Sunday night Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One gave a clinic on hip-hop for their Verzuz session. Their friendly competition was interspersed with appearances from Buckshot, Nice & Smooth, Roxanne Shante, Hakim Green of Channel Live, Masta Ace, Craig G, DJ Scratch, DJ Red Alert, Mad Lion, Das Efx, Popmaster Fabel,Continue Reading
Boogie Down Productions’ “Love’s Gonna Get’cha (Material Love)” is one of the rare hip-hop songs to probe capitalist desire. KRS-One’s rap about poverty breeding an apetite for material goods out of necessity and peer approval was told from the standpoint of a young drug dealer who experiences short-lived success untilContinue Reading
[youtube id=”9ZrAYxWPN6c”]KRS-One’s Return Of The Boom Bap was his first official solo album. He produced it along with DJ Premier, Kid Capri, Showbiz and Norty Cotto. “Sound Of Da Police” was KRS-One’s critique of sadistic cops linking their psychology back to plantation overseers. His lyrics referenced three previous generations ofContinue Reading
[youtube id=”V2bZ7HfHAJ4″] Ms. Melodie’s first recording was 1988’s “Hype According To Ms. Melodie” on Jive Records with “To Sing All Night” and “What Do You Do” on the other side of the single. Ms. Melodie and her husband KRS-One co-produced all three songs. The following year Jive released her oneContinue Reading