A quick glimpse of what Guru and Premier, Gang Starr, dealt with the making of “Daily Operation”: Marsalis urged the duo to cut a recording of Lotis Eli’s poem about the history of jazz to a hip-hop rhythm, for inclusion on the movie’s soundtrack. The song they eventually came up with would see release as ‘Jazz Thing’. Not only one of rap’s most crucial moments, ‘Jazz Thing’ also gave Gang Starr a manifesto for their subsequent career. Credited with popularising jazz-rap, they took the form to its logical conclusion with Step In The Arena, before retreating to hardcore pastures for Daily Operation.
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