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Title: Guru – Jazzmatazz (Streetsoul)
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Boston, Massachusetts
Matrix #: 7243 8 50188 1 7
Condition: NM

Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology: A real bridge project—Guru brought jazz players into the room (not just samples), earning respect from older jazz heads and rap purists at the same time.

2. Band Drama: After his 2010 illness/death, a bitter public fight broke out over who controlled access to him and his legacy, with his family disputing statements from associates.

3. Personal Struggle: Guru battled cancer and suffered a coma; he died in 2010 at 48, with much of his final period kept private and heavily contested in the press.

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