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GOLDEN ERA

New Gang Starr CD Mixes Old And New School Flavors

ADDICTED TO NOISE — BY KEMBREW MCLEOD

Duo's fifth album balances respect for old hip-hop roots with new ideas and guest appearances.

Addicted To Noise
Contributing Editor Kembrew
McLeod reports : For Gang
Starr's Guru and DJ Premier,
staying true to hip-hop means
expanding the art form of
MC-ing and developing the science
of beat-making by
pushing them to new levels.

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This story circulated on the newsgroups rec.music.hip-hop and alt.rap and reached the archive on February 23, 1998. It is reproduced as posted — headlines, typos and all. Original source, as credited in the post: Addicted To Noise.