Guru gets grumpy about gangstarr
Beatnicholas
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http://allhiphop.com/stories/features/archive/2009/06/24/21698868.aspx 
interested on the strut take on this one.
interested on the strut take on this one.
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Doesn't make it any more justifiable, just not a surprise.
Ouch. Here's a good comment:
^Faux Rillz posting there?^
What more do u need to hear? Its been covered a million times.
Show some creativity and get beyond the same questions.
Reading this first and then watching his "genius" video made me laugh hard.
Anyway, I sympathize with him, but really no more than with any other legends generally acknowledged as second bananas (phife, the rest of LONS, U-God) He does sound mega asshurt though..
Yup.
It's the 20th anniversary of NMMNG and it???s worth the mention. I just don't think it's that odd that it would come up. Not sure if folks saw/heard Billy Bob Thornton???s band interview on CBC Radio where he pitched a fit for being asked about his acting career.
YOU ARE AN ACTOR.
YOU WERE IN GANGSTARR.
It will come up, deal with it or don???t do interviews. The bigger deal you make of it, the more attention you draw to it, therefore the less I see your point. Just answer it and move on. By acting like asshurt brats, both he and Thronton ended up drawing even more attention to it....the very thing they didn???t want apparently.
Guru:
???I'm a legend???
Everyone here should take a lesson. Referring to YOURSELF as a "legend" makes you sound less than legendary, and more like a complete asshole.
Dude was the ninth banana.
Gangstarr being a legendary group =|= Guru is a legend
Also, there's a location up for grabs in that interview:
Yes, that is truly a bad look. Especially when you are far and away the less "legendary" member of your legendary group.
The fact that he doesn't want to keep talking about Gang Starr makes me think he realizes that GS was, as we say here, dope despite him not because of him. That I can understand. Any conversation about Gang Starr will inevitably become "Primo! Primio! Primo!"
At the same time, just a little humility would be nice. "I got mad classics" is better than "I'm a legend."
I'm pretty sure you can't autotune a monotone, can you?
I'm no fan but when you heard dude's voice you knew it was Gangstarr.
I dont think his contribution should be diminished.
Rousing start.
I agree. Guru definitely made his own mark. But he's steadily f*cking it off thinking he had anything but 5-6 years of interesting lyrics in him.
...when two legends collide!
Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal, indeed.
I'm not saying he didn't contribute anything to Gang Starr. His voice is unmistakable, of course. However, it's not like he's the greatest MC. If he's not with Primo, I have a hard time caring about him. I'm not going to search online for Guru freestyles over today's hot beats. He was definitely the Art Garfunkel of Gang Starr.
See, I think it what he says is more compelling than how he said it, cause dude is technically flat as an mc.
Out of interest I googled him and I ended up on his myspace site. Apparently he has done nothing beside his work for Guru.
BUT, he sampled "House Of The Rising Sung" for one of Guru's tracks.
U didn't learn anything from Just To Get A Rep?
Has Lemonade gotten any less popular?
You know, folks who've been around here a while know that I've criticized Guru a fair bit. I think he began to fall off around Moment Of Truth (which was, still, a great record) and has never stopped.
But Guru was definitely an equal part of Gangstarr and an equal contributor to their classic records. Anything else is really showing your ass.
It seems like a lot of young cats weren't around to hear how those first few records sounded when they dropped, or are quick to forget if they were. One comment on that interview said something to the effect of "I was 12 or 13 when I bought Hard To Earn" and then proceeded to diss Guru. I mean, back when I was getting into Gangstarr around Step Into The Arena and Daily Operation Guru was DOPE, and widely considered to be one of the best. Personally, I wanted to rhyme just like that dude. I think dissing those records is real wack, dudes are playing themselves behind that shit.
guru is so under rated. not caught up in metaphors, no gimmicky bs in his content like most 90s mcs. i think a big reason for this is his age.
timeless flow, i can go back and listen and shit does not sound dated.
'I can see clearly cuz the rain is gone, the pain is gone...but what you did was still wrong" grown man raps.
2nd, 3rd,4th, 5th lps are heat.
top 10 goat.
If one was to write a book on Black Power Rapp, Guru would be right there w/ the rest of the big names.