Boogie Down Productions

This album opens with a sly little James Brown guitar sig, a quick turntable scratch and KRS-One declaring, "Class is in session." And though KRS would become hip-hop's self-anointed teacher, the lesson here is murky and violent. KRS threatens Marley Marl's Juice Crew on "South Bronx," "bucks down a crack dealer named Peter" on "9mm Goes Bang" and concludes that "the girlies are free 'cuz the crack cost money" on "Remix for P is Free." This reissue features a bonus disk of remixes, B-sides and outtakes.