Step in the Arena

Gang Starr - Step in the Arena

Step in the Arena
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Artist: Gang Starr
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1991-01-15
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
  1. Name Tag - Premier & The Guru
  2. Step In The Arena
  3. Form Of Intellect
  4. Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt.2)
  5. Who's Gonna Take The Weight?
  6. Beyond Comprehension
  7. Check The Technique
  8. Love Sick
  9. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
  10. Game Plan
  11. Take A Rest - Gangstarr
  12. What You Want This Time?
  13. Street Ministry
  14. Just To Get A Rep
  15. Say Your Prayers
  16. As I Read My S-A
  17. Precisely the Right Rhymes
  18. The Meaning Of A Name

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Free Music Review: Step In The Arena; My personal favourite
Hit: 5 Stars

Quality guarantee doesn't come around very often in hip-hop, but Gang Starr delivered four solid albums during the 90's. As long as DJ Premier handled the production, you knew the product was goin' to be great. To pick a classic of these four records aren't too easy, but my personal favourite has always been Step In The Arena. After a vaccinate start in '89 with their debutalbum No More Mr. Nice Guy, Guru and Premier found their formula for success with this one. Instead of copying the soundpicture of that time, which where very dance orientated and funky, they created their own, unique sound.

On "Step In The Arena" everything worked well. Primo's jazz influenced beats fitted Guru perfectly. It was laidback, but at the same time rough, and Guru haven't sound any better on the mic, than what he does here. He seems more comfortable in his role that time. He could talk about wankstas "Just To Get A Rep", wack mc's "Step In The Arena" or be soft "Love Sick" All these songs where a refreshing listen. In a time where rap was very political and aggressive, Gang Starr took it another step longer. Jazz were about to play an important role in hip-hop the following years. As you already know, Primo became one of the 90's most influence producers with melodious vocal cuts combined with drums. He could cut samples like no other, and it's not a coincidence that he have worked with big names like Notorious B.I.G. and Jay-Z. Even Janet Jackson and Limp Bizkit have hired him to remix their hits.

Step In The Arena where followed by Daily Operation and Hard To Earn. These three records are their best work. As a producer Premier just got better, but a little charm disappeared. Step In The Arena was somethin' new and different. Maybe their following records were technically more perfected, but not really anything new. Just extremely tight. If you're one of those, that discovered Gang Starr recently, I'll recommend you to take a journey back to the beginning - to 1991 and Step In The Arena.

More classic material by Gang Starr : Daily Operation (1992), Hard To Earn (1994)
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