KRS-One + Marley Marl: He Was There! posted by O.W.

KRS-One and Marley Marl: I Was There
From Hip Hop Lives (Koch, 2007)

Question: Has there been another hip-hop legend who has done more damage to his own legacy - by insisting we acknowledge his legacy - than KRS-One?

Sometimes I want to forget he made Criminal Minded or By All Means Necessary because then I have to acknowledge that he was once one of the greatest MCs ever. Now he's making songs that sound like parodies of a comedian recording a "KRS-One song." It's a little depressing.

By the way, in terms of why KRS would be so remarkably defensive sounding against "rap historians" - I'm going to take a long shot and guess it has something to do with this.

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