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A1	Name Tag (Premier & The Guru)	0:36
A2	Step In The Arena	3:36
A3	Form Of Intellect	3:37
A4	Execution Of A Chump (No More Mr. Nice Guy Pt. 2) Piano – Lisle Lette*	2:39
A5	Who's Gonna Take The Weight?	3:54
A6	Beyond Comprehension	3:10
A7	Check The Technique	3:55
A8	Loves	3:22
A9	Here Today, Gone Tomorrow	2:16
B1	Game Plan	1:06
B2	Take A Rest	4:18
B3	What You Want This Time?	2:39
B4	Street Ministry	1:21
B5	Just To Get A Rep	2:39
B6	Say Your Prayers	1:20
B7	As I Read My S-A	2:35
B8	Precisely The Right Rhymes	3:22
B9	The Meaning Of The Name	2:53

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Marc Cozza
• Design [Logo] – Rick Patrick
• Engineer – Lisle Lette* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to A9, B1, B2, B7), Shlomo Sonnenfeld (tracks: A3, B8, B9), Yoram Vazam* (tracks: B3 to B6)
• Lyrics By – Keith E.E.*
• Photography – Renee Cox
• Producer, Mixed By, Lyrics By – The Guru*
• Producer, Mixed By, Music By [Beats], Scratches – DJ Premier

Notes

All songs produced and mixed by DJ Premier and
The Guru for Gang Starr Productions, Inc.

All songs recorded at Calliope Productions - New York, NY except for:
What Do You Want This Time, Just to Get A Rep, Street Ministry and Say Your Prayers recorded at Firehouse Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Form Of Intellect, Precisely The Right Rhymes and The Meaning Of The Name recorded at Such A Sound Studio, Brooklyn, NY.

Counterfeit release with low quality matte sleeve and low quality Step In The Arena labels and no runouts.

"0946 3 21798 1 4" on the back of the sleeve
"946 3 21798 1 4" on the spine
"321 7981" on the labels

In the upper right of the back of the sleeve
0946 3 21798 1 4
s: pm 262
sk: 321 7981
printed in south korea.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: none

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
F2 21798	Gang Starr	Step In The Arena ‎(CD, Album)	Chrysalis	F2 21798	US	1990
MR-019	Gang Starr	Step In The Arena ‎(LP, Album)	Chrysalis	MR-019	Japan	1990
F4 21798	Gang Starr	Step In The Arena ‎(Cass, Album)	Chrysalis	F4 21798	US	1990
DOM 001	Gang Starr	Step In The Arena ‎(2xLP, Album, Unofficial, W/Lbl)	R. A. K. Records	DOM 001	US	1998
TOCP-6805	Gang Starr	Step In The Arena ‎(CD, Album)	Chrysalis	TOCP-6805	Japan	1991