Tag: Kenny Parker

audio review : 13 And Good ( song ) … KRS-One

I’m surprised to hear a song like this from KRS-One. It’s a story about him having sex with a 13-year-old girl, which, as far as the law is concerned, makes him a rapist. That’s despite the fact that she didn’t bother to tell him her age until he asked. By then it was too late. They’d already fucked and she’d already fallen in love. “I want to be with you forever,” she tells him.

It’s a tricky predicament and a serious issue for men who go to parties looking for sex, but KRS-One handles it with misplaced satire by getting the girl’s Pops involved and ending the story with an outrageous twist. What her father does is possible but extremely unlikely under the circumstances. It’s a major turn-off on a song that was relatively believable until that point.

my rating : 3 of 5

1992

audio review : Sex And Violence ( album ) ... Boogie Down Productions

audio review : 7 Dee Jays ( song ) … KRS-One + Harmony + Heather B + Ms Melodie + Jamalski ( featuring D-Nice )

“It takes 7 Dee Jays to control a sound”, but it takes only six MCs to hold it down. This is perhaps the first and only true Boogie Down Productions song in the sense that it features vocals from every member. Then again, while the absence of Scott La Rock is excused; he died in 1987; Kenny Parker and D-Square, the latter of whom seems to have been in the studio during the recording process, are (also) represented via shoutout only.

An organized structure; equal chorus intervals and equal verse time; would make the song even better than it is. Though most of the lyrics were apparently composed in advance, it comes across as a freestyle rap session, especially when KRS-One and Jamalski do a reggae takeover near the end. The best part is the beat, which itself bounces about like a reggae groove. This song should’ve been officially included on the Edutainment album.

my rating : 4 of 5

1990

audio review : The BDP Album ( album ) … KRS-One

audio review : The BDP Album ( album ) ... KRS-One

The title makes no sense. Even if it were Another BDP Album, that wouldn’t be the case unless it’s down to just KRS-One and Kenny Parker. Still why not credit BDP as the artist and give it a different title? BDP albums were KRS-One’s anyway. The difference now is that, while his rap skills are, his albums are no longer “fresh”… for 2012, 2011 or any year within the past decade or so. This, basically a Kenny Parker mixtape of KRS-One demo songs, is easily one of his worst.

my rating : 2 of 5

2012