Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr

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Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
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Greatest hits album by
ReleasedJuly 13, 1999
Recorded1989–1999
Studio D&D Studios in New York, New York
Genre
Length122:46
Label Virgin
Producer
Gang Starr chronology
Moment of Truth
(1998)
Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr
(1999)
The Ownerz
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Robert Christgau A− [3]
RapReviews9.0/10 [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]

Full Clip: A Decade of Gang Starr is a compilation album, featuring 35 songs released by hip hop duo Gang Starr between 1989 and 1999, plus a brief 'intro' track. It was released by Virgin Records. [3] 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 tha Ca$h"). The compilation was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 19, 1999 and Silver by the BPI on February 12, 2016. [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

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." [3]

Track listing

Disc one

#TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)Original album
1"Intro"DJ Premier, Guru*Interlude*
2"Full Clip"DJ Premier, GuruDJ Premier, GuruFull Clip
3"Discipline"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Total Full Clip
4"Words I Manifest (Remix)"DJ Premier, GuruGuru No More Mr. Nice Guy
5"Ex Girl to Next Girl"DJ Premier, GuruGuru Daily Operation
6"I'm the Man"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Jeru the Damaja, Lil' Dap Daily Operation
7"Mass Appeal"DJ Premier, GuruGuru Hard to Earn
8"Jazz Thing (Video Mix)"DJ Premier, GuruGuru Mo' Better Blues OST
9"The Militia"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Big Shug, Freddie Foxxx Moment of Truth
10"Tonz 'O' Gunz"DJ Premier, GuruGuruHard to Earn
11"Royalty"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, K-Ci & JoJo Moment of Truth
12"Who's Gonna Take the Weight?"DJ Premier, GuruGuru Step in the Arena
13"You Know My Steez"DJ Premier, GuruGuruMoment of Truth
14"Above the Clouds"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Inspectah Deck Moment of Truth
15"Just to Get a Rep" (12" version)DJ Premier, GuruGuruJust To Get A Rep single
16"DWYCK"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Nice & Smooth Hard to Earn

Disc two

#TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)Original album
1"All 4 tha Ca$h"DJ Premier, GuruGuruFull Clip
2"Step in the Arena"DJ Premier, GuruGuruStep in the Arena
3"Work"DJ Premier, GuruGuruMoment of Truth
4"Soliloquy of Chaos"DJ Premier, GuruGuruDaily Operation
5"Take It Personal"DJ Premier, GuruGuruDaily Operation
6"Speak Ya Clout"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Jeru the Damaja, Lil' DapHard to Earn
7"Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot)"DJ Premier, GuruGuru Trespass OST
8"1/2 & 1/2"DJ Premier, Guru, M.O.P.Guru, M.O.P. Blade OST
9"The ? Remainz"DJ Premier, GuruGuruSuckas Need Bodyguards single
10"Code of the Streets"Guru, DJ PremierGuruHard to Earn
11"So Wassup?!"DJ Premier, GuruGuruYou Know My Steez single
12"Now You're Mine"DJ Premier, GuruGuruHard to Earn
13"Betrayal"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, Scarface Moment of Truth
14"B.Y.S."DJ Premier, GuruGuruDaily Operation
15"Credit Is Due"DJ Premier, GuruGuruLove Sick single
16"The Militia II (Remix)"DJ Premier, GuruGuru, WC, Rakim Belly OST
17"You Know My Steez
(Three Men and a Lady Remix)"
DJ Premier, GuruGuru, The Lady of Rage, Kurupt The Militia single
18"Take Two and Pass [Japan Bonus Track]"DJ Premier, GuruGuruDaily Operation
19"As I Read My S-A [Japan Bonus Track]"DJ Premier, GuruGuruStep In The Arena

Album singles

Single information
"1/2 & 1/2"
  • Released: August 4, 1998
  • B-side: "Gangsta Bounce" (by Wolfpak)
"Full Clip"
  • Released: June 8, 1999
  • B-side: "DWYCK"
"Discipline"
  • Released: 1999
  • B-side: "Just to Get a Rep"
"Full Clip (Remix)"
  • Released: 1999 [White Label]
  • B-side: "Work (Remix)"

Charts

Chart (1999)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 55
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 169
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 48
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 47
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 47
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [13] 10
US Billboard 200 [14]
33
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [15]
11

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [7] Silver60,000
United States (RIAA) [6] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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