| Product Summary | | Label: Koch Entertainment Dist | | UPC: 00099923410522 | | Release Date: 5/22/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204381710 | | Item#: M3KSG6 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. It's Alive (Intro) ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl |  | | 2. Hip-Hop Lives ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 3. Nothing New ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 4. I Was There ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 5. Musika - (with Magic Juan) ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 6. Rising To the Top ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 7. Over 30 ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 8. M.A.R.L.E.Y. (Marley And Red Living Everyday Youthfully) ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 9. Kill a Rapper ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 10. Teacha's Back, The ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 11. Victory, The - (with Blaq Poet) ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 12. This Is What It Is ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 13. All Skool ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | | | 14. House of Hits - (with Chief Rocker Busy Bee) ~ KRS-One/Marley Marl | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: KRS-One (rap vocals). | | Additional personnel: Chief Rocker Busy Bee, Magic Juan, Blaq Poet (rap vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Marley Marl; Harold English. | | Recording information: The House Of Hits, Rockland, NY; Tonina Music, Los Angeles, CA; Westlake Studios, West Hollywood, CA. | | HIP-HOP LIVES, a monumental collaboration between two true giants from the old school, KRS-One and Marley Marl, has been a long time coming. Some 20 years after the BDP/Juice Crew beef and just when many had counted both artists out for good, HIP-HOP LIVES sees both the Blastmaster and DJ Legend rejuvenated, banging out 14 tracks of hip-hop purity. As one might expect, Kris revisits the past, narrating the story of his career on "Rising to the Top" ("New York City was crazy in the '80s/but damn, it was live!") and shouting out fellow rap veterans on "Over 30," all the while trying to frame the genre as eternal on "I Come Back" and "All Skool." Still, the record's most powerful material finds him turning topical--as he comments on the still-unsolved murders of various hip-hoppers in "Kill a Rapper." Marley Marl's thorough beatwork provides the ideal backdrop for Kris's aggressive wordplay. DJ Premier, Magic Juan, Blaq Poet, and Chief Rocker Busy Beee make cameos. |
Producer: Marley Marl; Marley Marl; 88 Fingers |
Engineer: Marley Marl; Harold English |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/22/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 4105 | | Label : Koch Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 46m : 24s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00099923410522 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Vibe (p.74)
- "[A] steady barrage of unapologetic boom-bap from Marley....[The album] contains some of KRS' best one-liners in years..." |
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