Gang Starr - Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

Empty The Clip And Reload (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5.0 stars)

When I speak about greatest hits albums, I usually don't go by the quality of the work, but I go by whats on the album. Of course, if the quality of the songs themselves wern't good, then it wouldn't be worth being a hit. But when you get 33 hand songs packed from No More Mr. Nice Guy, Step in the Arena, Daily Operation, Hard to Earn, and Moment of Truth, as well as B-Sides and songs they contributed from soundtracks into two full CD's from Gang Starr between 1989-1999, then you should know what you're going to get, in this case a great amount of Guru and Premier.

Disc 1 covers all the well known hits what this group has made. From "Ex Girl to Next Girl", "DWYCK", and "You Know My Steez". Not to mention some newly recorded songs such as "Discipline" which features Total, and a B-Side song "Who's Gonna Take The Weight". DJ Premier shows what he can do with Jazz music on "Jazz Thing" while Guru gives an ode to the genre.

Disc 2 will feature more B-Sides and newly recorded songs than the previous disc. Most of the songs on here I haven't heard, because they don't appear on their albums, such as "The ? Remains" , and "So Wassup?". Then you receive a few more of their common songs such as "Step In The Arena", and "Work". The only thing I have to knock about "Work" being on here is that there is one that features Big L, and it doesn't appear here. Thats my small gripe. My favorite track here would be "1/2 & 1/2" featuring M.O.P. Towards the end, you have two new remixed tracks: "The Militia II" featuring W.C. and Rakim, and "You Know My Steez (Three Men & a Lady Remix)" featuring Kurupt and Lady Of Rage.

There is no question in the air that if you're a Gang Starr fan to make Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr into your music collection. It's one of the best "greatest hits" albums out there, not to mention a few more goodies. If you're new to this group, and this is the first album of theres you purchased, I recommend getting their albums as well (to include The Ownerz which was recorded after this album was released). As you can, this is one of the greatest groups out there in hip hop, and this album will show you why. Enjoy. Peace!

Lyrics: A+
Production: A+
Guest Appearances: A+
Musical Vibes: A+ May 22, 2008

No One Makes Hip-Hop Like This Anymore

This is a great compilation of Gang Starr's works. Most greatest hits CD's tend to have a couple of good songs missing- often in the attempt to be able sell a Volume 2. 'Full Clip' does not have that problem even though 'Positivity' was not included. Despite that, this double-disc collection includes all of Gang Starr's hits from 1989-99.

The rap duo of Gang Starr is undoubtedly one of hip-hop's greatest and most underrated groups. Guru provided the vocals in his monotone style while DJ Premier provided the production and the scratching, which no current rapper does anymore. The formula is simple, but it works. While it's easier these days to download songs, this compilation has too many good songs; because of that, I would actually suggest being prehistoric and buying this CD. Everything that is currently being played is so commercial and lacks the substance that groups like Gang Starr provided throughout the 90's. Moreover, Gang Starr is able to cover the gamut from party jams like 'Dwyck, to conscious cuts like 'Who's Gonna Take the Weight,' to hardcore cuts like 'The Militia.'

Anyone who's a fan of hip-hop would agree that this is a great album. For the younger generation that's saturated with nothing but commercial, mindless hip-hop, it's about time they learned what real hip-hop sounds like even if it means that you can't always dance to it. May 8, 2008

"These are the words that I manifest, I manifest"

This collection sums up the total career of this dynamic duo. If you love this collection then you should also get the albums where the greatest hits came from. August 28, 2006

WHAT????????????????????????????????????

Ok before you start swearing at your computer hear me out all the songs here are classic I know that FACT!!!!! but were the HELL is DJ Premier In Deep Concentration, and the best GangStarr song of all time (in my opinoim) Moment Of Truth?????????? June 2, 2006

Only a cross section of the best hip hop i've ever heard

All of the Gang Starr albums are classics, this is just a cross section of SOME of their best works, if you wanted to hear ALL of their best works you would have to buy all their albums. January 7, 2006

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