Music Review

The Sneak Attack (2012)

EW's GRADE
C+

Details Lead Performance: KRS-One; Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap

KRS-One, hip-hop's professor, reinforces some old lessons (''Rap is something you do, hip-hop is something we live'') and offers new diatribes about government corruption and corporate domination, even giving shout-outs to high-profile professors Cornel West and Michael Eric Dyson. But the most compelling lectures can't obscure KRS' drab old-school beats and samples on The Sneak Attack. With such a flat attack, listeners may want to skip class.

Originally posted Apr 27, 2001 Published in issue #593 Apr 27, 2001 Order article reprints

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