Gang Starr Releases Hard to Earn Album – Today in Hip-Hop
[ad_1] XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment:March 8, 1994: By 1994, Gang Starr had established themselves as a force in the rap game when they dropped, on this day, their fourth studio album, Hard to Earn.For their fourth album in five years, the dynamic rap duo went for a more stripped-down version of their signature sound. Guru rapped about politics, oppression and society's flaws over bare beats, a stark contrast from the jazzy production Gang Starr fans were familiar with on their 1992 project, Daily Operation. Everything from the stark intro to the classic closer "Comin' for Datazz' is some of the best East Coast boom-bap to come out in the...