Boogie Down Productions : Ghetto Music: The Blueprint Of Hiphop

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 Notes & Reviews
 
Full title is: Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop

Length: 49:33

  Anastas 'Nass-T' Hackjedtt - Drums
  Jerry Johnson - Saxophone
  Kevin Batchelor - Trumpet, Vocals
  Pamela Scott - Vocals
  Sheila Pate - Vocals
  Sidney Mills - Keyboards
  Val Duglas - Bass

The second Boogie Down Productions album devoted mostly to consciousness raising, Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop finds KRS-One evolving into a fierce advocate for both his community and his chosen art form. He's particularly concerned about the direction of the latter: he's wary of hip-hop being co-opted by the pop mainstream, and the album's title comes from his conviction that real hip-hop is built on the vitality and rebelliousness of the streets. Accordingly, Ghetto Music contains a few more battle rhymes than usual, plus some showcases for pure MC technique, in keeping with the most basic elements of the music. The production, too, is still resolutely minimalist, and even if it's a little more fleshed-out than in the past, it consciously makes no concessions to pop or R&B accessibility. There are more reggae inflections in KRS-One's delivery than ever before, audible in about half the tracks here, and the production starts to echo dancehall more explicitly on a few. Meanwhile, as the Teacher, he's actually put together lesson plans for a couple tracks: 'Why Is That?' and 'You Must Learn' are basically lectures about biblical and African-American history, respectively. This is where KRS-One starts to fall prey to didacticism, but he has relevant points to make, and the rapping is surprisingly nimble given all the information he's trying to pack in. Elsewhere, 'Who Protects Us from You?' is a bouncy anti-police-brutality rap, and KRS closes the album with the point that 'World Peace' can only be achieved through a pragmatic, aggressive struggle for equality. Although Ghetto Music has a few signs that KRS is starting to take himself a little too seriously (he dubs himself a metaphysician in the liner notes), overall it's another excellent effort and the last truly great BDP album. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

 
 Tracks and Sound Clips   Click here for the Windows Media player
 
Style You Haven't Done Yet - 3:01 Play the Windows Media clip
Why Is That? - 3:57 Play the Windows Media clip
Blueprint - 2:54 Play the Windows Media clip
Jack of Spades - 4:49 Play the Windows Media clip
Jah Rulez - 4:25 Play the Windows Media clip
Breath Control - 3:38 Play the Windows Media clip
Who Protects Us from You? - 2:25 Play the Windows Media clip
You Must Learn - 3:51 Play the Windows Media clip
Hip Hop Rules - 4:08 Play the Windows Media clip
Bo! Bo! Bo! - 5:21 Play the Windows Media clip
Gimme, Dat, (Woy) - 3:04 Play the Windows Media clip
Ghetto Music - 3:15 Play the Windows Media clip
World Peace - 4:45 Play the Windows Media clip
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