Daily Operation

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On their third outing, Guru and Premier continue to deliver intellectual hardcore, mixing deft rhymes with serious beatology. Premier continues to mine the jazz vaults, uncovering some seriously dusty grooves, with which he concocts some of the best minimalist hip-hop to ever be committed to wax. Just listen to "The Place Where We Dwell." Made up of nothing more than a looped drum track and scratching, it illustrates the less-is-more aesthetic to a T. Guru once again lets loose with the monotone flow that is his trademark--a flow that tastes like slow-roasted butter. Furthermore, jams like "Ex Girl to the Next Girl" prove that there is such a thing as a good hip-hop love song that exudes street cred rather than syrupy wackness. The album is especially noteworthy for containing the progressive "I'm the Man," which marked the recorded debut of both Jeru the Damaja and Little Dap. Plus, "Soliloquy of Chaos" not only gets the Mensa award for word choice but also serves as an eloquent condemnation of the violence that had become de rigueur at hip-hop shows. --Spence Abbott

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Average customer rating: Gang Starr's statement of superiority COME ON, NOW!!!!! Gang Starr's best work. Gang Starr - Daily Operation Daily Operation operates correctly

Daily Operation Gang Starr Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Step in the Arena Hard to Earn Moment of Truth The Ownerz Mecca and the Soul Brother ASIN: B000007NZV Release Date: 1992-05-05

Tracks:

1. Daily Operation
2. The Place Where We Dwell
3. Flip The Script
4. Ex Girl To Next Girl
5. Soliloquy Of Chaos
6. I'm The Man
7. 92 Interlude
8. Take It Personal
9. 2 Deep
10. 24-7/365
11. No Shame In My Game
12. Conspiracy
13. The Illest Brother
14. Hardcore Composer
15. B.Y.S.
16. Much Too Much
17. Take Two And Pass
18. Stay Tuned

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On their third outing, Guru and Premier continue to deliver intellectual hardcore, mixing deft rhymes with serious beatology. Premier continues to mine the jazz vaults, uncovering some seriously dusty grooves, with which he concocts some of the best minimalist hip-hop to ever be committed to wax. Just listen to "The Place Where We Dwell." Made up of nothing more than a looped drum track and scratching, it illustrates the less-is-more aesthetic to a T. Guru once again lets loose with the monotone flow that is his trademark--a flow that tastes like slow-roasted butter. Furthermore, jams like "Ex Girl to the Next Girl" prove that there is such a thing as a good hip-hop love song that exudes street cred rather than syrupy wackness. The album is especially noteworthy for containing the progressive "I'm the Man," which marked the recorded debut of both Jeru the Damaja and Little Dap. Plus, "Soliloquy of Chaos" not only gets the Mensa award for word choice but also serves as an eloquent condemnation of the violence that had become de rigueur at hip-hop shows. --Spence Abbott

Customer Reviews:

Gang Starr's statement of superiority.......2007-04-07

While it wasn't their groundbreaking album (that'd be Step in the Arena) nor their best (in my opinion Moment of Truth), "Daily Operation" is perhaps the most important album of the Gang Starr discography, the one that put them on top of the early-90s east coast hip hop world and established Guru and Premier as hip hop legends. Widely imitated but never duplicated, this album helped define the jazzy hip hop sound that became synonymous with New York hip hop for years to come. Musically "Daily Operation" ranks with Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's Mecca and the Soul Brother and A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders as the greatest albums of an era. DJ Premier's productions are incredible, using a wide range of instrumentation including horns, keyboards, and some clever sampling to make a sound that is rich and tasteful, while maintaining a street feel with the grimy hooks and tough drumbeats. Some of these tracks are just masterpieces in themselves, and the prominence of sampled "Daily Operation" beats over the years is a testament to this. Guru holds his own on the mic as always. While not yet the wise teacher he would become on Moment of Truth, Guru drops knowledge and wisdom more than he ever had to this point, but also maintains a foot in the street with his classic bragadagio and battle raps. Religion starts to play a part in some of his rhymes, and he is supported by some guests from the young Gang Starr foundation including Group Home and Jeru the Damaja. This is a rare album where you can just pop it in and play it without ever wanting to skip a track. Overall, "Daily Operation" is fantastic, one of the very greatest albums of hip hop's golden age.

After an instrumental intro, albeit one that shows every bit of Premo's genius, the album begins with the short and gritty "The Place Where We Dwell," where Guru praises his hometown of Brooklyn over a tough, simple beat. "Flip the Script" has a great beat and hook and some nice rhymes, just a solid song. Perhaps the group's best known song appears here, "Ex Girl to Next Girl." This song has gorgeous horns in it, and Guru tells likable tales of female troubles, and this song shows everything lovable about the early-90s rap style. Over truly luscious strings, Guru addresses one of his prevalent pet-peeves, violence at rap concerts, on "Soliloquy of Chaos." Lil Dap and Jeru the Damaja are introduced on "I'm the Man," a great track full of very clever battle raps and punchlines. "Take It Personal" is classic Gang Starr material, preceded and succeeded by two excellent instrumental interludes. "2 Deep" is tough lyrically and rich musically, with horns and plentifully creative sampling. My favorite song may be "No Shame in My Game," mostly just because the beat is perfect. This beat is pure joy on a track. "Conspiracy" shows Guru's increasing social consciousness, addressing media injustice and the SAT's unfairness, and the beat features a very nice keyboard line and horn notes. "The Illest Brother" and "Hardcore Composer" are further classic material, and "B.Y.S." is similarly nice. "Much Too Much" makes a great trombone sample into a loop, and Guru does it justice. The laidback weed ode "Take Two and Pass" rounds out the album along with the closer, "Stay Tuned."

All praise that "Daily Operation" has ever received is warranted, but I feel it's still underrated. This album is a classic in every sense of the word. I hate to sound like this, but they really don't make rap albums like this anymore. This is an album I could spend my whole life listening to, in every way it's engineered to perfection. A must buy for any hip hop fan.

COME ON, NOW!!!!!.......2007-02-18

these negative reviews make me HO HUM!!!! my chest hurts from doing it so much. how does one diss the guru? no, he is not the best mc around, but the man delivered classic material!!!!! he is NOT the worst rapper ever. the man just has his own style. that, again, is what i like about him. mix that with primo's beats, and you have ESSENTIALITY at its best. it is presented brilliantly here.

Gang Starr's best work........2006-08-05

Gang Starr really put out some classic ish here. This is one of those albums that you may dismay as being sub-par, or even bad first listen if you arn't into underground, but you soon relize how this album is a gem. DJ Premeir, and Guru have been putting out classic material sence the late 80's, with there first full album "No More Mr. Nice Guy". Premo is widely regaurded as one of the finest producers to ever grace the boards in hip hop history, and his partner in crime Guru is known as The King Of monotone Rap.

This is artistically a incredible peice of work. Guru & Premo put out a style of Rap that wasnt commen in the 90's, and is non-existant now! A Minimalistic Producer known for playing a melody of three keys, and a obsession for scratching teaming up with a monotone soft spoken slow tempo rapper. Sound like a weird combonation right? Wrong... If Being a Hip Hop duo was a marrige Gang Starr would have been couple of the year for 10 years straight. This is the type of album you have to spend some time listening to, sure I have my favorite songs of the batch, but they are all solid, and the way Premo mixed together the songs, and even transitions is strokes of genius. Sure you can listen to "Im the man" 5 times, but you will get the full effect of "Im The Man" in the way Gang Starr men't for you to hear it if you listen to the tracks leading to it.

Everything seems timed perfectly. Strong in your face, phony rapper, and conspiracy theorys come in at the proper time for a full listen thru. The Interludes are also excellently timed. After hearing "Im The Man" you want something a little chill, & relax, so Premo follows it up with "92 Interlude" a soft short, but sweet 30 second paino riff. And even the intro is a great beat, than instead of it sounding like a new track they programmed it to go immediatly into the next track, cause the beats mix together. Guru lyrically is sharp, and he does not need much help, with only 2 guest appearences, and literally 2 guest appearences, sence premo controlls all the hook's with mastery Guru shows his lyrical powress, consistently spitting 30 plus bars in his monotone serious voice every track, except the interludes. In this album DJ premier seems to be the Architect, and Guru seems to be the foundation. Premier uses his mastery of beatmaking, programming, mixing, scatching, and especially sampling to construct a masterpeice around Guru's lyrics which are the foundation. Bottomline, you gotta pick this up if your a Hip Hop Head.

Gang Starr - Daily Operation.......2006-04-22

This album gets a 4.5 star from me. Falls shortly from bein 5. Guru is known for droppin ill rhymes on ill production. And he comes with it good on this album. Came out in 1992, so fairly old, but the replay value is high. All the songs on the album, I like them, all the lyrics you know of course, Guru is always keeping it real. Hell speak on girls, but in a more talented way, not a bubblegum way, which I repsect. Hell also speak on REAL topics, which gets all of my respect to emcees who do this. If you want a real hiphop album by a good emcee, then check this album out. And yes Guru has been known for having a lazy and non-enthusiastic flow, but hes on point with the lyrics and sh**, so just check it out. If you like real hiphop that is!

My Top 5 Songs
1.2 Deep
2.B.Y.S
3.Hardcore Composer
4.Im The Man
5.Soliloquy Of Chaos

Daily Operation operates correctly.......2006-04-16

To my mind, the three greatest hip-hop producers of all time is a set list that is not going to change for quite a while. The Wu-Tang Clan's Rza, Westcoast Kingpin Dr. Dre, and Eastcoast legend DJ Premier are the three sole producers in hip-hop who transcend the genre: their consistency, years in the game, and sheer impact upon the ever-changing sound of rap music is unrivalled. Others like Pete Rock, Havoc and Erick Sermon all have their respective claims, but none are on the same scale as these three. DJ Premier has been less well represented by me. That's all about to change. But, enough of that mini-digression.

Gang Starr are one of hip-hop's immortal duos. Taking the classic rapper-producer combination, this time with Guru as the emcee and the aforementioned DJ Premier as the man behind the boards, the Brooklyn, New York duo have been represented by some of the most consistent records hailing from the Eastcoast. Blending Guru's baritone, fierce opposition to the increasing influencing of the commercial world in hip-hop with Premier's astoundingly sophisticated blend of hard, sparse hip-hop rhythms and flamboyant jazz influences, Gang Starr released a string of top-notch releases throughout the 90's including the excellent "Step in the Arena", "Hard to Earn" and"Moment of Truth". But 1992's "Daily Operation" stands alone as arguably the duo's standout moment: and as my favourite Gang Starr release.

Track Listing

1. Daily Operation Intro
2. The Place Where We Dwell. (4 Stars)
3. Flip the Script. (5 Stars)
4. Ex Girl to Next Girl. (5 Stars)
5. Soliloquy of Chaos. (5 Stars)
6. I'm the Man. Feat Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja. (5 Stars)
7. 92 Interlude
8. Take it Personal. (5 Stars)
9. 2 Deep. (5 Stars)
10. 24-7 / 365
11. No Shame in My Game. (5 Stars)
12. Conspiracy. (5 Stars)
13. The Illest Brother (5 Stars)
14. Hardcore Composer. (4 Stars)
15. B.Y.S. (4 Stars)
16. Much Too Much (Mack a Mill) (4 1/2 Stars)
17. Take Two and Pass. (5 Stars)
18. Stay Tuned. (4 Stars)

Average customer rating: Gang Starr's statement of superiority COME ON, NOW!!!!! Gang Starr's best work. Gang Starr - Daily Operation Daily Operation operates correctly

Daily Operation Gang Starr Manufacturer: Indent Series ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Step in the Arena Hard to Earn Moment of Truth The Ownerz Mecca and the Soul Brother ASIN: B000006MK8 Release Date: 1996-07-23

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On their third outing, Guru and Premier continue to deliver intellectual hardcore, mixing deft rhymes with serious beatology. Premier continues to mine the jazz vaults, uncovering some seriously dusty grooves, with which he concocts some of the best minimalist hip-hop to ever be committed to wax. Just listen to "The Place Where We Dwell." Made up of nothing more than a looped drum track and scratching, it illustrates the less-is-more aesthetic to a T. Guru once again lets loose with the monotone flow that is his trademark--a flow that tastes like slow-roasted butter. Furthermore, jams like "Ex Girl to the Next Girl" prove that there is such a thing as a good hip-hop love song that exudes street cred rather than syrupy wackness. The album is especially noteworthy for containing the progressive "I'm the Man," which marked the recorded debut of both Jeru the Damaja and Little Dap. Plus, "Soliloquy of Chaos" not only gets the Mensa award for word choice but also serves as an eloquent condemnation of the violence that had become de rigueur at hip-hop shows. --Spence Abbott

Customer Reviews:

Gang Starr's statement of superiority.......2007-04-07

While it wasn't their groundbreaking album (that'd be Step in the Arena) nor their best (in my opinion Moment of Truth), "Daily Operation" is perhaps the most important album of the Gang Starr discography, the one that put them on top of the early-90s east coast hip hop world and established Guru and Premier as hip hop legends. Widely imitated but never duplicated, this album helped define the jazzy hip hop sound that became synonymous with New York hip hop for years to come. Musically "Daily Operation" ranks with Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth's Mecca and the Soul Brother and A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders as the greatest albums of an era. DJ Premier's productions are incredible, using a wide range of instrumentation including horns, keyboards, and some clever sampling to make a sound that is rich and tasteful, while maintaining a street feel with the grimy hooks and tough drumbeats. Some of these tracks are just masterpieces in themselves, and the prominence of sampled "Daily Operation" beats over the years is a testament to this. Guru holds his own on the mic as always. While not yet the wise teacher he would become on Moment of Truth, Guru drops knowledge and wisdom more than he ever had to this point, but also maintains a foot in the street with his classic bragadagio and battle raps. Religion starts to play a part in some of his rhymes, and he is supported by some guests from the young Gang Starr foundation including Group Home and Jeru the Damaja. This is a rare album where you can just pop it in and play it without ever wanting to skip a track. Overall, "Daily Operation" is fantastic, one of the very greatest albums of hip hop's golden age.

After an instrumental intro, albeit one that shows every bit of Premo's genius, the album begins with the short and gritty "The Place Where We Dwell," where Guru praises his hometown of Brooklyn over a tough, simple beat. "Flip the Script" has a great beat and hook and some nice rhymes, just a solid song. Perhaps the group's best known song appears here, "Ex Girl to Next Girl." This song has gorgeous horns in it, and Guru tells likable tales of female troubles, and this song shows everything lovable about the early-90s rap style. Over truly luscious strings, Guru addresses one of his prevalent pet-peeves, violence at rap concerts, on "Soliloquy of Chaos." Lil Dap and Jeru the Damaja are introduced on "I'm the Man," a great track full of very clever battle raps and punchlines. "Take It Personal" is classic Gang Starr material, preceded and succeeded by two excellent instrumental interludes. "2 Deep" is tough lyrically and rich musically, with horns and plentifully creative sampling. My favorite song may be "No Shame in My Game," mostly just because the beat is perfect. This beat is pure joy on a track. "Conspiracy" shows Guru's increasing social consciousness, addressing media injustice and the SAT's unfairness, and the beat features a very nice keyboard line and horn notes. "The Illest Brother" and "Hardcore Composer" are further classic material, and "B.Y.S." is similarly nice. "Much Too Much" makes a great trombone sample into a loop, and Guru does it justice. The laidback weed ode "Take Two and Pass" rounds out the album along with the closer, "Stay Tuned."

All praise that "Daily Operation" has ever received is warranted, but I feel it's still underrated. This album is a classic in every sense of the word. I hate to sound like this, but they really don't make rap albums like this anymore. This is an album I could spend my whole life listening to, in every way it's engineered to perfection. A must buy for any hip hop fan.

COME ON, NOW!!!!!.......2007-02-18

these negative reviews make me HO HUM!!!! my chest hurts from doing it so much. how does one diss the guru? no, he is not the best mc around, but the man delivered classic material!!!!! he is NOT the worst rapper ever. the man just has his own style. that, again, is what i like about him. mix that with primo's beats, and you have ESSENTIALITY at its best. it is presented brilliantly here.

Gang Starr's best work........2006-08-05

Gang Starr really put out some classic ish here. This is one of those albums that you may dismay as being sub-par, or even bad first listen if you arn't into underground, but you soon relize how this album is a gem. DJ Premeir, and Guru have been putting out classic material sence the late 80's, with there first full album "No More Mr. Nice Guy". Premo is widely regaurded as one of the finest producers to ever grace the boards in hip hop history, and his partner in crime Guru is known as The King Of monotone Rap.

This is artistically a incredible peice of work. Guru & Premo put out a style of Rap that wasnt commen in the 90's, and is non-existant now! A Minimalistic Producer known for playing a melody of three keys, and a obsession for scratching teaming up with a monotone soft spoken slow tempo rapper. Sound like a weird combonation right? Wrong... If Being a Hip Hop duo was a marrige Gang Starr would have been couple of the year for 10 years straight. This is the type of album you have to spend some time listening to, sure I have my favorite songs of the batch, but they are all solid, and the way Premo mixed together the songs, and even transitions is strokes of genius. Sure you can listen to "Im the man" 5 times, but you will get the full effect of "Im The Man" in the way Gang Starr men't for you to hear it if you listen to the tracks leading to it.

Everything seems timed perfectly. Strong in your face, phony rapper, and conspiracy theorys come in at the proper time for a full listen thru. The Interludes are also excellently timed. After hearing "Im The Man" you want something a little chill, & relax, so Premo follows it up with "92 Interlude" a soft short, but sweet 30 second paino riff. And even the intro is a great beat, than instead of it sounding like a new track they programmed it to go immediatly into the next track, cause the beats mix together. Guru lyrically is sharp, and he does not need much help, with only 2 guest appearences, and literally 2 guest appearences, sence premo controlls all the hook's with mastery Guru shows his lyrical powress, consistently spitting 30 plus bars in his monotone serious voice every track, except the interludes. In this album DJ premier seems to be the Architect, and Guru seems to be the foundation. Premier uses his mastery of beatmaking, programming, mixing, scatching, and especially sampling to construct a masterpeice around Guru's lyrics which are the foundation. Bottomline, you gotta pick this up if your a Hip Hop Head.

Gang Starr - Daily Operation.......2006-04-22

This album gets a 4.5 star from me. Falls shortly from bein 5. Guru is known for droppin ill rhymes on ill production. And he comes with it good on this album. Came out in 1992, so fairly old, but the replay value is high. All the songs on the album, I like them, all the lyrics you know of course, Guru is always keeping it real. Hell speak on girls, but in a more talented way, not a bubblegum way, which I repsect. Hell also speak on REAL topics, which gets all of my respect to emcees who do this. If you want a real hiphop album by a good emcee, then check this album out. And yes Guru has been known for having a lazy and non-enthusiastic flow, but hes on point with the lyrics and sh**, so just check it out. If you like real hiphop that is!

My Top 5 Songs
1.2 Deep
2.B.Y.S
3.Hardcore Composer
4.Im The Man
5.Soliloquy Of Chaos

Daily Operation operates correctly.......2006-04-16

To my mind, the three greatest hip-hop producers of all time is a set list that is not going to change for quite a while. The Wu-Tang Clan's Rza, Westcoast Kingpin Dr. Dre, and Eastcoast legend DJ Premier are the three sole producers in hip-hop who transcend the genre: their consistency, years in the game, and sheer impact upon the ever-changing sound of rap music is unrivalled. Others like Pete Rock, Havoc and Erick Sermon all have their respective claims, but none are on the same scale as these three. DJ Premier has been less well represented by me. That's all about to change. But, enough of that mini-digression.

Gang Starr are one of hip-hop's immortal duos. Taking the classic rapper-producer combination, this time with Guru as the emcee and the aforementioned DJ Premier as the man behind the boards, the Brooklyn, New York duo have been represented by some of the most consistent records hailing from the Eastcoast. Blending Guru's baritone, fierce opposition to the increasing influencing of the commercial world in hip-hop with Premier's astoundingly sophisticated blend of hard, sparse hip-hop rhythms and flamboyant jazz influences, Gang Starr released a string of top-notch releases throughout the 90's including the excellent "Step in the Arena", "Hard to Earn" and"Moment of Truth". But 1992's "Daily Operation" stands alone as arguably the duo's standout moment: and as my favourite Gang Starr release.

Track Listing

1. Daily Operation Intro
2. The Place Where We Dwell. (4 Stars)
3. Flip the Script. (5 Stars)
4. Ex Girl to Next Girl. (5 Stars)
5. Soliloquy of Chaos. (5 Stars)
6. I'm the Man. Feat Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja. (5 Stars)
7. 92 Interlude
8. Take it Personal. (5 Stars)
9. 2 Deep. (5 Stars)
10. 24-7 / 365
11. No Shame in My Game. (5 Stars)
12. Conspiracy. (5 Stars)
13. The Illest Brother (5 Stars)
14. Hardcore Composer. (4 Stars)
15. B.Y.S. (4 Stars)
16. Much Too Much (Mack a Mill) (4 1/2 Stars)
17. Take Two and Pass. (5 Stars)
18. Stay Tuned. (4 Stars)

Average customer rating: Perfect Guru busting rhymes is like Michael droppin J's This album is a fine example of Gangstarr's unlimited skill.

Daily Operation Gang Starr Manufacturer: Import [Generic] ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Rap & Hip-Hop | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000089LL Release Date: 1999-01-19

Album Details

Japanese Re-issue featuring a Bonus Track: Dewick.

Customer Reviews:

Perfect.......1999-03-15

This album is just simply perfect. Guru's smooth and real lyrics over mesmorizing Premo beats makes this a classic for sure. gangstarr haven't been getting the respect they deserve it should come after this. Check it out!

Guru busting rhymes is like Michael droppin J's.......1998-11-04

Daily Operation is one of the epoch rap albums of all time on par with It Takes a Nation of Millions, Straight Outta Compton, Paul's Boutique, and other foundational rap. Guru is deep.

This album is a fine example of Gangstarr's unlimited skill........1998-06-14

Daily Operation is Gangstarr's third full length album. Some sources have labeled it as a jazz release but it however is not. Gangstarr fuses a jazz type sound into there music on occasion. The album is a short step above there previous release "Step in the Arena." Some of the better songs include "Soliloquoy of Chaos", "Ex Girl to Next Girl", "No Shame in My Game", and others. The song "Soliloquoy of Chaos" contains one of the greatest hip-hop beats ever made. It is a beautiful orchestra beat dug up by DJ Premier,(who also produces all of Gangstarr's songs.) Many of the songs on this album are lower key than you would be used to with a Gangstarr release. The Guru brings his signature monotone rapping style to each song which blends well with Premiers incredible beats. Overall, this is a strong rap album which stays true to the underground.

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