Talk:KRS-One

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Contents 1 Sources 2 Headline text 3 Add Nelly Beef? 4 Cleanup 5 Important History Missing 6 Blastmaster

[edit] Sources

I found a source for a lot of the stuff on here, an interview on youtube. Not sure if that's considered a source, and I don't know how to add references, but it explains where his name came from, as well as his homeless youth, coming straight from KRS himself. Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2SuJoOOxA Jon 04:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Headline text

ummm... the paragraph saying that KRS-1 expressed solidarity with Osama Bin Laden is taken almost directly from a New York Daily News article, which KRS-1 has declared slanderous.

"For years my career has been one of promoting peace, love, unity and having fun; such has always been Hiphop’s cultural principles. So how all of a sudden now can I be aligned with Al Qaeda? What happened to honest debate and freedom of speech! I don’t speak for the African American community exclusively, I speak for HIPHOP! And let me be clear here; most of the Hiphop community is against the war in Iraq! But to align me with Al Qaeda is clearly an attempt by the Daily News to interrupt the street voice of our Hiphop community, KRS-ONE’s leadership and the increased momentum of our Hiphop political movement. I don’t think Al Qaeda needs my solidarity nor did I ever offer it, so what’s the point. For a major news organization to now align KRS-ONE with Al Qaeda shows the unwarranted contempt that such an organization has for me. Such is grounds for a law suit!"~KRS-1

Article at http://www.notinourname.net/resources_links/krsone-responds-14oct04.htm Tomorrowsashes 00:27, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

You refer to KRS-One refering to himself as the teacha only after Scott LaRock was murdered, however he does refer to himself as a teacher in the track 'Poetry' on Criminal Minded:

"Well now you're forced to listen to the teacher and the lesson ..."

"...Take off your coat, take notes, I am teachin a class, or rather school, cause you need schooling I am not a king or queen, I'm not ruling..."

wait up...im not saying this hare krishnah thing isnt true, but can ya source it? dont want to falsely defame KRS. Urthogie 01:48, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Add Nelly Beef?

Anyone feel like adding a section about his anti Pop Rap songs and his nelly Beef?

[edit] Cleanup

"Youth and early career" section reads like a magazine article; long on anecdotes, short on facts. Tenebrae 20:06, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

This page does not does KRS-One justice. KRS-One *IS* HipHop. An indepth analysis needs to be done, key events such as Stop the Violence/Self Destruction, the MC Shan conflict, the Nelly conflict, and his influence to true hiphop needs to be elaborated much further. Again, this guy isnt any rap artist, he is *the* rap artist, a true originator and living legend. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.195.82.142 (talk • contribs) .

Well thats your opinion, but feel free to add unbiased info on him--Urthogie 09:47, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

What about his scholastic background/achievements/qualifications? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 196.15.148.179 (talk • contribs) .

Feel free to add that too, as long as its presented in an encyclopedic way.--Urthogie 12:54, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, I've done what I could as far as cleanup goes, replaced the commented link to a deleted image with a more recent and fair use album cover, peppered in some wiki-links, and removed the cleanup tag. If anyone has any questions or concerns please let me know. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 21:35, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

Article asserts that KRS coined the backronym `Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone' in his `later career', however that line appears on the title track of Criminal Minded, so that's just wrong.

I'm confused inre: the "Kris" name. It says he was born "Lawrence Krisna Parker" but that his nickname Kris was given later in life because he consorted with Krishna evangelists. I can't see how this makes sense, but I don't know which would be right. EDIT: I confirmed he wasn't born Lawrence Krisna, and changed it accordingly. Wonder how long it'll be until someone changes it back...(63.249.103.13 07:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC))

Why is this located at KRS One rather than KRS-One? Isn't the latter the standard form? -leigh (φθόγγος) 05:57, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

i agree with this especially since we have a reference in the first line that says that's the form given at his official site. so i "was bold" and moved it. W guice 00:14, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Important History Missing

There is no mention in the KRS-One article of his collaborations with Just Ice.

See the Just Ice article wikipeadi has...

"Just-Ice set a pattern for many a future hip-hop feud. Little could halt Just-Ice's ascension to hip hop stardom, though the departure of Mantronik from Sleeping Bag was a bad omen. KRS-One stepped in to produce 1987's Kool & Deadly, an album that swapped Mantronik's hi-tech skills for raw, elemental beats and rhymes. The British and New York public that had so enthusiastically embraced Back to the Old School were indifferent about this one, and 1989's The Desolate One (with KRS-One back in the producer's seat) was no great improvement."

I'm just a curious researcher and not a KRS-One expert by any means, but I was looking for the name of KRS-One's major battle rival and couldn't find it on this page. I couldn't remember the details of the battle, but I knew it was at one point a big deal. But I couldn't find information about it on this page or the Boogie Down Productions page. I typed "Who was KRS-One's major battle rival?" into google and The Bridge Wars link to that Wikipedia page came up and I found out Marley Marl was the name I was trying to think of but it was driving me crazy because I couldn't. This seems like a major thing that should be either in this page or the Boogie Down Productions page. I'm certainly not qualified to put it in proper context, so somebody at least mention it on this page so that curious people in the future won't drive themselves crazy.

F. Simon Grant 14:32, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Blastmaster

I removed the statement that he stopped using Blastmaster after 1987. Among other references, the title track of Edutainment includes the line, "I'll whip out the pen and just write Blast/Master, K-R-S-O-N-E" and that was in 1991. Perhaps the references became fewer, but certainly they did not cease.Czrisher 21:56, 25 March 2007 (UTC)