As an immigrant to the USA, when I heard" I got to get mine,not taking any shorts," I took that code to becoming Senior construction manager. Thanks Guru!
Im form Poland 1985, when I was a kid meaningful work like that, helped me understand the struggle of black people in USA. It helped me avoid dumbass, shallow approach.. I wish Hip Hop right now would do the same for Young ones . R.I.P sir.
“It starts with the young ones doing crimes for fun, and if you ain’t down you get played out son.” “They may say we’re a menace to society and at the same time I say why is it me. Am I the target, for destruction, and what about the system and total corruption.” Beautiful.
Fans don’t realize GURU was a lot older than the average MC prime years….thats why he drops so many gems in his music. It was not only his lyrical ability but that fact that he was far more mature. #UncleGuruRaisedMe ! BROOKLYN BORN, RAISED, and RIPENED !!!
Yo King James how old are you??? I remember I had 3 distinct songs on a cassette after we finished 11th grade summer of '94 1. KRS One: How many MCs 2. Jeru had the joint with the beep sample looped over and over. I don't know the name of it. 3. Gangstarr: Code of the Streets
"Get a dope ride and a rowdy crew, Bag us a Benz and an Audi too" Guru speaking about the car theft problems in New York back in the day especially in Newark,N.J.
@@rantrash8547 my dad was telling me a story about one time in the 90s in ireland different groups of people would fight against eachother to see who can rob the most cars and burn them 🤣 and him and his group had the most
Gangstarr is one of my all time favorite groups. If you look up hip hop in the dictionary and you'll see their picture by it's definition. As an artist myself, Gangstarr inspired me tremendously. Especially Premo's beats & djing skillz.🎧🎤🎶🔥
I still remember the day that I read in the Source that neither Guru nor Premo were from NY......Amazed me that a dude from Boston and a dude from Prairie View, TX can capture the grimey NY sound better then some NY groups at the time. Which were the "Renaissance Years" of the sound of Hip Hip in that city at the time #GangstarrForever #RIPGuru
This is my time I’m a retired cop actually a supervisor grew up in bed stuy and this happened all the time when I caught a cab to my fathers grocery store from the city to Tompkins. Racism is still here stereotyping will always live on. They thrive on making it that way to try and hold you down don’t give up. Keep studying and making bigger strides
True story. I was a huge fan of East Coast Hip Hop growing up in California. In the 90's it was not uncommon for rappers to complain about and/or make skits about hard it was for minorities or people of color to get a cab in New York. I used to think, "man these cats is trippin' it can't be THAT hard to get a cab in NYC, cabs are everywhere! I just didn't buy the story. Fast forward to the latter part of the decade and now I live in New York. Me and my man Lou went to China Town after work to hang out and the entire time Lou was like, "I don't know how we gonna get back to Brooklyn. Cab drivers are not going to pick up two minorities at this hour." Again I was very dismissive, just as I had been hearing the skits about cabbies on rap records. Then we started trying to hail cabs. We flagged down four cabbies, not one of them stopped to pick us up. My man was like, "see, I told you." The skits were true. There really was a fear on the part of cab drivers of picking up minority passengers. As fate would have it, two white girls came up to us and asked us to take their picture. We did, and as they walked away one of them turned around and said, "you guys must be having a hard time hailing a cab." We said, "yea we are." So this white chick signals for a cab and they pull over right away. She steps back and we get in the cab. The driver was not a happy camper but he had to take up back to BK. Smh.
Thorough all the way around but that scratch always got to me the most. Something about that pitch. I wish scratching would come back. Peace and Blessings to the Gods Gang Starr R.I.P. to Guru
Fuckin CLASSIC!!! Gang Starr one of the best groups hands down ever. Premo and Guru were fuckin golden. RIP GURU, truly missed and your music will play on forever by THE REAL ONE!!!!! QGTM
I missed his message and got caught up in the late 90s. The Code of the streets: Do Crime = Do That Time. God Bless Guru. Live Long Premiere. Amazing...take heed youngsters. You might not have the support system I had when I came home. Please listen if you read these words. I am truly Blessed to have survived the streets.
Dang this still gets me hype it's still 🔥🔥🔥🔥 in 2020 & still 🎧 til beyond. That Beat Woo.wee.. 💃💃👍🏼One of many fav group. Continue to RIP Guru🙏 Be Safe Everyone🌏😷
Definitely hip-hop in it's purest form!!!!!!! Definitely underappreciated as well!!!!!!!! Sometimes I be like; it just ain't fair/some of us no longer here!!!!!!! RIP GURU, SMS, BLACK ROB, SHOCK-G!!!!!!!! AND ALL THOSE WE LOST IN THE PHYSICAL!!!!!!! YOUR SPIRITS WILL LIVE 4EVER!!!!!!!!
