Featured In
ALBUMOttu Kettu (From "Uyir Thamizhukku") - SingleVidyasagar & Guru
Albums by Guru
ALBUMGuru 8.0 Lost and Found InstrumentalsGuru & Solar
ALBUMGuru's Jazzmatazz Back To The Future TimeBomb InstrumentalGuru & Solar
ALBUMGuru 8.0 Lost and FoundGuru
ALBUMGuru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the FutureGuru
ALBUMGuru Version 7.0- The Street ScipturesGuru
ALBUMGuru 7.0 the Street Scriptures InstrumentalGuru & Solar
ALBUMJazzmatazz, Vol. 4 (Instrumentals)Guru & Solar
ALBUMJazzmatazz - StreetsoulGuru
ALBUMJazzmatazz Volume II: The New RealityGuru
ALBUMGuru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (Deluxe Edition)Guru
Guru's Popular Music Videos
State of Clarity (feat. Common)
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Cuz I'm Jazzy (feat. Slum Village)
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Loungin'
Guru & Donald Byrd
Who Got It On Lock (feat. Doo Wop)
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Keep Your Worries (feat. Angie Stone)
Guru
Hood Dreamin'
Guru
No Time To Play
Guru, Ronny Jordan & D.C. Lee
Jazzy Wayz
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Divine Rule
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Hood Dreamin
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Artist Biography
As Guru said himself on one of Gang Starr’s innumerable classic songs, “It’s mostly the voice.” The rapper, born Keith Elam in 1961, was blessed with one of the most inimitable intonations to ever grace a microphone. On 1994’s “Mass Appeal,” he described it as a monotone, but even that was a point of pride: It meant he didn’t lean on gimmicks. Though he and his partner in Gang Starr, DJ Premier, were not born in the city—Guru grew up in Boston, Preemo around Houston—together they helped define ’90s New York hip-hop. The four albums they released in that decade, from 1991’s Step in the Arena to ’98’s Moment of Truth, are considered classics by true-school rap fans, with Preemo’s robust sample chops serving as the ideal canvas for Guru’s wickedly disciplined style. On his own, Guru embraced another avenue of rap production: his Jazzmatazz series is one of the key points of convergence between the two genres. When he passed away in 2010, he was widely celebrated as one of the most accomplished MCs in hip-hop history.
Hometown
Roxbury, MA, United States
Genre
Hip-Hop/Rap