Hard to Earn is one of the 21 eras on the community DJ Premier/Gang Starr tracker, which runs from Before No More Mr. Nice Guy to Unknown. The tracker places it after Daily Operation and before Moment of Truth. unreleased.world has 10 tracks from it: 6 full songs and 4 snippets — 37 min of music in all.
The tracker dates 4 of these leaks from 1994 to 2012; the most recent, “KRS-One - It's Gettin' Hectic”, surfaced Jul 24, 2012.
“Nas - Representin' [V1]” is the longest at 8:32.
9 tracks of 10 stream free in the player; one plays in full with Premium.
The community tracker documents all of these 10 tracks, with leak dates for 4 of them; it is in the tracklist below.
Tracklist
- 1⭐️Doe In AdvanceLeaked 1994 · High Quality2:59
- 2⭐️The Notorious B.I.G. - Machine Gun Funk (DJ Premier Remix)Leaked Mar 7, 2003 · High Quality3:20
- 3KRS-One - It's Gettin' HecticLeaked Jul 24, 2012 · High Quality2:57
- 4✨KRS-One - Outta Here [V1]Leaked Oct 9, 2009 · Low Quality2:30
- 5The ? Remainz [V1]Low Quality1:28
- 6⭐️Arrested Development - Ease My Mind (Premier's Remix)High Quality4:08
- 7Chi Ali - No Surrender, No RetreatLow Quality3:11
- 8✨Mobb Deep - Cop HellCD Quality4:03
- 9Nas - Representin' [V1]PremiumCD Quality8:32
- 10✨Nas - Memory Lane (Sittin' in Da Park) (Remix)High Quality3:25
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The Hard to Earn era
What has surfaced of the 15 entries the tracker files under Hard to Earn: 6 in full, 3 partial and 1 as a snippet.
(05/05/1992) (Daily Operation officially releases) (03/08/1994) (Hard to Earn officially releases)
All 20 DJ Premier/Gang Starr eras
In the order the community tracker lists them.
- Before No More Mr. Nice Guy16 tracks
- No More Mr. Nice Guy1 track
- Step in the Arena3 tracks
- Daily Operation4 tracks
- Hard to Earnthis page
- Moment of Truth15 tracks
- Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr1 track
- The Ownerz21 tracks
- DJ Premier Presents - Get Used To Us66 tracks
- Hustlaz Union: Local NYG [V1]14 tracks
- KoleXXXion11 tracks
- PRhyme13 tracks
- Hustlaz Union: Local NYG [V2]6 tracks
- PRhyme 28 tracks
- One of the Best Yet7 tracks
- Hip Hop 50: Vol. 18 tracks
- The Coldest Profession4 tracks
- The Reinvention1 track
- Light-Years1 track
- Ongoing3 tracks
More unreleased eras
From other trackers on unreleased.world.
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