth

You Know My Steez produced by DJ Premier
Betrayal produced by DJ Premier , Mike Dean
JFK 2 LAX produced by DJ Premier
B.I. vs. Friendship produced by DJ Premier
The Militia produced by DJ Premier
In Memory Of... produced by DJ Premier
My Advice 2 You produced by DJ Premier
New York Strait Talk produced by DJ Premier
Next Time produced by DJ Premier
It'z a Set Up produced by DJ Premier
She Knowz What She Wants produced by DJ Premier
The Mall produced by DJ Premier
The Rep Growz Bigga produced by DJ Premier
What I'm Here 4 produced by DJ Premier
Royalty produced by DJ Premier
Work produced by DJ Premier
Moment of Truth [Tracklist] produced by DJ Premier
Above the Clouds produced by DJ Premier
Robbin Hood Theory produced by DJ Premier
Make Em Pay produced by DJ Premier
Moment of Truth produced by DJ Premier

1994

Hard to Earn

Hard to Earn

Aiiight Chill... produced by DJ Premier
ALONGWAYTOGO produced by DJ Premier
Comin' for Datazz produced by DJ Premier
DWYCK produced by DJ Premier
Blowin' Up The Spot produced by DJ Premier
Brainstorm produced by DJ Premier
Mostly Tha Voice produced by DJ Premier
Now You're Mine produced by DJ Premier
Words From the Nutcracker produced by DJ Premier
Code of the Streets produced by DJ Premier
The Planet produced by DJ Premier
Tonz 'O' Gunz produced by DJ Premier
F.A.L.A. produced by DJ Premier
Suckaz Need Bodyguards produced by DJ Premier
Speak Ya Clout produced by DJ Premier
Doe in Advance produced by DJ Premier
Intro (The First Step) produced by DJ Premier
Mass Appeal produced by DJ Premier

1993

Wild Pitch Classics

Wild Pitch Classics

How My Man Went Down in the Game produced by Large Professor
Words I Manifest produced by DJ Premier
No Tricks produced by DJ Mark the 45 King
This Cut's Got Flavor produced by DJ Mark the 45 King

1992

Daily Operation

Daily Operation

Ex Girl to Next Girl produced by DJ Premier
Conspiracy produced by DJ Premier
Hardcore Composer produced by DJ Premier
I'm the Man produced by DJ Premier
2 Deep produced by DJ Premier
Soliloquy of Chaos produced by DJ Premier
B.Y.S. produced by DJ Premier
The Illest Brother produced by DJ Premier
The Place Where We Dwell produced by DJ Premier
No Shame in My Game produced by DJ Premier
Flip the Script produced by DJ Premier
Much Too Much (Mack a Mil) produced by DJ Premier
Stay Tuned produced by DJ Premier
Take Two and Pass produced by DJ Premier
Take It Personal produced by DJ Premier
Daily Operation produced by DJ Premier
'92 Interlude produced by DJ Premier
24-7 / 365 produced by DJ Premier

1991

Step in the Arena

Step in the Arena

Credit Is Due produced by DJ Premier
Just to Get a Rep produced by DJ Premier
Beyond Comprehension produced by DJ Premier
As I Read My S-A produced by DJ Premier
Form of Intellect produced by DJ Premier
Lovesick produced by DJ Premier
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow produced by DJ Premier
Check the Technique produced by DJ Premier
Execution of a Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) produced by DJ Premier
Name Tag (Premier & The Guru) produced by DJ Premier
The Meaning of the Name produced by DJ Premier
Precisely the Right Rhymes produced by DJ Premier
Say Your Prayers produced by DJ Premier
Who's Gonna Take the Weight? produced by DJ Premier
What You Want This Time? produced by DJ Premier
Street Ministry produced by DJ Premier
Step in the Arena produced by DJ Premier
Take a Rest produced by DJ Premier
Game Plan produced by DJ Premier

1989

No More Mr. Nice Guy

No More Mr. Nice Guy

2 Steps Ahead produced by DJ Premier
Conscience Be Free produced by DJ Premier
Jazz Music produced by DJ Premier
Gusto produced by DJ Premier , DJ Mark the 45 King
Manifest produced by DJ Premier
Gotch U produced by DJ Premier
No More Mr. Nice Guy produced by DJ Premier
Positivity (Remix) produced by DJ Premier
Positivity produced by DJ Premier
Cause and Effect produced by DJ Premier
Knowledge produced by DJ Premier , DJ Mark the 45 King
Premier & The Guru produced by DJ Premier
Here's the Proof produced by DJ Premier
DJ Premier In Deep Concentration produced by DJ Premier
Words I Manifest (Remix) produced by DJ Premier

Singles

I'm Not Superman produced by DJ Premier
Work (Remix) produced by DJ Premier
Full Clip (Main Mix) produced by DJ Premier
New York Niggaz produced by DJ Premier