I just finished putting myself through the torture session that is Guru’s recent interview with Allhiphop. He sounds irritated throughout the interview and kept saying weird things like “solar.” I didn’t realize Guru was an environmentalist. His policy on anything GangStarr-related is simple: “I don’t want to talk about it.”

Again, the whole thing is painful to read, but I’ve highlighted some key points below.
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You can’t pop, lock, and drop to this. You gotta do the wop to this one.

See also:
Guru - “Who Got It on Lock” [mp3]

Guru ft. Doo Wop - Who Got It on Lock
The first song I remembered to properly bob my head to this year. Damn, it feels good to be a Guru fan once again.

Bonus Cut:
Guru ft. Zion I - For Ya Mind
Anything with Zion I on it is a winner with me. How can it not be, when Zion doesn’t know how to waste a verse?

Taken from Jazzmatazz Volume 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future. Produced by Solar.

Guru + Common - ‘State of Clarity’

Off the fourth installment of Guru’s renowned Jazzmatazz series, this collabo track has been in my heavy rotation for a while and should be in yours. The video to match is superb to say the least. A throwback to the good ol’ days, it’s unreal: cartoons never looked and sounded so grimy.

Enjoy (and just be yourself)!

EDIT: The video utilizes various clips from Robert Crumb’s ‘Fritz the Cat’ (Big ups to our pal James for the find! ;-P)

Next up we’ve got:

Young Buck + Latoiya Williams - ‘U Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’

Sure it’s a pretty weak track, but hey, I gotta keep things balanced, right? At least you can get to see Buck Marley dancing by the sea….. (pause)… You might wanna crawl back up to that Guru vid.

- Ivan

Rizoh returns in 6 days…

For the uninitiated, Solar is the architect behind Guru’s post-Premier soundscape. (Haters, sharpen your pitchforks.) I can’t say that this remix is more effective than the original, but it definitely adds a fresh perspective to the song.