Gang Starr - Ownerz [Japan Bonus Tracks]

Quite a few chart-topping rappers came and went during the five years between Gang Starr's fifth and sixth LPs. So many, in fact, that it's tempting to think that commercial rap had taken a turn for the worse, simply because the duo hadn't been back to tend the fires since 1998. Angry and intelligent as they'd ever been, Guru and Dj Premier came right back with guns blazing with Ownerz, ridiculing radio DJs and program directors as "f*cking robots" and proving their case with an album full of tough, kinetic hip-hop that blows away anything on the rap charts. Read More