KRSOne - Return Of The Boom Bap

Limited to 500 on gold vinyl WW!! Over two decades later, KRS One’s debut solo album Return of the Boom Bap finally gets the reissue it deserves. Pressed for the first time on gold vinyl, this double LP not only includes a bonus 7” of Kenny Parker remixes, but also features the first-ever colour sleeve on a U.S. pressing. Stripping away the intricate production of the final Boogie Down Productions album, Sex and Violence, Return of the Boom Bap saw the already iconoclastic rapper return to the bare bones, gritty territory of his landmark masterpiece Criminal Minded. 

KRS-One’s delivery, burned with a reinvigorated fury, spits out his rhymes with pummeling cadences and world-wise intelligence. Although the record isn't as focused on social activism and political protest as the latter Boogie Down albums, KRS-One never made his lyrics simplistic, nor did he turn his back on what could now be called prescient social commentary. The combination of raw beats and emotion-driven rhymes made Return of the Boom Bap a genuine comeback for KRS-One, one of the founding figures of modern hip-hop. 

TRACK LISTING

01. KRS-One Attacks 
02.Outta Here 
03. Black Cop 
04. Mortal Thought 
05. I Can't Wake Up 
06. Slap Them Up
07. Sound Of Da Police 
08. Mad Crew 09. Uh Oh 
10. Brown Skin Woman 
11. Return Of The Boom Bap 
12. "P" Is Still Free 
13. Stop Frontin' 
14. Higher Level 
15. Hip Hop Vs. Rap 
16. Return Of The Boom Bap (Instrumental) 
17. Sound Of Da Police [Remix] 
18. Mortal Thought (I Must Rock The Mic) [Kenny Parker Remix]