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May 27, 2023 · The legend of KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions as we know them began with By All Means Necessary. During the late ’80s and early to mid ’90s, it was generally accepted amongst hip-hop heads that KRS was either the best emcee to ever pick up a mic or he was a close second. His counterpart Rakim was seen as the smooth, slow-flowing God ...
Mar 1, 2022 · Happy 35th Anniversary to Boogie Down Productions’ debut album Criminal Minded, originally released March 3, 1987. This statement is going to sound cliché, but it’s true: Boogie Down Productions ’ Criminal Minded is hip-hop in its essence. It’s one of the essential templates that hip-hop albums are still built around.
Boogie Down Productions quietly made music in the South Bronx without much mainstream recognition until 1986, when their popularity skyrocketed as a result of “The Bridge Wars”, what would become one of the first rap beef in history. In 1985, DJ Scott La Rock met with radio DJ Mr. Magic, founding member of the Juice Crew of Queensbridge ...
Preview. Headed up by the fearsome vocal talents of KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions were a Bronx-based hip-hop collective that scored some of the golden era's most incendiary tracks. A diss war with MC Shan and the Juice Crew over the birthplace of hip-hop first stoked up notoriety for the group. 1987's Criminal Minded is credited with laying ...
Boogie Down Productions discography and songs: Music profile for Boogie Down Productions, formed 1986. Genres: East Coast Hip Hop, Boom Bap, Conscious Hip Hop. Albums include Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary, and Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop.
