It went on to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 7, 1998.

The album sold 97,000 copies in its first week. Moment of Truth debuted at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. The album is the group's most commercially successful album to date. It is widely regarded as Gang Starr's magnum opus, and one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Gang Starr recorded Moment of Truth in sessions at D&D Studios.

'Jazz and Hip-Hop' by Jared Pauley, (Jazz.Moment of Truth is the fifth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr, released on March 31, 1998, by Noo Trybe Records and Virgin Records.

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Moment Of Truth Gang Starr Zip Download Compilation albums Gang Starr provided a track, 'Battle', for the sound track of the 2002 movie 8 Mile.Įach episode title of the first season of the Netflix series Luke Cage, based on the Marvel Comics character, was named after a Gang Starr song.

Their track 'Jazz Thing' was featured on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues. The Gang Starr catalog, especially Step in the Arena (1991), Daily Operation (1992), Hard to Earn (1994) and Moment of Truth (1998) are well respected among underground rap fans and critics. During their career Gang Starr helped pioneer the New York City hardcore hip hop sound. The label offered Guru and Premier unlimited artistic license and major-label distribution worldwide, a platform the group used to become one of the most influential hip hop acts of that decade. In 1990, the group was signed to the Chrysalis record label by then A&R director Duff Marlowe, a former DJ and Los Angeles Times rap music critic. He invited DJ Premier to join Gang Starr, relocate with him to Brooklyn and in that same year they released their first single 'Words I Manifest' along with the album No More Mr. He got in touch with Houston, Texas native DJ Premier (then known as Waxmaster C) who sent him a beat tape, which Guru liked. In 1989, the group split and the only member willing to continue under the name was Guru.

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