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| | Survival Skills | | | Music Artist : | | KRS-One | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Duck Down Records | | Release Date : | | 2009-09-15 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Survival Skills ft. DJ Revolution (produced by Ill Mind)
2. ROBOT (produced by Havoc of Mobb Deep)
3. The Way I Live ft. Mary J Blige (produced by Black Milk)
4. Clean Up Crew ft. Rock of Heltah Skeltah (produced by Ill Mind)
5. Oh Really ft. Talib Kweli & Geo of Blue Scholars (produced by Marco Polo)
6. Connection ft. Smif N Wessun (produced by Moss)
7. Runnin Away ft. Immortal Technique (produced by Black Milk)
8. Think Of All The Things ft. K'NAAN (produced by DJ Mentplus)
9. One Shot ft. Pharoahe Monch (produced by Nottz)
10. Amazin ft. Sean Price & Loudmouf Choir (produced by KHRYSIS!)
11. Hear No Evil (produced by KHRYSIS!)
12. Murder 1 ft. Bounty Killer (produced by Coptic)
13. We Made It ft. Slug of Atmosphere (produced by Ill Mind)
14. Past*Present*Future ft. Melanie Fiona & Naledge of Kidz In The Hall (produced by 9th Wonder)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Beautiful
Submitted on: 2009-11-18 |
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| it is definitely a good album by these two artists, however knowing KRS ONE as i know him i was expecting more consciousness than more focus on whose doing better rap. I don't have too many KRS One albums in my repertoire so i'm wondering if i should consider buying another one from him but the beats and featured artists are brilliant. all in all the album is beautiful. |
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 We Made It !
Submitted on: 2009-11-09 |
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| Diggin the project. KRS-ONE has always suffered from tunes that have tracks that don't compliment his performances (not including his stand-out hit-recording exceptions) This is a great marriage of BuckTown's production and KRS. Out of all of the tracks I listen to eight of them over and over. The tune that focuses on fathers is a standout with KRS moving the concept of fatherhood to making choices in the absence of fatherly guidance. THE ONLY LACK IS A CLEAN VERSION OF THE ALBUM ! |
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BDP and BCC on the same album???
Submitted on: 2009-10-26 |
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The new collaborative effort from KRS-One and Buckshot, "Survival Skills" is one of those albums that is a must hear based on the people involved. When I picked up this album, I was pleasantly surprised from beginning to end. From the title track to the music industry critique "Robot", that's where things start to pick up. "Past Present Future" is an excellent album closer produced by 9th Wonder. The only songs that weigh this album down a bit are the two songs produced by Khrysis, "Amazin'" and "Hear No Evil". The song with K'naan, the parental-responsobility themed "Think Of All The Things" ends with a spectacular- albeit preachy- verse from The Teacher himself.
The most surprising thing about this album is the fact that although both men are elder statesmen, a mid 40's KRS is pretty much running circles around Buckshot and every rapper on here. Those guests include Talib Kweli, Heltah Skeltah (on separate songs), Immortal Technique, Slug of Atmosphere, and Naledge of Kidz In The Hall. There's nothing more to say, except buy this album! |
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 Two of the Best
Submitted on: 2009-10-19 |
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Survival Skills is a solid album from two of Hip Hop's most celebrated emcees. The album begins with a bang; it's title track introduces us to the album with a bangin beat and classic dope rhymes that are very straight forward, welcoming us into the realm of two emcees with powerful careers, showing us what it takes to "survive" in a world where classic conceptions of Hip Hop are no longer as relevant as they once were in the mainstream rap market. The next song explains some of why this alternative rap style came to be with 'Robot'. The song's production may throw off those looking for the classic boom bap and dirty samples, but so does the album. This, in my opinion, is part of the album's shortcomings. Though this track has a very relevant message about the lost rule of not biting another emcee's style, the beat is very high pitched. Not my personal taste in terms of production, but with Buckshot harmonizing on the chorus and the rhymes intricately describing how our history shows that different emcees can use similar techniques and stressing the importance of individuality, I do like the song. 'The way I live' is another track that comes off as very polished and almost 'commercial' sonically. But once again, KRS and Buckshot prove their ability to murder a song thematically as well as utilize witty literary techniques.
The album continues to play and each song that passes is nothing more than I expected from two of our finest. Having most of these two guys' solo efforts, their styles are nothing new to me and they do not venture outside of their comfort zones much. With that said, there are certain moments (and verses) by KRS where I feel he is being lazy. The verses of 'We Made It' and 'Amazing' are perfect examples of this. But, in 'Amazing' Sean Price provides a wicked cameo and reminds us why he is Jesus Price "It's amazing/ How the god once sold crack/ And survived more shoot outs/ Than Chow Yun Fat". This type of rhyming along with the Loud Mouf Choir (who add spice to everything I've heard them on) and some pretty great production save this song from KRS-One knowing that he is already in the Hip Hop Hall of Fame so he can short change some of his verses.
Overall, the album is good. There isn't much explored on this album that either emcee hasn't already done, but it provides some good entertainment nonetheless. Although, in my view, it's not musically classic, it will be a classic just because it is the first collaboration of two of my favorite emcees. Stand out tracks are Survival Skills, Robot, Clean Up Crew, Connection and Amazing. Think of all the Things is a great filler track. The rest of the songs are good, but not great, and the whole album is a good listen from front to back. It's not something that I can hear all the time, but I can tell this will be one of those CD's I will get a craving for every now and then. |
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I'm impressed
Submitted on: 2009-10-19 |
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When I read Krs and Buckshot were about to drop a collabo cd I didn't care. However I downloaded and it was a pleasant experience. The cd is much better than I thought, KRS still can rip the mic and Buckshot continues the same - dope - the production & collabos r pretty on point 2.
Oh yeah, after I listened, I immediately pre-ordered my copy because it worths every cent!!! |
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