Guru 8.0: Lost and Found [PA]

Performer: Guru
Engineer: Oscar Monsalve
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Audio Mixer: Oscar Monsalve. Recording information: Knockout Studios, NY. On the fourth full-length release from his 7 Grand label, Guru presents another thorough collection of classic East Coast street-hop. Once again collaborating with label partner/producer Solar, the legendary lyricist works his trademark suave-voiced flow over 17 eclectic tracks. Behind the boards, Solar shows his diverse influences--from classic rock (as he samples the Animals and Queen) and 1960s soul to 1980s pop and original Bambataa-esque hip-hop (on the electro-themed beat for "Divine Rule"). Distinctively harder in tone and content than his JAZZMATAZZ efforts, LOST & FOUND sees Guru passing the mic to Philly underground MCs K. Born and Highpower on the aggressive "When You Least Expect" and New York mixtape vet Doo Wop on "No Gimmick Shit."

Even if Guru never did anything else after teaming with DJ Premier in the late '80s to form the progressive East Coast hip-hop duo Gang Starr, his name would go down in rap history as a creative pioneer. So it's all the more impressive that in the early '90s he blazed a whole new trail by popularizing the use of samples from classic (in this case Blue Note) jazz records to expand the sonic palette of hip-hop tracks. His 1993 album JAZZMATAZZ was a hugely influential blending of bop and rap, and over the next few years, in addition to returning to active Gang Starr duty, Guru recorded three further installments of the landmark series.

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