I'm working on a small project for a friend and I was asked to imitate this font on photoshop. Even though I have had some graphic designing background and had taken adobe illustrator course in university, I can't manage to figure this one out. I tried using shadowing and the grading tools but I can't make it look like this font. Does anyone have any background in photoshop to know how this effect can be achieved? I have worked on this for hours and can use some pointers...

Help?