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Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr [Edited Version]
Gang Starr
Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr [Edited Version]
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
 
  •  Track Listings (16) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (17) - Disc #2

A massive double disc packed with 33 tracks--a few new cuts, many old faves, and some rare B-sides--Full Clip presents a decent overview of the group's impressive 10-year sonic canon. Gang Starr standards spanning the like...  more »

     
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All Artists: Gang Starr
Title: Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr [Edited Version]
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Label: Virgin Records Us
Original Release Date: 7/13/1999
Release Date: 7/13/1999
Album Type: Clean
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: East Coast, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 724384757021, 724384757045

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A massive double disc packed with 33 tracks--a few new cuts, many old faves, and some rare B-sides--Full Clip presents a decent overview of the group's impressive 10-year sonic canon. Gang Starr standards spanning the likes of "Manifest" (from their 1989 debut, No More Mr. Nice Guy) to the anti stick-up kid rhetoric of "Just to Get a Rep" (off of 1991's Step in the Arena) to "Soliloquy of Chaos," their rapturous criticism of violence at rap shows (culled from 1992's Daily Operation), as well as "Code of the Streets" and "Mass Appeal" (both taken from 1994's Hard to Earn), are all represented in full. Additionally, there are plenty of tasty B-sides like "Credit Is Due" and "The ? Remains," tucked in alongside soundtrack contributions like the pioneering jazz/hip-hop jammie "Jazz Thing" from Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues. And the new tracks, such as the lumbering, scratch-filled "Full Clip," prove that Gang Starr are still very capable of concocting relevant, head-bangin' hip-hop madness. If there are any complaints with Full Clip, it's that the compilation tends to lean more heavily toward the group's later efforts (only one joint off Mr. Nice Guy is included while there are at least five represented from each of their '92, '94, and '98 efforts). Plus there are a few noticeable omissions, specifically "Love Sick," Guru's tasty lament from Step in the Arena. But the gist of the Full Clip compendium is to celebrate Gang Starr's noteworthy career by presenting a broad overview of the duo's work, and to that end, it delivers in spades. --Spence Abbott

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Unbelievable!!!!!!
sp.burke@mailexcite.com | rochester, ny | 07/16/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a must buy- this is a masterpiece of hip hop- there are more songs they could have added. It is incredible how many great songs they have produced. Anyone under twenty needs to get this to understand what hip hop was like in the late 80's and early 90's- they are one of the all time hip hop groups- you will not be disappointed!!!"