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Traffic Entertainment and B Boy Records present one of the most influential and original albums in music history, “Criminal Minded” by Boogie Down Productions. KRS-ONE’s combination of street slang and Webster’s dictionary knowledge backed with Scott La Rock’s hard hitting, minimal beats set this record apart when it was originally released in 1986. With this now classic debut album, BDP helped redefine the New York rap music scene. “Criminal Minded” elevated the standards to a new level and proved that rap could be a dynamic and consciousness-raising medium. KRS-ONE has gone on to become one of the most prolific and critically-acclaimed artists in Hip Hop history. A true classic, “Criminal Minded” was included in Vibe Magazine’s 100 Essential Albums of the 20th century.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By capaBILLity
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
You know,in 1986 I thought diss records went out with UTFO and SHANTE. Then I heard "South Bronx" an anthem to where hip-hop really started also an unexpected answer to MC SHAN's classic hit "The Bridge". I felt "The Bridge","South Bronx" didn't move me at first,it sounded like a demo,didn't seem real to me. Then SHAN answered back with "Kill That Noise",it didn't hit me at first whom he was feuding with. Next,"The Bridge Is Over" hits the airwaves like crazy. I had no choice but to give it a listen and damn,KRS-ONE's dissing the whole JUICE CREW (SHAN,MARLEY MARL,MR. MAGIC and SHANTE)except BIZ MARKIE & BIG DADDY KANE,kinda put SHAN in his place on the dissing part. Still it didn't get me into them. But it gave me a buzz. I had to hear what's next by BDP.
Then "Poetry" hit the airwaves. I'm like 'oh my God,that's dope'. Then "The 'P' Is Free" and then "Dope Beat" and then "Criminal Minded" and I'm like,what a record. I scooped up two copies to mix right away. I became a fan so quickly,I bought tickets to the Dope Jam concert in the summer of 1987 to see both KRS-ONE and SCOTT LA ROCK live in New York at Madison Square Garden. It never happened.
SCOTT LA ROCK was killed like a week before that concert.
KRS-ONE attended that concert,opening for WHODINI and L.L. COOL J and he did his thang. No lip syncing (like the headliner UNCLE L) and turntables spinning alone as a tribue to the late SCOTT LA ROCK. Performing them hits I just named that made BDP a major comeback force in underground rap music since SCHOOLLY D's THE ADVENTURES OF SCHOOLLY D in 1985. This album went commercial on an independent label,almost impossible.
The other songs "9mm Goes Bang","A Word From Our Sponser","Elementary" and "Scott La Rock Had 'Em All (Super Hoe)" makes noise but not like those I've named in the beginning. Then they released the instrumental album of all 10 songs from the original. I'm like 'that's great man',scooped up another pair. Any release was a must have at this point,even if I had it from this album already.
Some beats were done by CED-GEE of the ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S but he gets no credit for it (he got jerked by BDP's label at that time). Nonetheless,this is the classic of the late 80's. No album before or after by any rap duo can touch this album.
I must add though,the first 10 original songs total about 50 minutes of the CD,so how can another 10 songs (instrumentals) fit on an 80 minute disc? Each of the 10 instrumental songs are shorten to 2:15. Too cheap to double the album I guess. Oh well,enjoy!
RIP SCOTT LA ROCK,we miss you,bra.
Then "Poetry" hit the airwaves. I'm like 'oh my God,that's dope'. Then "The 'P' Is Free" and then "Dope Beat" and then "Criminal Minded" and I'm like,what a record. I scooped up two copies to mix right away. I became a fan so quickly,I bought tickets to the Dope Jam concert in the summer of 1987 to see both KRS-ONE and SCOTT LA ROCK live in New York at Madison Square Garden. It never happened.
SCOTT LA ROCK was killed like a week before that concert.
KRS-ONE attended that concert,opening for WHODINI and L.L. COOL J and he did his thang. No lip syncing (like the headliner UNCLE L) and turntables spinning alone as a tribue to the late SCOTT LA ROCK. Performing them hits I just named that made BDP a major comeback force in underground rap music since SCHOOLLY D's THE ADVENTURES OF SCHOOLLY D in 1985. This album went commercial on an independent label,almost impossible.
The other songs "9mm Goes Bang","A Word From Our Sponser","Elementary" and "Scott La Rock Had 'Em All (Super Hoe)" makes noise but not like those I've named in the beginning. Then they released the instrumental album of all 10 songs from the original. I'm like 'that's great man',scooped up another pair. Any release was a must have at this point,even if I had it from this album already.
Some beats were done by CED-GEE of the ULTRAMAGNETIC MC'S but he gets no credit for it (he got jerked by BDP's label at that time). Nonetheless,this is the classic of the late 80's. No album before or after by any rap duo can touch this album.
I must add though,the first 10 original songs total about 50 minutes of the CD,so how can another 10 songs (instrumentals) fit on an 80 minute disc? Each of the 10 instrumental songs are shorten to 2:15. Too cheap to double the album I guess. Oh well,enjoy!
RIP SCOTT LA ROCK,we miss you,bra.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By Hype Currie
Format:Audio CD
Criminal Minded: The beginning of the KRS-One saga
Put together by an ex-social worker and his formerly homeless client, Boogie Down Productions' DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One introduced Criminal Minded to the hip-hop public in early 1987, after a year or so of dropping 12-inch singles on the indie B-Boy Records, and making a name for themselves in New York's underground hip-hop circles. The 10-track, groundbreaking album by BDP is definitely up there with the greatest rap albums of all time. The production by the artists (and according to many interviews, an un-credited Ced Gee of the Ultramagnetic MC's) brought a new sampling aesthetic to hip-hop, focusing heavily on then-dusty James Brown sides from the 60's & 70's. In KRS-One's rhymes listeners can hear a rapper whose intention is not just to entertain but to educate. The album opens with "Poetry", with a trademark James Brown scream; KRS declares "I'm not an MC, so listen--call me poet or musician". "9mm Goes Bang" is a reggae-driven tale of street revenge, focusing on the fictional "crack dealer named Peter". The Bronx-based act made instant rivals in the Queens-based Juice Crew, as evidenced in songs "South Bronx" and the perennial "diss record" favorite "The Bridge is Over" (with an oblique nod to Billy Joel at the end). "Dope Beat" samples AC/DC's "Back in Black", making for an influential rap/metal combo. The title track reinterprets the opening lines of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" with subversive results. In the ensuing years since the LP's first release, the album has fallen in and out of print several times. Fortunately, Traffic Entertainment (formerly Landspeed) has secured the catalog rights, and made the album available again. Subsequent re-releases have tacked on a few bonus tracks or an entire instrumentals disc.
Put together by an ex-social worker and his formerly homeless client, Boogie Down Productions' DJ Scott La Rock and KRS-One introduced Criminal Minded to the hip-hop public in early 1987, after a year or so of dropping 12-inch singles on the indie B-Boy Records, and making a name for themselves in New York's underground hip-hop circles. The 10-track, groundbreaking album by BDP is definitely up there with the greatest rap albums of all time. The production by the artists (and according to many interviews, an un-credited Ced Gee of the Ultramagnetic MC's) brought a new sampling aesthetic to hip-hop, focusing heavily on then-dusty James Brown sides from the 60's & 70's. In KRS-One's rhymes listeners can hear a rapper whose intention is not just to entertain but to educate. The album opens with "Poetry", with a trademark James Brown scream; KRS declares "I'm not an MC, so listen--call me poet or musician". "9mm Goes Bang" is a reggae-driven tale of street revenge, focusing on the fictional "crack dealer named Peter". The Bronx-based act made instant rivals in the Queens-based Juice Crew, as evidenced in songs "South Bronx" and the perennial "diss record" favorite "The Bridge is Over" (with an oblique nod to Billy Joel at the end). "Dope Beat" samples AC/DC's "Back in Black", making for an influential rap/metal combo. The title track reinterprets the opening lines of the Beatles' "Hey Jude" with subversive results. In the ensuing years since the LP's first release, the album has fallen in and out of print several times. Fortunately, Traffic Entertainment (formerly Landspeed) has secured the catalog rights, and made the album available again. Subsequent re-releases have tacked on a few bonus tracks or an entire instrumentals disc.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By H. Brumfield
Format:Audio CD
Contrary to some reviews, Criminal Minded was NOT the first to introduce "gangsta" themes (check out Schoolly D, "P.S.K.") or reggae styles (see Original Concept, "Bitin' My Stylee" --Dr. Dre from MTV's record on Def Jam). Nor were the beats produced by Scott La Rock, but primarily Ced Gee from Ultramag, who got stiffed on the album credits. Sorry to bust bubbles. But it doesn't need to be The First to still be an historic and classic hip-hop album. It's one of the greatest, and will always be close to my heart.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
No, its not the best rap album ever created.
some people are so in love with personal favorites, being in the right place at the right time of Rap musics infancy thinking that makes them an expert on what is gold and what is... Read more
Published 23 days ago by trurudboi
1.0 out of 5 stars
NO BRIDGE IS OVER VIDEO!
Just bought a second copy when I couldn't play the bridge is over video
on my first copy I bought a couple years back. Same thing with this one. Read more
on my first copy I bought a couple years back. Same thing with this one. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Steve
5.0 out of 5 stars
His Best Cd.
The most versitille rapper.KRS1.Surperb at the street level rap.Some of the hardest back,in the day street songs ever.Excellent in knowledgeable rap song. Read more
Published 12 months ago by J. Najuher
5.0 out of 5 stars
bdp....'nuff said....
other than the fact that i'm not gonna try to bring this on a plane, it's the best thing ever.
now, when are they gonna come out with a naughty by nature usb machete?
now, when are they gonna come out with a naughty by nature usb machete?
Published 12 months ago by Dave I.
5.0 out of 5 stars
THIS is how to revisit classic hip hop!
I just picked this 3 disc set up last night for like $15. Aside from being one of the greatest hip hop albums ever made; the packaging of the set and the bonus material make it a... Read more
Published on October 23, 2010 by Trevor Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
BDP Criminal Minded
This album always brings back one funny memory for me: I remember being so stoked to find "Criminal Minded" on vinyl back in my teens in the early/mid 90's. Read more
Published on February 5, 2010 by T. Snyder
2.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT FOR IT'S TIME
NICE CD, FOR IT'S TIME BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME APPEAL THAT IT HAD BACK THEN!
Published on September 12, 2009 by UC-APPLEMAN
2.0 out of 5 stars
Strange Album
I am not sure if this is real or not, or just another bootleg. However, it is good to have the rare cuts. Read more
Published on April 10, 2009 by Christopher
4.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Hip Hop
This album is one of the all time great album. If you don't have this,you don't have a collection.
Published on February 20, 2009 by Michael Martin
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Proper Deluxe Version of a Hip-Hop Classic
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
The beginning of the KRS-ONE legacy--, June 4, 2007
By Hype Currie "scholar of pop culture" (Detroit, Michigan United... Read more
The beginning of the KRS-ONE legacy--, June 4, 2007
By Hype Currie "scholar of pop culture" (Detroit, Michigan United... Read more
Published on July 25, 2008 by Hype Currie
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