i need some help...

[jj+fp2004]

i've never heared a song from Krs-one or Rakim because here in isreal nobody knows them (except for me and willreign now...). i understand that they are from the top MC's of all-time if not the best so just tell me what you think is each ones best album... i really respect your opinions so please help me... :dunno:

[hotzappa11]

i've only listened to Eric B & Rakims "Paid In Full", and i cant remember any titles of Krs One's albums because i havent bought any of them, sorry i couldnt help you.

[JumpinJack AJ]

This is one of those situations where u gotta let us know if u really love old skool or if u think it would be safer 2 get one of their new albums. Of course, 2 familarize yourself with their music, they both of Greatest Hits albums.

Rakim's 1997 "The 18th Letter" is one of my favorite new skool albums. U can also find a version of it that has the new album and a greatest hits as a bonus 2nd disc. U can also find a cheaper Eric B. + Rakim greatest hits "Millennium Hits" CD but i think it has fewer trax than that one packaged with Rakim's solo album.

If u are thinkin' new albums from KRS-One, i'm not one 2 ask...i havn't gotten a new KRS album in about 6 years (shame on me!). I'll catch up one day. I can say that i think u'd like his 1997 album "I Got Next." I think that album is just dope. U can also get a Boogie Down Productions "Greatest Hits" album if u look 4 it. That'll sum up all the old stuff 4 ya.

[jj+fp2004]

i like the old skool better then the new skool but i think just to be safe i'll get the "greatet hits" from both of them.... tnx 4 the help guys!! :rock:

[bigted]

When it comes to KRS-ONE's new albums you gotta check out his 2001 "The Sneak Attack", after I heard that album I've been hooked to him ever since then, I got his 2002 "Spirtual Minded" which is a creative gospel rap album, I didn't get his 2002 "The Mixtape" though yet, I also have his 2003 "Kristyles" album which is also a dope album, I'm still looking forward to buying his 2004 "Keep Right" album where it has a bonus DVD of him performing. His new songs seems to be as consistant as his ol' songs, when it comes to his ol' songs, you should buy KRS-ONE "A Retrospective", which features his greatest hits. He has the biggest catolog of any mc alive so it's hard to keep up with him, I bet he's working on a 14th album by now, I still got catching up to do with him, it's hard to find those 5 BDP albums I only have 6 of his CD's, but I'd have to say that those 6 CD's are on heavy rotation in my CD player.

As far as Rakim, I would also recommend getting "Paid In Full", it's one the greatest albums in hip-hop history! That album's another one of my personal favorites, I got his '99 album "The Master" which was one of the albums that was slept on that year, and Eric B. and Rakim's "20th Century Masters: Greatest Hits" which features all their classic joints, I have to catch up on his collection too. Does anyone know when Rakim's new album comin' out? :dunno: I read on the internet that he decided to start his own independent label after leaving Aftermath.

[jj+fp2004]

tnx ted... i think i'll get "a retrospective" and "paid in full"...

[trexican]

i suggest going with the greatest hits first-trex

[jj+fp2004]

ok... trexican is right... the "greatest hits" it's the best CD to buy first and if i like it i'll look out for other albums.

[bigted]

This song "Hip-Hop Knowledge" that KRS-ONE did in 2001 is an autobiography of his career:

"You know.. life is funny..

If you don't repeat the actions of your own success

you won't be successful

You gotta know your own formula, your own ingredients

What made you, YOU..

1987 I was at the Latin Quarters

Listenin to Afrika Bambaata give the order

The call of the order was to avoid the slaughter

He said, "Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya!"

Without a lawyer, he taught The Infinity Lessons

In how hip-hop could be a, many a blessing

And that was great, so in 1988

there was no debate, we had to end the hate

The name of the game was "Stop the Violence"

and unity, knowledge, and self-reliance

We - started talkin bout Martin and Malcolm

Had these ghetto kids goin, "Huh, what about him?"

1989, Professor Griff speaks his mind

but his freedom of speech is declined

1990 came with the West coast

East coast, West coast, who is the best coast?

Lookin back now, of COURSE it was bogus

The whole argument was where we lost focus

We got hopeless; not with the lyrics and music

but with hip-hop, and how we used it

Or abused it, you know how the crew get

"You like it cause you choose it"

1991, we opened our eyes

with Human Education Against Lies, we tried

to talk about the state of humanity

But all these others rappers got mad at me

They called me "Captain Human", another message was sent

"Self Destruction don't pay the f***in' rent"

Remember that? Nobody wanted conscious rap

It was like - where these ballers at?

Where can they call us at? All was wack

Hip-Hop culture was fallin flat and that was that

So in 1992, I found my crew

They said, "Yo Kris, what you wanna do?"

I said, "Damn - why they wanna get with me?

If I bust they s*** I'm contradictory.

If I play the bitch role, they take my shoe.

Tell me what the f*** am I supposed to do?"

So I did it, don't stop get it get it get it

All of a sudden these critics they wanna spit it

"Kay Are Ess One is con-tra-dic-to-ry"

Just cause I wouldn't let these rappers get with me

f*** that, f*** you ,and f*** your pen

If a rapper wanna diss, yo I'd do it again

But I'm makin these ends, and I got my friends

And I really don't wanna have to sit in the pen

So I go back to the philosopher

1993 hip-hop is uhh.. wack

Go back, check the facts

1994, "Return of the Boom Bap"

It wasn't all about the loot

It was all about Harry Allen Rhythm Cultural Institute

Blowin up, 1995

Conscious rap is still alive

But nobody wanna play it, nobody wanna say it

Nobody okayed it, they'd all rather hate it

1996 it really don't stop

We put together somethin called the Temple of Hip-Hop

Not just DJin, breakin, graf and lyrics

But how hip-hop affects the spirit

"Step Into a World," that's what I did

1997 I was raisin my kid

or kids, but I, had to go

Cause New York DJ's changed the flows

to clothes and hoes, but that wasn't me

I'll be damned if I dance for the MTV

So in 1998 I began to debate

Should I go now, or should I really wait?

'99, I moved to L.A. you see

and took a gig with the WB

Started studyin philosophy full-time

To have a full heart, full body, full mind

But you know what the problem is or was?

DJ's don't raise our kids, cuz

they so caught up in the cash and jewels

How they gonna really see a hip-hop school?

How they gonna really see a hip-hop temple?

They don't even wanna play my instrumentals, but

big up Dr. Dre, Snoop, Xzibit

Especially Xzibit, he was there in a minute

Mic Conception, all of them, said

"Yo you need help? I should call them"

When I was in L.A., I held the crown

Bloods, Crips, they held me down

I could never forget Mad Lion, killer pride

with the gat in the lap in the low-ride

Oh I can't forget, Icy Ice, Lucky Lou

Julio G, that was the crew

Davey D, Ingrid, David Connor

The list goes on and on, let me tell ya

FredWreck, and my man Protest

Much respect, no less

To my spiritual and mental defenders

Big up to L.A., temple members

But in 2000, I seen how I wanted to live

I wasn't no executive

So I picked up the mic and I quit my job

Said to Simone I gotta get with God

She said, "Don't worry bout these dollars and quarters.

Record companies ain't got nuttin for ya."

Damn, she took me back to Bam!

Took me back to who I am!

Brought me back to the New York land!

Now I overstand!.."

I'll post some Rakim's lyrics later too so you could check out his lyricism until you hear some of his music, Peace!