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Chuck D proclaims in this disc's press
release ("biostrategy") that KRS-One "[is] one of the hemisphere's
greatest musical innovators, vocalists, and composers" by
placing him alongside Ellington, Armstrong, Miles, Gershwin,
and Sinatra. From Boogie Down Productions to Edutainment
his innovative rap style and pull-no-punches lyrics are
certainly living testimony of his enormous talent. And that
he is still relevant in today's disposable hip-hop market
speaks volumes. The Sneak Attack
is full frontal, brutally honest and positively real; a
blueprint for hip-hop's oft misguided youth to wake up in
2001. "Attendance/Hot" throws down his rich and
diverse history in 6 minutes and 27 seconds of cock-sure
bravado ("...who was the first to teach at Yale?"), reminding
all those after him of his musical and political innovations.
Elsewhere, the beat free Aesop-like fable of "False
Pride" cleverly recounts the tale of a student who
learns a hard lesson about benevolence. On most of this
disc the beats are simple but hard, and while it may lack
his friend Chuck D's Public Enemy-sonic assaults, it more
than makes up in uncompromising lyrical prowess. KRS-One
is sage/educator/historian, a strong and lasting voice calling
to task all of hip-hop's brethren.
review by Mark J. Petracca
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