Guru was born on 17 Jul 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts. His birth name was Keith Elam. His is also called Guru.
Keith Elam,is an American rapper, and the lyrical half of Gang Starr, together with DJ Premier. With his Jazzmatazz album series, he is also considered to be one of the pioneers of hiphop/jazz crossover. The name Guru is a backronym and stands for "Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal" and the less often used "God is Universal, He is the Ruler Universal".
Guru released the following albums including Live at Woodstock (2009), Divine Rule (2009), 8.0: Lost & Found (2009), The Best of Guru's Jazzmatazz (2008), Classic Cocker (2007), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future (2007), Cocker (2006), Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures (2005), Ultimate Collection (2004), Sheffield Steel (2002), Respect Yourself (2002), No Ordinary World (2000), 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joe Cocker (2000), Joe Cocker - Greatest Hits (1999), Night Calls, DTS 5.1 Music Disc (1998), Across from Midnight (1998), Long Voyage Home (1995), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (1995), Have a Little Faith (1994), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (1993), Unchain My Heart (1990), Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4 (1990) and Joe Cocker Live (1990).
Keith Elam,is an American rapper, and the lyrical half of Gang Starr, together with DJ Premier. With his Jazzmatazz album series, he is also considered to be one of the pioneers of hiphop/jazz crossover. The name Guru is a backronym and stands for "Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal" and the less often used "God is Universal, He is the Ruler Universal".
Guru released the following albums including Live at Woodstock (2009), Divine Rule (2009), 8.0: Lost & Found (2009), The Best of Guru's Jazzmatazz (2008), Classic Cocker (2007), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 4: The Hip Hop Jazz Messenger: Back to the Future (2007), Cocker (2006), Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures (2005), Ultimate Collection (2004), Sheffield Steel (2002), Respect Yourself (2002), No Ordinary World (2000), 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Joe Cocker (2000), Joe Cocker - Greatest Hits (1999), Night Calls, DTS 5.1 Music Disc (1998), Across from Midnight (1998), Long Voyage Home (1995), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 2: The New Reality (1995), Have a Little Faith (1994), Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (1993), Unchain My Heart (1990), Joe Cocker Classics Volume 4 (1990) and Joe Cocker Live (1990).
- Dear Landlord
- Something's Coming On
- Do I Still Figure In Your Life
- Feelin' Alright
- Just Like A Woman
- Let's Go Get Stoned
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- I Shall Be Released
- Hitchcock Railway
- Something To Say
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Divine Rule (Clean)
- No Gimmick Shit
- Stop Frontin' (Clean)
- Divine Rule (Instrumental)
- Lost and Found [Explicit]
- Fastlane [Explicit]
- Ride [Explicit]
- No Gimmick Sh*t [Explicit]
- Read Between Tha Linez Solar [Explicit]
- Best Of My Yearz [Explicit]
- Divine Rule [Explicit]
- When U Least Expect [Explicit]
- After Time [Explicit]
- Those Dayz R Gone [Explicit]
- Stop Frontin [Explicit]
- Own Worst Enemy [Explicit]
- Cee What We Do [Explicit]
- Love-Hate Thang [Explicit]
- It's A Shock [Explicit]
- 6 Cipher [Explicit]
- 7 Grand, Off Tha Chain [Explicit]
- No Time To Play [Explicit]
- Trust Me [Explicit]
- Slicker Than Most [Explicit]
- Down The Backstreets [Explicit]
- Sights In The City [Explicit]
- Loungin' [Explicit]
- Respect The Architect [Explicit]
- Watch What You Say [Explicit]
- Lost Souls [Explicit]
- Choice Of Weapons [Explicit]
- Looking Through Darkness [Explicit]
- Keep Your Worries
- Supa Love [Explicit]
- Lift Your Fist [Explicit]
- Plenty (Explicit) (Feat. Erykah Badu)
- Choices [Explicit]
- Loungin' (Jazz Not Jazz Mix)
- Respect The Architect (Buckwild Remix) [Explicit]
- When The Night Comes
- Unchain My Heart
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Bad Bad Sign
- What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted
- Now That The Magic Has Gone
- The Letter (Live)
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Live)
- Night Calls
- A Woman Loves A Man
- Civilized Man
- Shelter Me (Single Edit)
- Love Is Alive
- You Are So Beautiful
- Don't You Love Me Anymore
- Edge Of A Dream (Theme From "Teachers")
- Feelin' Alright (Live)
- With A Little Help From My Friends (Live) (Edit)
- Feels Like Forever
- Intro
- Knowledge
- 7 Grand Yall
- For Ya Mind
- Peace!
- State of Clarity [Solar Remix]
- Who Got It on Lock
- B-Boy Kamikaze
- Too Slick
- So What It Do Now
- We Got That
- Jazzy Wayz [7 Grand Exclusive]
- Stand Up (Some Thingsll Never Change) [Regaae Mix]
- Hot Like That
- No Need for Stress
- Back to the Future
- Assasino
- Game Needs Me
- Feed the Hungry [Solar Remix]
- Can't Stop the Movement (7 Grand)
- Shelter Me
- A to Z
- Don't You Love Me Anymore
- Living Without Your Love
- Don't Drink the Water
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Heart of the Matter
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
- Love Is on a Fade
- Heaven
- No Time
- False Prophets
- Step in the Arena 2
- Don Status
- Hood Dreamin'
- Cave In
- Surviving the Game
- Hall of Fame
- Talk to Me
- Too Dark See
- Power, Money and Influence
- Kingpin
- Fa Keeps
- Real Life
- Feed the Hungry
- Talkin Loud and Frontin
- Open House
- I Gotta...
- What's My Life Like?
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Feelin' Alright
- Delta Lady
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
- The Letter (Live)
- Cry Me A River (Live)
- You Are So Beautiful
- I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today (w/The Crusaders)
- Sweet Little Woman
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Up Where We Belong (Duet w/Jennifer Warnes)
- Shelter Me
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Unchain My Heart (90s Version)
- When The Night Comes
- Now That The Magic Has Gone
- Summer In The City
- Have A Little Faith In Me
- Sail Away
- First We Take Manhattan
- Look What You've Done
- Shocked
- Sweet Little Woman
- Seven Days
- Marie
- Ruby Lee
- Many Rivers To Cross
- So Good, So Right
- Talking Back To The Night
- Just Like Always
- Sweet Little Woman
- Look What You've Done
- Right In The Middle (Of Falling In Love)
- Inner City Blues
- You Can't Have My Heart
- Love Not War
- You Took It So Hard
- Never Tear Us Apart
- This Is Your Life
- Respect Yourself
- I'm Listening Now
- Leave A Light On
- It's Only Love
- Every Time It Rains
- Midnight Without You
- First We Take Manhattan
- Different Roads
- My Father's Son
- While You See A Chance
- She Believes In Me
- No Ordinary World
- Where Would I Be Now
- Ain't Gonna Cry Again
- Soul Rising
- Naked Without You
- Love To Lean On
- On My Way Home
- Lie To Me
- Love Made A Promise
- Feelin' Alright
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Delta Lady
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
- Cry Me A River
- The Letter
- High Time We Went
- You Are So Beautiful
- The Jealous Kind
- Many Rivers To Cross
- Up Where We Belong
- Summer in the City
- Could You Be Loved
- Simple Things
- N'Oubliez Jamais
- Have a Little Faith in Me
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Delta Lady
- You Are So Beautiful
- That's All I Need to Know [Live]
- Let the Healing Begin
- Tonight
- Night Calls
- Don't You Love Me Anymore
- When the Night Comes
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Unchain My Heart
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Feels Like Forever
- I Can Hear The River
- Now That The Magic Has Gone
- Can't Find My Way Home
- Night Calls
- Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
- Love Is Alive
- Five Women
- Please No More
- Out Of The Rain
- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
- When A Woman Cries
- Tonight
- Could You Be Loved
- That's All I Need To Know
- N'oubliez Jamais
- What Do I Tell My Heart
- Wayward Soul
- Loving You Tonight
- Across From Midnight
- What Do You Say ?
- The Last One To Know
- That's The Way Her Love Is
- Need Your Love So Bad
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- I'll Cry Instead
- (Those) Precious Words
- Marjorine
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Just Like a Woman
- Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
- Do I Still Figure in Your Life
- Feelin' Alright
- I Shall Be Released
- Something's Coming On
- I Don't Need No Doctor
- Let It Be
- Delta Lady
- She Came in Through the Bathroom Window
- Hitchcock Railway
- Dear Landlord
- Darling Be Home Soon
- Something
- Wake Up Little Susie
- Letter
- Space Captain
- Cry Me a River
- Let's Go Get Stoned
- Please Give Peace a Chance
- Blue Medley
- Weight
- High Time We Went
- Black-Eyed Blues
- Midnight Rider
- Woman to Woman
- Something to Say
- She Don't Mind
- Pardon Me Sir
- Put Out the Light
- I Can Stand a Little Rain
- Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
- You Are So Beautiful
- Guilty
- I Think It's Going to Rain Today
- Jamaica, Say You Will
- Jealous Kind
- Catfish
- Song for You
- Fun Time
- I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today
- Ruby Lee
- Many Rivers to Cross
- So Good, So Right
- Up Where We Belong
- I Love the Night
- Civilized Man
- Edge of a Dream
- You Can Leave Your Hat On
- Unchain My Heart
- I've Got to Use My Imagination
- I'm Your Man
- When the Night Comes
- Can't Find My Way Home
- Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me
- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- Love Is Alive
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Intro (Light It Up)/Jazzalude I/New Reality Style
- Lifesaver
- Living In This World
- Looking Through Darkness
- Skit A (Interview)/Watch What You Say
- Jazzalude II./Defining Purpose
- For You
- Insert A (Mental Relaxation)/Medicine
- Lost Souls
- Insert B (The Real Deal)/Nobody Knows
- Jazzalude III./Hip Hop As A Way Of Life
- Respect The Architect
- Feel The Music
- Young Ladies
- The Traveler
- Jazzalude IV./Maintaining Focus
- Count Your Blessings
- Choice Of Weapons
- Something In The Past
- Skit B (Alot On My Mind)/Revelation
- Let the Healing Begin
- Have a Little Faith in Me
- Simple Things
- Summer in the City
- Great Divide
- Highway, Highway
- Too Cool
- Soul Time
- Out of the Blue
- Angeline
- Hell and Highwater [*]
- Standing Knee Deep in a River
- Take Me Home
- Introduction
- Loungin'
- When You're Near
- Transit Ride
- No Time To Play
- Down The Backstreets
- Respectful Dedications
- Take A Look (At Yourself)
- Trust Me
- Slicker Than Most
- Le Bien, Le Mal
- Sights In The City
- Unchain My Heart
- Two Wrongs (Don't Make a Right)
- I Stand in Wonder
- River's Rising
- Isolation
- All Our Tomorrows
- Woman Loves a Man
- Trust in Me
- One
- Satisfied
Oct 1990
- Feelin' Alright
- You Are So Beautiful
- High Time We Went
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
- The Letter
- Midnight Rider
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Woman To Woman
- Cry Me A River
- I Think It's Going To Rain Today
- Delta Lady
- Darling Be Home Soon
- The Jealous Kind
- Feelin' Alright (Live)
- Shelter Me (Live)
- Hitchcock Railway (Live)
- Up Where We Belong (Live)
- Guilty (Live)
- You Can Leave Your Hat On (Live)
- When The Night Comes (Live-Memorial Auditorium)
- Unchain My Heart (Live)
- With A Little Help From My Friends (Live)
- You Are So Beautiful (Live)
- The Letter (Live)
- She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Live)
- High Time We Went (Live)
- What Are You Doing With A Fool Like Me
- Living In The Promiseland
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