taking sides: epmd vs. gangstarr

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I like them both a lot, and listen to both pretty often, but it's Gang Starr for me, one of the great hip hop acts of all time, despite Guru's leanings towards dreary jazzy stuff at times.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 24 January 2003 22:09 (twenty-one years ago) link

five years pass...

fake mcs
they always act hard
but wont walk the streets without they bodyguards

and what, Wednesday, 6 August 2008 22:10 (fifteen years ago) link

two years pass...

gawd I was just thinking about this today czu I've been listening to both almost extensively. tempted to go w/ Gang Starr (cuz Guru is unfairly hated on and Premier was in his element) but it feels wrong to slight the EPMD.

San Te, Saturday, 2 April 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link

I was thinking about this, unprompted, at the beach today too! steam-engine time.

Gang Starr are pretty underwhelmingly samey a LOT of the time. EPMD get a shitload of mileage out of their own limitations, and have enough variety beyond the "classic" "headnodder" track that their monotony as rappers isn't shown up as much as Guru's.

Also, Jazzamatazzzzzzzz.

it's in my backpack (sic), Sunday, 3 April 2011 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link


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