Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr [Explicit Lyrics]

Gang Starr | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 13, 1999)
• Original Release Date: July 13, 1999
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B00000I8T5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (99 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,873 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Intro [Remix]

2. Full Clip

3. Discipline

4. Words I Manifest [Remix]

5. Ex Girl to Next Girl

6. Take It Personal

7. Mass Appeal

8. Jazz Thing [Video Version]

9. The Militia

10. Tonz 'O' Gunz

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. The Militia

2. Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)

3. The Remainz ?

4. Credit Is Due

5. Jazz Thing [Video Version]

6. Soliloquy of Chaos

7. 1/2 & 1/2

8. Now You're Mine

9. So Wassup?!

10. Betrayal

See all 15 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Gang Starr: One of the Best Yet", February 10, 2005

By 

Scott D. Gribble (Baltimore MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr (Audio CD)

For a truly amazing "Greatest Hits" album that actually justifies the name you need 3 solid qualities:

1) A solid collection from all of the artist's albums

2) Rare Tracks released as singles or other compilations

3) A couple of high quality new songs or remixes

This should be standard for any music genre, making a true "best of" album rewarding for newcomers and long time fans. Needless to say 90% of these type of albums fall short, and certainly even more so for rap music.

Leave to it one of the greatest groups ever to step up to the plate and fulfill everything with "Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr". This greatest hits actually lives up to the hype and represents the group to perfection. First they took a solid approach by offering two discs worth of material, ensuring a solid offering of material from ALL their albums:

No More Mr. Nice Guy: "Word's I Manifest"

Step In the Arena: "Who's Gonna Take the Weight", "Just To Get A Rep", "Step In The Arena"

Daily Operation: "Ex To Next Girl", "I'm The Man", "Soliloquy of Chaos", "Take It Personal", "B.Y.S."

Hard To Earn: "Mass Appeal", "Tons O Guns", "DWYCK", "Speak Ya Clout", "Code Of The Streets", "Now You're Mine"

Moment of Truth: "The Militia" "Royalty", "You Know My Steez", "Above The Clouds", "Work", "Betrayal"

Sure in some cases personal favorites might be on your `greatest hits' collection from Gang Starr, but there's certainly nothing here that anyone would complain about. And certainly the Gang Starr nut is going to love adding those rare tracks to their collection. "Jazz Thing (Remix)", "Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)", "1/2 & 1/2", "The ? Remainz", "So Wassup?!", "Credit is Due", "Milita Pt. II", "You Know My Steez (Remix)" are all from soundtracks, vinyl, or B-Sides that were previously pretty hard to find and rough on your pockets. Not only is that a lot of material, but it's also some of the groups best tracks as well. In particular "Gotta Get Over" is an older classic, "So Wassup?!" has a hard thumping piano sample, "1/2 & 1/2" is a new classic feat. M.O.P., "Milita Pt. II" features a vicious verse by Rakim, and "Steez (Remix)" is absolutely sick as Primo flips the original beat backwards. Basically, not only does this album offer that hard to find material, but they give us the best.

Primo & Guru don't stop there, they give their fans 3 absolutely new tracks to chew on. You might mistake "All 4 Tha Ca$h" as a track off Daily Operation, "Disipline" is a great track that sounds like it belonged on Moment of Truth, and "Full Clip" let's fans know straight up that they're gonna be around for 10 more years.

What else is there left to say about this collection? You really couldn't ask for anything else but another 2 more discs of material. If anyone needs to be convinced of how great Gang Starr is, this is definitely the place to start. Let me attest that my copy is worn out, scratched and banged up from all the repeat listens and borrowing that it's been subject to. There shouldn't be a single Gang Starr fan that doesn't own this album, or in fact any rap fan period. Quite simply this is one of the best "Greatest Hits" albums out there, and its no more appropriate that it's another offering from none other than Gang Starr.

(10/10)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsung Heroes, August 7, 2000

By 

Sean Daly (Newton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr (Audio CD)

If you don't own a Gang Starr Album, Pick this one up!! The true Gang Starr fan knows that the gems on any given album are NOT the ones that get released as singles. This greatest hits compilation is no exception. Of the new tracks, "All 4 Tha Ca$h" is the cream of the crop. "Full Clip" is, after all, the best possible lead-in to the double album, But "Ca$h" quenches all of Guru's fan's thirst for bigger and better story-telling.

As for the rest, the music speaks for itself. All of the "hits" are here, but the thing that sets this compilation apart from the rest is the inclusion of lesser known selections. "B.Y.S." in particular makes this a "greatest hits" to be proud to own. Strictly an underground favorite, "B.Y.S." was one of about five tracks that made "Daily Operation" more than just your average follow-up. Thanks to this album, it will get a second life.

Another perk to this collection is the many collaborations. The best examples are the two songs featuring Lil Dap and Jeru The Damaja. These were standouts on their respective albums and are standouts here as well.

To wrap up, this is the best possible 33 track example of what Gang Starr is all about: The best rap music you've never heard.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Is One 'Full Clip' That Won't Be Wasted!, November 1, 2005

By 

Charles L. Hubbert "of Urban-Reviews.com" (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Full Clip: Decade of Gang Starr (Audio CD)

What more can be said about Gang Starr that hasn't already been said? The group consist of one of the illest lyricist walking the face of the earth as well as a pioneer in the deejay circuit as well as the producing world. Guru and DJ Premier have established themselves as "one of the best yet," and all that has been proven time and time again. Dropping classic material from albums like No More Mr. Nice Guy, Step Into The Arena, Daily Operation, Hard To Earn, and Moment of Truth made everybody turn around and pay attention. Countless rappers and deejays can point to the dynamic duo and say that they idolized Gang Starr and their work. Now everybody can relive those moments with a comprehensive double disc titled Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr.

This collection encompasses the group's entire career from 1989 to 1999. With over 30 cuts to lick your chops at, Full Clip provides true hip-hop heads an avenue of reflection while giving new school cats a history lesson of sorts on what a real rap career consists of. All the standards like "Take It Personal," "Words I Manifest," "Ex Girl To The Next Girl," and "Who's Gonna Take The Weight" are on here. And even though most of their songs weren't legendary, they were still better than most of the stuff coming out around the times of their release. "Dwyck" featuring Nice N Smooth is hands down one of their best crew cuts, followed by "The Militia" with Big Shug and Freddie Foxxx and "I'm The Man" featuring Jeru The Damaja and Group Home's Lil Dap. New cuts like "Full Clip" and "Discipline" as well as a few sprinkling of remixes round out the album nicely. If you consider yourself a legitimate hip-hop follower, then you should already have a copy of this masterful work in your collection (or at least the albums that all the songs come from in the first place.)