Album
Hard To Earn
1994 · Hip Hop
14 collectors on Gatefold own this
Hard To Earn is a Hip-Hop album by Gang Starr, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 44 pressings tracked, owned by 14 collectors.
About
Though Gang Starr's four '90s albums represent one of East Coast rap's most consistently great run, 1994's <i>Hard to Earn</i> is arguably the duo at their fullest flower, a defining document of boom bap full of hard-nosed boasts and hard-knocking beat. Producer DJ Premier was bristling somewhat from Gang Starr being saddled with the "jazz-rap" tag after three albums of smooth samplework and MC Guru's mellow, critically acclaimed <i>Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1</i> side-hustle. So with the decade's third outing and their fourth overall, they delivered a minimal, deeply funky head-cracker, returning to the noise of Public Enemy with a slick groove all their own (though the walking bassline of "Mostly Tha Voice" shows they didn't abandon jazz cool altogether). .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Intro (First Step)0:54
- A2Alongwaytogo4:13
- A3Code Of The Streets3:29
- A4Brainstorm3:02
- A5Tonz 'O' Gunz3:55
Side B
- B1The Planet5:16
- B2Aiiight Chill...3:13
- B3Speak Ya Clout3:35
- B4DWYCK4:03
Side C
- C1Words From The Nutcracker1:29
- C2Mass Appeal3:41
- C3Blowin' Up The Spot3:10
- C4Suckas Need Bodyguards4:05
Side D
- D1Now You're Mine2:55
- D2Mostly Tha Voice3:38
- D3F.A.L.A.4:17
- D4Comin' For Datazz4:02
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Boom Bap
- gritty
- menacing
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Big ShugFEATURING FEATURING, LYRICS BY LYRICS BY, FEATURING
- DJ Premier
- Guru
- Jeru The DamajaFEATURING FEATURING, LYRICS BY LYRICS BY, FEATURING
- Lil' DapFEATURING FEATURING, LYRICS BY LYRICS BY, FEATURING
- Melachi The NutcrackerFEATURING FEATURING, LYRICS BY LYRICS BY, FEATURING
- Bobby Russell
- George ClintonPERFORMER , WRITTEN-BY
- Joe QuindeBASS
- Nice & SmoothFEATURING
- Quincy JonesPERFORMER , WRITTEN-BY
- Stephen Allen DavisPERFORMER , WRITTEN-BY
14 collectors on Gatefold own this · 44 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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