Just caught the news on the net about Guruputting a prayer and praise into the universe on behalf of the MRE crew for one of our great voices and icons all of Gang Starr's work and the Jazzmatazz records had a big impact on me but i've posted two lesser known tracks that hit me on a personal level"The Planet" - Guru's story of making the move from Boston to NYC was my anthem, his story mirrored mine down to saying goodbye to the folks and getting on an Amtrak train with only a bag heading to the Big Apple and finally arriving in Brooklyn on the way to trying to create and make a living in hip-hopwhen he talked about working in the mailroom - well, i thought as I made copies and stuffed CDs and vinyl into jiffy packs at the temp job, if Guru got through this shit then i can tooI'm pretty sure I played this track really loud every morning before I got on the train at Clinton-Washington "Feel The Music" reminds me of partying at Giant Step in the LES, when I had 'made it' (at least in twenty-two year old terms), having that first real job and a steady place to live and finally getting a grip on a city which had damn near ground me down the year before16 years ago that Gang Starr record helped me get from one day to the next, for that I'm always grateful and that's why I'll be saying a prayer for Guru's recovery tonight

"Feel The Music" and "The Planet" here

peace
LEE
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