I saw this article on DJ Premier’s Blog. The article sheds more light on Super Producer Solar, the man who has been Guru’s exclusive creative partner since the demise of GangStarr, and the man who is at the forefront of the confusion surrounding Guru’s health and current condition. There’s no byline on the piece, so I’m not totally sure if Premier wrote it himself, or it was authored by someone else who works on this site… I did spot it via Premier’s twitter, so it is official… You can see it after the jump, and before we get into it, I remember when the first time I interviewed Guru in 2005, just before the release of his first solo album after the Gangstarr break up. At that time the message wasn’t as anti-Gangstarr and anti-the past as it has become since. To be honest, my first impressions of Solar were not that negative. I had no idea of the depths of this falling out at that time, nor what would happen in the years since… I’m going to go back and find that original ’05 interview for a Treasurechest’s Vault. Check for that soon, and see Premiere’s piece below.
Many people asked me to actually do this and I come clean, I didn’t really enjoy writing this. However, the truth has to be written to the public. The people who wrote me asked for my help. About the whole Solar Guru situation… We should have known people. We should have known this would come this far. Superproducer Solar is a manipulator of the highest degree and loves to control people. I really hate making a post on DJ Premier Blog about Solar, I even promised last year not to mention Guru ever again (because I saw no ending with that Solar dude). A lot of people who worked with Guru and Solar came forward to me with their stories about 7Grand Records and Solar in this intense week. Mostly they write about how heartbreaking it is to hear that their former partner Guru had a heart attack and that Solar is with him making it hard for his family, they are very concerned. The reason they wrote the truth in countless letters is because they want Guru away from Solar with the help of the public (like Justin asked in his video). It was no fun for them writing about Guru’s evil friend, especially when Guru was one of the friendliest people they ever met, and were blessed to work with. To the few persons Guru had contact with, he was always very kind. He was a master at cheering someone up. If you saw Guru you wouldn’t think he was sad, he wouldn’t let you see it someone wrote me. He didn’t want to make someone sad because of him. That’s maybe the reason Solar had so much control on Guru. Guru’s first concern wasn’t himself, but the persons next to him. I hope you respect why they want to stay anonymous. They don’t want to harm the person, Guru, that were always good to them. Yet, what Solar puts Guru trough is unacceptable and makes people angry for a damn good reason. No one wants to see a good person suffer and taken advantage of. So I warn all of you, the next thing I’m about to write is something like tmz.com or allhiphop.com, you are not forced to read it. Keep Guru in the back of your mind, because he needs our support. Even so, here are some facts about the person who is now with Guru:
Read the full article here.