8.0: Lost & Found

Guru | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: 7 Grand Records
• ASIN: B001QBC2Z8
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,424 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The brilliant new release from the iconic MC who amazingly continues to raise the bar to phenomenal new heights that have never been seen before in hip hop. Accompanied by the cutting edge, futuristic, multi-tiered, and streetwise musical landscapes of NYC's brightest producer, Solar, Guru breathes new life into true lyricism. Together Guru and Solar bring forth relevant conceptual songwriting that will have all the real (hip hop) heads immediately addicted to this album. Guru 8.0 :Lost & Found is a major compliment to Guru's prominent musical legacy and shows that his love for the art form and hip hop culture is greatly thriving. This is a pure hip hop record that defines a crucial new direction and paves the way for a creative, intelligent change from the same old thing.

This is the 4th release from Guru and Solar on their 7 Grand label, and without a doubt, listeners will be totally enthralled and thoroughly impressed by the intense musical chemistry of this dynamic duo. Guru 8.0 :Lost & Found, unlike the previous two Jazzmatazz relases from 7 Grand, focuses away from outside features and instead allows for Guru and his immediate family to really shine on the mic. Solar comes through to drop gems on a few joints showing that not only is he a top producer, but that he can also spit fire with the best. Joining in as well is the mixtape legend DJ Doo Wop and Philly's own K. Born and Highpower. There is also a key guest vocal performance from UK soul man Omar, who skillfully flows over a superb Solar track complimenting Guru's urgent rhyme delivery. All in all Guru, 8.0 :Lost & Found is a must for any self-proclaimed hip hop connoisseur. If real hip hop has been lost, you will now find it alive and well here in this new classic from 7 Grand Records.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I've given up on Guru!, December 9, 2009

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Berk "Berk" (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 8.0: Lost & Found (Audio CD)

This album is worse than the last one. Experience is supposed to teach you and guide you. I just can't see Guru sitting in the studio working on this, after working a decade and a half with the most sought after producer in the game (DJ Premier), and thinking, "Yeah, that sounds good. We gonna kill 'em with this one." ANYBODY with ears who knows hip-hop cannot truthfully say that the beats on this are tight. The lyrics are... well they are Guru but with such weak production they come off as nothing more than pathetic. The beats are actually quite laughable. You'd think you were listening to an album made by people who have only heard rap music in commercials.

I do have to give it up to Guru though. He must have some sort of loyalty to continue working with "superproducer" Solar again after that last album full of weak beats. Is Guru trying to spite the music world by continuing to put out garbage music without the ONLY person that made him great? Any time you have to resort to auto-tune on your tracks "Ride Feat. Omar" AND "Own Worst Enemy" (WTF?) and disco beats "Divine Rule" it's time to hang it up.

You just can't polish this turd! Anyone who rates this album above a two must either know Guru or feel too sorry for him to give him a poor rating. I doubt anyone really wants to hear any more of this kind of garbage from Guru. Don't encourage this. No more albums unless it's Gang Starr!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Solar must have pictures, November 7, 2009

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thepete8 (Naperville, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 8.0: Lost & Found (Audio CD)

Just hearing the samples is enough to tell me this CD is more of what made 'Street Scriptures' a tombstone for Guru's artistic credibility. I won't speak to street credibility, since I have none but...oh what the heck! Even without any street cred I can tell this CD will take the sizzle out of Guru's fasizzle! I could make something more hardcore than this with my granny on the boards! As for Solar, no amount of PR spin will make this guy anything more than what he is: a 3rd rate clone who listened to too many Puff Daddy tracks in the 90s. Why Guru made yet another CD with this talentless zombie is beyond me. I can only guess Solar has majorly compromising pics of Guru and is blackmailing him.

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing followup to Guru 7.0, May 4, 2010

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Robert Y. Lamaute "blamaute" (Scarsdale, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 8.0: Lost & Found (Audio CD)

I loved Guru 7.0. This Album has 3-4 good songs on it including the title track but most of them are disappointing.

Guru 7.0 is off the chain though...