Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Gang Starr | ||||
Released | July 13, 1999 | |||
Recorded | D&D Studios in New York, New York | |||
Genre | East Coast hip hop,jazz rap,hardcore hip hop | |||
Length | 122:46 | |||
Label | Virgin | |||
Producer | DJ Premier, Guru | |||
Gang Starr chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Robert Christgau | A– |
RapReviews | 9/10 |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr is a compilation album, featuring 32 songs released by Hip hop duo Gang Starr between 1989 and 1999, plus a brief 'intro' track. It was released by Virgin Records. The album includes 21 tracks taken from the five albums it had released up to that point, eight of which were previously available only on soundtracks or vinyl singles, and three newly recorded tracks ("Full Clip", "Discipline", and "All 4 the Ca$h"). The compilation was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 19, 1999.
In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau called Full Clip an ideal compilation album that makes the duo's music seem less formalistic and more diverse: "It's a credit to the duo's constancy that the result plays like a single release."