Guru
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, along with the "raw" companion disc Guru's Jazzmatazz - The Timebomb: Back to the Future Mixtape. Guru 8.0: Lost and Found, the rapper's fourth full-length release on 7 Grand, followed in 2009. In addition to the aforementioned artists, Guru 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. After battling cancer, Guru suffered a heart attack on February 28, 2010 and fell into a coma from which he later emerged; however, he died on April 19, 2010 at the age of 43.
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Jazzmatazz Volume 1
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) il 1 gen 1993
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Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Edition)
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Virgin Catalog (V81) il 18 mag 1993
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Jazzmatazz Volume II: The New Reality
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Chrysalis\EMI Records (USA) il 6 lug 1995
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Streetsoul
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Virgin Records il 26 set 2000
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Jazzmatazz: The New Reality
Jazz - Pubblicato da EMI Catalogue il 6 lug 1995
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Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 31 lug 2007
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Keep Your Worries
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Virgin il 1 gen 2000
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The Mixtape
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da Rapster Records il 14 gen 2008
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State of Clarity
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 10 gen 2024
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Guru 8.0 Lost and Found
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 1 gen 2009
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Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4 (Instrumentals)
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 6 nov 2020
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Guru Version 7.0- The Street Sciptures
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 21 giu 2005
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Nova Lvx
Generi vari - Pubblicato da Sleeping Church Records il 26 mag 2023
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Never Sell Out: The Final Verses
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da 7 Grand Records il 21 apr 2010
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Guru's Jazzmatazz Back To The Future TimeBomb Instrumental
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 6 nov 2020
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Guru 8.0 Lost and Found Instrumentals
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 31 dic 2023
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Guru 7.0 the Street Scriptures Instrumental
Generi vari - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 14 nov 2023
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Guru's Jazzmatazz: The Timebomb Back to the Future
Hip-Hop/Rap - Pubblicato da 7 Grand il 31 lug 2007
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