Label: Wild Pitch / Symphonic
Reissued 2022, Originally released 1989
Released in the spring of 1989, Gang Starr’s debut album, No More Mr. Nice Guy, arrived right at the crucial intersection of the old school and golden age of New York rap. You cannot begin to discuss New York rap lineage without drawing a line through the first decade of Gang Starr. Should history be corrected to appropriately acknowledge Gang Starr’s influence and brilliance, it will need an origin story. No More Mr. Nice Guy is that saga. It’s a hard ridge in a changing landscape, the sound of everything shifting, the kernel of greatness germinating. It is Guru and Preemo. Preemo and Guru. An essential title not just for what it would lead to, but because of what it is.
Track listing:
- Premier & The Guru
- Jazz Music
- Gotch U
- Manifest
- Gusto
- DJ Premier In Deep Concentration
- Conscience Be Free
- Cause And Effect
- 2 Steps Ahead
- No More Mr. Nice Guy
- Knowledge
- Positivity
- Here's The Proof
- The Lesson
- Dedication
- Positivity (Remix)
- Manifest (Remix)
- Dedication (Dub Version)
- Gusto (Instrumental)
- So What (Dub Version)
- No More Mister Nice Guy (Return Of The Bass Version)