''KRS One'' is the second solo studio album by American hip hop artist

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 on October 10, 1995 via

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was handled by

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Diamond D Joseph Kirkland (born April 5, 1968), better known by his stage name Diamond D, is an American hip hop MC and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, and one of the founding members of the Diggin' in the Crates Crew, abbreviated as D.I.T. ...

, Big French Productions, Norty Cotto, Showbiz and KRS-One himself. It features

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s from

Busta Rhymes Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver ...

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. ...

Das EFX Das EFX is an American hip hop duo. It consists of emcees Dray (also known as Krazy Drayz, born Andre Weston, September 9, 1970) and Skoob (also known as Books and Boogie Bang, born William "Willie" Hines, November 27, 1970). They named the ...

, Dexter Thibou,

Fat Joe Joseph Antonio Cartagena (born August 19, 1970), better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper from New York City. He began his music career as a member of hip hop group Diggin' in the Crates Crew (D.I.T.C.), then forged a sol ...

and

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. The album made it to number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 2 on the

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in the United States. It also debuted at number 95 on the

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and number 13 on the

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. Its

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, " MC's Act Like They Don't Know", peaked at No. 57 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 84 on the

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. It second single, " Rappaz R. N. Dainja", peaked at No. 47 in the UK.

Track listing

;Sample credits *Track 1 contains a sample from "Time's Up" written by Omar Credle and Anthony Best as recorded by O.C. *Track 8 contains excerpts from "Pure" written by Ansar Bing, Askia Bing, Dwayne Burns, Keenan Edwards, Sean Nelson and Steven Samuel and performed by the Troubleneck Brothers *Track 9 contains a sample from "We Run Things (It's Like Dat)" written by Acklins Khaliyl Dillon, Harold Lee, Jamahl Hanna and

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as recorded by

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*Track 13 contains a sample from "Mystique Blues" written by Wayne Henderson as recorded by The Crusaders

Personnel

*Lawrence "

" Parker – main artist, producer (tracks: 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 14), engineering (tracks: 7, 10, 14), mixing (tracks: 2, 4-7, 10, 12, 14) *Joseph "

" Cartagena – featured artist (track 2) *Dexter Thibou – featured artist (track 5) *Vincent "Tuffy" Morgan – featured artist (track 6) *Hakim Green – featured artist (track 6) *Oswald "

" Priest – featured artist (track 8) *Andre "Krazy Drayz" Weston – featured artist (track 9) *Willie "Skoob" Hines – featured artist (track 9) *Trevor "

" Smith – featured artist (track 11) *Richard "Rich Nice" Jackson – backing vocals (track 10) *Derek "

Sadat X Derek Murphy (born December 29, 1968), better known as Sadat X, is an American rapping, rapper, best known as a member of alternative hip hop group Brand Nubian. Originally known as Derek X, Sadat takes his name from former Egyptian president ...

" Murphy – backing vocals (track 13) *Rodney "DJ Dice" Battle – scratches (track 9) *Chris "

" Martin – producer (tracks: 1, 3, 8), mixing (tracks: 1, 8) *Frenchie "Big French" Hunt – producer (track 2) *Norberto "Norty" Cotto – producer & mixing (track 5), engineering (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 12) *Rodney " Showbiz" LeMay – producer (track 9) *Joseph "

" Kirkland – producer & mixing (tracks: 11, 13) *"

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" Gordon Williams – mixing (track 6), engineering (tracks: 6, 9, 11, 13), editing (tracks: 4, 10) *Eddie Sancho – engineering (tracks: 1, 8) *Won Allen – engineering (track 4) *Luis Tineo – engineering assistant (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 12) *Roderick Goode – engineering assistant (tracks: 7, 10) *Tom Brick – mastering *Miguel Rivera – design *Daniel Hastings – photography *Scott "DJ

Scott La Rock Scott Monroe Sterling (March 2, 1962 – August 27, 1987), known by the stage name DJ Scott La Rock, was an American hip-hop disc jockey and music producer from the Bronx, New York. He was a founding member of the East Coast hip hop group Boogi ...

" Sterling – overseen by

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krs One 1995 albums KRS-One albums Jive Records albums Albums produced by KRS-One Albums produced by Diamond D Albums produced by DJ Premier Albums produced by Showbiz (producer)