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  <review>Released four years after its previous album, Hard to Earn, this album could be perceived as a comeback, with a newer, updated style of the group's already-established jazz-tinged hip-hop, as stated by Guru in the introduction:
The album is the group's most commercially successful album to date. Moment of Truth debuted at #1 on the Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It went on to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 7, 1998. The lead single, "You Know My Steez," became the duo's second Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1997, peaking at #76. Spin magazine ranked it as the #16 album of 1998.</review>
  <outline>Released four years after its previous album, Hard to Earn, this album could be perceived as a comeback, with a newer, updated style of the group's already-established jazz-tinged hip-hop, as stated by Guru in the introduction:
The album is the group's most commercially successful album to date. Moment of Truth debuted at #1 on the Top R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. It went on to sell over 500,000 copies and was certified Gold by the RIAA on May 7, 1998. The lead single, "You Know My Steez," became the duo's second Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1997, peaking at #76. Spin magazine ranked it as the #16 album of 1998.</outline>
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  <title>Moment of Truth</title>
  <year>1998</year>
  <premiered>1998-01-01</premiered>
  <releasedate>1998-01-01</releasedate>
  <runtime>83</runtime>
  <genre>Hip Hop</genre>
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  <artist>Gang Starr</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. Big Shug &amp; Freddie Foxxx</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. G-Dep &amp; Shiggy Sha</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. Hannibal</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. Inspectah Deck</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. K‐Ci &amp; JoJo</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. Krumb Snatcha</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. M.O.P.</artist>
  <artist>Gang Starr feat. Scarface</artist>
  <albumartist>Gang Starr</albumartist>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>1</position>
    <title>You Know My Steez</title>
    <duration>04:07</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>2</position>
    <title>Robbin Hood Theory</title>
    <duration>03:44</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>3</position>
    <title>Work</title>
    <duration>02:57</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>4</position>
    <title>Royalty</title>
    <duration>05:11</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>5</position>
    <title>Above the Clouds</title>
    <duration>03:41</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>6</position>
    <title>JFK 2 LAX</title>
    <duration>03:34</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>7</position>
    <title>Itz a Set Up</title>
    <duration>03:49</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>8</position>
    <title>Moment of Truth</title>
    <duration>04:07</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>9</position>
    <title>B.I. vs Friendship</title>
    <duration>04:37</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>10</position>
    <title>The Militia</title>
    <duration>04:49</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>11</position>
    <title>Royalty</title>
    <duration>04:06</duration>
  </track>
  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>11</position>
    <title>The Rep Grows Bigga</title>
    <duration>04:54</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>12</position>
    <title>What I’m Here 4</title>
    <duration>02:45</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>13</position>
    <title>She Knowz What She Wantz</title>
    <duration>03:00</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>14</position>
    <title>New York Strait Talk</title>
    <duration>04:14</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>15</position>
    <title>My Advice 2 You</title>
    <duration>02:31</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>16</position>
    <title>Make ’em Pay</title>
    <duration>04:22</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>17</position>
    <title>The Mall</title>
    <duration>03:39</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>18</position>
    <title>Betrayal</title>
    <duration>05:29</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>19</position>
    <title>Next Time</title>
    <duration>03:06</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>20</position>
    <title>In Memory of…</title>
    <duration>03:49</duration>
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