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Hard To Earn (Explicit)

Gang Starr

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Released: Feb 1994
Label: 7 GRAND RECORDS
More succinct in focus and theme than previous Gang Starr albums, Hard to Earn may be the group's crowning achievement. Premier has all but abandoned the jazz overtones of previous albums and is focusing on finely chopped samples reconstructed as whirring, claustrophobic funk. Guru's meandering overtly political raps have fallen by the wayside. Instead, Guru focuses on his competition -- or lack thereof -- on "Mass Appeal" and ""Suckas Need Bodyguards." Hip-hop's Moses has descended the mountain, and now he's taking names and whupping ass. Rap would never be the same.
- Sam Chennault
Gang Starr - Hard To Earn 2018-03-28
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    Intro (The First Step)
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    4:14
    Alongwaytogo
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    Code Of The Streets
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    Brainstorm
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    Tonz O Gunz
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    The Planet
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    Aiight Chill
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    Speak Ya Clout (feat. Lil Dap & Jeru the Damaja)
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    DWYCK (feat. Nice & Smooth)
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    Words From The Nutcracker
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    Mass Appeal
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    Blowin Up The Spot
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    Suckas Need Bodyguards
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    Now You're Mine
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    Mostly The Voice
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    F.A.L.A.
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    Comin For Datazz
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