KRS-One - Return of the Boom Bap
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Artist: KRS-OneEdition: Music CD
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1993-09-28
Music Label: Jive
Soundtracks:
- KRS-ONE Attacks
- Outta Here
- Black Cop
- Mortal Thought
- I Can't Wake Up
- Slap Them Up
- Sound Of Da Police
- Mad Crew
- Uh Oh
- Brown Skin Woman
- Return Of The Boom Bap
- 'P' Is Still Free
- Stop Frontin'
- Higher Level
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Free Music Review: Restoring The Roots Of Hip-Hop! (5 stars)
Hit: 5 Stars
By time 1993 rolled around, cats were getting a lot more lyrical in the hip-hop lexicon. It was virtually a game of "can you top this" as several well-oiled rhyming machines left mediocre & stagnant rappers in a cloud of dust. KRS-One has always stayed ahead of the trends, and " Return of the Boom Bap" is no different. In my opinion, he is arguably rhyming tighter than he ever has before. His content & strong message tracks weave excellently in and out of some of his finest lyricism to date.
The production is uniformly excellent, and hits hard with a minimal and spare set of beats, which is 100% boom bap. The legendary Dj Premier, who is also on top of his game, produces most of the tracks here, with KRS-One producing 4 tracks himself. Kid Capri also produces 2 tracks, and Showbiz kills it on another. All in all, these elements add up to an unstoppable force. Every track here is bananas... "Outta Here", "Black Cop", "I Can't Wake Up", "Sound Of Da Police", "Higher Level", ""P" Is Still Free"... every tracks bangs with a rugged & raw fury. This is hand down essential KRS-One material. Recognize the master.
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By 1993, hip-hop was transitioning from an organic form of musical expression into a big business fabricating stars. With many icons from his era either aging or losing their relevance (e.g., Chuck D, Rakim), KRS-ONE dropped a gem of an album that not only navigated the sound of the day but led the charge. Shedding his previous Boogie Down Productions moniker, KRS-One's Return of the Boom Bap is not just an album: it's KRS's call to arms for the return of hard beats and real rap in hip-hop music. The former took many forms, thanks to the recruitment of Gang Starr's DJ Premier, who was hitting his stride as hip-hop's preeminent beat-maker. Primo crafted the classic head-nod rhythm of the title track, the bump of "Outta Here," an autobiographical tale of KRS-One's rise in hip-hop, and the dancehall-inspired riddims of "Black Cop" and "Sound of da Police." Lyrically, KRS-One displayed variety in both style and content, meshing old-school bombast ("Mortal Thought"), consciousness ("Higher Level"), and crafty and conceptual wordplay ("I Can't Wake Up"). The album opens with KRS-One boasting, even decreeing, that he would "be here forever." At the crossroads, this album made it seem true. --Joseph PatelRap & Hip-Hop Music CDs
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