Guru's first solo album not a part the Jazzmatazz series, Baldhead Slick & da Click, was released in 2001 to poor reviews. The album, meant to raise awareness and funds in support of the AIDS epidemic in relation to the African American community, was heralded as the album of the year by Time magazine. In 1994, Guru appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation album Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool. You know, the whole thing was experimental, but I knew it was an idea that would spawn some historic music." But while I thought that was cool, I wanted to take it to the next level and actually create a new genre by getting the actual dudes we were sampling into the studio to jam over hip hop beats with some of the top vocalists of the time. In reference to the Jazzmatazz project, Guru told Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul: "Back around '93-when I first came up with the Jazzmatazz concept-I was noticing how a lot of cats were digging in the crates and sampling jazz breaks to make hip hop records. 3: Streetsoul, was released in 2000, but it received less positive reviews. 2: The New Reality, featured Chaka Khan, Ramsey Lewis, Branford Marsalis and Jamiroquai. 1 featured collaborations with Donald Byrd, N'Dea Davenport, MC Solaar and Roy Ayers and received positive reviews. In 1993, Guru released the first in a series of four solo albums while still a member of Gang Starr. Gang Starr made archetypal East Coast hip hop with Guru's rhyming described as sharp-eyed but anti-ostentatious. Two albums, Moment of Truth (1998) and compilation Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr (1999) were certified gold in the United States by the RIAA. Nice Guy on Wild Pitch Records the group achieved a sizable following and released six critically acclaimed and influential albums from 1989 to 2003. Gang Starr released its first LP No More Mr. After a change in line-up, the group consisted of rapper Guru and producer DJ Premier. The group initially released three records, produced by The 45 King, on the Wild Pitch Records record label, but these records received little attention. Elam graduated with a degree in business administration from Morehouse College in Atlanta and took graduate classes at the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.Įlam began his music career under the pseudonym MC Keithy E but later changed his stage name to Guru. He attended the Advent School on Beacon Hill in Boston, Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, and Cohasset High School in Cohasset, Massachusetts for high school. His father, Harry, was a judge and his mother, Barbara, was the co-director of libraries in the Boston Public Schools system. Elam was born in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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