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Gang Starr and the jazz-influenced East Coast movement (1989–1994)

Gang Starr and the jazz-influenced East Coast movement (1989–1994)

  1. Gang Starr releases debut album

    Labels: Gang Starr, No More

  2. “Jazz Thing” links hip-hop to jazz film culture

    Labels: Gang Starr, Mo' Better

  3. Step in the Arena sharpens the East Coast style

    Labels: Gang Starr, Step in

  4. The Low End Theory expands jazz-rap’s reach

    Labels: A Tribe, The Low

  5. Daily Operation deepens the “street jazz” approach

    Labels: Gang Starr, Daily Operation

  6. Miles Davis releases hip-hop-influenced Doo-Bop

    Labels: Miles Davis, Doo-Bop

  7. “DWYCK” becomes an underground hit single

    Labels: Gang Starr, DWYCK

  8. Reachin’ shows jazz rap’s alternative possibilities

    Labels: Digable Planets, Reachin'

  9. US3’s Hand on the Torch brings jazz sampling mainstream

    Labels: US3, Hand on

  10. “Mass Appeal” releases as a pointed critique of radio trends

    Labels: Gang Starr, Mass Appeal

  11. Hard to Earn consolidates Gang Starr’s early-1990s sound

    Labels: Gang Starr, Hard to

  12. Jeru the Damaja’s debut extends the “Gang Starr Foundation” sound

    Labels: Jeru the, The Sun