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get this album, if ya can.. but---

as the liner notes reveal after you buy it, it should be known that the stuff on here is primarily songs that have been previously released, circa 1993 - present, either on:

Soundtrack
collaboration on another artist's album and/or single..
Mixtape freestyle/exclusive
alternate take, non-album version
Remix
White Label 12"
Maxi-Single B-Side

and, from the tracks that I recognize:
"As you already know" is really "SYMPHONY 2000", originally credited to Truck Turner, featuring KRS, Kool G & Big Pun.

"Hip Hop vs. Rap" has about 30 seconds clipped off the front end, first having appeared on the "Sound of Da Police" maxi-single..

"Intro/Digital" is the intro from Digital Underground's "WHO GOT THE GRAVY" LP; also, "Smilin' Faces" is from that album..

"Woop Woop!" is the SOUND OF DA POLICE remix, but it is the remix by DJ KENNY PARKER (the original version was produced by Showbiz)..

"OUTRO/I'll be back" is KRS' verse lifted from the SWAY & KING TECH "This or that" LP single..

On "FREE MUMIA" the lyrics are even more explicit than the album version.. KRS and Channel Live really go at colin powell, c delores tucker, jesse jackson..

It seems that some of the tracks were given different titles to avoid copyright hassles, as they all come from varying sources of original release..

All in all, this is not a bad LP to have. The dedicated KRS-One completist may have most these individual tracks in some format or other, but this makes a great convenient compilation. For casual fans, they will not be disappointed, especially if they also buy A RETROSPECTIVE (2000); but for the uninitiated, it is best to start with CRIMINAL MINDED (1987) and start moving forward..

This is a rewind album with a collection of remixes and rare/unreleased tracks.

If you like BDP, or more importantly, the early days of unrefined rap before it was tainted by 'hip hop', this is a must have. Most of the material is vintage early/mid 90's with KRS's fusion of hard beats, sampling mastery and reggae/dancehall influences shining bright.

There are a few standout tracks. 'When the Moon' has the female contrast that goes so well with his hardcore style and beats. 'Free Mumia' has the political overtone and he (alongside Channel Live) drops knowledge. 'A Freestyle Song'...what would a KRS album be without a freestyle? (bonus- this one includes a young Common aka Common Sense) But the best track is 'Article (Remix)', a dancehall reggae medley that (if you're a yardie-wannabe like myself) will set the vibe straight!

I&I

This is a solid release of good street poetry peppered with flashes of brilliance by a very good lyricist. Although the liner notes say that some of these songs are re-mixes, I only found 4 out of 20 easily recognizable.

I think this album is well worth the money.

KRS1 does not get the respect he deservres, besides Rakim and 2Pac, he has to rank with the best and this album shows you why.unlike most of todays rappers KRS1 has a lesson to teach and he is a true lyricis and street poet not know wanna be thug.

This was an old one that I missed and haven't been able to find in any stores. Its hot!! A good mix of that old school style with some new school flavor. Still, the hot beats, strong lyrics that feed the mind and that expected KRS flow! If you don't have it, get it while you still can!!

I love this album. As other reviewers have pointed out, "D.I.G.I.T.A.L." is does not contain much - if any - "new" music necessarily, however I nonetheless find it a brilliantly diverse, creative, and earnest offering from KRS-One. The remixes of older tracks are so different from the originals that they often sound like entirely new tracks. "Ah Yeah!" is one of my favorite tracks from the 1995 LP "KRS-ONE" and it's the only track here that I find unnecessary as it's hardly different from the original (I imagine that it's just the original mix without the studio mastering).

Anyway, great record and I think it definitely deserves five stars, regardless of the older material. By the way, this album is pretty hard to get a hard-copy of, so if you want to hear it I recommend downloading it on iTunes for ten bucks rather than buying it on Amazon. After all, the title of the record is 'digital'.

At times it is good, at times I'm ready for him to either out with Puff Daddy again, and or Lionel Richie.

KRS has been getting pretty since Return Of The Boom Bap. Of course he still manages to impress here and there, but as for this album...

...more crap than good.

I still prefer the KRS self titled CD over all.