{"id":189224,"date":"2024-01-03T10:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T09:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=189224"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T16:14:34","slug":"when-gang-starr-played-the-game-and-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/when-gang-starr-played-the-game-and-won\/","title":{"rendered":"When Gang Starr Played The Game And WON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sQWB72rIH_A?si=Oe1S3MSeUCvl9wFL\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video essay by <strong>Brandon Shaw<\/strong> tells you the story of how <strong>Gang Starr&#8217;s<\/strong> \u201cMass Appeal\u201c was a response to the \u201cwatered down radio Hip Hop\u201c prevalent on the air waves of those times. The lead single from the duo&#8217;s fourth album <em>Hard To Earn<\/em>\u00a0is a perfect example of <strong>DJ Premier&#8217;s<\/strong> abillity to musically compliment the rapper&#8217;s thematics. Preemo&#8217;s take on \u201celevator music\u201c is, ironically, the perfect musical background to <strong>Guru<\/strong> calling out rappers who simplified the craft to conform to the radio&#8217;s mass appeal standards. The video also features an instrumental breakdown, showing the samples used in the creation of this classic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"189225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/when-gang-starr-played-the-game-and-won\/gang-starr-mass-appeal-thumbnail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Gang Starr Mass Appeal Thumbnail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?fit=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?fit=640%2C360&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-189225 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?resize=540%2C304&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?resize=540%2C304&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Gang-Starr-Mass-Appeal-Thumbnail.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video essay by Brandon Shaw tells you the story of how Gang Starr&#8217;s \u201cMass&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dig-of-the-day","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-Ne0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189224\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}