Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded LP (Metallic Silver Vinyl) Online Sale

DRUMS, DRUMS, DRUMS! BDP s debut album is raw-sounding now, but was revolutionary in 1987, bringing dancehall out of the New York underground and into the hip-hop mainstream. South Bronx is the Pelon anthem, and KRS s legendary MC Shan Marley Marl dis The Bridge is Over carries the torch, answering The Bridge and settling the Bronx vs. Queens debate ( Manhattan keeps on makin it, Brooklyn keeps on takin it, Bronx keeps creatin it and Queens keeps on faking it! ). Super-Hoe has the super-duty tough drums that backpackers rediscovered in 99 when Blackstar combined the Super-Hoe drums with the P is Free remix s Diseases riddim sample to make Definition. Criminal Minded is another banger – it s hard to imagine what hip-hop would sound like now without Scott La Rock s contributions back then. The LP would be perfect except for the ACDC sample on Dope Beat – were they trying to make a Walk this Way type crossover record? (ed. note: we actually like this track). Still, Criminal Minded quickly became the blueprint for hardcore conscious rap and it definitely makes my top ten hip-hop albums of all-time.