I don’t care what era of hip hop you come from; you gotta love Gang Starr! DJ Premier is the originator in my book; definitely in my top 5 producers list. Moment of Truth isn’t my favorite Gang Starr album, but Thomas hooked this one up and I mean HOOKED it up…. close to 40 samples in this set, with only one main sample missing. That’s good work! Premo uses a ton of vocal samples in his production and we’ve included the more recognizable ones here, but obviously some are missing. So feel free to add to the list!

Moment of Truth is the fifth album released from Gang Starr on March 31, 1998. Released four years after their previous album, Hard to Earn, this could be seen as a comeback, with a newer, updated style to their already established jazz-tinged hip hop. Stylistically, Premo’s beats, while maintaining the signature two-measure loop and scratched chorus formula, expand their range of samples. Not only does he use more orchestral horns and strings, but he also features more atonal, non-melodic samples, a style he’d first explored on Jeru the Damaja’s The Sun Rises in the East. Despite being overshadowed by more mainstream artists, Moment of Truth has gained immense respect within the underground hip hop circuit, and is Gang Starr’s most commercially successful album to date.

1. “Drowning In The Sea of Love” by Joe Simon
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
2. “Music Let’s Me Be” by Les McCann *
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
3. “Flash Is On The Beatbox” by Grandmaster Flash
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
4. “Shadowboxin” by GZA
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
5. “Episodes Of A Hustla” by Big Noyd
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
6. “What is Hip Hop” by Greg Tate
   • Sampled in “You Know My Steez”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
7. “Capricorn” by George Duke
   • Sampled in “Robin Hood Theory”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
8. “Devil In the Dark” by The Manhattans
   • Sampled in “Work”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
9. “Prove Your Love” by Fleetwood Mac
   • Sampled in “Work”
   • Produced by DJ Premier
10. “Let’s Do It In Slow Motion” by Latimore
    • Sampled in “Royalty”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
11. “DWYCK” by Gang Starr
    • Sampled in “Royalty” and “The Rep Grows Bigga”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
12. “Two Piece Flower” by John Dankworth
    • Sampled in “Above The Clouds”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
13. “It’s Time To Break Down” by The Supremes
    • Sampled in “JFK 2 LAX”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
14. “Beyond Yesterday” by Les McCann
    • Sampled in “It’s A Set Up”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
15. “Let’s Fall In Love All Over Again” by Billy Paul
    • Sampled in “Moment Of Truth”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
16. “Come Live With Me” by Isaac Hayes
    • Sampled in “B.I. Vs. Friendship”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
17. “Dark Shadows (Main Theme)” by Robert Cobert
    • Sampled in “The Milita”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
18. “Windmills Of Your Mind” by Barbara Lewis
    • Sampled in “The Milita”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
19. “Come Dancing” by Jeff Beck
    • Sampled in “The Rep Grows Bigga”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
20. “Off The Books” by The Beatnuts
    • Sampled in “The Rep Grows Bigga”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
21. “C.R.E.A.M.” by Wu-Tang Clan
    • Sampled in “The Rep Grows Bigga”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
22. “Faxin’ Jax” by I.N.I.
    • Sampled in “The Rep Grows Bigga”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
23. “Little Green Apples” by Young-Holt Unlimited
    • Sampled in “What I’m Here 4″
    • Produced by DJ Premier
24. “R.S.V.P.” by Nat Adderley
    • Sampled in “What I’m Here 4″
    • Produced by DJ Premier
25. “Sunnin’ and Funnin’” by MFSB
    • Sampled in “She Knowz What She Wantz”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
26. “Itzsoweezee (Hot)” by De La Soul
    • Sampled in “She Knowz What She Wantz”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
27. “It’s My Thang” by EPMD
    • Sampled in “New York Strait Talk”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
28. “Bastards” by Ruthless Bastards
    • Sampled in “New York Strait Talk”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
29. “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” by Lydia Pense and Cold Blood
    • Sampled in “My Advice To You”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
30. “Think About It” by Special Ed
    • Sampled in “My Advice To You”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
31. “Living Proof” by Group Home
    • Sampled in “Make ‘Em Pay”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
32. “You’re Something Special” by Five Specials
    • Sampled in “Make ‘Em Pay”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
33. “Family Affair” by Sly and The Family Stone
    • Sampled in “The Mall”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
34. “Deliver The Word” by War
    • Sampled in “Betrayal”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
35. “A Good Man Is Gone” by Monk Higgins
    • Sampled in “Next Time”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
36. “I Shot Ya (Remix)” by LL Cool J
    • Sampled in “Next Time”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
37. “Here’s That Rainy Day” by Paul Horn
    • Sampled in “In Memory Of”
    • Produced by DJ Premier
38. “You’re Nobody (Til Somebody Kills You)” by The Notorious B.I.G.
    • Sampled in “In Memory Of”
    • Produced by DJ Premier

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