Pros: The tracks The MC, Step Into a World, and A friend are killer. Heartbeat is my favorite track and Angie and Redman have great pieces on it.

Cons: Unsteller beats and some "filler" drag this album down. But by being such a great MC, KRS-One's rhymes can overcome poor beats.

Krs One didn't get noticed
This was the best hip hop album i've ever heard and what makes me mad is that the legendary Krs didn't get noticed because of his looks, but his lyrical talent is what should be noticed bacause by far he remains the greatest lyrical rapper ever, and some other great lyrical rappers who don't get noticed that much like Keith Murray, Mos Def, Skee Lo and Dead Prez should because they are the revolutions of hip hop, and if the game is interested in looks more than talent, then hip hop is dead. But nontheless, this is the man that inspired many known rappers today, including LL Cool J, Jay Z, Nas, Twista, Public Enemy etc and in my point of view is the greatest rapper alive. So if you like hip hop, Krs One, fresh tracks and collaberations, this album has it all, the legendary Krs One will forever remain the greatest lyrical rapper in the world, no one can reach his level.

Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone
This line {though I dont find it true} says so much

Did I say I'm number one
No, I'm sorry, I lied
I'm number one, two, three, four and five....
-KRS-One [Step Into A World]

Since Criminal Minded KRS has been superior to so many MC's. I'm not gonna go into a midzized review though. I'l keep it short. This is a great album. It shows that KRS has staying power and he is one of the greatest. He has influenced so many people.
I would RECOMMEND this album to KRS and BDP fans.

(2-1/2 stars) NEXT!
I Got Next is probably the last album from KRS-One that anyone owns (although I'm not sure if anyone will admit they own this). I listened to this album when I first bought it in '97, and I didn't really think it was all that...a shocker because KRS usually comes correct. But then I listened to it again and...well, I didn't realize just how bad it was.

When artists release classic albums at the beginning of their career and then some of their following albums don't even come close (and they usually don't), people say that's an unfair comparison because they can't be expected to live in the past, or, "How can you compare this to THAT?" (Check comparing any Nas album, or ANY album, to Illmatic.) But after hearing this album, you'll REALLY wish Kris stuck to his old style. There are many interludes where Kris is preaching, and they just don't seem to fit. And the only real saving graces on this album are "Heartbeat" (with Angie Martinez and Redman, who once again steals the show), "The MC", and "Step Into A World", even though the latter's music is slightly irritating.

The rest of the album is a downer. The production AND rapping are surprisingly bad. And I'm not saying the rapping is bad because he stopped swearing, because his last album was all right (remember "MC's Act Like They Don't Know"?); here, it's hard to tell if he even tried. "Blowe" has a very unnecessary and incomprehensible skit at the beginning, and the music sounds like the batteries in somebody's walkman suddenly went dead. KRS's rapping is tired here, and even Redman comes off wack. It's hard to tell if the title track is a rap or a low-budget movie, and you'd be slapped silly if you were caught singing along to "H.I.P.H.O.P." or "The Real Hip-Hop Part II" (what great titles, huh?).

When Kris does come through on the lyrics, the tracks are ruined by the sleepy production, especially in "A Friend" (when it was released, everyone pretended to like it) and "Over Ya Head" (the trumpet doesn't fit and you almost expect KRS to start singing). But the two last tracks are the worst. "Just To Prove A Point" is mixing rap and rock. That's commonplace NOW, but back then it didn't sound right, and it especially doesn't sound right for HIM to be screaming like a rock star. He's not even on any kind of beat. The final track is a remix of "Step Into A World" featuring Puff Daddy. Puff is being his typical wack self, but it also rubs off on KRS. And what's KRS-One doing with Puff Daddy anyway?

Overall, this album is worse than I remembered it. I still kept in mind what year this album was made before I wrote this review, but like I said before, I didn't like it back then either. I hoped KRS would redeem himself with subsequent albums, but according to reviews, those albums aren't great either, and record sales show that they're just collecting dust anyway. Wherever the real KRS-One is hiding, I wish he'd come out.