Artist
Gang Starr
Gang Starr appears once in our Golden Age Hip-Hop list, placing as high as No. 11. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 1
- Appears on
- Golden Age Hip-Hop
- Year
- 1994
- Highest placing
- No. 11 in Golden Age Hip-Hop
- Updated
- 2026-08-28
Appears on
Mass Appeal
1994 · Chrysalis
Ranked No. 11 in Golden Age Hip-Hop
DJ Premier's chopped strings and Guru's monotone are the platonic boom bap record. Premier's scratched hooks became a genre convention on the strength of tracks like this.