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Summary: Terrorist
Review: This guy cheered when 9-11 happened. Don't buy anything of his.
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Oct. 14, 2004 03:08 PM
If Osama bin Laden ever buys a rap album, he'll probably start with a CD by KRS-One.
The hip-hop anarchist has declared his solidarity with al-Qaida by asserting that he and other African-Americans "cheered when 9-11 happened," reports the New York Daily News.
The rapper, real name Kris Parker, defiled the memory of those who died in the terrorist attacks as he spouted off at a recent New Yorker Festival panel discussion. advertisement
"I say that proudly," the Boogie Down Productions founder went on, insisting that, before the attack, security guards kept Blacks out of the World Trade Center "because of the way we talk and dress.
"So when the planes hit the building, we were like, 'Mmmm - justice.' "
The atrocity of 9-11 "doesn't affect us the hip-hop community," he said. "9-11 happened to them, not us," he added, explaining that by "them" he meant "the rich ... those who are oppressing us. RCA or BMG, Universal, the radio stations."
Parker also sneered at efforts by other rappers to get young people to vote.
"Voting in a corrupt society adds more corruption," he added. "America has to commit suicide if the world is to be a better place."
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Summary: excellent beginning tome for hip-hop's philosopher--
Review: this is a very good book, and recommended for any fan of hip-hop music and culture. it is written by one of hip-hop's most articulate elder statesmen, Kris Parker aka KRS-One. In this book he puts forth basic ideas about self-empowerment and economic and creative independence, called "Inner City Metaphysics". He addresses both sides of the Reparations controversy. He also provides an expanded text for his "Science of Rap" manual for aspiring hip-hop performers.
There are negative-minded people out there that are attempting to besmirch KRS' reputation. but the artist's website addresses all negative rumors about his public comments at www.templeofhiphop.org
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Summary: Great Read!
Review: This is a wonderful read! This will be a great text book for college classes interested in inner-city thought as well as social philosophy. There's a reason KRS ONE has lectured at Harvard and Yale, and there's a reason this book is introduced by a famous philosopher. It's a good book with many insights. It's no Plato's Republic, but if Plato grew up in the South Bronx and climbed the ladder from rags to riches, this book is something he may have written.
Rating:
Summary: Great Read!
Review: This is a wonderful read! This will be a great text book for college classes interested in inner-city thought as well as social philosophy. There's a reason KRS ONE has lectured at Harvard and Yale, and there's a reason this book is introduced by a famous philosopher. It's a good book with many insights. It's no Plato's Republic, but if Plato grew up in the South Bronx and climbed the ladder from rags to riches, this book is something he may have written.
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Summary: Everything you'd expect from KRS and more...
Review: Wow, ADL123, do you believe everything the media tells you? I mean seriously, there is a chapter in this book about the spiritual meaning of 9/11! And nothing even closely related to that quote is to be found! Even if he said that, the context of what he really meant would be way over your head anyways. This book is outstanding, he barely even talks about the rap scene until the last two chapters. So many things he pointed out in this book have caused me to change the way I view things in life. KRS is an incredible mind and figure, and it's sad that when he says something that's taken out of context it's the only way he ever can get even a shred of attention from the media and our society. And Kris always has something important to say, regarding this secular world of ours or beyond.
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