Daily Operation

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/daily-operation-mw0000075313 |title=Daily Operation – Gang Starr |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=July 30, 2009 |last=Swihart |first=Stanton}}

| rev2 = Orlando Sentinel

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1992/06/12/gang-starr-2/ |title=Gang Starr |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=June 12, 1992 |access-date=July 11, 2016 |last=Gettelman |first=Parry}}

| rev3 = RapReviews

| rev3score = 9.5/10{{cite web |url=http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_dailyop.html |title=GangStarr :: Daily Operation :: Chrysalis/EMI |work=RapReviews |date=February 22, 2002 |accessdate=December 16, 2018 |last=Brown |first=Damon}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gangstarr/albums/album/238155/review/5943278/daily_operation |title=Gang Starr: Daily Operation |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=July 9, 1992 |accessdate=July 11, 2016 |last=Smith |first=Danyel |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917185405/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/gangstarr/albums/album/238155/review/5943278/daily_operation |archivedate=September 17, 2008}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Gang Starr |last=McLeod |first=Kembrew |author-link=Kembrew McLeod |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |edition=4th |year=2004 |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/322 322] }}

| rev6 = Select

| rev6score = 4/5{{cite magazine |title=Gang Starr: Daily Operation |magazine=Select |issue=25 |date=July 1992 |last=Higginbotham |first=Adam |pages=72–73}}

| rev7 = The Source

| rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Wilder |first=Chris |url=http://thesource.tunes.com/sections/reports/text/report.asp?from=&artist=2689&album=29959|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000123053710/http://thesource.tunes.com/sections/reports/text/report.asp?from=&artist=2689&album=29959|archive-date=January 23, 2000 |title=Gang Starr: Daily Operation |magazine=The Source |issue=33 |date=June 1992|page=51|access-date=July 8, 2024}}

| rev8 = Sputnikmusic

| rev8score = 4.5/5{{cite web |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5488/Gang-Starr-Daily-Operation/ |title=Gang Starr – Daily Operation |publisher=Sputnikmusic |date=March 4, 2006 |accessdate=July 11, 2016 |last=Arp |first=Louis}}

}}

Stanton Swihart of AllMusic wrote: "From beginning to end, Gang Starr's third full-length album cuts with the force and precision of a machete and serves as an ode to and representation of New York and hip-hop underground culture." He added: "Every song has some attribute that stamps it indelibly into the listener's head, and it marks the album as one of the finest of the decade, rap or otherwise."

In 2017, Complex placed it at number 41 on the "Best Rap Albums of the '90s" list.{{cite web|url=https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-rap-albums-of-the-90s/gang-starr-daily-operation|title=The Best Rap Albums of the '90s - 41. Gang Starr, Daily Operation (1992)|work=Complex|first=Al|last=Shipley|date=November 16, 2017|accessdate=April 17, 2019}}

{{Track listing

| title1 = Daily Operation (Intro)

| length1 = 0:27

| title2 = The Place Where We Dwell

| length2 = 2:27

| title3 = Flip the Script

| length3 = 4:02

| title4 = Ex Girl to Next Girl

| length4 = 4:40

| title5 = Soliloquy of Chaos

| length5 = 3:13

| title6 = I'm the Man

| note6 = featuring Lil Dap and Jeru the Damaja

| length6 = 4:05

| title7 = 92 Interlude

| length7 = 0:28

| title8 = Take It Personal

| length8 = 3:07

| title9 = 2 Deep

| length9 = 3:38

| title10 = 24-7/365

| length10 = 0:24

| title11 = No Shame in My Game

| length11 = 3:55

| title12 = Conspiracy

| length12 = 2:48

| title13 = The Illest Brother

| length13 = 4:44

| title14 = Hardcore Composer

| length14 = 3:17

| title15 = B. Y. S.

| length15 = 3:06

| title16 = Much Too Much (Mack a Mil)

| length16 = 3:30

| title17 = Take Two and Pass

| length17 = 3:18

| title18 = Stay Tuned

| length18 = 2:31

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Credits adapted from liner notes.

• DJ Premier – producer, beats, scratches, mixing
• "The Guru" – vocals, producer, mixing
• Lil Dap – vocals (6)
• Jeru the Damaja – vocals (6, 11)
• Eddie Sancho – engineering
• Lisle Leete – recording (13), engineering
• Yorum Vazan – mixing (13)
• Eddie Sancho – engineering
• Howie Weinberg – mastering
• Marc Cozza – art direction, design
• Matt Gunther – photography
• April Walker – fashion styling

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