By All Means Necessary by Boogie Down Productions

Pros: Intelligent, socially conscious lyrics. Excellent production. A classic hip-hop album.
Cons: A little short.

Blastmaster. Lyrical Superhighway. The Teacher. Say any of these monikers to any hip-hop fan and they’ll immediately think of only one person. The only man who started rocking mikes in 1986 and can still destroy any one stupid enough to raise a mic...

Pros: Intelligent Poetic Lyricism, Subject Matter, Social Consciousness, Amazing Production
Cons: Might be too Old School for some

This is my second entry into the May Music Madness Write-Off, Hosted by Kristinafh. This is my entry into the first category, the "I've Got The Music In Me Review". ------------------------------ --------------- In hip hop there have ...

Pros: Fine social commentary, and plenty of those dope beats, boyeee!
Cons: A bit juvenile at times

Ah, good ol' KRS-One. Here's a man who pretty much educated himself by spending a lot of time in a public library. This album proves the man is both intelligent and has a lot on his mind. If you want some "classic" rap that's full of social commentary,...

Pros: good lyrics, good freestyle ability, pretty good production
Cons: a little short, production is a little bland

When you ask people who the greatest rapper of all time is many of them will say KRS-One. I’ve heard people debate about whether or not he is more talented than Rakim. I can’t believe that two months ago I didn’t even know who KRS-One was. His free-style...

Pros: Overall, a more fleshed-out offering than BDP’s debut; one of hip-hop’s first socio-political LPs.
Cons: Some might find the relative datedness a little hard to digest.

If KRS-One was still too young, at the age of 21, to have fully blossomed into a socially conscious poet by the release of Boogie Down Productions’ debut, Criminal Minded, a most unfortunate incident that occurred only five months ...