Over a quarter-century in the past, KRS-One assisted Das EFX in a cultural anthem, “Actual Hip-Hop.” That includes production by DJ Premier (and Pete Rock on the remix), the EastWest Data single served as a battle cry for the tradition these artists beloved within the winds of change. In 2022, Kris returns with “Uncooked Hip Hop,” a video spotlight from his twenty fourth solo album, I M A M C R U 1 2.
The video begins with a prepare arriving at Hip-Hop’s credited birthplace, 1520 Sedgwick Avenue. Kris’ bars talk about the early life of Hip-Hop: “Again in ’73, within the borough of Bronx / Man, you couldn’t be weak, man, you needed to be good / See, we talkin’ ’bout streets, now we talkin’ ’bout artwork / After we discuss beats? Man, we discuss coronary heart.” The figurative language is about in opposition to photographs from the BX, together with murals of Malcolm X, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Flash, Massive Pun, and KRS-One, in addition to his late Boogie Down Productions associate, Scott La Rock’s honorary street sign. Blastmasta reminds Heads that he had a front-row seat to this historical past, “I used to be there from the beginning.” He factors out his former residence at 1600 Sedgwick. “Hip-Hop began proper on my block.” KRS invokes dancers and graffiti writers together with his refrain and within the video.
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Within the second verse, Kris reminds listeners that Hip-Hop was a constructive various to medication locally, together with heroin and crack. After discussing style and ferocity, KRS explains how cash and violence permeated the artform.
With an abbreviated third verse, KRS makes use of crescendo for impact. “When the ’90s arrived, ’80s cash was spent / All of the dudes that was stay, to the jail they went / And them dudes, to outlive, they started to repent / Then they realized in Rap there was cash to get / So gangstas turned rappers, rappers turned gangstas / Faux turned the actual for the paper.” The identical MC who touted “it’s not about a salary, it’s all about reality“ remains to be arguing that commerce wrecked the artwork nearly 35 years later.
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Beforehand, KRS-One launched movies for “The Beginning,” “Krazy,” and “Can You Dance” from his newest marketing campaign.
#BonusBeat: Two current songs from KRS-One are at present on the official AFH playlist, in addition to new tracks by Brother Ali, Cypress Hill, Dr. Dre, Nas, and Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow, amongst others:
