Their track 'Jazz Thing' was featured on the soundtrack to Spike Lee's film Mo' Better Blues. Gang Starr provided a track, Battle, for the sound track of the 2002 movie 8 Mile.
The entire Gang Starr catalog, especially Step in the Arena (1991), Daily Operation (1992), Hard to Earn (1994) and Moment of Truth (1998) are well respected among underground rap fans and critics. During their career Gang Starr helped pioneer the New York Cityhardcore hip hop sound. The London-based label offered Guru and Premier unlimited artistic license and major-label distribution worldwide, a platform the group used to become one of the most influential hip hop acts of that decade.
In 1990, the group was signed to the Chrysalis record label by then A&R director Duff Marlowe, a former DJ and Los Angeles Times rap music critic. He invited DJ Premier to join Gang Starr, relocate with him to Brooklyn and in that same year they released their first single 'Words I Manifest' along with the album No More Mr. He soon got in touch with Houston, Texas native DJ Premier (then known as Waxmaster C) who sent him a beat tape, which Guru liked. In 1989, the group split and the only member willing to continue under the name was Guru.
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