Hard To Earn (studio album)
by Gang Starr

Hard To Earn by Gang Starr
Year: 1994
Overall rank: 5,737th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 48 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (120th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (953rd)
Award Best albums of all time (5,737th)

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Gang Starr bestography

Hard To Earn is ranked 3rd best out of 9 albums by Gang Starr on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Gang Starr is Moment Of Truth which is ranked number 1978 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 838.

Gang Starr album bestography « Higher ranked (5,724th)
Step In The Arena
This album (5,737th)
Hard To Earn
Lower ranked (6,222nd) »
Daily Operation

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 48 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.2/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.4.

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75/100
From 10/29/2020 10:36
A really good hip hop record. Some really good tracks on here. But not my favorite Gang Starr album. It feels like they were going for a more hardcore sound than their previous records which makes sense being released in 94. Some of the tracks I find skippable. That being said, Mass Appeal, Blowin' Up the Spot and Suckas Need Bodyguards is the strongest string of songs on this record for me and Code of the Streets is a great track.
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