Gang Starr - Mass Appeal:The Best of Gang Starr

Gang Starr has only released one studio album since its other greatest hits record, Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr. Not a good sign; marred with rumors of their imminent demise for a couple of years now, a flurry of greatest hits releases may be the equivalent to vultures circling over head for this long-running hip hop act. Among these, Mass Appeal can be considered the Gang Starr for Dummies version, as more advanced students should proceed directly to the much more comprehensive Full Clip. Containing only twenty tracks in comparison to Full Clip's thirty-three, most of Mass Appeal has been heard elsewhere, with the exception of the several songs taken from the 2003 album The Ownerz. But for those who believe that maybe two disks of Gang Starr just may be too much and think they can make due with just 20 tracks, well then this is the greatest hits compilation for you. [www.gangstarr.com]