KRS-One ("Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone."), aka KRS-1 aka Kris Parker aka The Blastmaster aka The Teacha aka The Philosopher aka Kris, etc., a main staple in the hip hop community since the early 90's came to Connecticut's Toad's Place for the third time and I was fortunate enough to make this show. It's my second time seeing him here and nothing has changed. KRS-One puts on a great show. He's definitely from the old school and still has that amazing ability to connect to his fans to this day still.
He went through a bunch of his classics like Black Cop, Step Into A World, Sounds of The Police, to his verse on "Classic" that featured Kanye, Nas, Rakim and DJ Premier, My Philosophy, I'm Still Number 1 and The Bridge Is Over including many more. And they all had the crowd on their feet, hands high, reciting verse for verse. But as KRS-One does in all his shows I've seen, he also freestyled, a skill any real MC should have, for a good amount of time. Also got some of the crowd involved, inviting them on stage to participate as well along with the B Boys that were in hand to breakdance on stage while they all freestyled.
Overall, it was a great night for Hip Hop. Considering this was the place that he had a bottle thrown at him last time around, this night around ended in peace, fun, and classic hip hop from a legendary MC. I took some pics and some videos you can check out. And I apologize for the quality of them. Still working on upgrading that. Hahaha.
Video of KRS-One freestyling while breakdancing B Boys take the stage. (Sorry for the bass in the video.)
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