DJ SHE ~ JANE BLAZE PRODUCTIONS, MONDAY APRIL 26TH, 2010 @ SHINE NIGHT CLUB RIP...

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MONDAY APRIL 26TH, 2010 @ SHINE NIGHT CLUB

RIP KEITH “GURU” ELAM

The hiphop & jazz worlds are in mourning over huge loss this past week as GURU from Gang Starr passed away after battling cancer.

We’re going to bypass all the online drama surrounding his death and skip right to a simple celebration of the mans musical legacy;

house party style
with a bunch of DJ’s playing Guru-related music from:

Gang Starr
Jazzmattazz
Gang Starr Foundation (Jeru The Damaja, M.O.P, Freddie Foxxx, Bahamadia, Afu-Ra, Big Shug, Group Home, etc)

+ rarities & remixes
inc. Guru tracks with
Bob Marley, Big L, Dilated Peoples, Nenah Cherry, Macy Gray, Digable Planets, Medeski Martin & Wood, Luther Vandross, N’dea Davenport, House of Pain, Ronnie Jordan, Prince Paul, Planet Asia, Bless, Ferry Corston, Adam F & more

FREE to enter!

featuring

FLIPOUT
SAGE
SHE
ABEL
RHEK
CHERCHEZ
SEAN LA-LA

+
RED ONE
EMOTIONZ
& more

Check out DJ PREMIER’s GURU Tribute mix:
http://www.djpremierblog.com/2010/04/24/keith-guru-elam-tribute-mix-by-dj-premier/
Also click on the page to hear Preme, Big Shug and Guru’s Nephew speak on the origins of Gang Starr, visiting Guru in the hospital, and more

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Guru + Canada

Big up to Guru for truly taking his sound worldwide, and helping introduce sounds from around the world to his 2 different worldwide fanbases

Check out his relationship with Canada:

- recorded with DREAM WARRIORS
- recorded with CHOCLAIR on a track produced by KARDINAL
- GANG STARR sampled Choclair on “You Know My Steez”
- Guru once managed Montreal M.C. Bless
- His Jazzmatazz Trumpet-player was Toronto’s own Brownman Ali

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- Tagged:
- GANG STARR,
- SHINE NIGHT CLUB,
- RHEK,
- GURU
- HIP HOP
- VANCOUVER
- DJ SHE
- FLIPOUT
- SAGE
- ABEL
- CHERCHEZ
- SEAN LA-LA
- THE HASTINGS SET

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