KRS One & Cold Crush Brother : The Throwdown (1997)
KRS One : What I Know (1995)
I know this label may look like a joke to some, but it's not. I found this record in 1997, I was randomly listening to a pile of newly released twelve inches when I checked out this one. I was never a fan of the UMC's, but I grab that one because I liked what Essence did when she was with Natural Element, specifically her part on Shine. But instead I was treated with a KRS One track.
I don't know how that happened, but somebody messed up with the DATs at the pressing plant, and somehow, someway the Kool Kim labels end up on this KRS One test press.
Even to this day every time I see the Kool Kim 12" in a dollar bin, I check the etching on the run-out groove, if it reads KRS-001. Unfortunately I haven't found a second copy yet. So, no, I'm not a fan who scratched his name off his record after his recent column in http://www.unkut.com/ (the best blog around these days).
Anyway, so this is the b-side of "The MC" 12", so I assume it was supposed to be on KRS One's last album*. From what i've heard KRS One had a fall out with the Cold Crush Brothers over some royalties he allegedly owed them off of the 12" they did on Front Page two years before. Honnestly, I have a hard time beleving that "Cold Crush Flava" could have generate any profit, so this rumour could be totally untrue.
This is probably the best in the catalog of songs that didn't make the final cut on a KRS album. A lot of tracks that were on the promo copy of his self titled album were not on the retail version. Like What I Know (produced by Diamond D), which was mentioned in the album review in The Source, but was never released officially.
* : yeah, I know about Sneak Attack, Spiritual Minded, Prophets & Profits, Kristyle(s), Keep Right and Life, But I'd rather act like a true fan would : buy them and then pretend none of them ever existed.
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12 comments:
that was pressed at Sun Plastics, East Newark.
that KRS-CCB collabo is beautiful.. a true classic. i was feeling your run on the Beastie Boys... but.. could you maybe raise the bitrate a little???
Why only 32kbps? It would be nice to hear these properly.
Low bit rate, please.
Keep it raer.
Tu sais que là tu me fais plus que plaisir!
Merci Slurg
Bachir
This reminds me, in '88 when Criminal Minded was already really hard to find, I managed to find a sealed copy, only when I played it it turned out to be some horrible easy listening album. Worst bootleg ever. Anyone else run into one of these?
could you up the kool kim track?
i beg of thee, please post higher bit rates for these files! you'll be my hero.
please re up
Hello there. Do you happen to have the white label mix of 'The MC' by KRS One, in mp3 format? Cheers. Awesome rips by the way...
Do you have a copy of the Diamond D produced track "Like What I Know" that you mentioned?
Pooch
You can find WHat I Know here: http://ifihavent.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/classic-review-krs-one-in-the-source-1995/
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