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KRS-One discography

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This is the discography of American rapper KRS-One.

Albums[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[1]
US
R&B
/HH

[1]
US Ind.
[1]
CAN
[1]
GER
[2]
NLD
[3]
UK
[4]
UK
R&B

[4]
UK Ind.
[4]
Return of the Boom Bap 35 3
KRS-One
  • Released: October 10, 1995
  • Label: Jive
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
19 2 23 95 13
I Got Next
  • Released: May 20, 1997
  • Label: Jive
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
3 2 18 95 90 58 11
The Sneak Attack
  • Released: March 27, 2001
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
43 9 1 38
Kristyles
  • Released: April 22, 2003
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
186 30 10
Keep Right
  • Released: July 13, 2004
  • Label: Grit
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
80
Life
  • Released: June 13, 2006
  • Label: Image
  • Formats: CD
50
Adventures in Emceein
  • Released: February 5, 2008
  • Label: Echo-Vista
  • Formats: CD, streaming
180 57
Maximum Strength
  • Released: June 10, 2008
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
78
The BDP Album
  • Released: January 10, 2012
  • Label: 682
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
Never Forget
  • Released: 2013[7]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: CD
Now Hear This
  • Released: November 23, 2015[8]
  • Label: R.A.M.P./Vinyl Digital
  • Formats: CD, LP
The World Is MIND
  • Released: May 9, 2017[9]
  • Label: R.A.M.P.
  • Formats: CD, LP
Street Light (First Edition)
  • Released: November 8, 2019[10]
  • Label: R.A.M.P.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Between Da Protests
  • Released: December 21, 2020[11]
  • Label: R.A.M.P.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
I M A M C R U 1 2
  • Released: February 22, 2022[12]
  • Label: R.A.M.P.
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums[edit]

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B
/HH

[1]
UK
R&B

[4]
UK Ind.
[4]
Strictly for da Breakdancers
  • Released: 1995[13]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: LP
The Goddess Set/Strictly for da Emceez...
  • Released: 1995[14]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: LP
Strictly for da Breakdancers & Emceez Volume 1
  • Released: 1996[15]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: CD
Strictly for da Breakdancers & Emceez Volume 2
  • Released: 1996[16]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: LP
Battle for Rap Supremacy
  • Released: November 19, 1996
  • Label: Cold Chillin'
  • Formats: CD, LP, Cassette
Aka Kris Parker
A Retrospective
  • Released: August 22, 2000
  • Label: Jive/RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
200 62 25 41
Strickly for da Breakdancers & Emceez
  • Released: August 21, 2001
  • Label: Cleopatra/X-Ray
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Fundamentals of Hip Hop Volume 1
  • Released: 2002[18]
  • Label: self-released
  • Formats: CD
Best of Rapture's Delight
D.I.G.I.T.A.L.
  • Released: November 25, 2003
  • Label: Front Page/X-Ray
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Playlist: The Very Best of KRS-One
  • Released: January 26, 2010[20]
  • Label: Sony Music/Jive
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
The Essential KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions
  • Released: March 14, 2014[21]
  • Label: Jive/Legacy
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Mixtapes[edit]

List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
R&B
/HH

[1]
US Ind.
[1]
The Mix Tape
  • Released: August 27, 2002
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD
32 17
Footsoldiers Mix
(with Footsoldiers)
  • Released: April 1, 2006[22]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download
King of the Ol' Skool
  • Released: 2008[23]
  • Label: Echo-Vista
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
The KRS-One Mixtape
(with DJ Opale)
  • Released: February 26, 2010
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download
The Apprenticeship
(with Beast 1333)
  • Released: May 16, 2017[24]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums[edit]

List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[1]
US
R&B
/HH

[1]
US Ind.
[1]
US Rap
[1]
US Gospel
[1]
Spiritual Minded
(with The Temple of Hip hop)
  • Released: January 22, 2002
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, cassette, digital download
64 10 4
Hip Hop Lives
(with Marley Marl)
  • Released: May 22, 2007
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
140 23 15 8
Survival Skills
(with Buckshot)
  • Released: September 15, 2009
  • Label: Duck Down
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
62 19 9 11
Meta-Historical
(with True Master)
  • Released: August 31, 2010
  • Label: Fat Beats
  • Formats: CD, streaming
57 24
Godsville
(with Showbiz)
  • Released: February 15, 2011
  • Label: D.I.T.C.
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Royalty Check
(with Bumpy Knuckles)
  • Released: May 31, 2011[25]
  • Label: 6.8.2
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Promotional albums[edit]

List of promotional albums
Title Album details
55 Minutes Of KRS One - The Ultimate Street Mix Tape
(with Funkmaster Flex & J Grand; Mixtape; compilation album)
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: CD
Unreleased, Freestyles and Remixes
(compilation album)
  • Released: 2008
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD

EPs[edit]

List of extended plays
Title Details
Break the Chain (Psychosonic Comic!)[a]
My People
  • Released: 2002[27]
  • Label: Temple of HipHop
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
What You Know About?
(with Q. Burse)
  • Released: 2005[28]
  • Label: Styluswars/Fancbass
  • Formats: LP, digital download, streaming
We Will Rock You
  • Released: April 1, 2007[29]
  • Label: X-Ray
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
Hip Hop Lives - Pre Release EP
(with Marley Marl)
  • Released: May 8, 2007[30]
  • Label: Koch
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
Radio
(with Eneeone)
  • Released: November 25, 2008[31]
  • Label: Deranged Music
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
The Just-Ice and Krs-One EP, Vol. 1
(with Just-Ice)
  • Released: May 3, 2010[32]
  • Label: WHOMAG
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Back to the L.A.B. (Lyrical Ass Beating)
  • Released: May 12, 2010
  • Label: Digital
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Memories - Remix EP
(with Just-Ice)
  • Released: November 6, 2012[33]
  • Label: Peasant Podium
  • Formats: CD, digital download, streaming
Never Forget
  • Released: 2013.[34]
  • Label: Front Page
  • Formats: digital download, streaming
Green Related [Hip Hop & Dub Mix]
(featuring G. Simone)
  • Released: June 20, 2014[35]
  • Label: Lionpaw & Th3
  • Formats: digital download, streaming

Singles[edit]

As lead artist[edit]

List of singles and selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
[1]
US R&B
[1]
US Rap
[1]
NZ
[36]
UK
[4]
UK Dance
[4]
UK R&B
[4]
"Outta Here" 1993 [b] 61 5 Return of the Boom Bap
"Sound of da Police" 89 79 17
"Return of the Boom Bap"[37] 1994
"MC's Act Like They Don't Know" 1995 57 35 9 84 12 KRS-One
"Rappaz R. N. Dainja" 47 20
"Big Timer" / "Pick It Up"
(featuring Mad Lion)[38]
Non-album single
"Word Perfect" / "The MC" / "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" 1996 [c] 67 17 70 12 13 I Got Next
"Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" 1997 70 23 8 10 24 4 6
"Heartbeat" / "A Friend"
(featuring Redman and Angie Martinez)
[d] 70 31 49 66 19
"Men of Steel"
(with Shaquille O'Neal, Ice Cube, B-Real and Peter Gunz)
82 53 10 Steel Soundtrack
"Gunplay"
(featuring Apocalypse and Mo Money)[39]
1998 Non-album single
"5 Boroughs"
(featuring Bounty Killer, Buckshot, Cam'ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Prodigy, Redman, Run and Vigilante)
1999 79 10 The Corruptor Soundtrack
"Shutupayouface"[e][40] 2000 The Sneak Attack
"Hot" 40
"The Mind"[41] 2001
"Get Your Self Up" [f]
"South Bronx 2002"
(with The Temple of Hip hop)[42]
2002 Spiritual Minded
"Clear 'Em Out"
(featuring Tonedeff)[g][43]
The Difference Vol. 1
"The Message 2002"[44] The Mix Tape
"That's It"[45] 2003 Beef Soundtrack and Kristyles
"Underground"[46] Kristyles
"How Bad Do You Want It"
(featuring Peedo)[47]
KRS-One Presents Peedo & The Luna Empire and Kristyles
"Let 'Em Have It" [h] Keep Right
"Illegal Business Remix 2004"[48] 2004
"Sound of da Police" (re-release) 36 Best of Rapture's Delight
"Boogie Down Ox"
(with Oh No and Ricci Rucker)[49]
2005 Non-album singles
"Gangsta House"[50]
"My Life"[51] 2006 Life
"Money/Amsterdam /My Soldier Boy"
(featuring MC Lyte)[52]
2007 Adventures in Emceein
"Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been) (DJ Premier Remix)"
(with Kanye West, Nas, and Rakim)
Non-album singles
"Criminal Minded '08"[i][53] 2008
"Rent"
(with Black Skeptik)[54]
2009
"Robot"
(with Buckshot and DJ Revolution)[55]
Survival Skills
"Oh Really (Remix)"
(with Buckshot; featuring Talib Kweli & Geologic)[56]
"Times Up"
(featuring Jesse West)[57]
2010 The BDP Album
"There It Is"
(with Just-Ice)[58]
2012 The Just-Ice and KRS-One EP, Vol. 1
"Rear View"
(with Substance Abuse)[59]
2013 Non-album singles
"Big Up New York"[60] 2014
"Kulture vs. Korporate"
(with Maylay Sage, Self Lion, Def Mass and Science)[61]
2017
"Hip Hop Nation"
(featuring Frank Fitzpatrick, K’naan and Lina)[62]
2019 Beat the World Soundtrack
"The Block Party"
(with Kid Capri)[63]
2020 Non-album single
"Krazy"[64] 2021 I M A M C R U 1 2
"Knock Em Out"[65]
"The Beginning"[66]
"Respect"
(with Grand Official)[67]
2022 Non-album singles
"The Real"
(with Tekneek On The Beat)[68]
2023
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative[edit]

Year Song US Hot 100 US R&B US Rap Album
1997 "Men of Steel" (with Shaquille O'Neal, Ice Cube, B-Real, & Peter Gunz) 87 53 10 Steel
1999 "5 Boroughs" (with Buckshot, Cam'ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Prodigy, Redman, Run, Vigilante) 79 10 The Corruptor
2007 "Kill a Rapper" (with Marley Marl) Hip Hop Lives
"Hip Hop Lives" (with Marley Marl)
2008 "Self-Construction (Self-Destruction 2008)" (with various artists) non-album single
2009 "Robot" (with Buckshot) Survival Skills
"Survival Skills"
2011 "Show Power" Godsville

Appearances[edit]

KRS One has appeared on several songs with other artists, due to this he has received 9 Gold and 7 Platinum plaques. [69]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ released as Big Joe Krash
  2. ^ "Outta Here" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 6 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1]
  3. ^ "The MC" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 18 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1]
  4. ^ "A Friend" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 14 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1]
  5. ^ "Shutupayouface" was released as a split single with "Yes, Yes Y'all" by Schoolly D.
  6. ^ "Get Your Self Up" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 53 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales.[1]
  7. ^ "Clear 'Em Out" was released as a split single with "Rumble" by The High & Mighty.
  8. ^ "Let 'Em Have It" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, but peaked at number 55 on the ot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales.[1]
  9. ^ "Criminal Minded '08" was released as a split single with "The Light '08" by Common and Midnight '08" by Q-Tip.

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "KRS-One Chart History". Billboard Charts. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  2. ^ "KRS-One Chart History (GfK Entertainment charts)". Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  3. ^ "KRS-One". MegaCharts. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "KRS-One – UK Charts". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "American certifications – KRS-One". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  6. ^ "Canadian certifications – Krs-One". Music Canada. April 22, 1998. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  7. ^ Never Forget (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1996. KRS2013.
  8. ^ Now Hear This (track listing). Vinyl Digital. 2015. VINDIG395.
  9. ^ The World Is MIND (track listing). Vinyl Digital. 2019. VINDIG396.
  10. ^ "Street Light - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  11. ^ "Between Da Protests - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  12. ^ "I M a M C R U 1 2 - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  13. ^ Strictly For Da Breakdancers (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1995. FPLP01.
  14. ^ The Goddess Set / Strictly For Da Emceez... (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1995. FPLP 02.
  15. ^ Volume 1 Strictly For Da Breakdancers & Emceez (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1996. FPCD 871.
  16. ^ Volume 2 Strictly For Da Breakdancers & Emceez (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1996. FPCD 872.
  17. ^ Aka Kris Parker (track listing). Self-released. 1997. RS-001.
  18. ^ "Fundamentals of Hip Hop". houseofnubian.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  19. ^ "KRS-One - Best of Rapture's Delight". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "KRS-One - Playlist: The Very Best of KRS-One". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  21. ^ "KRS-One - Playlist: The Very Best of KRS-One". AllMusic. Retrieved March 28, 2023.
  22. ^ Henley, Ralph. "Footsoldiers mix". Shames Worthy. Bandcamp. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  23. ^ "King of the Ol' Skool - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  24. ^ "KRS One & Beast 1333 Present: The Apprenticeship". bandcamp.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.
  25. ^ "Royalty Check - Bumpy Knuckles, KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  26. ^ Break The Chain (Psychosonic Comic!) (track listing). Marvel Music, Inc. 1994. #1.
  27. ^ "My People - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  28. ^ What You Know About? (track listing). Styluswars. 2005. SWS-003.
  29. ^ "We Will Rock You - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  30. ^ "Hip Hop Lives - KRS-One, Marley Marl - Release Info". Apple Music.
  31. ^ "Radio - Eneeone, KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  32. ^ "The Just-Ice and Krs-One EP, Vol. 1 - Just-Ice, KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  33. ^ "Memories - Remix EP - Just-Ice, KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  34. ^ "KRS-One releases brand new EP". HipHopGods. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  35. ^ "Green Related (feat. G.Simone) [Hip Hop & Dub Mix] - KRS-One, Cultural Warriors - Release Info". Apple Music.
  36. ^ "KRS-One - Recorded Music NZ". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  37. ^ Return Of The Boom Bap / Mortal Thought (track listing). Jive. 1995. 01241-42208-1.
  38. ^ Big Timer (track listing). Front Page Entertainment. 1995. FP9003.
  39. ^ Gunplay (track listing). Ace Of Spades. 1998. AOS-010.
  40. ^ Shadup Ya Face / Yes, Yes Y'all (track listing). Artemis Records/Antra Records. 2000. ARTLP-08.
  41. ^ The Mind (track listing). Koch Records. 1998. KOC-SI-8310.
  42. ^ South Bronx 2002 (track listing). Koch Records. 2002. KOC-SI-8411.
  43. ^ The Difference Vol. 1 (track listing). Official Jointz Recordings. 2000. ojz002.
  44. ^ The Message (2002) (track listing). Grit Records. 2000. KRS-001.
  45. ^ That's It / Stop It (track listing). Killah Pride Records. 2003. KP-1262.
  46. ^ Undaground (track listing). Koch Records. 2003. KOC-SI-8674.
  47. ^ How Bad Do You Want It (track listing). Koch Records. 2003. KOC-SI-9522.
  48. ^ Illegal Business (Remix 2004) (track listing). Grit Records. 2004. GRI 007.
  49. ^ Boogie Down Ox (track listing). OX: Operation Unknown/Counterflow Recordings. 2005. OX12000-1.
  50. ^ Gangsta House B/W Watson Blues (track listing). Slaag Traax. 2005. SLT-001.
  51. ^ My Life (track listing). Antagonist. 2006. ANT4167.
  52. ^ Money / Amsterdam / My Soldier Boy (track listing). Echo International. 2007. EV 0511.
  53. ^ Criminal Minded '08 (track listing). Smirnoff. 1986. 2183-COR.
  54. ^ Rent (track listing). Mayhem Poets. 2009. 808391 108912.
  55. ^ Robot / The DJ (track listing). Duck Down Music. 2007. DDM-SI-2122.
  56. ^ "Oh Really Remix (feat. Talib Kweli & Geo of Blue Scholars) - KRS-One, Buckshot - Release Info". Apple Music.
  57. ^ "Times Up - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  58. ^ "There It Is - Just Ice, KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  59. ^ Rear View (track listing). Threshold Recordings. 2013. THR-3101.
  60. ^ "Big Up New York - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  61. ^ "Kulture vs. Korporate - Maylay Sage, Self Lion, Def Mass, KRS-One & Science - Release Info". Apple Music.
  62. ^ "Hip Hop Nation (feat. Frank Fitzpatrick, K'naan & Lina)". soundcloud.com. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  63. ^ "The Block Party: KRS-One & DJ Kid Capri". bandcamp.com. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  64. ^ "Krazy - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  65. ^ "Knock Em Out - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  66. ^ "The Beginning - KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  67. ^ "Respect - Grand Official & KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  68. ^ "The Real - Tekneek On The Beat & KRS-One - Release Info". Apple Music.
  69. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  70. ^ "Beast 1333 – Mark of the Beast". Discogs. Retrieved September 18, 2015.