PRESSED ON SILVER VINYL
DESCRIPTION
BDP’s first album–and the only one to include the late DJ Scott La Rock–sounded harder than hell when it came out in 1987. Though the simple beat-box patterns on a few tracks sound dated, most of La Rock’s tracks are bluntly effective, especially the AC/DC riff he appropriates on “Dope Beat.” And KRS-One still performs most of his Criminal Minded rhymes, because his audience knows them word for word: the ultraviolent dancehall of “9mm Goes Bang,” the battle cry of “South Bronx” (and its counterpart, the anti-Juice Crew screed of “The Bridge Is Over,” with its little Billy Joel homage), the catalog of La Rock’s condom collection on “Super-Hoe.” KRS bloomed later; here, he just rocked.
TRACKLIST
A1. Poetry
A2. South Bronx
A3. 9mm Goes Bang
A4. Word From Our Sponsor
A5. Elementary
B1. Dope Beat
B2. Remix for P is Free
B3. The Bridge is Over
B4. Super-Hoe
B5. Criminal Minded