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Hard to Earn is the fourth studio album by American hip hop duo Gang Starr.It was released on March 8, 1994, by Chrysalis and EMI Records in North America. The album featured the singles "Dwyck" (featuring Nice & Smooth), "Mass Appeal" (their first charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart), and "Code of the Streets".
Mass Appeal: The Best of Gang Starr is a greatest hits album by hip hop duo Gang Starr released by Virgin/EMI Records on December 26, 2006. It is named after the popular Gang Starr song "Mass Appeal," which is one of the eighteen tracks on the album.
The original Gang Starr group was founded in Morehouse College by three friends from Boston, Massachusetts: Guru (then known as MC Keithy E.) who had planned to be a rapper/singer, Big Shug as the main MC and DJ Suave D (Shug's younger brother Dana) as their DJ.
"Mass Appeal" is a song by American hip hop group Gang Starr, released on February 8, 1994 as the second single from their fourth studio album Hard to Earn. The song reached #67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #42 on the Billboard R&B chart. [1] It was also featured on the soundtrack of the video game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. [2]
Guru No More Mr. Nice Guy: 5 "Ex Girl to Next Girl" DJ Premier, Guru Guru Daily Operation: 6 "I'm the Man" DJ Premier, Guru Guru, Jeru the Damaja, Lil' Dap: Daily Operation: 7 "Mass Appeal" DJ Premier, Guru Guru Hard to Earn: 8 "Jazz Thing (Video Mix)" DJ Premier, Guru Guru Mo' Better Blues OST: 9 "The Militia" DJ Premier, Guru Guru, Big Shug ...
"Code of the Streets" evolved from a 1992 song titled "Wrongs of the World", which was produced by Guru and featured in an investigative report on WWOR-TV called Crime Chronicles. When Gang Starr was working on Hard to Earn , DJ Premier asked Guru if they owned the rights to the song as he believed it would be a suitable addition for the album.
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Mass Appeal is an American media and content company based in New York City. The name originates from the Gang Starr song "Mass Appeal" from the album Hard to Earn . The company was founded in 1996 as a graffiti fanzine and since has grown to encompass a magazine, website, film, television, music label and creative agency .