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70 out of 100

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8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 8 Ratings

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  • Summary: This is the first album in five years for the duo of DJ Premier and Guru.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    All the Gang Starr trademarks are in place, from Premier's perfect upchoruses to Guru's reedy voice cutting or instructing, and sounding better than ever.
  2. Neumu.net
    80
    A welcome return to that good stuff Gang Starr has delivered over the years.
  3. Blender
    60
    Dignified and confident but slightly starved for ideas. [Aug 2003, p.125]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. coolfearthefuture
    10
    This is pure hiphop here gangstarr returns.
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  2. BenjaminH.
    8
    I love Gangstarr, but on The Ownerz, there should be more tight tracks. There are about 5-6 really tight ones, some ok, then some were like, what?? I expected more, but all in all it is hot.… Expand
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  3. MaartenV.
    7
    This album has some very decent tracks, but not as many as i was used to find on Gang Starr albums. I'm a huge Gang Starr head and ive got all the albums, but i must say that i place this album at the bottom of my Gang Starr album pile. still, it has some OK tracks for instance Capture, Same Team No Games and Who Got Gunz, imo this album is worth an overall 7.… Expand
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