{"product_id":"gang-starr-hard-to-earn","title":"Gang Starr - Hard To Earn","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy 1994, Guru and DJ Premier had already helped define what New York rap could sound like. \u003cem\u003eHard to Earn\u003c\/em\u003e stripped that sound down to its hardest form, doubling down on raw street reportage and some of the most recognizable beats Premier ever chopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Mass Appeal\" is the masterstroke, a sly, hypnotic loop built as a jab at watered-down radio rap that ironically became one of the group's signature songs. \"Code of the Streets\" paints a bleak picture with Guru's monotone at its most commanding, \"Suckas Need Bodyguards\" keeps the threat level high, and \"DWYCK\" has become a staple of every serious crate-digger's collection. Premier's scratched hooks and thick, dusty drums run throughout, with Guru's steady delivery as the perfect foil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album reached number 25 on the Billboard 200 and number two on the Top R\u0026amp;B\/Hip-Hop Albums chart, cementing Gang Starr as one of the most respected acts in the genre. It remains an essential document of mid-'90s East Coast hip-hop at its peak.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis reissue spreads all seventeen tracks across a double LP on 180-gram black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":50807202447522,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/2790551.jpg?v=1793762789","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/products\/gang-starr-hard-to-earn","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}