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RSD Essential – METALLIC SILVER – 35TH ANNIVERSARY – BDP”s first album–and the only one to include the late DJ Scott La Rock–sounded harder than hell when it came out in 1987. Though the simple beat-box patterns on a few tracks sound dated, most of La Rock”s tracks are bluntly effective, especially the AC/DC riff he appropriates on “”Dope Beat.”” And KRS-One still performs most of his Criminal Minded rhymes, because his audience knows them word for word: the ultraviolent dancehall of “”9mm Goes Bang,”” the battle cry of “”South Bronx”” (and its counterpart, the anti-Juice Crew screed of “”The Bridge Is Over,”” with its little Billy Joel homage), the catalog of La Rock”s condom collection on “”Super-Hoe.”” KRS bloomed later; here, he just rocked.
