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Fat Joe Talks Gang Starr

“It feels like Gang Starr is the purest group in hip-hop,” Joe declared. “They was shooting videos on the beach in the winter when the water was ice. Razor-blade music. A bunch of guys in front of the project steps. ‘Mass Appeal,’ ‘Dwyck.’ ‘Stick up kids just out to tax … ‘ It’s just so much, man. When [Guru] passed, and I’m hearing all these rumors, I just wanna kill everybody. I want to shoot the computer, ’cause I’m like, ‘No, this ain’t what we do when our legends, our icons, pass. We salute them. We don’t go for rumors; we salute these dudes.’ He was an icon, man. It’s the purest group in hip-hop, in my opinion. DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.

“Preemo, I was waiting for Preemo to give me a ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ or a shoot ‘em up, bang bang,” he continued, recalling his expectations when he got the track for “I’m Gone.” “He sent me the beat when Guru died — the day Guru died. It was a somber … sad beat. I was like, ‘Ah, man.’ I knew where to go with it. It really troubled me and I knew Guru passed away. I knew Preemo was hurting; I been through that with Pun. I knew how it felt. I had to pay homage and salute.”

Source: MTV

R.I.P. Guru


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5 Responses to “Fat Joe Talks Gang Starr”


  • Comment from mtllou75

    joe the rapper i aint feeling 2 much even the new album sum great beats just the the whole coke thing meh but joe the man i feel. when he speaks its usually the truth 2 bad he cant rap like that no more

  • Comment from iffy

    Good to see Joe Reppin Guru Not many people are showin their salute but props to joe. I wonder whats solar doin these days

  • Comment from Lg Roc

    Word,
    Beyond religions, this is our culture.
    R.I.P. to the Legends.

  • Comment from krudanze

    joe does lot of shitty music but i can still feel he’s real. plus his old albums are pure classics

  • Good to see Joe Reppin Guru Not many people are showin their salute but props to joe. I wonder whats solar doin these days


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