Hip Hop Lives - New KRS-One album

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KOCH Records is thrilled to announce the release of a brand new album by legendary Hip Hop artist/philosopher KRS-ONE. The album, titled "Hip Hop Lives," is Executive Produced by Marley Marl and will be released on May 22nd, 2007.

"Hip Hop Lives" (title track) and "Kill A Rapper" lead the album project as two very relevant songs for the Hip Hop community right now. "Kill A Rapper" touches on the murders of popular rappers and begs the question of why Rap murders go unresolved by the police? "Hip Hop Lives" focuses upon Hip Hop's immortality and reminds us of the ways in which Hip Hop renews itself annually. For 20 years KRS-ONE and Marley Marl have been known for producing classic Rap material; "Hip Hop Lives" is clearly another classic.

KRS-ONE aka "the Teacha" is one of the most influential voices in the history of Hip Hop. His reputation as a live performer is second to none, as many have recognized him as "The Greatest Live MC of All Time."

KRS-ONE (Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone) is one of the most outspoken leaders of Hip Hop culture, politics and spirituality. Having lectured at over 500 universities and colleges over a 15-year period, KRS-ONE has been honored by the United Nations, VH-1, Billboard Magazine, the Riverside Church in New York, Harvard University, Yale University, Lincoln University, Princeton University, Oxford University and countless other institutions and grassroots organizations.

KRS-ONE has also published three classic Hip Hop's books; "The Science of Rap" (1995), "Ruminations" (2003) and "The Gospel of Hiphop" (2007), and has founded three Hip Hop activist organizations; the Stop The Violence Movement (1989), Human Education Against Lies (1991) and the Temple of Hiphop (1996), in addition to releasing fifteen classic rap albums.

Marley Marl is one of Hip Hop's first (and finest) super-producers. As founder of one of Hip Hop's first recording companies Cold Chillin' Records, Marley Marl assembled a roster filled with some of the finest Hip Hop talent in New York: MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shant