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After motoring through the well-slung hip-hop timeline in the promising first verse of "I Was There," KRS-One regresses into the barbs of a sadly obvious refrain: "Where were you?" Wherever we were, a generation grew up living hip-hop culture at various levels of immersion, and if too few of us hear this album, it'll be a damn shame. KRS reserves equal bile for artistic hacks like, say, "Kentucky Fried Chicken deejays promotin' breast and thigh," but all such vitriol appears like remote islands in an ocean of his seasoned skills and reasoned better instincts. For his part, Marley Marl spirits
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After motoring through the well-slung hip-hop timeline in the promising first verse of "I Was There," KRS-One regresses into the barbs of a sadly obvious refrain: "Where were you?" Wherever we were, a generation grew up living hip-hop culture at various levels of immersion, and if too few of us hear this album, it'll be a damn shame. KRS reserves equal bile for artistic hacks like, say, "Kentucky Fried Chicken deejays promotin' breast and thigh," but all such vitriol appears like remote islands in an ocean of his seasoned skills and reasoned better instincts. For his part, Marley Marl spirits through these tracks with a carefully curated bag of tricks that spans decades. "Over 30" stomps with lo-fi, '80s verve; "Kill a Rapper" channels the Detroit hip-hop underground of the mid-'90s; and the title track lumbers along on a mix that only an ill-conceived marketing campaign could fail to make a hit of. But whether or not Hip Hop Lives lasts, KRS-One never misses the most important point. "So write this down, on your black books and journals," he barks, "hip-hop culture is eternal." --Jason Kirk
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Manufacturer: Koch Records
Release date: 22 May 2007
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0099923410522 UPC: 099923410522
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