Guru - The Good, The Bad (Le Bien, Le Mal)
Музыка
From 1993 Album: "Jazzmatazz".....
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Get his music:
www.amazon.com/Guru/e/B000AQ3D...
Keith Elam (July 17, 1962 - April 19, 2010), better known by his stage name Guru, is an American rapper and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr. Born in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury [note 1], he is known for delivering complex lyrics in a unique monotone style. Members of the hip-hop community[specify] consider him to be one of the pioneers of hiphop/jazz crossover. The name Guru is a backronym that stands for "Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal" and the less often used "God is Universal, he is the Ruler Universal".
On February 28, 2010 Guru suffered a cardiac arrest, on March 2, he was reported to be recovering after surgery.
Founded in 1987, Gang Starr built a sizable following in the early 90's, releasing classic albums like Step in the Arena (1991) and Daily Operation (1992). Guru's lyrical style is based on battle rhymes delivered smoothly, modestly, and with sly wit; he typically avoids using overwhelming charisma, focusing instead on his rhyming ability, which developed into his trademark monotone style.[citation needed] Over the years he has even taken on younger rappers, including Jeru the Damaja, as proteges. He is credited with DJ Premier for executive producing Jeru's debut, The Sun Rises in the East (1994).
In 1993, he released his first solo album, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1. The album featured collaborations with Donald Byrd, N'Dea Davenport and Roy Ayers, while his second LP, Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality, featured Ramsey Lewis, Branford Marsalis and Jamiroquai. The Jazzmatazz albums are commonly considered some of the best rap of the early 90s, Guru's reputation was also bolstered through the continued success of Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul (2000) and Baldhead Slick & Da Click (2001).
Moreover, recent Gang Starr albums have continued to garner Guru critical acclaim. Prominent Boston underground rapper Mr. Lif frequently cites Guru as a major stylistic influence; he appears as a guest with Lif on the Perceptionists' debut album, Black Dialogue (2005).
Besides Gang Starr, his Jazzmatazz and solo albums, Guru has collaborated with countless artists since the early 90s. Not only in hiphop, but also with artists from various genres such as pop, electronica/dance, acid jazz and even brass bands.
His "first proper solo album", in his own words, was Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures (2005), released with the help of producer and new backup MC Solar (who is not to be confused with MC Solaar from France). The album reached #1 on the college hip-hop charts, but was a failure with both fans and critics. It still managed to sell relatively well for an independent release.
On February 28, 2010, Guru went into cardiac arrest and, following surgery, fell into a coma. It was claimed that Guru had briefly wakened from his coma but died on April 19, 2010, aged 47, from multiple myeloma.
In a letter purportedly drafted on his deathbed, Guru asked that Solar manage his posthumous image, likeness, etc. on behalf of himself, and his son KC, and that DJ Premier not associate himself with Guru. Solar claimed that Guru had awoken from his coma to release the statement whilst members of the rapper's family stated that he never regained conciousness from his coma. Guru's family claimed that Solar prevented them from contact with Guru during the latter's final illness. The validity of the death-bed letter has been challenged by Guru's family.
In 2007 Guru was ranked at 45 for the Top 50 MCs of our time: 1987-2007
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My linguistic anthropologist professor showed this in our class as an example of code switching and questioning the elements used in both the English and the French verses that make them both a part of the same speech community, despite being different languages. My professor knows *the* classics.
@leffphield
2 жыл бұрын
This song was chosen? Wow!
@leffphield
2 жыл бұрын
🙏🏿
@Hippotrague
2 жыл бұрын
WISE professer!
@stefdub7331
2 жыл бұрын
Ton professeur est super cool,ce morceau est terrible......salut de France l ami...
@XandiMusic
2 жыл бұрын
Strong example of the possibilities of unity through linguistics and shared culture, in this case hip-hop, and rap music, of course.
Guru is "the King Of Monotone". R.I.P.
@lmckinney9369
5 жыл бұрын
Bad as jam!
@BadTV1993
Жыл бұрын
King of Jazz Rap
Mc Solaar ❤ un des meilleurs pas seulement dans le rap français mais dans le monde entier. J'ai grandi en l'écoutant et me voilà à 32 ans. Le style, la voix, les liens.. jamais obsolète quoi ❤
@lindsayprince-ashcroft5297
Жыл бұрын
Loved MC Solar since I was 17 n I’m 46 now (🤢) ❤
Was 16yo when it first came out (1993), and it's still dope 26 years later. Real Music, RIP G.
@baraejasny
5 жыл бұрын
I was only 3 years old, but still I enjoy this until today
@karonbarwick541
4 жыл бұрын
@@baraejasny i was 6
@VasillyLoma
11 ай бұрын
I was -3
@berthramerwin5838
Ай бұрын
Und ich war 96 als das Lied zum ersten Mal heraus kam..
30 ans ce tube. J'en avais 17 quand c'est sorti ! Arff, aujourd'hui encore ce son me prend encore aux tripes ! Solaar à son meilleur !
La belle et grande époque du Hip Hop...Ces morceaux qui mariaient rap et jazz...Je m'ennui de cette époque.
@nord75dine32
2 жыл бұрын
Je te rejoins totalement .. le 501 possee (Jimmy jay solaar democrate D ...) était le seul groupe de rap français qui proposait cette rythmique jazz soûl à cette époque.
@gkarafuto
2 жыл бұрын
Tes pas la seule.
@somebody1266
2 жыл бұрын
merci au duo Boom bass et Zdar que guru cite dans ses dedicaces a la fin de ce morceau, sans qui peut etre solaar n aurait jamais eu ce succes, qui est devenu le groupe cassius en passant du hip hop a la house et qui ont produit solaar dans ses premiers albums, les meilleurs , c est surement eux qui ont trouve ces instru jazz funk inconnu du grand public, je doute que solaar soit assez connaisseur. Rip Philippe Cerboneschi alias Zdar mort dans un tragique accident en 2019 et et Guru pionnier et legende du rap us qui n a jamais basculé dans le gangsta rap et dans le rap vulgaire.
The Guru collection can't be complete without this!
@user-xl7ge1tc3y
3 жыл бұрын
I want to start listening to him i really like his style can you tell me some songs to stsrt with?
@anthonypetit7185
3 жыл бұрын
@@user-xl7ge1tc3y who guru or solaar?
@TheJeneralJU-ICE
3 жыл бұрын
😉👍🏾
@maliclasxvaoun1749
3 жыл бұрын
Oui
@hip-hoprapstorage4440
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonypetit7185 Both !
Sans doute l'une des meilleures collaborations rap franco américaine.
@O4DM
8 ай бұрын
This and Nas + NTM
@sebastienvarlin8138
Ай бұрын
Ah oui l 'une des plus belles de tous les temps
R.i.p guru you were dope.
@miltongreenjr3883
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah he was
What a classic! RIP Guru
30 ans après ce son déchire toujours
golden era of hiphop 👑
Connexion US x France. Collaboration respectueuse où les artistes font plus que envoyé un couplet par mail. Une autre époque. 🇫🇷🇺🇸
@minutepapillon5060
3 жыл бұрын
La plus belle époque :)
@sofianemuhammad8544
3 жыл бұрын
the good old time
@Yanis_mp3
2 жыл бұрын
Maintenant il faut payer pour avoir des collab avec eux....
Ce sont des génies poétiques exemplaires.
Rip Guru one of Boston’s Greats. He was a very intelligent Brother. My middle school English teacher.
AND MC Solaar the father of french Hip Hop, a true legend, one of the GOATS, period. Le meilleur des années 90 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@TokyoBalletReprise
3 жыл бұрын
IAM
@monnomestpersonne1830
11 ай бұрын
NTM
2021 fière d’être français 🇫🇷 ce morceau à plus de 20 ans et mets en pls tous les pseudo rappeur de ces années en PLS… les mecs ont ouverts la porte du hip-hop marqué l’histoire et merci au revoir
@chris-martin
2 жыл бұрын
Je devais avoir 13 ou 14ans qd ce son est sorti. C'etait enorme a l'epoque ce feat avec Gangstarr !!! Gangstarr c'est un monument du Hip hop et SOlaar et c'est un pilier du rap en france au meme titre que IAM, NTM, le sSages Po etc... !! Toujours autant de plaisir a ecouter ce son !!!
@nk3575
2 жыл бұрын
🤝🏾
@nk3575
2 жыл бұрын
L'époque de Rap line sur M6 et de yo MTV raps
@laurentd4540
Жыл бұрын
Il aura 30 ans en 2023... J'avais 15 piges quand ce son est sorti et par "nostalgie" ou parce que Solaar et Guru sont tellement forts dessus que ça mérite d'être encore écouté en 2022... RIP Mr Guru🙏
"L'air de rien je doute de l'existence des dieux, de l'existence du mieux dans un lieu plus pieux"
@nathnatou9208
3 ай бұрын
La grande classe !👍
They both bodied this
Love the difference of the lyristic playfullness of MC Solaar's rhymes vs the gangsta rap aggression of Guru's.
RIP GURU You Will always be one of my favorite rappers.. I grew up jump in yo shit and I remember telling my mom to buy the owners album.. RIP
We really need more cross cultural collabs like this nowadays. The video is incredible!
1:51 lyric is so true today 🔥
Stills bangs! Always and forever!!
I love the rhythm 🎶 the music the lyrics and the over flow of lightening fast French rapper is Pure Genius 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
man...first thing I ever attempted sampling was that loop at the end, on my old tape deck...this track impressed the heck out of me back then, and it stands the test of time...
@jonathansoko1085
3 жыл бұрын
I used that drum loop too, sampled on a eps 16
@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion
Жыл бұрын
@@jonathansoko1085 would love to hear what you used it on!
peace from quebec
I love it💘👍 The French language was made for rap
J'écoutais ce morceau en boucle j'avais 16 ans. Toujours aussi bon🤩 mid 90's ambiance hip hop jazz👌🏿
only under 350K for this classic timeless , RIP Guru.GreatMaster
My cut...I heard this at 19...soundtrack to my youth..so glad I grew up in this time period of hip hop
Oui!
I have not heard this song in 20 years. I had forgotten how good MC Solaar was. For non-French speakers: lyrically, he is lightyears ahead of the legendary Guru on this track. Never misses a rhyme, figures of speech everywhere and constantly metaphorical. Pure gold. Too bad the translation is off and doesn't show the true power of his words like "tender offer on misery" in the second verse. Using wallstreet financial terms to talk about human misery, brilliant
@wgapease
3 жыл бұрын
I don't even understand all the French, but his verbal skill is like listening to Rakim or GZA's Liquid Swords.
@TokyoBalletReprise
3 жыл бұрын
@@wgapease There were a few rappers like that in the old school French rap.
@thegamingchef3304
3 жыл бұрын
Cat said light years ahead of GURU...Lol stop. He was dope, but he didn't even rhyme in most of his lyrics lol.
@KelGhu
3 жыл бұрын
@@thegamingchef3304 You clearly don't speak French, let alone fluent enough to hear the harmonic and lyrical subtleties of the language. Lyrically, there is no comparison. Guru's lyrics were simple af. Practically no figures of speech.
@thegamingchef3304
3 жыл бұрын
@@KelGhu You just listening to Guru, but you not hearing him. You clearly don't know english 😂.
Toujours lourds 30/31 ans apres 🔥🔥🔥 Legendaire !
Temazo.
Never heard this one but listening to Guru brought me here...dope duo track 👍🏾 gonna check out MC Solaar other tracks
Such nostalgia!
R.I.P. G.U.R.U
There will never be another Guru r.i.p.
Repose en paix Guru peace. Merci pour tout
Rip guru,gifted universal rhymes universal.
Comme une fusée! Légendaire
Le rap 90s et l ambiance de ces années l esprit me manque terriblement 😥😥😥.mais on l a connu vécu !💪✊🤩🥰❤🙏
1:30 - 1:40 Crazy lyrics!😮
Classique - Jan 2024
Nice. A reading in Ph.D. program brought me here. Glad it did.
Happy birthday Guru Gang Starr for Life
Recently I found this treasure. Damn I was born too late.
Listening to this beat
Ce sample c du feu 🔥
classics from claude MC and guru
Thank you for uploading that song & for the translation. I really like it & it is still true.
Je l'ai découvert récemment à la radio, je l'ai enregistré car très bon!
Back when hip hop was GREAT. Sadly, that hasn’t been the case since the mid-to-late 1990’s.
@unuseduser575
2 жыл бұрын
You mind recommending more songs from different artist?
@user-mz3yw6cb7d
2 жыл бұрын
@@unuseduser575 early Nas (Illmatic), Digable Planets (first 2 albums), A Tribe Called Quest (all albums), EPMD, Eric B and Rakim, De La Soul, Mobb Deep (The Infamous album), Wu-Tang (Enter the Wu-Tang album) are some to list...
@Yanis_mp3
2 жыл бұрын
Hip hop has some good artist in 2022, like Kendrick Lamar or J Cole.
G.U.R.U,the Langston Hughes of Hip -hop!!! R.essuredted.I.nP.ower!!!
2020 listen to that FUNK Beat .
Rien à dire !!! big dedicace aux anciens anciennes solaar guru hamdouallah
Greatest track in hip-hop history 🙏
@thetwitterlectual9528
3 жыл бұрын
Well said!
@cafou974
Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂 N'importe quoi
2021! Hé les gars, les go, je ne me lasse de cette zik!
oh man, my youth
this shit is so fucking fire
Damn , im 52 & miss 90's hip hop .......... todays shit suck !!!
Different Solar people. This is the French MC Solaar with two A's. Not the wack dude Solar who collaborated with Guru right before his death.
@filthyloops9821
2 жыл бұрын
Lol... Solar the Superproducer 🤣 This guy has been one of the biggest fraud in the HipHop game. Never understood how Guru could work with him... Anyway, most of us will remember Gang Starr and Guru's Jazzmatazz.
@somebody1266
2 жыл бұрын
French Solaar with two A
Guru "I make a bet, if you don't let the truth out Huh, evil will rule without a doubt" bet won
@ryanpeterson8668
Жыл бұрын
Another scorching line from the master
.... Imite le maître.... Tu m'étonnes, à l'époque faire un feat avec Guru et Premier, les mecs du 501 devaient être impressionné !!! Excellent. Back in a Day RIP GURU 🙏
Novembre 2023 ❤
Classic
Soooo dope!!
guru une légende du rap ! rip mc solaar validé for ever!
Deux maîtres à l'œuvre
classic! MC Solaar is that dude
Great duo: MC Solar and Guru. I especially the outro of this track.
Finest Hip Hap ...tremendo! Gzo/cap mec...
this was some of the flyest chit i ever heard when it first dropped RIP GURU..had me saying terms like TRALALARELARE lol
Vraiment CULTE ce clip!!!! purée les feat de notre époque (90's) c'était réellement quelque chose...
quel son. une tuerie
🌈🌟 #SuperStars 💯 … Alleluia 🎶 Amen 🙏🏼
@susanparker767
2 жыл бұрын
✨💃🏼🕺🏼✨ … 🌝
Mc solaar nous à mis biiiiiiien
Frances is dope
Old school hip-hop Gang Starr buru the good the bad music
Repose en paix Guru 😢🤲🏾🕊❤️🩹
Toujours excellent. Rip Guru, dedicace, A Jimmy jay, Bambi, Menelik , Mickey moss man, Democrat D si tu te rappel de ces noms on est ensemble. Hiphop4life
🎶
the guru the wery boss the mic ✌🙏👏💪💣🔥🎤🎶🎧🎵
thanks man
Put it. Bad inna ryhme...understatement
Bambi cruz
🔥🔥🔥
Dope!!!!2023
❤️
cool brathers
July 2022 🔥
French speaking sub-Saharan OGs combined with one of the mightiest of African American MCs, son. You don't get more UPN/Warner Bros./WB international NY1 as fuck than that, son.
Same shit different day. SF
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🔥🙏🔥
1958 1972 1964.
I’m messed up on this song. Speaks volumes because its true
ArchDtriumph.
its your turn guru :)
@medhylebrun6010
9 жыл бұрын
il me fait trop rire quand il dit ça! ;)
@johnargue2977
9 жыл бұрын
Lol