Anybody want to know if this disc still holds up today? I've always regarded Moment of Truth as the one Gang Starr album which I could listen to from start to finish (sort of) without losing interest. Moment of Truth ended up being the duo's most commercially successful to date, selling more than five hundred thousand copies and actually getting them some MTV airplay (thanks to a radio-friendly single, which I'll get to in a bit). Keith Elam, otherwise known as Guru, also found himself exploring Gang Starr's jazzy roots in an even deeper manner, releasing a second volume of his Jazzmatazz series to general critical acclaim, although most of his fans only knew him from his work with Premier and wanted to hear him in that fashion exclusively, a trait that continues to haunt Guru today.
Chris Martin (DJ Premier) had kept himself busy, producing for as many rap artists who would have him, and in doing so, he carved himself a niche as hip hop's go-to guy for New York boom bap complete with scratches, hard drums, and no horns (as compared to Pete Rock, the other hip hop go-to guy, albeit one that loves horns as if they were his own children). They found themselves awakening in a hip hop world that was much different than what they had left behind. Guru and DJ Premier, recording as the duo Gang Starr, released their fifth album, Moment of Truth, four years after their well-received Hard To Earn.
