''Kristyles'' is the sixth solo studio album by American rapper and record producer

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 June 24, 2003 through

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was handled by DJ Tiné Tim,

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, Choco, DJ Revolution, Gato, Inebriated Beats, Kenny Parker, the Ghetto Professionals, and KRS-One himself. It features

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s from Peedo and

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. The album peaked at number 186 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 30 on the

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, and number 10 on the

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in the United States. It spawned two singles: "Underground" and "How Bad Do You Want It". The latter appeared on 2004 album ''KRS-ONE Presents Peedo & The Luna Empire''. According to KRS-One, the record was released without his consent by Koch. The title that KRS-One wanted for the record was ''The Kristyle'', an acronym for the phrase ''"To have everything, keep radiating in spirit through your love everyday."''

Track listing

;Note *The song "Ya Feel Dat" did not appear on some versions of the album.

Personnel

*Lawrence "

" Parker – main artist, producer (tracks: 10, 13) *Peedo – featured artist (track 5) *

Washington – featured artist (track 10) *DJ Tiné Tim – producer (tracks: 2, 3, 8, 14) *Walter " Mr. Walt" Dewgarde – producer (tracks: 4, 9, 12) *Ewart "

DJ Evil Dee Da Beatminerz are a hip-hop production crew from Bushwick, Brooklyn, and are known for their dark, gritty sound that is very popular with the underground hip-hop scene. History The crew, originally composed of brothers Mr. Walt (born June 2, 196 ...

" Dewgarde – producer (track 4) *Gato Luna – producer (track 5) *Mike "Heron" Herald – producer (tracks: 6, 7) *Victor "V.I.C." Padilla – producer (tracks: 6, 7) *Choco – producer (tracks: 10, 13), mixing (tracks: 1-11, 13-15, 17) *Kurt "DJ Revolution" Hoffman – producer (tracks: 11, 15), mixing (tracks: 12, 16) *DJ Kenny Parker – producer (track 16) *Inebriated Beats – producer (track 17) *Cliff Cultreri – mastering *Simone Parker – executive producer *Jeff Gilligan – design

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2003 albums KRS-One albums E1 Music albums Albums produced by KRS-One Albums produced by Da Beatminerz