Track Listing

1. South Bronx - Boogie Down Productions
2. Bridge Is Over - Boogie Down Productions
3. Criminal Minded - Boogie Down Productions
4. My Philosophy - Boogie Down Productions
5. I'm Still Number 1 - Boogie Down Productions
6. Essays On BDPism - Boogie Down Productions
7. Jimmy - Boogie Down Productions
8. You Must Learn - Boogie Down Productions
9. Jack Of Spades - Boogie Down Productions
10. Loves Gonna Get You - Boogie Down Productions
11. Outta Here - KRS-One
12. Black Cop - KRS-One
13. Sound Of Da Police - KRS-One
14. Why Is That - KRS-One
15. MC's Act Like They Don't Know - KRS-One
16. Step Into A World - KRS-One

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #93058 in Music
• Released on: 2000-08-21
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
KRS-One is the most consistent rap artist (in terms of quality, not ideology) in the history of hip-hop--that's not debatable. What is debatable is why Jive Records would assemble a single-album retrospective for someone of this magnitude. A legendary rap career that spans over nine albums (to date) clearly deserves a box-set treatment. Sure, you do get a healthy sampling of his battle-rhyme headbangers from the beginning of rap's golden years in the late 1980s ("South Bronx", "The Bridge Is Over", "I'm Still number 1"). Likewise, the broad spectrum of politically conscious subject matter KRS-One masterfully waxes about is here: police brutality ("Sound of da Police"), anti-materialism ("Love's Gonna Get'cha"), safe sex ("Jimmy"). But for an MC whose material serves as a precursor to the profound protest rhymes of the dead prez or Poor Righteous Teachers, the glaring omission of any material from his Sex and Violence LP is bizarre. Also, the compilers could have easily bumped "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" or "Jack of Spades" and replaced them with rare 12 inches and B-sides such as "Hip Hop vs. Rap" or "We in There". Thankfully, gems like "My Philosophy" and "Essays on BDP-Ism"--the last Boogie Down Productions song produced by DJ Scott LaRock--make this primer a great purchase. However, it's no substitute for the original albums--except for the disappointing Live Hardcore Worldwide and I Got Next. --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews

The fact that this guys been around for longer than a decad
This CD reiterates why KRS-ONE is known as one of the greatest MC's of all time, for those of us who were too young or broke to purchase any of the nine KRS-ONE albums; this album comprises a small taster of the classic flows and topics discussed by the man they call the Teacha. The fact that this guys been around for longer than a decade is testament to his qualities, he's not always spiritual but he admits this.

When he makes an appearance on another artist track he makes it his own, like Scar face you'll buy tracks just to hear them spit. When this guy say's he came from the streets he means it, this cat was homeless until he hooked up with Douggie Fresh.