Hard To Earn
by Gang Starr
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Gang Starr bestography
Hard To Earn is ranked 2nd 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 1977 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 836.
(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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Hard To Earn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/07/2026 22:40 | saltysurprise | 2,942 | 83/100 | |
| 12/09/2025 04:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,793 | 70/100 | |
| 09/01/2025 06:20 |  LedZep | 4,930 | 79/100 | |
| 04/05/2025 13:38 |  Volee | 290 | 69/100 | |
| 03/02/2025 22:47 | BoxFL | 2,601 | 52/100 |
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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 76.1/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.2.
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Larcx13 10/29/2020 10:36 | #259899
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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