Critically-acclaimed rap group Gang Starr has compiled 21 of its greatest hits for Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr, due Dec. 26 from Virgin/EMI.
Among the tracks are seven Top 10 hits and two songs originally released on film soundtracks. The package includes liner notes by music journalist and author Soren Baker. A Deluxe Edition CD/DVD, to be released the same date, adds 13 music videos to the collection.
Gang Starr's DJ/producer, Premier ("Primo") and MC/lyricist, Guru have been in the game since their 1991 album Step In the Arena.
"The longevity comes from being in touch, connected with the streets, being a fan," Guru told Baker in a July 1999 interview also referenced in Mass Appeal's liner notes. "Premier and I are fans of the music. We listen to everything. We maintain that hunger, that same energy that we had when we first started in the game."
Here is the track release for Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr:
1. You Know My Steez
2. Manifest
3. Step In The Arena
4. Mass Appeal
5. Ex Girl To The Next Girl
6. Skills
7. The Militia
8. Check The Technique
9. Dwyck
10. Take It Personal
11. Put Up Or Shut Up
12. Above The Clouds
13. Lovesick
14. Now You're Mine
15. Soliloquy Of Chaos
16. Code Of The Streets
17. Just To Get A Rep
18. Royalty
19. B.Y.S.
BONUS TRACKS
20. Tha Squeeze (from Training Day soundtrack and The Owners
Japanese import)
21. Natural (from Spin This soundtrack and The Owners Japanese import)
The deluxe edition includes a DVD too.
DVD Tracklist
1. Step In The Arena
2. Just To Get A Rep
3. Who's Gonna Take the Weight
4. Ex Girl to the Next Girl
5. Take It Personal
6. Code of the Streets
7. Mass Appeal
8. You Know My Steez
9. The Militia
10. Full Clip
11. Discipline (featuring Total)
12. Nice Girl, Wrong Place
13. Skills
Among the tracks are seven Top 10 hits and two songs originally released on film soundtracks. The package includes liner notes by music journalist and author Soren Baker. A Deluxe Edition CD/DVD, to be released the same date, adds 13 music videos to the collection.
Gang Starr's DJ/producer, Premier ("Primo") and MC/lyricist, Guru have been in the game since their 1991 album Step In the Arena.
"The longevity comes from being in touch, connected with the streets, being a fan," Guru told Baker in a July 1999 interview also referenced in Mass Appeal's liner notes. "Premier and I are fans of the music. We listen to everything. We maintain that hunger, that same energy that we had when we first started in the game."
Here is the track release for Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr:
1. You Know My Steez
2. Manifest
3. Step In The Arena
4. Mass Appeal
5. Ex Girl To The Next Girl
6. Skills
7. The Militia
8. Check The Technique
9. Dwyck
10. Take It Personal
11. Put Up Or Shut Up
12. Above The Clouds
13. Lovesick
14. Now You're Mine
15. Soliloquy Of Chaos
16. Code Of The Streets
17. Just To Get A Rep
18. Royalty
19. B.Y.S.
BONUS TRACKS
20. Tha Squeeze (from Training Day soundtrack and The Owners
Japanese import)
21. Natural (from Spin This soundtrack and The Owners Japanese import)
The deluxe edition includes a DVD too.
DVD Tracklist
1. Step In The Arena
2. Just To Get A Rep
3. Who's Gonna Take the Weight
4. Ex Girl to the Next Girl
5. Take It Personal
6. Code of the Streets
7. Mass Appeal
8. You Know My Steez
9. The Militia
10. Full Clip
11. Discipline (featuring Total)
12. Nice Girl, Wrong Place
13. Skills
