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VBRkbps / 44.1Hz │ time .......... 123:07 min │ size .......... 150,3 MB │ source ........ cdda │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┐ │ release info │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ Produced and mixed by DJ Premier and co-produced by Guru for │ │ Gang Starr Productions, Inc. │ │ │ │ For ignorance's sake, Gang Starr is comprised of DJ Premier and │ │ Guru. │ │ "Intro", "Full Clip", "Discipline (feat. Total)", and "All 4 Tha │ │ Ca$h" were exclusives that appeared only on this album. │ │ │ │ Disc One Information: │ │ "Words I Manifest (Remix)" from the 1989 album "No More Mr. Nice │ │ Guy" on Wild Pitch Records. │ │ "Ex Girl To Next Girl" from the 1992 album "Daily Operation" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "I'm The Man (feat. Jeru The Damaja and Lil Dap)" from the 1992 │ │ album "Daily Operation" on Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Mass Appeal" from the 1994 album "Hard To Earn" on Chrysalis │ │ Records. │ │ "Jazz Thing (Video Mix)" from the 1990 Spike Lee Joint "Mo' │ │ Better Blues" on Columbia Records. │ │ "The Militia (feat. Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx)" from the 1998 │ │ album "Moment of Truth" on Noo Trybe Records. │ │ "Tonz 'O' Gunz" from the 1994 album "Hard To Earn" on Chrysalis │ │ Records. │ │ "Royalty (feat. K-Ci and JoJo)" from the 1998 album "Moment of │ │ Truth" on Noo Trybe Records. │ │ "Who's Gonna Take The Weight" from the 1990 album "Step In The │ │ Arena" on Chrysalis Records. │ │ "You Know My Steez" from the 1998 album "Moment of Truth" on Noo │ │ Trybe Records. │ │ "Above The Clouds (feat. Inspectah Deck)" from the 1998 album │ │ "Moment of Truth" on Noo Trybe Records. │ │ "Just To Get a Rep" from the 1990 album "Step In The Arena" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "DWYCK (feat. Nice and Smooth)" from the 1992 B-Side of "Take It │ │ Personal" on Chrysalis Records. Also from the "Hard To Earn" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ │ │ Disc Two Information: │ │ "Step In The Arena" from the 1990 album "Step In The Arena" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Work" from the 1998 album "Moment of Truth" on Noo Trybe │ │ Records. │ │ "Soliloquy of Chaos" from the 1992 album "Daily Operation" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Take It Personal" from the 1992 album "Daily Operation" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Speak Ya Clout (feat. Jeru The Damaja and Lil Dap)" from the │ │ 1994 album "Hard To Earn" on Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)" from the 1992 soundtrack │ │ "Trespass" on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. │ │ "1/2 and 1/2 (feat. M.O.P.)" from the 1998 soundtrack "Blade" on │ │ TVT Soundtrax. │ │ "The ? Remainz" from the 1994 B-Side of "Suckas Need Bodyguards" │ │ on Chrysalis Records. │ │ "Code of The Streets" from the 1994 album "Hard To Earn" on │ │ Chrysalis Records. │ │ "So Wassup?!" from the 1998 B-Side of "You Know My Steez" on Noo │ │ Trybe Records. │ │ "Now You're Mine" from the 1992 EP "White Men Can't Rap" on Emi │ │ Records. Also from the 1994 album "Hard To Earn" on Chrysalis │ │ Records. │ │ "Betrayal (feat. Scarface)" from the 1998 album "Moment of │ │ Truth" on Noo Trybe Records. │ │ "B.Y.S." from the 1992 album "Daily Operation" on Chrysalis │ │ Records. │ │ "Credit Is Due" from the 1991 B-Side of "Love Sick" on Chrysalis │ │ Records, Inc. (originally available only on vinyl). │ │ "The Militia II (Remix) (feat. W.C. and Rakim)" from the 1998 │ │ soundtrack "Belly" on Def Jam Records. │ │ "You Know My Steez (Three Men and a Lady Remix) (feat. The Lady │ │ of Rage and Kurupt)" from the 1998 B-Side of "The Militia" on │ │ Noo Trybe Records (originally available only on vinyl). │ │ │ │ "Moving like a hot-rod hooptie down a spooky back street, Gang │ │ Starr's fifth album, Moment Of Truth, is a musical-terrorist │ │ manifesto to hip-hop listeners whose revved-up feelings of joy │ │ and hope have started settling into symptoms of pre-millennium │ │ tension. │ │ │ │ The 18-song set is Gang Starr's maiden voyage on Noo Trybe │ │ Records, and with its evolved rhyme schemes and extended │ │ textural depth, it's the group's most assured work to date. │ │ Since debuting in 1986, Gang Starr has consistently ranked among │ │ hip-hop's most respected, and Moment Of Truth confirms beyond a │ │ reasonable doubt that its mastery only increases over time. │ │ "It's all about evolution, revolution and rehabilitation," │ │ offers GURU, the crew's frosty-voiced frontman who says he │ │ became an even better MC today by staying steadily focused and │ │ practicing by himself as well as with members of his crew. "I │ │ find salvation in performing the art of rap," he explains. "It │ │ is serious to me, like going to war." │ │ │ │ GURU's prolific producer-partner, Premier (who has supervised │ │ classic tracks for the likes of Jeru, O.C., KRS-ONE, Jay-Z, Nas, │ │ Rakim, The Lady of Rage, and the late Notorious B.I.G.), also │ │ constantly strives to increase buoyancy. "I feel people have │ │ high expectations of us," he says. "That's why I be wantin' to │ │ always still bring it right. Hip-hop as an artform is in chaos │ │ right now, and me and GURU feel a responsibility to protect it │ │ from being completely destroyed. It started as an alternative to │ │ gangs, as a way for people to free themselves. And now that it's │ │ a million-dollar industry, it's being exploited and controlled. │ │ We've always tried to maintain hip-hop's founding values, and │ │ that's something about us that will never change." │ │ │ │ Sustaining the art within a crumbling artform, Gang Starr has │ │ recorded four previous albums: No More Mr. Nice Guy on Wild │ │ Pitch Records; and Step In The Arena, Daily Operation, and Hard │ │ To Earn for Chrysalis / EMI Records. These classic collections, │ │ praised for their heartfelt consciousness and soulful execution, │ │ exuded a sort of blunted science and clammy-palmed emotion. And │ │ although after the songs "Jazz Music" from No More Mr. Nice Guy, │ │ and "Jazz Thing" from the soundtrack of director Spike Lee's Mo' │ │ Better Blues, the group was tagged as being "jazz rappers," Gang │ │ Starr's mode of expression has always stayed steadfastly focused │ │ at the heart of hip-hop and on building the next steps toward a │ │ culture that's more unified, mature and spiritual. │ │ │ │ Chart-topping jams like "Just To Get A Rep," "Mass Appeal," the │ │ all-time classic "Dwyck (featuring Nice and Smooth)," and "Code │ │ Of The Streets" skipped and bounced like high-tension rubber │ │ balls as they vividly detailed varied street scenes, all the │ │ while stressing self-determination as a way of overcoming ghetto │ │ traps. "How to stay focused and eliminate obstacles that keep │ │ you from achieving your goals, and how to promote love while │ │ still being strong is what Gang Starr is about," says GURU. "A │ │ lot people aren't trying to see a future like me and Premier do. │ │ Our purpose is to let them know that, yo!, a future does exist." │ │ │ │ Writing in the Village Voice, critic Greg Tate stated, "Gang │ │ Starr goes on the box when you want to hear the dopest sound of │ │ our time.... They treat hardcore as an evolved idiom with │ │ verities that speak for themselves." │ │ │ │ Premier (or Primo, as his homies call him) rejects the │ │ commercial baggage that holds down so much creativity. "I don't │ │ care about the charts no more," he says. "I just care about the │ │ mutherfuckas on the street bangin' our music. It's for all the │ │ people still in the struggle that really don't like a lot of the │ │ shit that's being played now." │ │ │ │ And GURU (whose moniker stands for Gifted Unlimited Rhymes │ │ Universal) calls Moment Of Truth a survival kit for the urban │ │ junglist: "It represents the continuation of something that's │ │ supposed to be strong, opinionated, peaceful, loving and │ │ understanding--but with a warrior mentality," he explains. │ │ │ │ Songs include "The Rep Grows Bigga," which colorfully describes │ │ that rich & shameless ghetto celebrity lifestyle; "Above The │ │ Clouds," a cut featuring Inspectah Deck of the Wu-Tang Clan, │ │ displays ill flows and ultimate skills; "Royalty," featuring │ │ K-Ci & JoJo; "Betrayal," featuring Scarface; "JFK to LAX," which │ │ elaborates on how Gang Starr gets mad love from NY to Cali, and │ │ how the struggle continues. The album also features other │ │ underground talents such as Krumbsnatcha on "Make 'Em Pay" and │ │ Hannibal on "The Set-Up." │ │ │ │ Each jam perfectly embodies the Gang Starr logo--an eight point │ │ star attached to links of a chain. GURU says it symbolizes the │ │ principles of street knowledge, intellect and spirituality. │ │ │ │ Both GURU and Premier attended college--GURU, a Boston native, │ │ attended Morehouse, where he acquired a degree in business │ │ administration; Premier, who hails from Brooklyn, studied │ │ computer science at Texas' Prairie View University. But they │ │ also matriculated on the rough-and-tumble streets of New York, │ │ where they originally met. "I put myself in a position to know │ │ what I was gonna be rhyming about," says GURU. "I felt if I was │ │ gonna do this, then I've got to live it." │ │ │ │ And so as they advance down the hip-hop-highway, the members of │ │ Gang Starr maintain a keen sense of purpose, never swerving. │ │ Over the years, caravans of eager rap chaps have eclipsed them. │ │ But they remain unfazed. A steady, even course. "And you see │ │ those brothers passing us now? We're comin' up on 'em. Watch the │ │ wreck as we go by!"" │ │ │ │ Cited: http://www.virginrecords.com/starr/bio.html │ │ │ │ This article was apparently written years ago...oh well. Enjoy. │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤ │ track list │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ cd1 │ │ │ │ 01 intro 02:10 │ │ 02 full clip 03:37 │ │ 03 discipline (feat. total) 04:17 │ │ 04 words i manifest (remix) 05:10 │ │ 05 ex girl to next girl 04:40 │ │ 06 i'm the man (feat. jeru the damaja and lil dap) 04:05 │ │ 07 mass appeal 03:41 │ │ 08 jazz thing (video mix) 04:44 │ │ 09 the militia (feat. big shug and freddie foxxx) 04:48 │ │ 10 tonz 'o' gunz 03:54 │ │ 11 royalty (feat. k-ci and jojo) 04:12 │ │ 12 who's gonna take the weight 03:53 │ │ 13 you know my steez 03:45 │ │ 14 above the clouds (feat. inspectah deck) 03:45 │ │ 15 just to get a rep 03:08 │ │ 16 dwyck (feat. nice and smooth) 04:02 │ │ │ │ cd2 │ │ │ │ 01 all 4 tha cash 02:30 │ │ 02 step in the arena 03:35 │ │ 03 work 02:56 │ │ 04 soliloquy of chaos 03:14 │ │ 05 take it personal 03:06 │ │ 06 speak ya clout (feat. jeru the damaja and lil dap) 03:35 │ │ 07 gotta get over (taking loot) 03:45 │ │ 08 1-2 and 1-2 (feat. m.o.p.) 04:15 │ │ 09 the question remainz 03:37 │ │ 10 code of the streets 03:29 │ │ 11 so wassup?! 02:23 │ │ 12 now you're mine 02:56 │ │ 13 betrayal (feat. scarface) 04:51 │ │ 14 b.y.s. 03:06 │ │ 15 credit is due 04:51 │ │ 16 the militia ii (remix) (feat. w.c. and rakim) 03:38 │ │ 17 you know my steez (three men and a lady remix) 03:29 │ │ (feat. the lady of rage and kurupt) │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤ │ group info / contact │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ │ │ soup was founded in early 2002, with the intention of releasing │ │ the hip-hop, trip-hop, lo-fi and turntablism that has been slept │ │ on by other groups. We're a small, friendly group with a real │ │ passion for our music, who are fed up of the overly competitive, │ │ elitist and aggressive attitude of certain groups. │ │ │ │ soup extend greetings and thanks to everyone at NuHS, and anyone │ │ else who has helped us get where we are today. │ │ │ │ ............................. │ │ │ │ If we need you, we will find you. │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────[ S O U P ]─┤ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘