Guru - Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul (25 Years Later)

[KingsOfKings]

Approximately 25 years ago on the October 3rd 2000 American rapper Guru released his third solo studio album, "Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3: Streetsoul". It is the third installation to Guru's Jazzmatazz series released five years after the previous entry. Despite not spawning any singles the album charted in multiple countries including the USA, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy and Netherlands.

Guru best known for his work with the producer DJ Premier released his third studio album and the most notable difference to Gang Starr (duo consisting of Guru and DJ Premier) is that the album features multiple producers. Despite this being a Guru solo album the album has one track produced by DJ Premier. Aside the one DJ Premier produced track the album features production by other notable top-tier producers such as DJ Scratch, The Neptunes and Jay Dee. Guru himself is credited as a producer for six of the album's 16 tracks.

Tracklist:

01 Intro

02 Keep Your Worries ft. Angie Stone

03 Hustlin' Daze ft. Donell Jones

04 All I Said ft. Macy Gray

05 Certified ft. Bilal

06 Plenty ft. Erykah Badu

07 Lift Your First ft. The Roots

08 Guidance ft. Amel Larrieaux

09 Interlude (Brooklyn Skit)

10 Supa Love ft. Kelis

11 No More ft. Craig David

12 Where's My Ladies? ft. Big Shud

13 Night Vision ft. Isaac Hayes

14 Who's There? ft. Les Nubians

15 Mashin' Up Da World ft. Prodigal Son & Junior Reid

16 Timeless ft. Herbie Hancock

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Questions?

1. What are your favorite tracks on Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3?
2. How do you rate Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3 out of 5? Do you consider it a classic?
3. Do you think Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3 is Guru's best album? If not what is?
4. Do you still listen to Guru's Jazzmatazz albums?
5. What did you think of the production on Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3?
6. How highly would you rate Guru as a rapper?
7. Anything else?

 

[Plankton]

The beat for Hustlin Daze sounds like it coulda been a remix for "Nas Is Like..."

 

[Awesome Wells]

Loved this album when it dropped.

Guru's Jazzmatazz series was really dope!

 

[Ukbrotha]

Bilal absolutely murdered it on that Certified hook.

1. What are your favorite tracks on Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3? Certified, No more and Lift your fists,
2. How do you rate Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3 out of 5? Do you consider it a classic? 4 out of 5.
3. Do you think Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3 is Guru's best album? If not what is? Best solo for sure but dont think its better than Hard to earn for me personally.
4. Do you still listen to Guru's Jazzmatazz albums? This one mainly and some Gangstarr
5. What did you think of the production on Jazzmatazz, Vol. 3? Really good. Good to have a varied sound.
6. How highly would you rate Guru as a rapper? Great.
7. Anything else? RIP GURU.

 

[phonthought3000]

The beat for Hustlin Daze sounds like it coulda been a remix for "Nas Is Like..."

This beat was originally for LL but he passed

 

[ADP]

RIP Guru, underrated to this day

Grown-man rap from the get go...

 

[KingsOfKings]