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Released in 1998, it went gold, features Scarface and Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck among its guests, and is widely regarded as the duo's creative peak, the album that proved real hip-hop could stay grounded while everything around it chased something flashier.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gang-starr-moment-of-truth-3xlp","title":"Moment of Truth (3xLP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eMoment of Truth is Gang Starr's 1998 fifth album, DJ Premier and Guru returning after a four-year gap following Hard to Earn. It's the duo's most commercially successful record and the source of the crossover hit \"You Know My Steez.\" This pressing is part of UMe's Respect The Classics reissue campaign, the first time Moment of Truth has been back on vinyl in fifteen years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3xLP\u003c\/strong\u003e, Virgin\/Noo Trybe (UMe reissue), 1998 [Explicit Content]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSide A\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Know My Steez\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobbin Hood Theory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyalty (feat. K-Ci \u0026amp; JoJo)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSide B\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbove The Clouds (feat. Inspectah Deck)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJFK 2 LAX\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eItz A Set Up (feat. 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Guru namechecks Thelonious Monk by name, and the track pulls two real Monk samples, including 1958's \"Light Blue.\" This reissue carries both original mixes: the Video Mix and the Movie Mix, the latter built for Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues soundtrack, with DJ Premier swapping the underlying sample entirely (Kool \u0026amp; The Gang's 1971 \"Dujii\") rather than just stripping the vocals for a B-side. 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