Gang Starr: The Guru Keithy E (rap vocals); DJ Premier (turntables, samples). Additional personnel: Damo D-Ski (vocals). Producers: Gang Starr, The Guru Keithy E., Mark The 45 King. Includes liner notes by Reginald Dennis. Digitally remastered by Carlton Batts (Frankford Wayne). Gang Starr's first release, 1989's NO MORE MR. NICE GUY, is a true gem. The album offers a glimpse of genius in progress. These early DJ Premier tracks stand the test of time, though many are at a faster tempo than his typical creations. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY helped create the jazz aesthetic that would dominate East Coast hip-hop music for the next six or seven years. "Jazz," an ode to the genre that greatly influenced DJ Premier, is a history lesson demonstrating both group members' musical knowledge. "Manifest" is undoubtedly the most memorable cut on the album, and the song that catapulted the duo into hip-hop's hall of fame. Also included on the set is the remix of "Positivity" a hard-hitting banger that heralds the Premier style adopted on the scores of important hip-hop albums with which the DJ was involved throughout the 1990s.

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Gang Starr: The Guru Keithy E (rap vocals); DJ Premier (turntables, samples). Additional personnel: Damo D-Ski (vocals). Producers: Gang Starr, The Guru Keithy E., Mark The 45 King. Includes liner notes by Reginald Dennis. Digitally remastered by Carlton Batts (Frankford Wayne). Gang Starr's first release, 1989's NO MORE MR. NICE GUY, is a true gem. The album offers a glimpse of genius in progress. These early DJ Premier tracks stand the test of time, though many are at a faster tempo than his typical creations. NO MORE MR. NICE GUY helped create the jazz aesthetic that would dominate East Coast hip-hop music for the next six or seven years. "Jazz," an ode to the genre that greatly influenced DJ Premier, is a history lesson demonstrating both group members' musical knowledge. "Manifest" is undoubtedly the most memorable cut on the album, and the song that catapulted the duo into hip-hop's hall of fame. Also included on the set is the remix of "Positivity" a hard-hitting banger that heralds the Premier style adopted on the scores of important hip-hop albums with which the DJ was involved throughout the 1990s.