Gangstarr - Moment of Truth Appreciation Post

[harlemtothebronx]

I didn't really get into Gangstarr like that until more recently. I remember hearing all these songs as a young lad since my older sister had a fewGangstarr tapes.

But damn, Moment of Truth has got to be one of the best albums I've ever heard.

Every track keeps you interested, and I swear the chorus to Royalty has got to be one of the best chorus' I've ever heard. Can't help but singalong.

Show your appreciation to one of the dopest duos and one of the best Hip-Hop albums ever.

Now that we're gettin' somewhere, you know we got to give back
For the youth is the future, no doubt that's right and exact
Squeeze the juice out, of all the suckers power
And pour some back out, so as to water the flowers
This world is ours, that's why the demons are leery
It's our inheritance; this is my Robbin Hood Theory

 

[paylessshoes]

i hate rap currently but this album is a classic in every way

arguably the best verse on the entire album

I see myself as the black Rap Messiah
Colossal spreadin my gospel through electrical wires
Spit fire through speech, so I can reach each and every
Tom **** and Jerry slippin like petroleum jelly
Too busy in the limelight, can't rhyme tight
I got divine right to bring y'all to light
Somethin ain't right, to be an MC, you gotta thug
Or to thug you gotta be an MC, this %%%+ is bugged
Show love but few; deal with crew and crew only
And think universal like Sony
Phony pounds and fake hugs is usually avoided
Give a #%@! like Pizza Hut I got to stay Noyd-ed
Cause that same*%*%+! you trust, could be that same cat
behind that gat that bust, quiet ya, with the silencer
Keep it hush, ashes to dust, then dust to ashes
Nowadays it's who pull out the fastest, imagine this
rap %%%+ without this gat %%%+, or the phony cat
in black talkin bout how much his Mac spit
But this year, GangStarr got changes bein made
No wack %%%+ bein played no fake macks gettin paid
No Versace MC's, with a mouth full of Mo'
Soundin like a@+@@ spittin that old-fashioned show flow
I bombshell that pastel Chanel rap through a Maxwell
Ever since young Krumb, was taught to rap well
Goin deep, process of thought, when my eyes closes
Awaken with interpretive robe and sandals like Moses
Travellin high sands and Eastern lands for the answers
Ignorance is spreadin through the streets like it was cancer
Too many drinkin not thinkin, when behind that trigger
A 38 escalate the murder rate, for us *****z
it's like, microphone roulette cause nowadays MC's is gettin wet
over someone else's fake gangsta rep
- Krumb Snatcha

 

[ocks]

Love this album

 

[mali700]

favorite song by Gang Starr

 

[x Buddha Bless x]

Song or album its great matta fact classic

 

[yoda]

I remember hearing the song on Dave Mirra's Freestyle BMX game back on PS1 and I fell in love with this song.

 

[DVMNXK]

Is "She Know What She Wantz" on this album? That's one of my favorite joints ever. Along with "Betrayal" and all them joints.

 

[lb81986]

^ Yup. I like Daily Operation & Hard to Earn more, but this album is

. Definately has some gems. Above The Clouds defines

.

 

[abeautifulhaze]

We all must face our moment of truth....

 

[gothams terror]

The rhyme style is elevated
The style of beats is elevated
but it's still Guru and Premier
And it's always a message involved

appreciated.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Word, Above the Clouds is amazing.

 

[buddha jape]

this whole album is amazing.

 

[buddha jape]

im not done... this album is the def of timeless.
i have never gotten tired of this.

man i hate this yuku shhh

 

[kixrus16]

A well Deserved Appreciation.

 

[illscan]

This was Gangstarr doing their thing out of their era too. They should have been washed up by the late 90's. As it turns out, it is their best album IMO.Straight classic. Nothing flashy, just straight beats & rhymes (as it should be). Guru is not the greatest of emcees, but he embodies that essence as wellas anyone.

 

[acidicality]

word..

"Moment of Truth" (song) is one of my favorite songs..i could relate to almost the whole 2nd verse...somethin like(off the top)

"suicide nah..i'm not a foolish guy"
don't even feel like drinkin or even gettin high
cuz all that's gonna do really is accelerate
all the times that i wish i could alleviate"
something like that, and the whole verse basically...

 

[send one]

Yup. I like Daily Operation & Hard to Earn more, but this album is

. Definately has some gems.

Guru is not the greatest of emcees, but he embodies that essence as well as anyone
.
Word and Word!

 

[ratheruniqueb]

Yesss one of my fave gangstarr tunes..intro is nice too still.

 

[imsolesick]

appreciated

 

[kam winston]

Royalty is one the dopest jams ever.

 

[grown man style]

classic album...


my favorites:

robbin hood theory
work
royalty
above the clouds (another classic verse from deck

)
jfk 2 lax
moment of truth
the militia
she knows what she wantz

new york strait talk
the mall
betrayal
next time

 

[we get money]

above the clouds (another classic verse from deck

)
Top 3 cut on the CD (Royalty, Moment of Truth are the others)

I used to skate to this song for hours

Wild like rock stars who smash guitars

 

[j j j jt t t t]

this is when beats still mattered. i miss tho premo beats...

 

[illscan]

I want some educated opinions. Is the production on Moment Of Truth better than than Group Home's Living Proof?????? LP is crazy on the beat side ofthings. But MOT is the "updated" premo production & ill in its own right.

 

[illphillip]

I got a little something in the works off this album.

I was at Virgin when it was released. Amazing album. Title track is too ill as well.

Keeping this thread alive and maybe it'll be around for me to add to.....