KRS‐One

KRS‐One is a hip-hop artist from the United States, active since 1993. He has also been known by the names Big Joe Krash, KRS 1, KRS‐I, and Kris Parker. His work is associated with the boom bap genre. Among his releases are Return of the Boom Bap (1993), Return Of The Boom Bap / Mortal Thought (I Must Rock The Mic) (1994), and Temple of Hip Hop: Global Awareness (2025), cited here simply as dated examples from his output.

Boom bap is a hip-hop genre generally associated with prominent, sample-based drum patterns, often featuring pronounced kick and snare sounds that give the style its name, and it is commonly linked to production approaches that emphasize sampled loops from vinyl recordings.

KRS‐One has a supplied discography of 27 releases spanning 1993 to 2025. Among the earliest supplied examples are Return of the Boom Bap (1993), Return Of The Boom Bap / Mortal Thought (I Must Rock The Mic) (1994), and Break the Chain (Psychosonic Comic!) (1994). Among the latest supplied examples are I M A M C R U 1 2 (2022) and Temple of Hip Hop: Global Awareness (2025).