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- Summary: KRS-One returns to the solo recording scene with his first new album since 1997's 'I Got Next.'
- Record Label: Koch
- Genre(s): Rap
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| Hush | |
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| Uh-huh, whatchu thought? Uh-huh, we was done? Uh-huh, whatchu thought? Yeah yeah yeah Whatchu thought? uh, uh, uh Yo, yo, back again, what's that?... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 3 out of 8
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Mixed: 5 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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As unmistakably old-school as a fat gold chain and a pair of unlaced Adidas sneakers.... He delivers a raw, grimy set of anthems as noncommercial as anything he's done.
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He delivers all this with passion and booming authority: the teacher is back in front of the classroom, where he belongs.
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As a sort of lyrical sermon from the mount with uptempo beats to crush the weak-hearted, 'The Sneak Attack' raises the stakes on the microphone skills front as KRS-One lectures, hectors, drops streetwise politics, and laments the state of the world.
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VibeKRS-One sounds as hungry and passionate as ever.... Unfortunately, a barrage of rigid, same-sounding beats and canned choruses detracts from Attack's effectiveness. [June 2001, p.154]
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He still commands attention, but his booming voice and confidence now deliver warmer, fuzzier messages.
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BlenderSadly, Sneak Attack also reflects the influence of Professor One's recent ubiquity on the college-lecture circuit; windy speechifying interludes take up a third of the record. Too bad -- when he does rap, he shows twice the gusto of many rappers half his age. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.112]
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Entertainment WeeklyThe most compelling lectures can't obscure KRS' drab old-school beats and samples. [4/27/2001, p.118]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Aug 1, 2013
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