I was 15 years old when this track came out. I'm now 50 years old, and this track will always take me back to 1988! One of the best Hip-Hop tracks ever made.
@Dante Green, You've schooled me today. Thanks! I thought Criminal Minded came out before P.E.'s first album, but Chuck D. beats KRS One by a month (Feb vs March 1987)!!
One of my first cassette tapes when I was a kid. Took a chance with B.D.P. Still teaches! Bought Born to Mack too the same day. 1980's kids could buy parent advisory tapes. I was 12 lol
Born an raised in New york. During this time. I got 2 1200's. The rest is pure hip hop history... I'm 59 now. Im still on it 4real. Much luv to all the brothers an sisters. Who created a unbelievable journey. Which no one can ever touch.
Scott Sterling was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. he was a few grades ahead of me while at Our Savior Lutheran way back in the 70s&80s. We were so proud of him and still to this day remember his demeanor. He could also ball as well. I believe he was highly recruited@one time. SIP Scott
@@jaxxzenpharaoh2526 Oh my lord no he didn't. He DID do it at a time when a lot of Hip Hop was going the other way, but he was not first. If you check out Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash...I mean, anything from the early to mid 80s, it was free of cursing, drugs, killing and (mostly) disrespecting women. I have one track in mind which was not free of the last one. But before Gangster Rap became dominant, it was all pretty chill and mostly bragging.
My Dad taught me. A fact,Ill never forget. Music n Movies,arent OLD OR NEW. They ARE Good Or Bad. This Song. Is one of his lessons. It ages,better. Like wine. True ones know. Scott La Roc n Krs One. ..FOREVERLEGENDS#
Wow, listening to this 35 years later, you can't tell me KRS-1 wasn't a prophet. Every single line in this song has come to pass. He warned us. man smh
Of course he is the GOAT. By far. Miles ahead. Eons. Me personally (and many of us here I guess) can never settle for anything less than that. Raw, intelligent rhymes that free and heal your soul. For how many years now? Who else does that? He is the Goat no question about it. People who don't know or who don't get it may disagree. But they will just be wrong.
I am 47 and remember when this dropped. KRS1 never got his props. Such a lyrics and flow so smooth. Kids mumble rappers need to study up on the history of true hip-hop.
I believe he got his props. He was blastin everywhere. He is known to us as a Legend. But these kids today probably don't know who he is. Oldhead trivia... Remember You must learn😉
I'll be 47 at the end of the year...im from the Boogie Down...and back when this dropped i didn't realize how 30 years later i would appreciate krs 1 and hip hop even more
Thank you KRS for standing 10 Toes down and declining to be a part of that 50th Hip Hop Anniversary, slap in the face, even when they sent LL Cool J at you. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥💯
@mojopin2000 Grammy had a 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop celebration and KRS declined their invite because they always shunned Hip Hop now they want to eat off it. They sent LL to try to get him to go but he said, no. Vultures.
This video was shot in my neighborhood I was out there on the steps! I was like 5 years old! When I was 18 big pun shot the twins deep cover 98 video right up the block from this same area! I was at that shoot too. I got to witness too greats drop visuals in my neighborhood. South bronx the birth place of hip hop. Forest projects to prospect Ave to Boston rd you can feel the essence!
@@jedwing There's worse than lil pump.. you just have to be educated. Someone makes something new and you get offended. When you stop being original is when you fall off... that's why lil pump is bye bye u feel no one talks about him
Rock and roll bottled up ATTITUDE and made it swing, but In the 80's we needed a fresh take. People like KRS and Chuck D were like lightning rods to us teenagers. There was so much raw power in their stage presence and on the records. I loved this track so much.
Look Im A 90s Baby, And I Love And Appreciate That Dope Shit From The 80s 90s And "Some" Early 2000s Shit. Our Teachers Havent Left Us Tho. Nas Just Dropped That Album Done And It Rocked My Headphones. But We Definitely Need Some More From Our Living Legends.
Ha word! Makin raps into a recorder was what I was doin with my freinds in the mid eighties! Ha! Great memories! I don't think I'll ever forget when Too $hort released Life Is...that album I still love, 31 years later!
Back when you had to have skills and come correct on the mic!!! I'm 48 now glad I witnessed the birth of real Hip Hop!!! This classic still goes hard!!!
Im 46 and when rap city played this video everybody in the crib went WILD!! Im from the south and this dude got mad love from Texas to Louisiana. #RealRapMusic
Let me tell you how hard this jawn was. Rappers started dancing to choreography dances. After KRS-1 dropped this video, that dancing stuff ABRUPTLY ended.
I love My Philosophy, but I think It's A Demo, Rhymes Of No Omega, Yes You May and Ya Playin' Yaself by Jeru are up there too. My Philosophy defo in my top 5. Mama Said Knock U Out was dope too. Cj.
+Wil Alco. Defently. I was 13 years old when I was in JR High school in the 8th Grade. My favorite MC ever Right here . Had a chance to meet KRS at The Maritime Hall back in 99
Me and my Niggas always wondered what Redman meant when he said “I got guns as dark as Chris’ brother.” Another hip hop historian pointed out the second verse. “My brothers names Kenny, Kenny Parker, my other brother ICU is much darker.” ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
So advanced for his time, not just in content and track structure but with his vegetarianism/veganism ... and he is still dropping knowledge in 2018... that's longevity
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2024 and this is still one of the greatest rap songs ever.
Not one of, it is the hardest shit ever!. I'm a 53 year-old white guy who remembers this from high school in 1988.
🎯YES!🎼🔥💯
@@gmcg92351 🥰 time flew
Indeed!!!
Hell yeah I'm still playing this joint in 2024
YES!
I was 15 years old when this track came out. I'm now 50 years old, and this track will always take me back to 1988! One of the best Hip-Hop tracks ever made.
I'm 52 and this music will never be beaten.
same here...
Nice me too my sister had sweet 15 dj dropped this vinyl
me 2 Greetings from Germany :)
I was 19 when this album came out. I’m from the Bronx and I took the cassette with me to Georgia tech and blasted it everyday in the dorms 😂
RIP Scott La Rock the DJ (1962-1987)🫡🫡🕊️🕊️🕊️ and his wife Melodie (1969-2012).
🎼🙏🏽
He would always shout him out. How did he pass?
Arguably one of THE best hip hop songs ever made. Hands down.
Don't Fuck Wit Kris!!!
100% awesome! Saw them in charlotte in ‘88
No question about it. This is REAL hip-hop.
THE best!!!
Hamds down hands up all luv an the best rap song ever an forever
I'm 52 and remember when this dropped. WOW! Still tops! Long live TRUE HIPHOP!
Pockets on creatine
I'm 48, I can remember when this dropped, wow what a Time, the Hip hop age
ye
I remember when this came out .. soon to be 50
Here’s to many more years to come and the TRUE HIP HOP that will prevail
I’m 51 years old and going through a tough time in my life now but this brings me back to happier times back in Bushwick NY...
Somebody loves you baby😘It's GOD n it's me. Stay lookin up
chin up -good luck to ya from manchester England
It will get better bro
You'll get through it my G, take it from another 51 year old from Bushwick. Old school Gs our age always get through it....
51yrs strong, Yonkers in the building.
This song is prophetic, dealing with issues in the past and describing the future of rap and the industry. This is a masterpiece!
agreed agreed ! I just said that! Krs was my one of my fav mc's from 87 to his 4th album. but by any means necessary- ultimate classic
@renegadeurbanmediasource8117iiiiiiiiiii and III u iii
musically ,lyrically and also best Break
It's pathetic not prophetic
I caught that!!!!😂😂
The Jeep Renegade was one of the most gangster rides of the 90's
Started in the late 80s but true word
It's been back for about 10 years here in Florida.
Don’t forget about the pathfinder too!
KRS-ONE the godfather of real rap
I'm not white or red or BLACK, I'M BROWN, from The Boogie down!
When Hip Hop was Hip Hop
FACTS!!!
It's is hard to put into words how incredible this track is. I was 16 when it came out, it's not lost anything in over 3 decades. Still amazing.
I was 13, running through the hood screaming Fresh for 88, you suckas...never dreaming things would evolve to what we got today 😔
@@mikimiki6202 who is the sample
I was 20 years old growing up in the BX back then in 1988, and I still play this song real loud today like I was 20 years old 34 years later!
I was a little younger, but you're right, class tune!
....I was 12. You ain't never lied, Fam. Long-live Classic Hip Hop.
This dude took hip hop to another level. He's the first militant to rock the mic!
Chuck D
@Dante Green, You've schooled me today. Thanks! I thought Criminal Minded came out before P.E.'s first album, but Chuck D. beats KRS One by a month (Feb vs March 1987)!!
@@lpurnell4827 Chuck, KRS, and Rakim are all from the same Master Class to me
@@dantegreen4094 Me too! That was the Golden Age of Hip Hop.
@@lpurnell4827 '87-'95...that's the time frame that hip hop was built on...TV, movies, fashion, the Fab 5...everything
IN ABOUT 4 SECONDS THE TEACHER WILL BEGIN TO SPEAK✊🏽🔥🔥🔥
🎼🔥💯
KRS-1 totally changed the game. His prophetic lyrics always taught a lesson and relayed a message. No one has ever done it better.
And Chuck D
@@alphegetekere8081respect to Chuck and PE but KRS was doing this a little before they was really doing it.
this song is 30 years old and still relevant as hell . salute to the teacher
+LOCO LOCO u right but thats not the point . its the message in the song i was refering to tho.
LOCO LOCO krs1 is a real active G ha ha
g wet e err
tara boleslawski don't forget about childish gambino and eminem. There's a lot more but trying to help these kids with they're homework right now.
World Money Over 30 years and it's a piece of art and history that still tells you of the future even from now. #KingKRS
One the greatest hip songs ever.
you forgot to hop
The greatest hip hop song ever!
💯
Ever
🎯🎯🎯🎯
He went a capella on the first verse to let yall know he can do it without the beat...then that fire ass beat dropped and he brought that heat!!
Hell yeah!!
Kris don't play ever
That was fire 🔥
Sister Sanctified is the sample from Sweet Sweetbacks Bad Ass Song... Classic ✊🏿
I always said a true emcee should be able to flow acapella.
Anyone listening in 2024?
yessir
once a month for 35 yrs
One of my first cassette tapes when I was a kid. Took a chance with B.D.P. Still teaches! Bought Born to Mack too the same day. 1980's kids could buy parent advisory tapes. I was 12 lol
❤❤❤❤
Damn right!!!!!
KRS is the GOAT
Teacher
Scholar
Prophet
And is what today’s society is missing
I'm 48, and I miss REAL HIP HOP!!!!!!!
I'm 52 and Ditto Ditto!!!!
I'm 59 and i miss it as well...
Me too...
@1018miamidrive aaaaaaaaaaaa asaaaaa
Amen, brother!
“It’s not about a salary, it’s all about reality”. Never gets old, never will.
💯
Isn't that an NWA beat? hook me up
@@sallylauper8222 this was before nwa gangsta gangsta
it's funny kuz I only came for that exact quote
Truth!
Who else is going through all their favorite jams thinking about how life was back in the days
Just was listening to 3 x dope and said the same thing
Yo Mtv rap on Saturday...
Bet Tv- the basement
When Hip Hop was Hip Hop with real Lyrical Masters.
Me!!! So many memories..
me
True Hip Hop 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
K.R.S. O.N.E.
Knowledge
Reigns
Supreme
Over
Nearly
Every
One
classic...way ahead of his time!!
KRS and Rakim are legends!!!
And Slick Rick and Scarface and Big Daddy Kane
@@dazednconfused-r4o And Chuck D
And LL Cool J and Kool Mo Dee and Whodini
And Chuck D
Two of the best that ever did it
KRS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE TRUTH!! "A DOPE MC IS A DOPE MC"
With or without a record deal, all can see
great storyteller too
FACTS!!
Born an raised in New york. During this time. I got 2 1200's. The rest is pure hip hop history... I'm 59 now. Im still on it 4real. Much luv to all the brothers an sisters. Who created a unbelievable journey. Which no one can ever touch.
Man this still hits as hard as it did in 87'
Scott Sterling was one of the nicest people you could ever meet. he was a few grades ahead of me while at Our Savior Lutheran way back in the 70s&80s. We were so proud of him and still to this day remember his demeanor. He could also ball as well. I believe he was highly recruited@one time. SIP Scott
This is lyricism. Not just multisyllabic rhymes. These are lyrics - teach, hard and sound good.
No cursing no calling women out their names. No perpetuating use of drugs or killing our brothers and sisters. This is what hip hop is really about.
These millennials have no idea!
Will Smith did it first
@@jaxxzenpharaoh2526 Oh my lord no he didn't. He DID do it at a time when a lot of Hip Hop was going the other way, but he was not first. If you check out Melle Mel, Grandmaster Flash...I mean, anything from the early to mid 80s, it was free of cursing, drugs, killing and (mostly) disrespecting women. I have one track in mind which was not free of the last one. But before Gangster Rap became dominant, it was all pretty chill and mostly bragging.
Word up Brother..Bless up .
Gives me goosebumps. A beautiful era in hip hop. The backdrop to my teenage years.
STILL
"Its not about a Salary. Its all about reality." Classic! Still banging in 2023
I COULD JUST CRY...TRUE HIP HOP!!! I MISS IT SO MUCH..THANK GOD FOR RUclips
twice
IPLAYRECORDS INC TUFFYMUSIC
TRU STORY!!! 😞 Hold own to that rope.
You're so right gorgeous.
Krs one was a fire breathing dragon 🐉🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
My Dad taught me. A fact,Ill never forget. Music n Movies,arent OLD OR NEW. They ARE Good Or Bad. This Song. Is one of his lessons. It ages,better. Like wine. True ones know. Scott La Roc n Krs One.
..FOREVERLEGENDS#
Gather round children, and bear witness to one of the greatest lyricists of all time!
One of the best MC's of all time doing work. Recognize.
Wow, listening to this 35 years later, you can't tell me KRS-1 wasn't a prophet. Every single line in this song has come to pass. He warned us. man smh
Word
" when I hear wack rhymes I get fed up"
😔 me too KRS-one. Lots of it at the moment.
Rap is subjective u like it or u don't
Hello there.
L🤫L
Lol yasss!!!
Yep and I've been fed way too much for the past 10 years!
One question: How many M.C's must get dissed?
A lot nowadays
Black Light b4 sumone says dont fk wit kris
Before somebody says, “Don’t F🤬CK with CHRIS!!!”
Until somebody says "don't FK with the CHRIS" haven't heard it said yet.
Most of them
It ain't about a salary it's all about reality!
gangsta gangsta ...
❤👍
Mad people sampled his lyrics of this song
#CLASSIC
Nwa gangsta gangsta
One of the most intelligent, talented men ever, I love KRS One ❤❤❤❤
KRS KILLED THE VERZUZ BATTLE!!! HE'S ONE OF THE GOAT’S PERIOD!!!! THE BARS AND BEAT SELECTION IS TOP SHELF!!! 👑🤯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
G.O.A.T. by LL Cool J
Of course he is the GOAT. By far. Miles ahead. Eons. Me personally (and many of us here I guess) can never settle for anything less than that. Raw, intelligent rhymes that free and heal your soul. For how many years now? Who else does that? He is the Goat no question about it. People who don't know or who don't get it may disagree. But they will just be wrong.
I was at the verzuz and I can't even begin to explain how honored I was to witness Kane and KRS. Legendary!!!!!! These guys bleed hiphop
, Over 30 years old and still keep up with all these rappers nowadays nothing to it KING BOSS SALUTE
ONE OF THE BEST LYRICIST EVER!!!
🐐
Goat of hip hop
Period
Hands down! Top 10 easily.
@@brentjames2576 absolutely
The golden era. Lucky for those who lived it (experienced it) and still hold dear memories of what it all is. What a time in musical history!
dj ..bis.
Great times! Takes me back to 17 with a shag. 😂👊🏾
Amen 🙏🏾
Spot on⏳I really want to go back in time....
Glad I was there for sure ! Takes me back to my teens
I am Age 53 !! Yes I am still listening to the original New York City Hip -Hop Rap Music!!!
I am 47 and remember when this dropped. KRS1 never got his props. Such a lyrics and flow so smooth. Kids mumble rappers need to study up on the history of true hip-hop.
I believe he got his props. He was blastin everywhere. He is known to us as a Legend. But these kids today probably don't know who he is.
Oldhead trivia... Remember You must learn😉
I'll be 47 at the end of the year...im from the Boogie Down...and back when this dropped i didn't realize how 30 years later i would appreciate krs 1 and hip hop even more
They never will because it's not in them like Kris Parker!!
Never underrated. He's the G.O.A.T
I'm 57 this song is a Hip hop Classic.
Lawd! I can never get tired hearing this song..
@ Too Bad same here
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
@Nino Brown word up son
STRAIGHT UP! And I been rocking it since it was "fresh in 88 in you suckers!"
Peace!✌
Never!!!
one of the greatest rap lyricists who ever lived. period.
Seen him live great show.. this is a classic and still very much relevant
@@headhunter88944 You lucky bugga!!! X
KRS- ONE speaking the truth one of the best rappers ever!
Still one of the dopest beats of all time
Horus Shepard THIS BEAT IS SICK!!!! Asf!!
Definitely when that beat start it was a epic sound .l still jam to this 2020 .cause l am brown from the boogie down.
Tanya Smith ✊🏾 yassssss!!!!
That sax is fire
Maaaan!!!
Nobody was better than Kris at rapping on them hard ghetto beats..RIP Scott La Rock. Representin’ Mill Brook Projects! Bronx NYC 10454💪🏾
I'm 45 y/o but still get goosebumps listening to this.. hiphop 2016 is dead now IMO..
Ferenc van Griensven
Ferenc van Griensven
So do I.
1973!!!!! =)
1971 here bro ;)
LMAO Ol RUNNING MAN
Thank you KRS for standing 10 Toes down and declining to be a part of that 50th Hip Hop Anniversary, slap in the face, even when they sent LL Cool J at you. 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾🔥💯
Please explain.
@@mojopin2000 search KRS1 GRAMMYS, he says exactly why.
@mojopin2000 Grammy had a 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop celebration and KRS declined their invite because they always shunned Hip Hop now they want to eat off it. They sent LL to try to get him to go but he said, no. Vultures.
I saw that
This video was shot in my neighborhood I was out there on the steps! I was like 5 years old! When I was 18 big pun shot the twins deep cover 98 video right up the block from this same area! I was at that shoot too. I got to witness too greats drop visuals in my neighborhood. South bronx the birth place of hip hop. Forest projects to prospect Ave to Boston rd you can feel the essence!
Wicked! Diamond D is from Forest projects. Please could you tell me the location at 3:48. Thanks and peace!
That's awesome. I was a child watching it on yo MTV raps on my tweed couch.
My homegirl blew Pun.
@@ThatsJustEric damm. She is a true freak.
ThatsJustEric
That's funny.lol
My homeboy produced a track for Kris,Kool Keith and PE.
KRS was hard as hell. Too tough!
Was?
He plays the 9 you play the target!
Big daddy kane 1 krs 2
Still is
Swears-0 times
N word- 0 times
Bragging how rich he is - 0 times
yet this is still better than anything thing that's out there now
swears one time
atleast its less then 1 procent bullshit. Modern music have 60 procent of the things listed in their music
procent hahahahaha
+SketchyAF Precent my freend
***** percent my friend
The Great KRS One, the most important individual Rapper of all time. He widsom is unmatched.
The greatest most underappreciated rapper of all time
This is an extremely important recording in the History of Hip Hop music!
This is what you call the golden years of hip hop .❤..
😊
Yup the Golden Age and we didn’t know….
The real deal. Definitely one of the best rappers ever. Classic Hip Hop is so awesome.
When he says.."It's not about a salary, it's all about reality" with a picture of Malcolm in the background. Perfect
Meanwhile some fools have a song where all they say is "Gucci gucci gucci gucci" for a whole song. Riiiiight.
@@jedwing There's worse than lil pump.. you just have to be educated. Someone makes something new and you get offended. When you stop being original is when you fall off... that's why lil pump is bye bye u feel no one talks about him
Its still fire period
His deliverance is impeccable!
This song is transcendent! Everyone needs to hear these words today. A master lyricist
one of the best hip hop songs of all time.
This song brings a tear to my eye...
Me too!! These are bars!!
Same here😭
Same here on how this song was put out over 30yrs ago and still better than 99% of rappers nowadays crazy
Pharaoh Dodson same here.
Me too..took me back to southern boulevard
I know this HAS to be from the golden era of hip hop, he spoke all of his words clearly with perfect diction.
The Greatness of All Time KRS1
Rock and roll bottled up ATTITUDE and made it swing, but In the 80's we needed a fresh take. People like KRS and Chuck D were like lightning rods to us teenagers. There was so much raw power in their stage presence and on the records. I loved this track so much.
Damn this dude 51 now. Happy bday to one of the biggest legends 🙌🏽🙌🏽
One of the best rap songs ever. Intelligent lyrics, informative about the genre n industry. Plus full of passion.... Simply Genius.....
Can anybody tell me where I can find a time machine so I can go back to this time
😟😟😟😟😟
I'm commin' with take me back with you - Holla back!! I can't stand this hiphop now!!
John Duck urkel house!
Give me 93
😂😂😂😂 yes
Insane how prophetic the lyrics of this record happen to be in describing Rappers and Hip Hop.
if you havent witnessed and lived rap in the 80s you missed out the BEST times EVER!
Look Im A 90s Baby, And I Love And Appreciate That Dope Shit From The 80s 90s And "Some" Early 2000s Shit. Our Teachers Havent Left Us Tho. Nas Just Dropped That Album Done And It Rocked My Headphones. But We Definitely Need Some More From Our Living Legends.
MultiMrMiles かえれないー
1988 was THE YEAR OF HIP HOP
Ha word! Makin raps into a recorder was what I was doin with my freinds in the mid eighties! Ha! Great memories! I don't think I'll ever forget when Too $hort released Life Is...that album I still love, 31 years later!
That was when it was FUN and NY owned up to it. Now rap has become a BUSINESS with only ONE rapper representin'...it's RIDICULOUS!
Back when you had to have skills and come correct on the mic!!! I'm 48 now glad I witnessed the birth of real Hip Hop!!! This classic still goes hard!!!
Im 46 and when rap city played this video everybody in the crib went WILD!! Im from the south and this dude got mad love from Texas to Louisiana. #RealRapMusic
Me too🎙🎙🎙🎶🎧🎧
Right there with you✊🏿
Flint Michigan rock with BDP
Truth
How many MC's must get dissed?
That beat is timeless.
No one can try Chris till this day
KRS-One was just lyrically on fire back then. His early stuff stands the test of time and then some.
Hip hop never looked back after this. The flow on this song is almost unparalleled. Fresh for 88!
When hip hop belonged to the inner city, in its purest form
Right
Speaking truth to power
You said a mouthful there.
You can also replace the word -hip-hop- with *crack* and it still makes sense tbh.
Exactly.
RIP Mrs. MELODY 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
This was so hard! This is real hip hop! So far ahead of his this time. This man gives speeches at Harvard, LET THAT SINK IN ! 💯👌
Let me tell you how hard this jawn was. Rappers started dancing to choreography dances. After KRS-1 dropped this video, that dancing stuff ABRUPTLY ended.
@@dawudabdullaah6977 / MC Hammer, Big Daddy Kane, Kid & Play came out the very next year dancing their asses off...🤷🏽🤷🏽🤷🏽
Yet sadly nobody in that community is listening
To me, KRS-One will always be the GOAT. This is the Hip Hop I grew up with. Those were the days.
I think this is the best rap song ever in my opinion
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊ #incredible
It’s great. But tribes scenario is the best.
I love My Philosophy, but I think It's A Demo, Rhymes Of No Omega, Yes You May and Ya Playin' Yaself by Jeru are up there too. My Philosophy defo in my top 5. Mama Said Knock U Out was dope too. Cj.
One of them for sure
It is up there.
KRS-1 without a doubt was the greatest, cleanest hip hop lyricist to ever grab a mic. Big daddy Kane a hot second.
My era. The greatest era of Hip Hop.
1000 agree
+Jayson Smith Goddammit I miss that shit.
+Wil Alco. Defently. I was 13 years old when I was in JR High school in the 8th Grade. My favorite MC ever Right here . Had a chance to meet KRS at The Maritime Hall back in 99
Wil Alco In San Francisco
Forever 💯💯💯
One of the best songs In hip hop history.
This beat was so hard, still gives me chills
Styles And New Concepts!!!!!!!!!
Hell yea
You're right... Hard beat.... Hard beats are easier to rap to..... But most rappers don't seem to get it....
Being intelligent never sounded so good. Fresh for 2019.
The Don. The 'Real ' Original Mater of HIPHOP. Period. OGBogie Down 4EVER. 0
No flashy jewelry. No bs mumble lyrics. No stacks of money being flaunted. Dope lyrics. Dope beat. Classic!
No sagging pants cussing degrading women
NO DOUBT
Straight lyrics infused with knowledge
I know right what's with the Mumble lyrics. whack!
Krs 1
No metalized voice
Me and my Niggas always wondered what Redman meant when he said “I got guns as dark as Chris’ brother.” Another hip hop historian pointed out the second verse. “My brothers names Kenny, Kenny Parker, my other brother ICU is much darker.”
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I thank god for my mother, she put in on this joint when I was young, I was taught well about hip hop!
Knowledge Reign Supreme Over Nearly Everyone. Don't you ever forget it!
this song taught me what rap is supposed to be
eldominicano217 KRS 1 educated me on so many things
eldominicano217 exactly
Definitely! Might have stayed hip hop, if hip hop had stayed like this!
I'm with it,taught me more than hiphop, we are all the same I love it!!!
yeah
With KRS, Rakim and Chuck D hip-hop really came of age.
KRS 1, The Original Teacher of Knowledge through the Mike. 2024 now but, I been down with Boogie Down Productions for decades....
So advanced for his time, not just in content and track structure but with his vegetarianism/veganism ... and he is still dropping knowledge in 2018... that's longevity
God Bless KRS ONE
This has always been too me the best rap song ever done. i still haven't heard anything better. Still number .
Still number what? Don't leave us hanging!
100 % Agree best song ever........You don't mess with the teacher.............
Its one of my favorite but " MCs act like they don't know " is that shit you gotta listen to it closely
Naw... Geto Boys Scarface... But this is up there
The Bridge is over hit just as hard