CHRYSALIS · F2 21798

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step-in-the-arena-b2q66k · main release step-in-the-arena-1o0gl5o 1990 · Album

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Tracklist

1 Name Tag (Premier & The Guru) 0:36
2 Step In The Arena 3:37
3 Form Of Intellect 3:40
4 Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) 2:41
5 Who's Gonna Take The Weight? 3:56
6 Beyond Comprehension 3:13
7 Check The Technique 3:58
8 Love Sick 3:27
9 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow 2:18
10 Game Plan 1:08
11 Take A Rest 4:21
12 What You Want This Time? 2:41
13 Street Ministry 1:25
14 Just To Get A Rep 2:42
15 Say Your Prayers 1:24
16 As I Read My S-A 3:02
17 Precisely The Right Rhymes 3:25
18 The Meaning Of The Name 2:55

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Written & produced

Lyrics ByKeith Elam

Producer, Mixed By, Lyrics ByGuru

Producer, Mixed By, Music By [Beats], ScratchesDJ Premier

First released 1990 · Chrysalis · US
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Master Album · 1990 · 1 pressing · 1 country

Gang Starr

Step In The Arena

First released: 1990
Original label: Chrysalis · F2 21798
Country: US
Formats: CD
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Conscious, Boom Bap
Tracks: 18 · 50:29
Latest reissue: —
Versions: 1 in the Archive

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