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D.I.G.I.T.A.L. is a compilation album by American MC
KRS-One Lawrence "Kris" Parker (born August 20, 1965), better known by his stage names KRS-One (; an abbreviation of "Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone") and Teacha, is an American rapper from New York City. He rose to prominence as part of ...
. It was released in November 2003 via Front Page Entertainment and is composed of a number of songs previously only released on white label 12" singles and B-sides with a few remixes and KRS-One cameos on other artist records. Many of the tracks here have been given different titles from their original releases. For example, "As You Already Know" was originally released as a single by
Truck Turner ''Truck Turner'', also known as ''Black Bullet'', is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman (under a pseudonym, Jerry Wilkes), ...
under the name "Symphony 2000" while "When The Moon" was called "Aquarius" when it first was released as a limited KRS-One 12" single around 1999.


Track listing

# "Intro: You Know What's Up!" # "For Example" #*Incorporates lyrics from " Get Your Self Up" by KRS-One # "Tell the Devil Ha!" #*Contains a sample from "Dernier Domicile Connu" by
François de Roubaix François de Roubaix (3 April 1939, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine – 22 November 1975, Tenerife, Canary Islands) was a French film score composer. In a decade, he created a musical style with new sounds, until his death in 1975. Biograp ...
# "When the Moon" #*Featuring: Courtney Terry # "Free Mumia" #*Featuring:
Channel Live Channel Live is an American hip hop duo composed of Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan and Hakim Green, which recorded for Capitol Records and Flavor Unit Records. Discovered by KRS-One, the duo released its debut album, ''Station Identification'', in 1995. ...
#*Contains a sample from "Hard to Handle" by
Otis Redding Otis Ray Redding Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American singer and songwriter. He is considered one of the greatest singers in the history of American popular music and a seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues. ...
# "Ah Yeah!" # "Bring It to the Cypher" #*Featuring:
Truck Turner ''Truck Turner'', also known as ''Black Bullet'', is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman (under a pseudonym, Jerry Wilkes), ...
#*Produced by
DJ Premier Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop duo ...
# "As You Already Know" #*Featuring:
Truck Turner ''Truck Turner'', also known as ''Black Bullet'', is a 1974 blaxploitation film, starring Isaac Hayes and Yaphet Kotto, and directed by Jonathan Kaplan. The screenplay was written by Michael Allin, Leigh Chapman (under a pseudonym, Jerry Wilkes), ...
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Big Punisher Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx borough of New York City in the ea ...
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Kool G Rap Nathaniel Thomas Wilson (born July 20, 1968), better known by his stage name Kool G Rap (or simply G Rap), is an American rapper from Queens, New York City. He began his career in the mid-1980s as one half of the group Kool G Rap & DJ Polo and as ...
#*Contains a sample from "The Symphony" by
Juice Crew The Juice Crew was an American hip hop collective made up largely of Queensbridge, New York-based artists in the mid-to-late 1980s. Founded by radio DJ Mr. Magic, and housed by Tyrone Williams' record label Cold Chillin' Records, the Juice Cre ...
# "A Freestyle Song" #*Featuring:
Common Common may refer to: Places * Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland * Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts * Cambridge Common, common land area in Cambridge, Massachusetts * Clapham Common, originally com ...
# "Article (Remix)" #*Featuring:
Mad Lion Oswald Priest, better known as Mad Lion, is a dancehall, ragga musician and rapper.Larkin, Colin (1998) "Mad Lion", in ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae'', Virgin Books, , p. 178 He frequently collaborates with fellow hip hop artist KRS-On ...
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Shelly Thunder Shelly or Shelli may refer to: Places * Shelly, Minnesota, a small city in the United States * Shelly, Richland Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States * Shelly Township, Norman County, Minnesota * Shelly Park, a suburb in Auckl ...
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Whitey Don Whitey can refer to: People * Whitey Alperman (1879–1942), MLB player * Richie Ashburn (1927–1997), MLB player and broadcaster * Whitey Bimstein (1897–1969), boxer and boxing trainer * Whitey Bulger (1929–2018), crime boss of organized c ...
# "Music for the '90s" #*Featuring: G. Simone #*Produced by
Kid Capri David Anthony Love Jr. (born February 7, 1967) is an American DJ and rapper better known by his stage name Kid Capri. Early life Kid Capri's humble roots can be traced back to his parents' home in the Bronx, where ten year old David Antho ...
#*Contains a sample from "Why Is That?" by BDP # "Let It Flow (Get You in the Mood)" #*Featuring: Courtney Terry # "Remember" # "No Wack DJ's" # "We Don't Care Anymore" # "Smilin' Faces" #*Featuring:
Shock G Gregory Edward Jacobs (August 25, 1963 – April 22, 2021), known professionally as Shock G and by his alter ego Humpty Hump, was an American rapper and musician who was best known as the lead vocalist of the hip hop group Digital Underground. ...
. # "Hiphop Vs. Rap" # "Woop! Woop! (Showbiz Remix)" #*Incorporates "
Sound of da Police In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...
" by KRS-One # "Harmony and Understanding" # "Outro: I'll Be Back"


References

2003 compilation albums KRS-One albums Albums produced by Showbiz (producer) Albums produced by DJ Premier Cleopatra Records compilation albums {{2003-hiphop-album-stub