Production on the LP is credited to Blastmaster' KRS-One (Lawrence Krisna Parker) and DJ Scott La Rock (Scott Sterling), with a special thanks to Ced-Gee (Cedric Miller) of The Ultramagnetic MCs on the back cover. 5.2 Samples from the album by other artists.In 2003, the album was ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and was later ranked number 239 in the 2020 edition.
Throughout the album, KRS-One gives honor and praise to Scott La Rock for producing the album and he mostly goes on about the importance of originality and being "real" instead of a "Sucker MC". The former has second-hand musical ideas from Public Enemy and contributed to the new jack swing genre. The songs " South Bronx" and " The Bridge Is Over" ignited the rivalry with the Brooklyn-bred but Queens resident emcee MC Shan and the Juice Crew. The album was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA. Its samples and direct influences were unusual at the time, ranging from liberal use of dancehall reggae (as well as the more commonly used James Brown) to rock music artists such as AC/DC, The Beatles and Billy Joel. Since its release, the album has been sampled, interpolated and paraphrased. It is considered a highly influential hip hop album and one of the first in the gangsta rap genre. Overall, it's very consistent, so even if the meat of Criminal Minded is the material that lives up to the title, the raw talent on display is what cements the album's status as an all-time classic.Criminal Minded is the debut studio album by hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, released on Maby B-Boy Records. Elsewhere, there are a few showcases for KRS-One's pure rhyming skill, most notably "Poetry" and the title track.
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Another seminal hardcore moment is "Remix for P Is Free," which details an encounter with a crack whore for perhaps the first time on record. They set the tone for the album, which reaches its apex on the influential, oft-sampled "9mm Goes Bang." It's startlingly violent, even if KRS-One's gunplay is all in self-defense, and it's made all the more unsettling by his singsong ragga delivery. That's clear on "South Bronx" and "The Bridge Is Over," two of the most cutting - even threatening - dis records of the '80s, which were products of a beef with Queens-based MC Shan. It's important to note that KRS-One hadn't yet adopted his role as the Teacher, and while there are a few hints of an emerging social consciousness, Criminal Minded doesn't try to deliver messages, make judgments, or offer solutions. Overall, the record made its impact through sheer force - not only KRS-One's unvarnished depictions of his harsh urban environment, but also his booming delivery and La Rock's lean, hard backing tracks (which sound a little skeletal today, but were excellent for the time). Actually, that part of its reputation rests on just a handful of songs. BDP weren't the first to rap about inner-city violence and drugs, and there's no explicit mention of gangs on Criminal Minded, but it greatly expanded the range of subject matter that could be put on a rap record, and its grittiest moments are still unsettling today. Widely considered the foundation of hardcore rap, Criminal Minded announces its intentions with a cover photo of KRS-One and Scott La Rock (on his only album with Boogie Down Productions) posing with weapons - an unheard-of gesture in 1987.
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