While KRS-One & BDP sought to define what hip-hop culture was on ‘By All Means Necessary’ (1988), they’re more concerned with its preservation throughout their third studio affair.

Boogie Down Productions’ second studio affair is a revolutionary album, and not necessarily because of its political content.

Groundbreaking from both a lyrical and production perspective, ‘Criminal Minded’ is one of the small handful of truly indispensable hip-hop albums ever made.

Sprawling in a good way, BDP’s fifth and final studio album is a KRS-One driven affair that tackles personal beefs as well as larger societal issues.

Filled with both “poetry, beautifully articulated” and in-depth dissertations on history and morality, it’s another near flawless album by the BDP crew.