With Finesse & Slice-of-Spice gearing up to release the prequel to Return of the Funky Man, the indie label has been on a deep promo run, releasing free downloads and snippets here and there. For Funky Man: The Prequel, the album was painstakingly re-mastered. First offering is the original version of Fat For the 90s produced by Diamond D. Hit the jump for an alternate version of No Gimmicks which KRS-One re-recorded and added some new lyrics to the 1995 classic. Album drops in April.
The venerable Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everybody will drop his 20th (I know!) LP Just Like That next year, but will release a mixtape titled Just Passin’ Through on Turkey Day.
KRS’ 1993 album Return Of The Boom Bap had a lot of gems on it, but this previously vaulted track was left on the cutting room floor and has finally seen the light of day after 19 years thanks to DJ JS-1.
DOWNLOAD: KRS-One – It’s Gettin’ Hectic (prod. DJ Premier) [Unreleased] | Alt
The Blastmaster builds on the last BDP album, Sex and Violence (1992) which he states was “a flop” (only moving 250,000 units, in contrast to 1990′s Edutainment which moved 600,000 units), the possibility of the P.M. Dawn beef slowing down his sales, and the events that eventually led up to his highly-celebrated solo debut, Return of the Boom Bap. Shouts to DPB on the head’s up.
As usual, KRS kicks some knowledge on the second release from his 20th studio album, Just Like That, due out January 4th. Also, hit the jump for a special message from the legend himself.
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Title track off KRS-One’s 20th studio album, dropping in 2012.
Directed by Edward Christian/Aura
Here’s the “official video” for (Mega) Fresh (X) off ‘Mega-Raw-Forever’s 2009 Born & Raised LP featuring a grip of legendary heavyweights.
New track from the collaborative efforts of KRS-One and Bumpy Knuckles, Royalty Check and produced by King Karnov.
DOWNLOAD: KRS-One – Stand Up | Mediafire
PREVIOUS: KRS-One & Showbiz (of DITC) – Legendary
Artwork By: A 6 year old
If you’re fed up with producers who make “fake J Dilla beats” and “pop-star radio DJs” like DJ JS-1 is, the best thing to do is slap them across the face with some real boom bap sounds. So that’s exactly what the Queens, New York DJ did with his new single, “Boom Slap,” and who better to amp up the slap than two of the kings of boom bap, KRS-One and Rahzel. The respective visionaries of rapping and beat boxing join their friend JS-1 on the first leak from No One Cares, which will be released on June 21st via Fat Beats Records.
DOWNLOAD: DJ JS-1 – Boom Slap f. KRS-ONE & Rahzel
Kyle’s debut EP, Re-Edutainment, is available now via iTunes.
PREVIOUS: Kyle Rapps – Rent (rmx) f. KRS-One (prod. Kev Brown)
Re-Edutainment, the upcoming Kev Brown-produced debut EP from Kyle Rapps, is the New Jersey native’s own take on the Boogie Down Productions classic album Edutainment. On this track he actually teams up with the Blastmaster himself to talk about the problems most of us have to deal with: rising rent costs and dwindling apartment quality.
DOWNLOAD: Kyle Rapps – Rent (rmx) f. KRS-One | Mediafire
PREVIOUS: Kyle Rapps – Hard Knock Children f. Joell Ortiz (prod. Kev Brown)
Another one off Show & KRS-One’s Godsville, dropping on March 8th. Shouts to Unkut.
DOWNLOAD: KRS-One & Showbiz – Legendary | Mediafire
