Gang Starr’s first two albums were recorded inside Chris Julian’s Calliope Studios on 37th Street and 8th Avenue in the heart of New York City’s Garment District. The engineer, Bob Power, had his hands in seminal works like De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), A Tribe Called Quest’s People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm (1990), 3rd Bass’ Derelicts of Dialect (1991), and Black Sheep’s A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing (1991).

As Gang Starr was readying to record their third album, Daily Operation, at Calliope, Showbiz of D.I.T.C. (Diggin’ in the Crates) called DJ Premier to nearby D&D Studios to do the scratches on the remix to Lord Finesse’s “Return of the Funky Man.”

While a handful of Hip-Hop artists were already recording at D&D Studios, Premier’s experience inside David Lotwin and Doug Grama’s place would completely shift the trajectory of not only Gang Starr’s music but also of Hip-Hop as a whole.

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