Gang Starr - Moment of Truth - A Reaction
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Welcome to my reaction to Moment of Truth by Gang Starr
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Original lyric video by @RealHipHopLyrics
• Gang Starr - Moment of...
Song: Moment Of Truth
Artist: Gang Starr
Album: Moment Of Truth
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Wow. Listening to this now, at 50 and having just recently survived prostate cancer, this song, as the kids say, hits different. Thank you for this, Brian. Something I didn't even know I needed today.
I wish you all the best on your cancer-free journey!
This makes me so happy…possibly my favorite song of all times(I’m 40) but I wish my parents would hear it
RIP guru. this track is timeless
Guru was a bit older than his peers, he was 37 when this came out and I think it shows..he was always a bit wiser than those teenagers he was competing with.
You may be only getting requests for their later albums but there's definitely some good stuff on their early releases...No More Mr. Nice Guy was a bit raw but everything after that was high quality...and that doesn't even include non-album tracks like the classic "Jazz Thing" which was one of the reasons jazz rap became such a big trend.
From the second album, I have requests for Step in the Arena, Just to get a Rep, and Check the Technique. Thoughts?
@@ABoomerReacts Just To Get A Rep was a single and brings back a lot of fond memories from that era..the video version had an extra verse if I recall correctly. I like Check The Technique a lot, Step In The Arena is okay too.
Do you have Dwyck on your list? It's not from the early albums but it's as essential as it gets plus it's a good introduction into Nice & Smooth, another group from that era.
And to get a complete picture of Gangstarr's legacy it would be important to listen to a couple of affiliated acts, namely Jeru The Damaja's "Come Clean" and Group Home's "Supa Star". It can be argued that some of his best work wasn't for Guru but for those artists that made up the Gangstarr Foundation collective.
@@uamini Thanks, Fabian. Yes, DWYCK is on my list. And coincidentally, Come Clean will post on July3 in which I talk about the collective.
@@ABoomerReacts Oh great, that should be fun.
No more mr nice guy I luved alot
He has a song on that same album that speaks on his gun case. JFK to LAX
Is it a serious song? Or is he making fun of the whole thing?
Serious song. Awesome beat
Guru is the king of the monotone rapping but some people don't like it, it's all about what he says though, always giving you a message. They have so many classic songs DJ Premier was a genius.
Love Pac, for when he say the first rapper he was signing was Guru.
Step Into The Arena was my introduction to Gangstarr, and still my favorite album. Hard To Earn and Take It Personal are also undeniable classics. For whatever reason, I wasn’t anticipating Moment of Truth. As time goes on, this is clearly the crown jewel of their catalog. RIP Guru, Gangstarr forever.
And so poignant for me hearing it for the first time knowing Guru is no longer with us.
I agree Step in the Area was my introduction to Gangstarr and is still my favorite album too! Guru will always be one of my favorite lyricist of all time! Combined with Primo's production..they were such a powerhouse! RIP GURU(Gifted Unlimited Rhymez Universal)
@@robertchavez8045 I checked my request list and I have 3 songs from Step in the Arena on it: Just to Get A Rep, Check the Technique and Step in the Arena. Which should I react to first?
@@ABoomerReacts I like them all but i would say check the technique.. I also liked "who's gonna take the weight" from said album..but I guess it's not popular amongst the masses..lol. Another fav of mine from that album would be "As I read my S-A".
@@robertchavez8045 Thanks for the suggestions!
I requested this, appreciate the reaction that song was on repeat for a whole week after my first listen! glad you enjoyed it
It's amazing reading all these comments from all types of people from different backgrounds, ages, economic status etc can come together an enjoy and resonate with music. Especially hip hop which is criminally underrated for the depth of its lyrical content. Especially Guru for that matter. Rip to him and props to you Boomer for your open spirit to this timeless music
Thank you, Jayesh! I really appreciate that.
This is on my eternal playlist I love this song and this whole album is a classic 🔥🔥🔥
RIP Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal
It is my second favorite from GangStarr ... the first being "Peace of Mine" it is probably the best Hip Hop track of all times. the beat is fire and the Lyrics are the Apex of GURU in my opinion.
Thanks, Jean-Jacques! That song is def on my request list.
"At times I feel like my back's against the wall. And if y'all ain't with me then it's me against y'all. I stand my ground that's what I was taught. While others stand around I hold it down like a fort."
These lyrics really resonated with me especially during the pandemic. I'm not getting a vaccine and when I didn't want to wear a mask I was one of maybe three people I know that refused to comply with something I knew wasn't right. But it certainly pit me against friends and family, also co workers. I'm not trying to start any covid arguments but this is why these lyrics hit hard last year.
RIP Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal!
Straight facts
Peace of mine is classic
GangStarr is as real as hip-hop gets
"Just To Get A Rep" and "DWYCK"(POSSE CUT) is absolutely the best 2 Gang Starr songs you haven't done yet. Both earlier albums you haven't done yet
Agreed
Thanks, Jason. I also have Step in the Arena and Check the Technique on my list.
@@ABoomerReacts yeah those are cool but the other are hands down Hip Hops favorite 2. No rush. I hope u remember I told u lol
@@SJQNYC I don't remember what happened yesterday. 😜
@@ABoomerReacts yeah I gotta good feeling 😂
It is a bit late in their discography but I have to say Moment of Truth is their quintessential album. Not a knock on any of the others, it's just stacked with bangers.
If you enjoy Guru, I have to recommend Masta Ace. You had Crooklyn up in a poll, which he's in, but I don't think it won. He had some decent early radio singles _(INC Ride, Born to Roll)_ in the 90s but Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer are truly amazing albums. *He's also one of Eminem's influences as far as rhyme structure.* Maybe _Beautiful_ or _Good Ol Love_ as an introduction. He might not win any polls, but he's a legend. Also somewhat monotone, East Coast (Brooklyn), easy to follow, drops gems.
Beautiful is on my list so that's probably be my first reaction. And I'll add Good Ol Love. Thanks for the suggestions!
One of my favorite songs of all time, chills every single time. Great reaction
Thanks, Drew!
One of my favorite gang starr songs, which is saying a lot. Guru was amazing, RIP.
Thanks for this one Boomer
Never forget my friend Max playing me this for the first time.
Max, *thanks* for the memories
Powerful and motivational song.
check out Guru album "Jazzmatazz" it's one one the best marriage of Jazz and Hip-hop.
Cool. What's a popular song off of it?
@@ABoomerReacts "Loungin" is a good one to react to along with the album intro and it features Donald Byrd a famous trumpeter.
@@coolastheycome1 Thanks!
Well, there's a few of them. Watch what you saying with Queen Chaka Khan, "Trust Me", No Time to Play with Ronnie Jordan and Donald Byrd
When I first found this song I was going through it and facing court cases myself. There’s a lot of ways this song spoke to me
Yes! Love this song, love your reaction to witty and slick lyrics. One of my favorite groups
This song helped me out of some deep holes. Sevral times a year.
That's what great songs can do. I hope the holes aren't as frequent or deep now.
Amazing song from my favorite Gang Starr album
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One of my favorite tracks by guru for sure
Timeless track. Rest in paradise Guru
Truly a classic song one of my favorite songs of all time. And one of my favorite albums of all time. There is not a skip on the entire album. Guru was so good at delivering a message effortlessly and casually. There's always substance to the songs. And with DJ premier production it's top notch hip-hop.
Gangstarr
"You Know My Steez"
"Next Time"
Thanks! I'll add those to my list.
This was all on the radio
Appreciate you taking the time to really listen to the music I enjoyed 30 years ago. Music that's impact is still a part of me to this day
Thanks, Michael!
Considering the evil that has come to light about the music industry, it really puts into context how much stress the guru was facing.
Please react to "Manifest," Gang Starr's first single and dopest track. Period. One of the best beats in hop hop. Ever.
Thanks for the suggestion! Oddly, it is not on my request list.
Awesome reaction the no hair on your face threw me off...my moment of truth
haha! The beard is coming back. I felt naked.
Full Clip by Gang Starr is a must.
Thanks, Dub! It's def on my list.
Wow. A phenomenal reaction and that second verse is one of my favorites of all time, I’m really happy you appreciated it so much.
Thank you! Did you know that the second verse was recorded while he was awaiting a verdict?
you're the man for doing this one! sometimes you get a poll and end up with the most popular kinda club song from an artist, but the polls will never send you to the most thoughtful deep stuff, the mainstream track will always win the poll. like with de la obviously you need to hear 3 ft high etc, but songs like trying peoples will never make the poll, and its a tragedy for someone so intelligent and interested in lyrics to miss those ones.
glad you got to hear this one, guru is one of the all time greats.
Thanks, Miles. The weekly poll will now generate only 1 reaction. I can pick the other 3 songs from my request list using the knowledge I've acquired from the biographies and in the comments. I wouldn't have been able to pick songs intelligently a year ago.
Gangstarr is a Legend❤RIP Guru...Peace to Dj premier best Producer of all time
hiphop is universal, but I seek that music for the soul, the song is the realest I’ve ever heard as a young man and has opened my eyes more as an adult, through trials and tribulations this song is purely my life’s soundtrack in which has also in many ways saved my life many times. good review!
Thanks! I'm glad that Gang Starr saved you. Is it a song you now play on the regular?
👍👍👍👍
Binary Star- Honest Expression
It'll be awhile before I get to it. I could listen to it off-camera.
Great video!
Thanks, Donald!
Awesome reaction. One of the great hip hop songs.
I think you should react to gang Starr from the step in the arena album and move forward.
You’ll notice through each album that the style evolves.
Guru said it best on the intro for you “you know my steez”
“We have certain formulas but we update em
With the times and everything y'know
So y'know 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”
Thank you! I have several suggestions for songs to react to from Step in the Arena
Love Guru
My favorite Gang Starr song, and in my top ten rotation of all songs, along with Straight Up Menace by Mc Eiht and Dreams and Nightmares by Meek Mill.
Didn't know you did this one,I really like this song the lyrics are true to life. Also thanks for looking up the meaning behind it,I always wondered what inspired it (I did know guru had trouble with alcohol tho). The first is in my top ten maybe even top five rap verses ever and I don't even have a actual top ten but I know if I did, it'd make it for sure.
You should make a list in case anyone asks you what your favorite verses of all time are.
@@ABoomerReacts yeah I should
@@ABoomerReacts I know another verse that's one of my favorites is cappadonna's verse on wu tang's winter warz
Such an underrated channel ! Love what you do brotha. Keep doing what you do. New subscriber.
Thanks for the sub, Jose! And I appreciate your encouragement.
Where has this channel been ?! Thank you sir.
I'm glad you found me!
Another great reaction, Brian. Remember, when it’s November, no shaving 🪒 😆
Did I tell you that the beard is already coming back?
@@ABoomerReacts that’s because you’re an old school man like - Jack Palance, Chuck Connors, and Charles Bronson 🙌 💪
@@wordsworth41 I'm not that old school because all those guys have been dead a long time. Lol
@@ABoomerReacts you didn’t watch The Rifleman?
@@wordsworth41 Rarely. I was a Wild Wild West kid
The sample for Mass Appeal proves why
Dj Premier is the best producer of all time
He's one of my favorites, too. The scratching helps. 😁
Welcome to good hip hop
family and loyalty by gangstarr. Dj premier used old recorded
unreleased lyrics from guru.
J cole was featured and honors him well
Thanks! That song is def on my must-do list.
Just found your channel boomer. Good stuff
Thanks, Chris! I really appreciate it!
you gotta react to Gang Starr "Family and Loyalty" it was realeased after Guru's death (RIP)
Thanks! That song is def on my list.
Definitely a sobering introspective track on one of the best albums of that decade. Premier as a producer was really putting in work during the years him and Guru were separated. It's funny how this past Saturday I was hearing DJ Premier performing in concert at Prospect Park across the street from where I live. He was playing a lot of those hits he produced outside of Gang Starr. Records he did with legends like Biggie, Jay-Z and Nas. Unfortunately I needed to go to bed because I leave for work early mornings 🙄
So he was playing beats? No vocalist?
@@ABoomerReacts It seemed like it was just him playing records. But I wasn't there to listen from beginning to end. It might not had been actually concert but what is concerted a park jam (a party held in a park).
I know you've been reacting to songs but I think you should listen to this man's freestyles. He always went off the top of his head and kept the same consistent flow and style, easily making him one of the most talented lyricists. He has one on Westwood with Common they go back to back for about 10 minutes. Also perhaps reacting to Common if he isn't on your list he's similar to Guru!
I am only interested in reacting to off the dome, so I'm glad that is what you are suggesting. Where do I find the Westwood one you mentioned?
@@ABoomerReacts th-cam.com/video/jNg3cH5ICQ8/w-d-xo.html
Hey, just found you! Liked and subscribed! Greetings from the U.K. can you do, MF DOOM strange ways? Cheers.
Thanks for the sub! And greetings from California! I will def add that song to my request list.
Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles - B.A.P. (Bumpy and Premier) w/DJ Premier
Thanks! I'll add it to my list. it's off of a Freddie Foxx album?
@@ABoomerReacts Premier and Foxxx put out a compilation project called The Kollexxxion, which it came out on.
All 3 of the militia songs too
@@nonamemane1182 What are the militia songs?
Check. Big L - How i will make it
Thanks, Edgar! This song is def on my request list.
You actually did 2 other Gang Starr songs before this one.
Mass Appeal, Above the Clouds, Royalty
@@ABoomerReacts all classics especially above the clouds although Mass Appeal shows how talented & ahead of his time Premier was
@@nonamemane1182 For my next Gang Starr reaction, I'm going to do something from Step in the Arena. Thoughts?
react to Poor righteous teachers
God earth 85er
Are those a bunch Dominican flags behind you?
No, it's just some homemade art. It's orange and teal.
@@ABoomerReacts oh interesting! Looked red and blue at a glance. Nice
One of the best rap songs of all time off one of the best rap albums of all time, absolute classic. Nice reaction