Gang Starr
By Paul Glanting
One of the cornerstones of Hip Hop is its ability to bolster the livelihood of the people involved within the culture. From deeyaing to rapping to breakdancing, the culture is largely based upon competition. For better or worse, the consequence of this dynamic is that the music develops a fairly self-centered and individualistic tone. Out of necessity, team work came out of the Hip Hop "duo." Brooklyn-based tag team Gang Starr may not have been the first duo to find prominence in Hip Hop, but the chemistry which thrives between DJ Premier’s bass-heavy soul music contortions and Guru’s thick baritone rhymes is uncanny has been an... Read More
- Genre:
- Hip Hop, East Coast
- City Of Origin:
- New York, ,New York United States
- Formed Date:
- 1988
