- hip hop
- 37 min
- 16 tracks
- Gang Starr Enterprises
One of the Best Yet is the seventh and final studio album by American hip-hop duo Gang Starr, released on November 1, 2019. The album features previously unreleased and posthumous vocals from Guru, who died nine years prior to the album's release. The album features guest appearances from J. Cole, Royce da 5'9", Talib Kweli, M.O.P., and Q-Tip, among others.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 71/100
- Consequence of SoundB−
- Exclaim!9/10
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- HipHopDX4.2/5
- NME3/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.3/10
- PopMatters7/10
- Rolling Stone3.5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Sure Shot (intro)1:23
- 2Lights Out3:37
- 3Bad Name2:22
- 4Hit Man2:22
- 5What’s Real3:24
- 6Keith Casim Elam (interlude)0:16
- 7From a Distance2:31
- 8Family and Loyalty4:35
- 9Get Together3:28
- 10NYGz/GS 183rd (interlude)1:10
- 11So Many Rappers2:11
- 12Business or Art2:59
- 13Bring It Back Here0:50
- 14One of the Best Yet (Big Shug interlude)0:29
- 15Take Flight (Militia, Pt. 4)2:56
- 16Bless the Mic2:36
16 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Gang Starr
- Label
- Gang Starr Enterprises
- Released
- November 1, 2019
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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