Gang Starr – One Of The Best Yet

Description

Label: Gang Starr Enterprises – GSE001LP, TTT (To The Top) – GSE001LP, INgrooves – GSE001LP
Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 6 Dec 2019
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Conscious

Tracklist:
A1 The Sure Shot (Intro)
Producer – DJ Finesse (8), DJ Premier
Sounds [Live Concert Audio By] – Keeblr
Written-By – Brian Phillip Medina, C.E. Martin, K. Elam
1:23

A2 Lights Out
Featuring – M.O.P.
Featuring [Uncredited] – Agallah
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, E. Murry, J. Grinnage, K. Elam
3:38

A3 Bad Name
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam
2:23

A4 Hit Man
Featuring – Q-Tip
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, Kamaal Fareed, K. Elam
2:23

B5 What's Real
Featuring – Group Home, Royce Da 5'9"
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, J. Felder, J. Heath, K. Elam, R. Montgomery
3:26

B6 Keith Casim Elam (Interlude)
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – Keith Casim Elam
0:16

B7 From A Distance
Featuring – Jeru The Damaja
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam, Kendrick Jeru Davis
2:32

B8 Family And Loyalty
Featuring – J. Cole
Performer [Sample Of "He Looked Beyond My Faults"] – Larnelle Harris
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, J. Cole, K. Elam
4:37

C9 Get Together
Featuring – Ne-Yo, Nitty Scott
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam, Nitzia Scott, Shaffer Smith
3:28

C10 NYGz/GS 183RD (Interlude)
Featuring – NYG'z
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – Andre Davis
1:10

C11 So Many Rappers
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam
2:12

C12 Business Or Art
Featuring – Talib Kweli
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam, Talib Kweli
3:02

D13 Bring It Back Here
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam
0:50

D14 One Of The Best Yet (Big Shug Interlude)
Featuring – Big Shug
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C. Guy
0:29

D15 Take Flight (Militia Pt. 4)
Featuring – Big Shug, Freddie Foxxx
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C. Guy, C.E. Martin, Freddie Foxxx, K. Elam
2:56

D16 Bless The Mic
Producer – DJ Premier
Written-By – C.E. Martin, K. Elam
2:36

Companies:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Gang Starr Enterprises LLC
Copyright © – Gang Starr Enterprises LLC
Produced For – Gang Starr Enterprises LLC
Published By – Gifted Pearl Music
Published By – Kobalt Music Publishing
Published By – Ill Kid Music, Inc.
Published By – Roynet Music
Published By – Visions Of Medina Music
Published By – Blind Man's Bluff Music
Published By – U Betta Like My Muzik
Published By – Artegia Publishing
Published By – Warner/Chappell
Published By – Ad Infinitum
Published By – Maximum Warp Entertainment
Published By – Dreamvillain
Published By – Universal Music Publishing
Published By – Pen In The Ground Publishing
Published By – Nitzia Scott Publishing
Published By – Son Of A Peach Publishing
Published By – Pen Skills Music
Published By – Songs Of Windswept Pacific
Published By – BMG Rights Management (US) LLC
Published By – Who's Hard Publishing?
Published By – KRUPT MOB ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Mixed At – HeadQcourterz Studios Ltd.
Mixed At – Kaufman Astoria Studios
Mastered At – Phantom Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Saff Mastering
Pressed By – GZ Media – 198976E

Credits:
Art Direction, Design – Brent Rollins
Artwork [Album Cover Portrait] – Daniel Hastings
Engineer [Mix Engineer] – Eddie Sancho, Parks
Engineer [Recording Engineer] – King Of Chill
Executive-Producer – DJ Premier
Executive-Producer [Co-Executive Producer] – Ian Schwartzman
Lacquer Cut By – Saff
Legal – Levinsohn Associates P.C., Mark Levinsohn, Esq.
Logo [One Of The Best Yet Logo] – DJ Concept
Management – Dorsel Management, Ian Schwartzman, Keeb
Management [Business Management] – Citrin Cooperman, Denise Smikle, Molly Huang, Victor Wlodinguer
Marketing [Digital Marketing] – Miss Dimplez
Mastered By – Tony Dawsey
Mixed By – DJ Premier
Photography By [Additional Photos At D&D Studios] – Uli Heckmann
Public Relations – Matt Conaway
Supervised By [Overseen By] – Guru, Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal

Notes:
On back sleeve & labels:
© 2019 Gang Starr Enterprises LLC
℗ 2019 Gang Starr Enterprises LLC

Additional information:
Gatefold sleeve.

Guru's vocals on "Lights Out" previously appeared on the identically titled song on Damage You Kidz (Agallah actually does the chorus on this song).
Guru's vocals "What's Real" previously appeared on the identically titled song by Fong Sai-U.

Some copies come with silver sticker and black printing:
[Gang Starr logo]
Is Back With Their First Album
In Over 16 Years!
Featuring
J. Cole
Q-Tip
Royce Da 59"
Talib Kweli
Ne-Yo
M.O.P. And More!

A new album from Gang Starr is no joke, 16 years on from the last after Guru's passing in 2010. With DJ Premier on the beats, you need not question the quality spilling out of the speakers throughout this powerful return from one of hip-hop's holy grails. The spots showing some of the late Guru's skills act as a bittersweet reminder of his lyrical gift and that voice, but the space he left behind is amply filled out by a hit list of guest spots on the mic. MOP, Q-Tip, Jeru The Damaja, Talib Kweli - as if any of these legends would pass up the chance to lend their bars to this late entry from hip-hop royalty.
Box 119

Barcode and Other Identifiers:
Barcode (Printed): 1 92641 06672 6
Barcode (Scanned): 192641066726
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 198976E1/A GSE LP001-A SAFF
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 198976E2/A GSE LP001-B SAFF
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): 198976E3/A GSE LP001-C SAFF
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): 198976E4/A GSE LP001-D SAFF
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 1141422 SAFF 198976E1/A GSE001LP·A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 1141419 SAFF 198976E2/A GSE001LP·B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): SAFF 198976E3/A GSE001LP·C
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): SAFF 198976E4/A1 GSE001LP·D