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Hard to EarnGang Starr
Hip-Hop · 1990s

Hard to Earn

Gang Starr
Released 1994Hip-Hop
ClassicPicked by a lifelong record collector

A gritty, peak boom-bap record of Premier's beats. Tough and beloved. A high point. Released in 1994, it's a key entry in Gang Starr's run.

On vinyl: Vinyl can be scarcer than the CD from this era, so it's worth looking for a recent repressing.

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