Posts Tagged ‘New York’

Rapper Guru in a coma

March 1st, 2010

I just heard that Guru, one half of the classic hip-hop group Gang Starr, was in a coma after suffering a heart attack.

Gang Starr is one of those groups that defines the genre, they are Hip-Hop music. It’s one of those groups were you struggle to pick out your favorite album, in my case either Daily Operation or Hard To Earn. Hard To Earn being the album where they had really grown as a group and reach a peaking point. Daily Operation came before it, and holds a special place in my heart because I had it on cassette and would let it play back to back in my beat up Honda.

Here’s hoping Guru recovers quickly, in the meantime I’ll leave you with one music video from each Gang Starr album.

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In memory of Big L

February 16th, 2010

Yesterday market 11 years since rapper Big L passed away. He was definitely one of the best ever to hold a mic, and would have likely turned into a huge superstar had he not been murdered. Rest in peace L.

I’m going on a Big L binge this week and celebrate the man’s entire catalog!

While on the subject of DJ Premier

November 24th, 2009

YouTube has a fantastic HD quality copy of Group Home’s Supa Star. It another fantastic 90’s Hip-Hop video. Low budget as all hell, shot on the streets of New York and in black & white. Can it get any better than that?

All praise due to YouTube’s music video catalog!

Forgotten Hip-Hop Jam: Shit Is Real

November 24th, 2009

The last couple of days I’ve been bumping Fat Joe’s “Jealous One Envy” album from ‘95 continuously. So I thought it only right to show Fat Joe some love on the blog and post this music video for “Shit Is Real,” which is produced by the one and only DJ Premier.