KRS-One is the second album released by hip hop artist KRS-One under his own name. The album was originally meant to be titled Hip-Hop Vs. Rap, as can be seen in the early The Source's and Rap Pages reviews, which also reveals that a few tracks were scrapped at last minute in addition to the change of album title. These songs include the Diamond D produced song "What I Know", the ragga-flavoured "Club Dems" and a few interludes including "Kris Is..." and "Meta-physician". All of these songs still remains unreleased to this day although they have all been posted at XXL Magazines webpage for streaming.
The album is weaved together by a string of interludes appearing between songs featuring radio shoutouts to Kris from hip-hop heavyweights including Lord Finesse, Rakim, Method Man, Mr. Magic, Jeru The Damaja and even MC Shan. Inside the CD booklet KRS-One gives shoutouts to additional producers who worked on the LP but whose songs didn't make the final cut. The names are Pete Rock, Freddie Foxxx, Kenny Parker (brother of KRS), DJ S&S, Kenny Dope, Kid Capri and Domingo.
The song "Ah Yeah" originally appeared on the compilation album Pump Ya Fist. A limited promotional EP sampler of the compilation was released in 1995 featuring three exclusive remixes of the song (in addition to previews of featured selections by Jeru The Damaja and Rakim) - one produced by KRS-One himself and the other two by Diamond D.
[edit] Track listing
| # |
Title |
Songwriters |
Producer(s) |
Performer (s) |
| 1 |
"Rappaz R. N. Dainja" |
L. Parker |
DJ Premier |
KRS-One |
| 2 |
"De Automatic" |
L. Parker |
Big French Productions |
Fat Joe, KRS-One |
| 3 |
"MC's Act Like They Don't Know" |
L. Parker |
DJ Premier |
KRS-One |
| 4 |
"Ah-Yeah" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
KRS-One |
| 5 |
"R.E.A.L.I.T.Y." |
L. Parker |
Norty Cotto |
Dexter Thibou, KRS-One |
| 6 |
"Free Mumia" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
Channel Live, KRS-One |
| 7 |
"Hold" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
KRS-One |
| 8 |
"Wannabemceez" |
L. Parker |
DJ Premier |
KRS-One, Mad Lion |
| 9 |
"Represent the Real Hip Hop" |
L. Parker |
Showbiz |
Das Efx, KRS-One |
| 10 |
"The Truth" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
KRS-One, Rich Nice |
| 11 |
"Build Ya Skillz" |
L. Parker |
Diamond D |
Busta Rhymes, KRS-One |
| 12 |
"Out for Fame" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
KRS-One |
| 13 |
"Squash All Beef" |
L. Parker |
Diamond D |
KRS-One |
| 14 |
"Health, Wealth, Self" |
L. Parker |
KRS-One |
KRS-One |
Recorded at Boogie Down Productions Studios and D&D Recording Studios Mastered at Absolute Audio, NYC
[edit] Samples
- "Rappaz R. N. Dainja"
- "MC's Act Like They Don't Know"
- "Out For Fame"
- "Squash All Beef"
- "Wannabemceez"
- "Build Ya Skillz"
- "R.E.A.L.I.T.Y."
U.S. vinyl version missing CD tracks "Ah Yeah", "Hold", and "Health, Wealth, Self"; substituted are previously released tracks on side D, which are "I'm Still #1", "My Philosophy", "Jack of Spades", and "Why Is That".
[edit] Album singles
[edit] Chart positions
| Year |
Album |
Chart positions |
| Billboard 200 |
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums |
| 1995 |
KRS-One |
#19 |
#2 |
[edit] Singles
| Year |
Song |
Chart positions |
| The Billboard Hot 100 |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks |
Hot Rap Singles |
Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales |
| 1995 |
MC's Act Like They Don't Know |
#57 |
#35 |
#9 |
#1 |
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