Maximum Strength

Maximum Strength 2008
Studio album by KRS-One
Released June 10, 2008
Recorded 2008
Genre Hip hop
Length 33:14
Label Koch Records
Producer Oh No
James "Desi" Desmond
Duane "DaRock" Ramos
KRS-One chronology

Adventures in Emceein
(2008)		 Maximum Strength
(2008)		 Survival Skills
(2009)

Maximum Strength is the eleventh album released by rapper KRS-One in 2008. It peaked at number 78 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums on June 28, 2008.[1]

The name Maximum Strength was originally the title for an album recorded by KRS-One in 1998-1999 for Jive Records that still remains unreleased. When promoting this album in 2008 it was said to finally be a release of the shelved LP and the label even posted tracklists and cover very different from the final release.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
PopMatters [3]
RapReviews (8/10)[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by KRS-One.

  1. "Beware"
  2. "Pick It Up"
  3. "All My Men"
  4. "Straight Through"
  5. "Rockin' Til the Morning"
  6. "The Kool Herc"
  7. "Busy Bee Shout Out"
  8. "New York"
  9. "Hip Hop"
  10. "Let Me Know"
  11. "Nah"
  12. "The Heat"

References

  1. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums".
  2. ↑ Lymangrover, Jason. "Maximum Strength - KRS-One". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Huff, Quentin B. (17 September 2008). "KRS-One: Maximum Strength 2008". PopMatters. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Juon, Steve "Flash" (17 June 2008). "KRS-One :: Maximum Strength 2008 :: Koch Records". RapReviews. Retrieved 15 August 2013.