Gang Starr

E343464
compilation album hip hop duo musical group studio album

Gang Starr was a highly influential American hip hop duo known for its jazz-infused beats and socially conscious lyrics, consisting of rapper Guru and producer DJ Premier.

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Label Occurrences
Gang Starr canonical 17

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf compilation album ⓘ
hip hop duo ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2003 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1985 ⓘ
associatedAct Gang Starr Foundation ⓘ
associatedCity New York City ⓘ
associatedWith Big Shug ⓘ
Group Home ⓘ
Jeru the Damaja ⓘ
compilationAlbum Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
debutAlbum No More Mr. Nice Guy ⓘ
formedInYear 1985 ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
boom bap ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
jazz rap ⓘ
influencedArtist Common ⓘ
Jay-Z ⓘ
surface form: JAY-Z

Mos Def ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
The Notorious B.I.G. ⓘ
influencedGenre underground hip hop ⓘ
label Chrysalis Records ⓘ
EMI ⓘ
Noo Trybe Records ⓘ
Virgin Records ⓘ
Wild Pitch Records ⓘ
lyricalTheme self-knowledge ⓘ
social issues ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ
street life ⓘ
lyricist Guru ⓘ
member DJ Premier ⓘ
Guru ⓘ
notableFor jazz-infused beats ⓘ
socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
notableSong Above the Clouds ⓘ
DWYCK ⓘ
Full Clip ⓘ
Mass Appeal ⓘ
notableWork Daily Operation ⓘ
Hard to Earn ⓘ
Moment of Truth ⓘ
Step in the Arena ⓘ
The Ownerz ⓘ
originCity Boston ⓘ
performer Gang Starr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
producer DJ Premier ⓘ
publicationDate 1989 ⓘ
1991 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
1994 ⓘ
1998 ⓘ
1999 ⓘ
2003 ⓘ
reunitedInYear 2019 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic sample-based jazz instrumentation ⓘ
scratched vocal hooks by DJ Premier ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

DJ Premier → memberOf → Gang Starr ⓘ
DJ Premier → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → Gang Starr ⓘ
M.O.P. → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Edwin Birdsong → workSampledBy → Gang Starr ⓘ
Christopher Edward Martin → memberOf → Gang Starr ⓘ
Christopher Edward Martin → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Premo → memberOf → Gang Starr ⓘ
subject surface form: DJ Premier
Gang Starr → performer → Gang Starr self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: No More Mr. Nice Guy
Jeru the Damaja → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Group Home → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Group Home → influencedBy → Gang Starr ⓘ
Gang Starr Foundation → associatedAct → Gang Starr ⓘ
Gang Starr Foundation → basedOn → Gang Starr ⓘ
Gang Starr Foundation → influencedBy → Gang Starr ⓘ
Guru → memberOf → Gang Starr ⓘ
8 Mile: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture → performer → Gang Starr ⓘ