DJ Premier sounded the horn on Wednesday (September 18) with a curious Instagram post alluding to a new Gang Starr album. The seasoned producer shared a video clip a telephone (yes, an actual landline) and a message from Nas.
“Yo Premier, what up man, it’s your man Nas,” he says. “Is it true there’s a new Gang Starr album? That’s crazy, man. Let me know. Alright, chill.”
Preemo coupled the clip with “I Gotta Call @nas” in the caption.
The legendary Hip Hop duo was comprised the late Guru and DJ Premier, leading many to wonder how it’s possible there’d be a new Gang Starr project with one-half the group no longer here.
Guru went into cardiac arrest and slipped into a coma in February 2010. He died less than two months later at the age 48.
The pioneering MC, whose 1993 Jazzmatazz debut was one the first albums to combine a live jazz band with Hip Hop production and rapping, made seven albums under the Gang Starr moniker, including 1998’s Moment Of Truth.
If a new Gang Starr album is on the horizon, it’s a longtime coming. Shortly after Guru’s death, Premier told the Examiner, “Absolutely, absolutely we will hear unreleased Gang Starr tracks].”