DJ Premier declares new Gang Starr album, shares “Household and Loyalty” feat. J. Cole: Stream

Out of no the place, we’ve been gifted the primary Gang Starr music in 16 years. DJ Premier took to Instagram earlier this week to tease that he was engaged on a brand new album of unreleased materials from his iconic collaboration with the late MC Guru. As we speak, we get our first style of the shock effort with “Household and Loyalty” that includes J. Cole.

Premier posted a video to IG on Wednesday that featured a cellphone message from Nas. “Yo Premier, what up man, it’s your man Nas,” mentioned the New York rapper. “Is it true there’s a brand new Gang Starr album? That’s loopy, man. Let me know. Aight, chill.”

Whereas it’s not but recognized if Nas truly has any half within the venture, J. Cole most actually does. He slips in over the celestial beat, adapting his fashionable movement to meld comfortably with Premier’s old-school manufacturing. In fact, the actual spotlight is listening to Guru’s posthumous verses, the Massachusetts MC sounding as considerate and highly effective as ever even from past. “Diamonds are ceaselessly like household and loyalty/ Or actual rap songs like ‘C.R.E.A.M.’ or ‘My Melody’,” goes the refrain, an ode to precisely the form of hip-hop for which Gang Starr is famous. “Diamonds are ceaselessly like my infinite thought/ Like respect within the hood that may’t be purchased.”

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Take a hearken to “Household and Loyalty” beneath, and prepare for what’s abruptly one of the vital anticipated albums of the 12 months.

Gang Starr launched seven full-lengths between 1989 and their last LP, The Ownerz, in 2003. After struggling a coronary heart assault and getting into a coma, Guru handed away in 2010.