Artist.......: Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul
Album........: Live aux EurockΘennes de Belfort
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Hip-Hop
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: Feb-21-2009
Str.date.....: Jul-00-2001
Quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: http://www.gurusjazzmatazz.net/
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Live aux EurockΘennes de Belfort
01. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - DWYCK
02. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Jazzthing
03. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Plenty
04. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Trust Me
05. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - No Time To Play
06. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Guidance
07. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Supa Love
08. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Certified
09. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Mass Appeal
10. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Just To Get A Rep
11. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Hustlin Daze
12. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Loungin
13. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Lift Your Fist
14. Guru's Jazzmatazz Street Soul - Keep Your Worries
Runtime 70:39 min
Size 95,9 MB
Release Notes:
Recorded : February 20, 2009 (CAP24)
Performed : July 2001 (France / Belfort)
Rapper/composer Guru (real name Keith Elam) first rose to
prominence as the "lyrical half" of the hip-hop duo Gang
Starr, one of the first outfits that attempted to fuse
jazz with rap. After three albums by Gang Starr hit record
store shelves (1989's No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1991's Step in
the Arena, and 1992's Daily Operation), Guru launched his
own solo career, issuing Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 in 1993. The
album featured guest appearances by the likes of Roy
Ayers, Donald Byrd, and N'Dea Davenport of the Brand New
Heavies, and was followed up two years later by a
sophomore solo outing, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New
Reality, which again featured a variety of special guests
(including Ramsey Lewis, Branford Marsalis, and members of
Jamiroquai).
Despite his solo career, Guru remained true to Gang Starr
as well, continuing to contribute to further albums such
as 1994's Hard to Earn and 1998's Moment of Truth. In
2000, five years after his second solo outing appeared,
Streetsoul (the third in the Jazzmatazz series) was
issued, again featuring a stellar cast of supporting
characters: Herbie Hancock, Isaac Hayes, the Roots, Erykah
Badu, and Macy Gray. Wasting little time, Guru returned
directly to the recording studio, issuing a follow-up one
year later, Baldhead Slick & da Click.
It took four years for the next Guru release, Version 7.0:
The Street Scriptures, to come out, the first on his new
label, 7 Grand Records, with beats by Solar (who became a
vital force on 7 Grand's subsequent releases). The MC used
the same producer for his next installment of Jazzmatazz,
Vol. 4, which, as always, included a number of guest
vocalists and instrumentalists and was released in the
summer of 2007. In addition to the aforementioned artists,
Guru has collaborated with some of rap music's best-known
producers, including fellow Gang Starr member DJ Premier,
Pete Rock, Alchemist, Ayatollah, and DJ Spinna, as well as
Ice-T, Naughty by Nature's Treach, Killah Priest, and Ed
O.G.