Hard To Earn turned 25 this weekend, so I recorded this mixtape tribute to pay homage. Got the co-sign from Preemo himself!

Features OG samples, blends, unreleased tracks, and interview soundbites.

Thought some ppl here might wanna check it out....


Soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/djfilthyrich/hard-to-earn-25th-anniversary-tribute


TRACKLIST

DWYCK (ft. Nice & Smooth)
Comin’ for Datazz
Mass Appeal (ft Quran, Lord Finesse)
Brainstorm
Now You’re Mine (Chumps Get Beatdown)
Code of the Streets
Speak Ya Clout (ft Jeru, Nutcracker, Lil Dap)
Blowin’ up the Spot
Tonz ‘o’ Gunz (ft Lil Vicious)
The Question Remainz
Borough Check (w/ Digable Planets)
F.A.L.A. (ft Big Shug)
Suckas Need Bodyguards
Alongwaytogo
Mostly Tha Voice
Doe In Advance (OG Unreleased version)
Serious Rap Shit (w/ Group Home)
The Planet

Nice work. Smooth Mix. I just listened to hard to earn this weekend. It, in itself sounds like a mixtape with the interludes and premo's scratching.... so Kudos for taking it and making a different but dope mix of the tracks.


werd.

>Nice work. Smooth Mix. I just listened to hard to earn this
>weekend. It, in itself sounds like a mixtape with the
>interludes and premo's scratching.... so Kudos for taking it
>and making a different but dope mix of the tracks.
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>werd.

Thanks Maro....appreciate the feedback. I tried to walk the fine line of keeping the integrity of the original album, while trying to add some other elements to give the listener a different experience than just playing the album.

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Feel free to hit me with any feedback

Thanks for this. Such a dope album to revisit. Love the Primo sound bytes. This is my favorite gang Starr album for many reasons. One reason is this is the album where Premier introduced his signature punchy drums (see Alongwaytogo & the Jeru part of Speak Ya Clout).

>Thanks for this. Such a dope album to revisit. Love the
>Primo sound bytes. This is my favorite gang Starr album for
>many reasons. One reason is this is the album where Premier
>introduced his signature punchy drums (see Alongwaytogo & the
>Jeru part of Speak Ya Clout).

Yeah, this is the album that signaled his departure from jazz-samples, and into his 'raw/gritty' phase....my favorite GS album too (just barely though)

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That Lemonade flip was fantastic. I was all in after that

>That Lemonade flip was fantastic. I was all in after that

Thanks for the feedback. That flip was one of my personal favs

I love these kind of projects. Celebrating the classics with a different spin on it

>I love these kind of projects. Celebrating the classics with
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That's my aim. Trying to make things interesting. I have some more of these projects on the way, so stay tuned....

>That's my aim. Trying to make things interesting. I have
>some more of these projects on the way, so stay tuned....

Nice! I see that Snoop and Cube there.. Gonna check em out

>>That's my aim. Trying to make things interesting. I have
>>some more of these projects on the way, so stay tuned....
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>Nice! I see that Snoop and Cube there.. Gonna check em out
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There's also a Black Moon one, which would be the most similar to this one, because it also has OG samples etc

Does anyone have that Oral History of Hard to Earn by Premo where he broke down each track?

Did I dream this? Cuz I can't find it anywhere.

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>Does anyone have that Oral History of Hard to Earn by Premo
>where he broke down each track?
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>Did I dream this? Cuz I can't find it anywhere.

Naw...I'd be interested to see this too. I have a feeling it was done by Nahright, which is now offline. I was trying to find that too when I was making this mixtape