Life (KRS-One album)

Life

Studio album by KRS-One

Released

June 13, 2006

Recorded

2005-2006

Image

KRS-One, Resistance, Habit

KRS-One chronology

Keep Right
(2004)

Life
(2006)

Hip-Hop Lives
(2007)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	A−^[2]
HipHopDX	^[3]
IGN	(6.8/10)^[4]
Okayplayer	^[5]
RapReviews	(8/10)^[6]

Life is the fourteenth album released by KRS-One, and the eight after abandoning the Boogie Down Productions name. The album is a collaboration with Tunnel Rats affiliates The Resistance, a little known production team, and Footsoldiers.

Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Bling Blung"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One
2	"The Way We Live"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One, Theresa Jones
3	"Woke Up"	L. Parker, M. Aaron Moss, D. Reynosa	The Resistance, Habit (co-producer)	KRS-One
4	"Mr. Percy"	L. Parker, O. Solano, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One, Triune
5	"F-cked Up"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One
6	"Freedom"	L. Parker, D. Baker, I. Cuthbertson, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	Dax Reynosa, Ishues, KRS-One, Triune
7	"I'm On The Mic"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One
8	"Gimme Da Gun"	L. Parker, R. Henley, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One, Raphi
9	"Life Interlude"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	Interlude
10	"I Ain't Leavin'"	L. Parker, J. Petty, O. Solano, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One, Propaganda
11	"Organ Break"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	Interlude
12	"I Am There"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One
13	"Still Slippin'"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One
14	"My Life"	L. Parker, D. Baker, D. Reynosa	The Resistance	KRS-One

Instrumental Credits

"I'm On The Mic"

Scratches: Rhettmatic

"Life Interlude"

Scratches: DJ Wize

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Christgau, Robert (June 13, 2006). "All in the Family - Page 1 - Music - New York - Village Voice". The Village Voice. Retrieved on 2011-04-18.
↑ HipHopDX review
↑ IGN review
↑ Okayplayer review
↑ RapReviews review

External links

Life at Discogs

KRS-One

B.D.P. albums	Criminal Minded By All Means Necessary Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop Edutainment Sex and Violence

KRS-One albums	Return of the Boom Bap KRS-One I Got Next The Sneak Attack Spiritual Minded Kristyles Keep Right Life Adventures in Emceein Maximum Strength 2008 Back to the L.A.B. (Lyrical Ass Beating) The BDP Album Just Like That Never Forget

Live albums	Live Hardcore Worldwide

Collaborative albums	Hip Hop Lives (with Marley Marl) Survival Skills (with Buckshot) The Just-Ice and KRS-One EP Vol.1 (with Just-Ice) Meta-Historical (with True Master) Godsville (with Showbiz) Royalty Check (with Bumpy Knuckles) Return of the Boom Bip (with DJ Premier)

Mixtapes	The Mix Tape Prophets vs. Profits

KRS-One Presents...	Peedo & the Luna Empire It's All Good (Greenie album)

Compilation albums	Man & His Music Best of B-Boy Records A Retrospective

Groups	Boogie Down Productions Group Therapy

Filmography	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Who's the Man? Beef Beef II

Related articles	Discography B-Boy Records Scott La Rock Stop the Violence Movement Suicide, it's a suicide

Book:KRS-One Portal:Hip hop

Tunnel Rats

Ahred
Ajax Starglider
Dax Reynosa
Dert
Dokument
Elsie
Griffin
Jurny Big
Macho
Peace 586
Propaganda
Raphi
Redbonz
Sev Statik
Sojourn
Trey Qel Drama
Triune
Zane One

Former members

Donovan Luke Henry
Jamie
Jerms

Tunnel Rats releases

Experience (1996)
Tunnel Vision (2001)
Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset (2003)
Tunnel Rats (2004)

Affiliated groups

The Battery releases	One (2011) "Break" (2011) Two (2013)

Future Shock releases	Remember the Future (1996) The Art Of Xenos: Entertaining Aliens (2002)

Footsoldiers releases	Live This (2006) Footsoldiers mix (2006)

LPG releases	The Earthworm (1995) 360 Degrees (1998) The Gadfly (2003)

New Breed releases	Stop the Music (2002) Nine (2004)

The Resistance production discography	KRS-One - Life (2006) Footsoldiers - Live This (2006)

Member solo releases

Dert releases	Fledgling (2004) The Seattle Situation : Volume One (2006) In My Nature (2007) The Westside of the Moon (2007) The Short List (2008) "Yellow" (2009) My Great Depression (2009) CMYK (2009) Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired by Bjork (2009)

Dokument discography	Planet Dok (2005)

Jurny Big releases	Biggest of 'Em All (2004)

Macho releases	Freedom (2005) Remember (2011)

Peace 586 releases	The Risen Son (1996) 586 (2001) Generations (2003) heAr (2009) aBle (2010)

Propaganda releases	Out of Knowhere (2003) I Am Not Them EP (2006) The Sketchbook: A Small Collection of Unreleased Material (2008) Listen Watch Focus (2008) Art Ambidextrous (with Odd Thomas) (2011) Excellent (2012) Crimson Cord (2014)

Shames Worthy (a.k.a. Raphi) releases	Cali Quake (2002) Bonus Cuts! (2004) "Kobe Bryant on 'em" (2009) the album (2011)

Sev Statik releases	Point Man (1996) Speak Life (2002) Back to Dust (With DJ Dust) (2005) Slow Burn (2005) Severed Remembrance (2006) Sliver (2006) Shotgun (2009) Back to Dust Remix (by Theory Hazit) (2010) School Shooting (2010) Sondial (2011) Sinderblock (2011) Sophy (2011)

Sojourn releases	Sojournalism: The Summer Articles (2009)

Zane One releases	L.A. Woman (2009)