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Guru 8.0: Lost & Found | ||||
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Released | 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
Genre | Hip hop | |||
Label | 7 Grand Records | |||
Producer | Guru, Solar [1] | |||
Guru chronology | ||||
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RapReviews | 6/10 [3] |
Guru 8.0:Lost &Found is the seventh and final studio album by American rapper Guru. [4] [5] It was released through 7 Grand Records in 2009. [6] [7]
The Skinny thought that Solar's "exquisite production skills are evident throughout all of Lost and Found but are most prominent on futuristic anthems 'Fastlane' and 'Cee What We Do'." [1] Complex called the title track "Guru at his most comfortable ... splicing a street corner aesthetic with divine wisdom and highbrow wit,the sole captain of his ship." [8]
AllMusic deemed the album "distinctively harder in tone and content than his JAZZMATAZZ efforts." [9]
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