Originally Posted here!
Yesterdays sad new wasn’t a complete shock as it was well reported a few weeks ago that Keith, better known as Guru, who first rumored dead and then confirmed he was in a coma was suffering from serious health complications. That news back then spurred me to load my favorite Gangstarr songs onto my Blackberry and I’ve had been reciting Guru’s monotone flow everywhere I’ve walked since. When I heard the sad news ( via a twitter post with the only text being #RIPGURU ) of his passing today, I felt the same way as I felt when James Brown had passed away, I felt that an important chapter of hip - hop story was written and closed today.
The “classic” sound of sample based production and vicious rhyming was mastered by Premo and Guru. I’m sure many of your favorite artist still make music that sounds very similar and is highly influenced by there sound. Maybe I’m one of them. Guru you are a legend forever. Thank you for your time. Thank you for the influence.
Required Listening - 3 of my favorite Gangstarr tracks
Thank You GURU,
S
