KRS-One On Criminal Minded (Video)

Right after his set at the Rock The Bells kickoff, KRS gave us some insight into his starmaking first LP:

“This may sound arrogant, but it’s the truth and it’s honest. We knew exactly what we were doing when we made this album. If you notice, all the away up to Return of the Boom Bap — I stopped doing it after Return of the Boom Bap — I used to say things like, ‘We will be here forever! Forever and ever!’ I used to always speak into the future: ‘I got rhymes for the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s.’ This was the ’80s. So yes, as a metaphysician, as a philosopher, you know what you are doing. We didn’t make mistakes. We still don’t. That’s why the albums are out the way they are. I say that humbly. I don’t say that with no arrogance; ‘Yeah, we knew what it was.’ No, we didn’t. What we knew was hip-hop. We knew if we came out with what our people wanted to hear, that’s just what it is. It wasn’t on the radio, there’s no videos for it. We just said what we knew the block wanted to hear at the time. We knew we were changing the game. – MTV

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~ by Meka on August 27, 2010.

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13 Responses to “KRS-One On Criminal Minded (Video)”

  1. “We didn’t make mistakes. We still don’t. That’s why the albums are out the way they are.”

    So I guess having nobody be excited about a KRS album since ’95 must be all part of the plan then. Strange plan yo.

    Jaym said this on August 27th, 2010 at 12:31 pm

  2. KRS 1 COMES OFF TO ME AS “I KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT HIP HOP YALL DONT BUT I STILL LUV U TYPE OFF NIGGA” IN THE WORDS OF MY OLD HEAD ” HE HATING AND JOCKING”

    DASHBOARD said this on August 27th, 2010 at 12:39 pm

  3. my God if i could go i would…how epic is that…the whoooole ass album in all its glory all the classic hiphop albums the history awhhhhhhhhhhhh

    lavender said this on August 27th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

  4. 3/4 of the rappers out today should call him Daddy.

    2020 said this on August 27th, 2010 at 12:56 pm

  5. God…

    I fucking hate this guy, anyone that’s ever met him knows how full of himself he is. Dude is always sweating too.

    WeezyFBaby said this on August 27th, 2010 at 1:35 pm

  6. damn someone put him in the shower

    Jag said this on August 27th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

  7. fuck any one hating on the teacher krs one king of hip yall motherufckers hating on him must listen to soulja boy and gucci …and 4/5 rappers should call him daddy lol and the reson why he sweating is cuz he had just performed criminal minded album

    real said this on August 27th, 2010 at 2:08 pm

  8. best concert ive ever been to rock the bells was amazing …i forgot how REAL hiphop soundS LIKE thAT CONCERT REMINDED ME THAT THERES MORE IMPORTANT SHIT IN LIFE THAN RIMS CARS HOES AND BLUNTS

    real said this on August 27th, 2010 at 2:12 pm

  9. @ WeezyFBaby its called confidence. KRS knows he can kill 90% of rappers out right now. this is the exact reason no one steps up to him. lyrically at least lol.

    Tupac Shakur said this on August 27th, 2010 at 4:45 pm

  10. KRS is a legend. I personally don’t like his shit too much. Better than most shit out right now, but still was never a favorite of mine. Gotta respect what he did for hiphop tho. Step into a world was really dope.

    d-bo said this on August 27th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

  11. I saw KRS live at the House of Blues in Anaheim, best show I have ever been to. Okay, maybe Tied with Lupe in Vegas.

    Mike said this on August 28th, 2010 at 1:13 am

  12. Dope

    Vito said this on August 28th, 2010 at 11:11 am

  13. Anyone on wayne’s dick so hard that they change their name to his should blow his own brains out… Just sayin….

    Cage said this on August 29th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

 

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