Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs

We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck

"...globe, from Tokyo to Berlin, opening for legends like KRS-One, Method Man, Redman, and Pete Rock. Both chefs started..."

May 25, 2018 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Saturday ACL Fest Preview: Kendrick Lamar

We couldn't get Kendrick on the phone, so we replayed his greatest verse

"...Bridge Is Over" – and the time BDP leader KRS-One slapped and pushed PM Dawn's Prince Be off a..."

Sept. 30, 2016 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman

Aging Gracefully with Slug

MC matures ahead of Friday’s sold-out Atmosphere show

"...AC: You’ve mentioned LL Cool J and KRS-One as prime influences, but another big one comes from..."

March 1, 2016 Music Post by Alejandra Ramirez

Playback: Record Store Crawl

The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank

"...admits. I nab a double LP promo copy of KRS-One's Return of the Boom Bap ($19.99), and Black Sabbath's..."

April 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday Picks & Sleepers

Obvious Picks and loads of not-so-obvious Sleepers!

"...it from time to time. Inspired by Public Enemy, KRS-One, and Rakim, Ali spits raps focused on social justice,..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

ACL Music Fest 2014 Friday Reviews

"...roots and the revolutionary folk of Sixties nueva canción. KRS-One meets Inti-Illimani meets Victor Jara. Tijoux explores those ancestral..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Music Feature by Thomas Fawcett

Pure Bone Gristle: Prodigy

Mobb Deep MC falls into Soul Rebels’ second line

"...Daddy Kane, Rakim, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap. KRS-One, Public Enemy. Especially [them]. They were real political, rebellious...."

Sept. 18, 2014 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

SXSW Film: Selected Shorts

From 3,597 submissions, 106 emerge

"...the Bronx Directors: Brimstone, Joshua Moise Hip Hop pioneer, KRS-One, takes us through his years as a homeless teenager..."

Feb. 6, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

One, Two, Tres, Cuatro

The other music Halls of Fame have had their say – time to focus locally on the Austin Texas Music Hall of Fame

"...13, 2008). Grupo has performed alongside Los Lobos and KRS-One, and even hosted Prince at the Belmont. Patty Griffin..."

Dec. 30, 2011 Music Column by Margaret Moser

SXSW Thursday Showcases

Thursday night showcases, trips to Austin, Colombia, Mexico, Scandanavia, and Staten Island (RIP ODB)

"...Title Match, and Kyle Rapps learns from the Teacher, KRS-One, on upcoming Re-Edutainment EP. Back Bay-side, DaVinci unloads S.F...."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

SXSW Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...with Pete Rock apprentice 9th Wonder (The Formula) and KRS-One (Survival Skills). DJ Evil Dee's presence should incite a..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Live From Studio SX: Jim Dziura

Your humble correspondent goes behind the camera at SXSW's Studio SX with Jim Dziura to discuss gunplay, hip hop and jumping trains.

"...Dziura (pronounced Jura) interviewed heavyweights like Ice Cube and KRS-One, but found the bigger revelations with smaller names just..."

March 15, 2009 SXSW Post by Joe O'Connell

KRS-One

"...KRS-OneMohawk, Jan. 24..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Music Review by Austin Powell

KRSpiracy

KRS-One and Alex Jones trade theories

"...KRS-One came through Mohawk Saturday and mesmerized the crowd like..."

Jan. 27, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...Two decades ago, KRS-One organized Chuck D, Kool Moe Dee, MC Lyte, Doug..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

Savlov's Top Ten Redux Part One: The Good, the Badass, and the Weirder

Savlov's other Top Ten

"...Rat, culture-jammer Ron English, and the always intellectually rigorous KRS-ONE. But that's not what makes Bomb It one of..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

14 Deadly Secrets

The stories behind hip-hop classics

Sept. 4, 2008 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Got Down, Stayed Down

Thao Nguyen is so excited

Aug. 7, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Spotlight: Clipse/Re-Up Gang

Clipse Re-Ups a new collaboration

"...influences (they're quick to point out their love for KRS-One and Wu-Tang) and come with a similar flow...."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Friday Sleepers

March 14, 2008 Music Feature

Saturday Showcase Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Tell It Like It Is

Cyril Neville holds nothing back

"...as a fulcrum point between like-minded cultures. Long before KRS-One infused his boom-bap with dancehall chatting, Neville was incorporating..."

April 28, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Blowfly

"...down MTV and Clear Channel radio. I'm gonna get KRS-ONE to teach these whack ass rappers how to flow."..."

March 17, 2006 Music Review by Michael Bertin

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Music Books

May 27, 2005 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Paris

Beat Box

"...game. No longer are we apt to hear a KRS-One teaching an alternative history lesson, let alone an Ice..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Music Review by Robert Gabriel

Phases and Stages

Beat Box

"...who's recently sought exile following a feud with Blastmaster KRS-One. Must be all that "Pimp Juice"; I heard they..."

July 19, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Rhyme & Reason

"...Salt-N-Pepa, Ll Cool J, Too-Short, Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill, KRS-ONE, Biz Markie, Busta Rhymes, Fugees, Kurtis Blow and Chuck..."

May 30, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beat Box

"...a heavy hittin' lineup that included Talib Kweli and KRS-One, which is exactly what Blackalicious did at the Mercury..."

May 3, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Coletti

Playing the Violin

Mr. Sinus Theater's Jerm Pollet is also a musician!

"...right in the middle of, you know, the Bronx. KRS-One had the Southeast Bronx, and we had the Northwest..."

Aug. 10, 2001 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

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