Hard To Earn is an undisputed CLASSIC!!! It’s too good to pick a best song but this might be my favorite. The beat is just insane with Guru’s rhymes & voice!
I played this album out in my ride when this was out hittin the budda spots in Harlem and reupin. One of my "faded out print" tapes. Still got the original.
GangStarr one of the best Hiphop shows I had the honour to have seen in the UK. I remember them doing a flawless 2 hour set nonstop hits after hits. The crowd was packed and they went hard, every track banged. After the set GURU came off the stage and hanged out with the fans. Me and my boys had the pleasure of hanging out with GURU and just thuggin and rapping. He was coolest of cats! One of the best nights of my life. Rest In Power Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal! 👑👑👑
Man this is from 1994, I was one year old back then....and this is still Dope Af! There is just something about Guru and Premo that is just so absolutely Timeless! Certainly in my Top 5 of All time! Gang Starr Forever! RIP Guru! :)
One of the best. I've been listening to Hip Hop since around 85'. Gang Starr was considered best of the best when this album came out. I'm always surprised Guru isn't mentioned in best ever convo.
Dice I bought this album tha day it came out on vinyl, been a hard core gangstarr fan since there 1st album & I’m still pumping it like it just got realest
Its neva late to elevate levetate I remember yesterday but now im inna betta place, Before you start buyin shit at least have a base, Before icin out your chain watch that you got a block full of tapes
CLASSIC 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 & STILL UNTOUCHABLE IN 1/21/2020 GURU WE MISS U RIP 1 LOVE & PREMIER #1 GANGSTARR FOUNDATION #1 & THANKS 4 ONE OF THE BEST YET ( AMAZING & UNBELIEVABLE) 😭
I’m not a Sucka so I Don need a bodyguard. To me DJ Premier is the nastiest DJ in Hip-Hop. Not even going to speak on his production/beat making skills. He always finds the right records/verse to cut/put in a song.
THIS SHIT HERE?????? By far my favorite song from the OGs one of the greatest rap groups and emcees to do it. R.I.P. Guru a true legend. THIS is that REAL nigga shit!!! lf you clowns don't understand, yall need to be taken to church right here!!!
Love the fact that someone is rocking a jeru the damaja shirt in the beginning of the video.. And 2021 we still can get those shirts.. One love to the gangstarr posse 😎
"The GURU" At his finest! Speaking plenty of MC RealTalk/Noise, eckoing, sentiments of The OG's that started it all!!!!!!! 1 Guru = One Legend.....GangStarr Forever.....
I've been looking/ digging for 30 years now a GangStarr track I Heard in a video (1991) where the chorus - scratched- is "I'm a man with a style". Thanks for helping. Cheers from France.
Because it not where you from it where you at as Rakim said it. Them niggaz put New York on their back from 1989 until the end that's why they gave New York city a sound but you are right but they repped East New York city I got no problem with that.
Suckers need a bodyguard who still banging this joint in 2024??????🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.....im 50 years old just like Hip Hop 💪🔥👑♥️
Still love this in 2024
Damn this shit banging.
90’s New York rap is something special.
Fat Joe was always all up in somebody video back then lol . RIP Guru 🙏🏿🙏🏿
This album hasn’t left my playlist since the 90’s . True classic
Damn class of 94"... this, Illmatic, Ready to Die, three legendary albums.
Truly classic material, rhymes that can't decline. Peace from Poland.
Golden Starling please enjoy this song I wrote ❤️❤️👉🏽 th-cam.com/video/QQN-qfxbdwM/w-d-xo.html
Golden Starling PEACE ✌️ to You Peoples from The “D” DETROIT 313!!!!!
Pozdro! Peace from Poland aswell
And Russia!
#tekashi6xnin9
“But don’t mistake me when I smile, I’ll murder an entire rap chart with my freestyle...”
Guru was something else, R.I.P.
WORD👑
Yes Sir 👍
Killer line !!
My favorite of all time since 89 .......
Being capable to switch styles, subjects and rap skills like dat makes him unique, legendary and imortal.❤
Guru speaks so clear and concise. I never need to look up the Genius page for a Gang Starr track.
Like 2Pac
I love how guys were chasing the dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂
This man has a claim to be the greatest lyricist of all time. Top 5 artist of all time
Guru is king of the 90s. Period
My favorite......
The goat
RIP GURU.....MY FAVORITE MC🙏🏾👑
I always tripped off how hard Guru snapped on this track, how he's damn near yelling the words. Hard to Earn is the best Gangstarr album imo.
Nah moment of truth is where he really shines
@@The808Mixmaster I slightly prefer Moment of Truth as well but let's not forget about Daily Operation
@@phatplates daily operation is good but nowhere near production level of moment of truth
@@The808Mixmaster thing is they're both Premo but in my opinion the production is two totally different styles
@@phatplates yeah that's true daily operation was a lot more gritty and street. Moment of truth had better beats imo overall tho.
Guru has that voice and demeanor on a track that you feel no matter what he's saying
King of monotone
Hi Bro
Where Are You From??
@@GOD-fc4cr Nigeria
@@GOD-fc4cr UK
@@adosayid6368 what's up bro
I feel like he is still among us! Legends never die 🙏
Me too.🎤🎚🎛👊
Being capable to switch styles, subjects and rap skills like dat makes him unique, legendary and imortal.❤
"I'm the substance that'll make your third eye cry" Sheesh
I also felt that line.
ATMA sampled this dope line th-cam.com/video/V5WxxaqVdXM/w-d-xo.html
Crazy...
Atma didnt sample this it was panik of molemen atma just rapped over the beat
This is one of the greatest hook of all time
sebastian z hell yeah!
Facts 🔥
RIP GURU! ONE OF DA BEST TO EVER TOUCH DA MIC
WORD👑
Word up
Definite
This joint is 30 years old!!! And it still holdin it down Gangstar is forever man, Rest in everlasting peace brother Guru!!!
RESPECT form Poland for NYC Rap ! Gangstarr, Mobb Deep, Onyx. 90" NYC real rap. RIP GURU !
Hard To Earn is an undisputed CLASSIC!!! It’s too good to pick a best song but this might be my favorite. The beat is just insane with Guru’s rhymes & voice!
Now THIS is hip hop
The real deal R.I.P Guru 🙏
One of Guru's hardest beats he produced.
Melachi the Nutcracker's ab libs on the chorus was everything 💯🎤
That third verse tho 🔥 🔥 🔥
Imagine getting a third verse in 2024 💔
I’m so glad they’re reuploading all these classics in better quality instead of that 2008 480p videos 😂
I played this album out in my ride when this was out hittin the budda spots in Harlem and reupin. One of my "faded out print" tapes. Still got the original.
GangStarr one of the best Hiphop shows I had the honour to have seen in the UK. I remember them doing a flawless 2 hour set nonstop hits after hits. The crowd was packed and they went hard, every track banged. After the set GURU came off the stage and hanged out with the fans. Me and my boys had the pleasure of hanging out with GURU and just thuggin and rapping. He was coolest of cats!
One of the best nights of my life. Rest In Power Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal! 👑👑👑
One of the greatest voices and MC in hip hop history R.I.P guru
Man this is from 1994, I was one year old back then....and this is still Dope Af! There is just something about Guru and Premo that is just so absolutely Timeless! Certainly in my Top 5 of All time!
Gang Starr Forever! RIP Guru! :)
One of the best. I've been listening to Hip Hop since around 85'. Gang Starr was considered best of the best when this album came out. I'm always surprised Guru isn't mentioned in best ever convo.
Kids today are so hung up on Biggie/Tupac they don't even know who the greatest lyricist ever is. GURU!
I'm 25 and when I was 17 all I did was listen to 90s hip hop. I wasn't even born when this came out but it's still nostalgic to me.
There's a treasure trove of 90's music. TH-cam has the widest selection compared to Spotify and Apple music type chanel's. Enjoy digging for it!
This is from one of the best albums ever made! 🙌🏾
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Facts!!!!
WUTAE i like your content but work on your flow bro
Run-Dmc and Beastie Boys hooked me and then Gang Starr and Wu kept me coming back!R.I.P. Guru
Gang Starr is the Tim Duncan of HIP-HOP! Worth the tiles, but no recognition for their accomplishments
This song is ahead of time they talking for most of todays wannabe gansta rappers
Rest in power keith aka guru Rest up king
I dont know why but seeing World Trade Center in that background behind Guru and Premo is so damn gangsta.
The most positive gangsta rapper ever lol
Besides will Smith 🤣🤣🤣☝
@@toristar6416 - the guru is incomparable, especially not to will smith . Whack as will smith , won’t walk the streets without bodyguards
Positivity is probably more positive!!
@king florents the song is about rappers who act tough only when they have bodyguards around them.
@king florents yeah yung dolph is the realest for that
Guru rockin an organized confusion shirt!!! That's hip hop!!!
Anyone else been listening to this track regularly for years?
You IU lolmj Koji u ok I uuj ok l lol to
Always in my playlist
Dice I bought this album tha day it came out on vinyl, been a hard core gangstarr fan since there 1st album & I’m still pumping it like it just got realest
Epic record since the day it dropped.
Guru will forever be missed, and never duplicated. R.I.P. 👑
Art in its purest form - the golden era of hip-hop, simply can't hate on the legends. Also RIP to Guru ,nothing but love and respect for both.
That rob base cut at the end was nasty
Guru predicted all this in the 90s.
The dislikes are the fake MCs 😂😭
I'll say dislikes comes from young kids who precept rap by eyes not ears
@@ironpunchmb I'm 13 and love Gang starr :)
@@BusterBossJR but you didn't push dislike button i guess
👌😂
The dislikes are from kids who like bars that go like, "dfsjkffvsbgkj hdfbvjshbv ehjfsvj decfsjh… Skirt, Skirt".
I Never Saw This Video, Again Gang Starr Forever and It's Dope, Guru Has on an Organized Konfusion T-Shirt, Another Dope Duo.
"Who am I? I'm the substance that'll make your third eye cry." Rest In Peace to the GOAT
Respect from Russia to yall who are listening to this quality shit! Peace!
It still feels perfect.
ALL UP IN THE D&D!!!!!!!!!!
G.U.R.U. Produced this joint.
G.U.R.U. Forever
No he did not
DJ Premier laced this smash classic!
No, it was D.J. Premier who was the producer of the Gangstarr album, Hard To Earn. G.U.R.U. wrote all the lyrics.
Indeed he did. To everyone thinking Premier did every single Gangstarr record, nope. Read the credits.
My rhymes a cargo when yours is just a quarter ounce - gang Starr. RIP Guru
Basic but hard!
@TmacDaFuckingGreat Hell where you dwell, oh well, suckers can't tell etc.
Genius I mean this
Penis:
Suckers can't dream this etc
@TmacDaFuckingGreat Taking the piss out of Gangstarr but who are you any way
Its neva late to elevate levetate
I remember yesterday but now im inna betta place,
Before you start buyin shit at least have a base,
Before icin out your chain watch that you got a block full of tapes
@@biggie10101 ok that was great
God I miss these days! The 90's was Golden era of Hip-Hop....Blessed to live through it..
One love! ;)
That fuxkin piano joint is 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Guru is the most underrated Mc rapper of all time
Now this is harder than anything released in the last 10 years.
Facts
kendrick *
Yep
@@mohatoura fuck off
More like 18 years
I was raised on The Chain and The Starr....peace and blessings.
Thank God for Gangstarr
My favorite mc and dj.
I didnt know this one. Fire as usual, still missing the guru. RIP king.
Its beautiful to see this in 2019
"Who Am I? I'm the substance that'll make ypu third eye cry" !
Daamn ...
This pretty up sums up most rappers today...And I'm security and I wouldn't bodyguard these wack dudes...But gangstarr always get love.
CLASSIC 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 & STILL UNTOUCHABLE IN 1/21/2020 GURU WE MISS U RIP 1 LOVE & PREMIER #1 GANGSTARR FOUNDATION #1 & THANKS 4 ONE OF THE BEST YET ( AMAZING & UNBELIEVABLE) 😭
Finally getting the mainstream exposure they deserve
3:21 Love how Premier scratched in that line from Rob Base's "It Takes Two"...makes me laugh every time I hear it 😂
I’m not a Sucka so I Don need a bodyguard. To me DJ Premier is the nastiest DJ in Hip-Hop. Not even going to speak on his production/beat making skills. He always finds the right records/verse to cut/put in a song.
I can't choise between the 1st drop and da 3rd one. Literraly im wasted 🐐
Real hip hop
This truck should be at 30 million just because of the realness in the message⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
THIS SHIT HERE?????? By far my favorite song from the OGs one of the greatest rap groups and emcees to do it. R.I.P. Guru a true legend. THIS is that REAL nigga shit!!! lf you clowns don't understand, yall need to be taken to church right here!!!
damn lots of legends in this clip. love for you guru defo needs to be mentioned more for the goat title
Love the fact that someone is rocking a jeru the damaja shirt in the beginning of the video.. And 2021 we still can get those shirts.. One love to the gangstarr posse 😎
Ahh the golden era music to my ears
Gang starr was so damn good.
Perfect work out song
I love Guru so much. I love his pleasant voice. He was versatile too. What a missed opportunity. They obviously had it goin' on.
I see your comment on all the the classic joints. I admire a beautiful woman who has good taste in Rap/Hip-Hop music. ❤️👊🏾
Le Hip Hop a l’état pur! Guru🕊️
The message still hits till this day tough talking rappers hide behind thier guards
RiP he was hella talented
He actually made a few of beats for the gangstarr albums. Preemo just tweak them.
Its crazy not many put Hard to Earn as one of the best albums to ever come out
RIP to Guru. I been rockin with Gangstarr since Words I Manifest. Salute to one of the all time great duos!
Gangstarr the best to ever!!!!
"The GURU"
At his finest! Speaking plenty of MC RealTalk/Noise, eckoing, sentiments of The OG's that started it all!!!!!!!
1 Guru = One Legend.....GangStarr Forever.....
I've been looking/ digging for 30 years now a GangStarr track I Heard in a video (1991) where the chorus - scratched- is "I'm a man with a style".
Thanks for helping.
Cheers from France.
Guru and Supreme deadset legends of the scene, I miss this champion
Incredible GURU rest in peace
Guru always snaps. But on this track...he really BARKED on the track. So gritty and aggressive. Classic
RIP GURU
Thank you for showing these people what a real classic quality music video should look like. Times will never be this good again. R.I.P GURU
How did I miss this vid when I was young, is the biggest question running through my head.
GURU, the hardest teacher.
This came out 1994...i was -7 years old.. I'm a 01 baby.. Love this, been listening to Guru for years, love the oldschool
Still relevant. RIP Guru
Hard To Earn best album 🔥🔥🔥
A DJ from Texas and a judges son from Boston become ny rap legends.
Because it not where you from it where you at as Rakim said it. Them niggaz put New York on their back from 1989 until the end that's why they gave New York city a sound but you are right but they repped East New York city I got no problem with that.
@@traviscarter1023you aint neva lied.... they gave new york city a sound.... who knows what it would have been without them
legendary forreal
@gravydale I mean these guys went on a mean run from 1989-94 . Sometimes I think we took that shit for granted looking back on things.
Primo, Guru, Fat Joe, what a posse!!!! what an era to live in!!!!
GURU is one of my favorite rappers of all time.The way he spent his final days on earth was a sad ending to a beautiful life.
Hip Hop 90's forever ! peace from france ..
The best to ever do it
🌋🔥🌋🔥