Gang Starr release Step in the Arena

December 1990: Number 26 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of hip-hopTheir partnership was curious – with DJ Premier in New York and Guru in Houston, their debut was made exchanging tapes by post – but their second album made them icons. Premier's superlative production brought jazz firmly into the hip-hop sample lexicon, while Guru's languid flow and persuasive take on black nationalism helped bring rap's burgeoning political consciousness to curious outsiders as well as ser...

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