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Step In The Arena

Gang Starr

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A Classic

This album was one of my favorites growing up. Guru (God rest his soul) was a class act and an emblem for the best of rap. I can hardly believe this album is $6.99 - a steal. One problem with the way this album is listed, though: IT IS NOT EXPLICIT. To the contrary, it is absent of lewdness and foul language. That was Guru's trademark - He didn't need to resort to such tactics. ITUNES should change that explicit label - its wrong. Kids need to hear this style and message, not be shielded from it.

Rebirth of Gang Starr

Step In The Arena is one of those albums that caused a chain reaction to the hip hop landscape. What "Straight Outta Compton" did for gangsta rap or "3 Feet High & Rising" did for alternative rap. "Step In The Arena" did for jazz rap. Guru (the frontman) really began developing his style in this album and Primo (producer) found his signature sound that he would later use to produce songs for some of the 90s biggest rappers (Jay-Z, Nas, BIG, Jeru) to name a few. You could easily listen to this album all the way through.

Biography

Formed: 1988 in Brooklyn, NY

Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s

The most influential MC-and-DJ tandem of the 1990s, Gang Starr set new standards for East Coast rap with a pair of early-'90s touchstones, Step in the Arena (1991) and Daily Operation (1992), whose appeal has only grown over the decades. Beginning with these classic releases, both listeners and critics heaped mounds of praise upon Guru and DJ Premier — the former because of his socially conscious lyrics and no-nonsense stance, the latter because of his DJ-style beat-making and jazzy sound....
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