Krs-One, Marley Marl - Hip-Hop Lives
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Artist: Krs-One, Marley MarlBrand: HIP Gear
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Music Label: Koch Records
Soundtracks:
- It's Alive (Intro)
- Hip-Hop Lives
- Nothing New
- I Was There
- Musika
- Rising To the Top
- Over 30
- M.A.R.L.E.Y. (Marley And Red Living Everyday Youthfully)
- Kill a Rapper
- The Teacha's Back
- The Victory
- This Is What It Is
- All Skool
- House Of Hits
Free Music Notes for Hip-Hop Lives
Free Music Review: The REAL Hip-Hop is over here...
Hit: 5 Stars
I've been reading these reviews, and I gotta say one thing about my experience with Kris fans: you find some of the most intelligent hip-hop reviews when it comes to these records.
A lot of people are giving this album three or four stars, and I can understand that. Obviously I don't agree with their overall assessment of the record as I consider it a five-star recording, but I see where they're coming from. As far as KRS-ONE records are concerned, this isn't one of the best. This is Kris's 15th album though, so it's got some tough competition within the KRS-ONE canon. (1) Some of the songs are too short, (2) some tracks have minimal and/or short verses from Kris in favor of Marley's beats (All Skool is a key example) - those are my my main concerns with it.
Now, here's why I think it's a five star record. Historical reasons aside (if you need me to explain this you've got some homework to do), I think that every single track on this record is hot. That's right, all of 'em (minus the intro of course). One thing that Kris is brilliant at is composing albums with cohesive moods - any KRS-ONE album can be played from beginning to the end with the feeling of listening to ONE work of music. In other words, where the majority of rappers create a pile of tracks and a few singles and cut them into an album, Kris's albums all have a real flow to them. The tracks all mesh into each other and pick up on lyrical motifs from each other. This album is a great example of this. The best examples of this quality are probably 'Keep Right' or 'KRS-ONE'.
The term "All Skool" is perfect for Kris. An emcee who's got one foot in the foundations of hip-hop history, and the other firmly planted in the present - even the future of hip-hop. This is a very important record in this respect. If the record had a thesis, it would be its title, and throughout these tracks Kris goes about proving his argument.
'HIP-HOP LIVES' may need to grow on you, and everyone's opinion of this record is going to be different, but I feel as if I've expressed mine. This is as close to art as Hip-Hop gets in the 21st century.
Best joints:
Hip-Hop Lives
The Victory
House of Hits
All Skool
Rising to the Top
Kill A Rapper
Hip-Hop Lives Poster
No Description Available.Genre: Rap, Hip-Hop
Media Format: Compact Disk
Rating: PA
Release Date: 22-MAY-2007
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