By using prolonged horns and a deep thumping bass, Guru adds huge amounts of energy to The Ownerz, to create fast paced boom bap beats that sound like they are theme songs to a gun shoot out. The likely reason is that this album was primarily made for Gang Starr to cement their legacy through a number of braggadocio tracks and diss tracks that could be used to silence critics from the grave.ĭJ Premier is the master of making something out of nothing. Some will appreciate this difference because these songs generally sound catchier and less distorted than most of their older material, but the subject matter (on most tracks) is noticeably shallower. He drops a small amount of knowledge on this album (the most conscious track, by far, being “In This Life.”) but this ends up being one of Gang Starr’s least conscious albums. Instead, he prefers a relatively simple and old-school style of rhyming, keeping his raps slow paced, which has the byproduct of making his lyrics distinctly audible. Similar to other old school emcees, notably KRS-One, Guru is not the type of rapper to repeat subject matter and focus on making the songs catchy by perfecting the flow. As Guru’s name implies (Guru means Teacher in Hinduism) he never raps about trivial topics, and drops knowledge constantly on most tracks. Although this album is far from as enlightening and enjoyable as their previous album, the timeless classic Moment of Truth, it does continue Gang Starr’s tradition of never putting out a single bad album, and it does have a number of quality tracks with superb beats that are on level with some of Gang Starr’s classic material.Įmcee Guru distinguishes himself from emcees in modern rap for a handful of reasons.
The group consists of recently deceased and legendary emcee Guru, and the man that produced Illmatic, DJ Premier, who is widely considered the best DJ of all time. Gang Starr is an old school hip hop group that adapted well to modern sounds and continued making superb music in the 21st century.
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