This is the discography of American rapper KRS-One.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications US USR&B/HH US Ind. CAN GER NLD UK UKR&B UK Ind.Return of the Boom Bap Released: September 28, 1993 Label: Jive Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming353——————— KRS-One Released: October 10, 1995 Label: Jive Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming192—23——9513— I Got Next Released: May 20, 1997 Label: Jive Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming32—1895905811— RIAA: Gold MC: GoldThe Sneak Attack Released: March 27, 2001 Label: Koch Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming4391—————38Kristyles Released: April 22, 2003 Label: Koch Formats: CD, digital download, streaming1863010—————— Keep Right Released: July 13, 2004 Label: Grit Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming—80——————— Life Released: June 13, 2006 Label: Image Formats: CD—50——————— Adventures in Emceein Released: February 5, 2008 Label: Echo-Vista Formats: CD, streaming————————— Maximum Strength Released: June 10, 2008 Label: Koch Formats: CD, digital download, streaming—78——————— The BDP Album Released: January 10, 2012 Label: 682 Formats: CD, LP, digital download————————— Never Forget Released: 2013 Label: Front Page Formats: CD————————— Now Hear This Released: November 23, 2015 Label: R.A.M.P./Vinyl Digital Formats: CD, LP————————— The World Is MIND Released: May 9, 2017 Label: R.A.M.P. Formats: CD, LP————————— Street Light (First Edition) Released: November 8, 2019 Label: R.A.M.P. Formats: CD, digital download, streaming————————— Between Da Protests Released: December 21, 2020 Label: R.A.M.P. Formats: CD, digital download, streaming—————————I M A M C R U 1 2 Released: February 22, 2022 Label: R.A.M.P. Formats: digital download, streaming————————— Temple Of Hip Hop: Global Awareness Released: March 9, 2025 Label: R.A.M.P. Formats: digital download, streaming————————— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilation albums + List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USR&B/HH UKR&B UK Ind.Strictly for da Breakdancers Released: 1995 Label: Front Page Formats: LP————The Goddess Set/Strictly for da Emceez... Released: 1995 Label: Front Page Formats: LP————Strictly for da Breakdancers & Emceez Volume 1 Released: 1996 Label: Front Page Formats: CD————Strictly for da Breakdancers & Emceez Volume 2 Released: 1996 Label: Front Page Formats: LP————Battle for Rap Supremacy Released: November 19, 1996 Label: Cold Chillin' Formats: CD, LP, Cassette————Aka Kris Parker Released: 1997 Label: self-released Formats: LP————A Retrospective Released: August 22, 2000 Label: Jive/RCA Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming200622541Strickly for da Breakdancers & Emceez Released: August 21, 2001 Label: Cleopatra/X-Ray Formats: CD, digital download, streaming ————Fundamentals of Hip Hop Volume 1 Released: 2002 Label: self-released Formats: CD————Best of Rapture's Delight Released: September 22, 2003 Label: BMG Special Products Formats: CD————D.I.G.I.T.A.L. Released: November 25, 2003 Label: Front Page/X-Ray Formats: CD, digital download, streaming————Playlist: The Very Best of KRS-One Released: January 26, 2010 Label: Sony Music/Jive Formats: CD, digital download, streaming————The Essential KRS-One and Boogie Down Productions Released: March 14, 2014 Label: Jive/Legacy Formats: digital download, streaming———— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Mixtapes + List of mixtapes, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions USR&B/HH US Ind. The Mix Tape Released: August 27, 2002 Label: Koch Formats: CD3217 Footsoldiers Mix(with Footsoldiers) Released: April 1, 2006 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download—— King of the Ol' Skool Released: 2008 Label: Echo-Vista Formats: digital download, streaming—— The KRS-One Mixtape(with DJ Opale) Released: February 26, 2010 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download—— The Apprenticeship(with Beast 1333) Released: May 16, 2017 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download—— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Collaborative albums + List of collaborative albums, with selected chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions US USR&B/HH US Ind. US Rap US Gos.Spiritual Minded(with The Temple of Hip hop) Released: January 22, 2002 Label: Koch Formats: CD, cassette, digital download—6410—4Hip Hop Lives(with Marley Marl) Released: May 22, 2007 Label: Koch Formats: CD, digital download, streaming14023158—Survival Skills(with Buckshot) Released: September 15, 2009 Label: Duck Down Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming6219911—Meta-Historical(with True Master) Released: August 31, 2010 Label: Fat Beats Formats: CD, streaming—57—24—Godsville(with Showbiz) Released: February 15, 2011 Label: D.I.T.C. Formats: CD, digital download, streaming—————Royalty Check(with Bumpy Knuckles) Released: May 31, 2011 Label: 6.8.2 Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming————— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Promotional albums + List of promotional albums Title Album details 55 Minutes Of KRS One - The Ultimate Street Mix Tape(with Funkmaster Flex & J Grand; Mixtape; compilation album) Released: 2001 Label: Koch Formats: CD Unreleased, Freestyles and Remixes(compilation album) Released: 2008 Label: Self-released Formats: CD
EPs + List of extended plays Title Details Break the Chain (Psychosonic Comic!) Released: 1994 Label: Marvel Music Formats: cassette My People Released: 2002 Label: Temple of HipHop Formats: digital download, streaming What You Know About?(with Q. Burse) Released: 2005 Label: Styluswars/Fancbass Formats: LP, digital download, streaming We Will Rock You Released: April 1, 2007 Label: X-Ray Formats: digital download, streaming Hip Hop Lives - Pre Release EP(with Marley Marl) Released: May 8, 2007 Label: Koch Formats: digital download, streaming Radio(with Eneeone) Released: November 25, 2008 Label: Deranged Music Formats: digital download, streaming The Just-Ice and Krs-One EP, Vol. 1(with Just-Ice) Released: May 3, 2010 Label: WHOMAG Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Back to the L.A.B. (Lyrical Ass Beating) Released: May 12, 2010 Label: Digital Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Memories - Remix EP(with Just-Ice) Released: November 6, 2012 Label: Peasant Podium Formats: CD, digital download, streaming Never Forget Released: 2013. Label: Front Page Formats: digital download, streaming Green Related [Hip Hop & Dub Mix](featuring G. Simone) Released: June 20, 2014 Label: Lionpaw & Th3 Formats: digital download, streaming The Block Party(Mixtape EP; with Kid Capri) Released: May 4, 2020 Label: self-released Formats: digital download
Singles As lead artist + List of singles and selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&B US Rap NZ UK UK Dance UK R&B "Outta Here" 1993 — 61 5 — — — —Return of the Boom Bap "Sound of da Police" 89 79 17 — — — — BPI: Silver "Return of the Boom Bap" 1994 — — — — — — — "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" 1995 57 35 9 — 84 12 —KRS-One "Rappaz R. N. Dainja" — — — — 47 20 — "Big Timer" / "Pick It Up"(featuring Mad Lion) — — — — — — — "Word Perfect" / "The MC" / "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" 1996 — 67 17 — 70 12 13I Got Next "Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)" 1997 70 22 8 10 24 4 6 "Heartbeat" / "A Friend"(featuring Redman and Angie Martinez) — 70 31 49 66 19 — "Men of Steel"(with Shaquille O'Neal, Ice Cube, B-Real and Peter Gunz) 82 53 10 — — — — Steel Soundtrack "5 Boroughs"(with Bounty Killer, Buckshot, Cam'ron, Keith Murray, Killah Priest, Prodigy, Redman, Run and Vigilante) 1998 — 79 10 — — — —The Corruptor Soundtrack "Bulworth (They Talk About It While We Live It)"(with Method Man, Kam and Prodigy) — — — — — — — Bulworth Soundtrack "Gunplay"(featuring Apocalypse and Mo Money) — — — — — — — "Shutupayouface" 2000 — — — — — — —Once in the Life Soundtrack / The Sneak Attack "Hot" — — 40 — — — —The Sneak Attack "The Mind" 2001 — — — — — — — "Get Your Self Up" — — — — — — — "South Bronx 2002"(with The Temple of Hip hop) 2002 — — — — — — — Spiritual Minded "Clear 'Em Out"(featuring Tonedeff) — — — — — — —The Difference Vol. 1 "The Message 2002" — — — — — — —The Mix Tape "That's It"(with Mad Lion) 2003 — — — — — — — Beef Soundtrack / Kristyles "Underground" — — — — — — —Kristyles "How Bad Do You Want It"(featuring Peedo) — — — — — — —KRS-One Presents Peedo & The Luna Empire / Kristyles "Let 'Em Have It" — — — — — — — Keep Right "Illegal Business Remix 2004" 2004 — — — — — — — "Sound of da Police" (re-release) — — — — — — 36 Best of Rapture's Delight "Boogie Down Ox"(with Oh No and Ricci Rucker) 2005 — — — — — — — "Gangsta House"(as The 1200 Warriors presents G-Dubs and KRS-One) — — — — — — —In the House Part 1 "My Life"2006 — — — — — — —Life "Classic (Better Than I've Ever Been)"(with Kanye West, Nas, and Rakim) 2007 — — — — — — — "Money/Amsterdam /My Soldier Boy"(featuring MC Lyte) — — — — — — —Adventures in Emceein "Rent"(with Black Skeptik)2009 — — — — — — — "Robot"(with Buckshot) — — — — — — —Survival Skills "Oh Really (Remix)"(with Buckshot; featuring Talib Kweli & Geologic) — — — — — — — "Times Up"(featuring Jesse West)2010 — — — — — — —The BDP Album "The Truth"(featuring Showbiz)2011 — — — — — — —Godsville "There It Is"(with Just-Ice)2012 — — — — — — —The Just-Ice and KRS-One EP, Vol. 1 "Rear View"(with Substance Abuse)2013 — — — — — — —Background Music "Big Up New York"2014 — — — — — — —rowspan="2" "Kulture vs. Korporate"(with Maylay Sage, Self Lion, Def Mass and Science)2017 — — — — — — — "Hip Hop Nation"(featuring Frank Fitzpatrick, K’naan and Lina)2019 — — — — — — —You Got Served: Beat the World Soundtrack "Krazy"2021 — — — — — — —I M A M C R U 1 2 "Knock Em Out" — — — — — — — "The Beginning" — — — — — — — "Respect"(with Grand Official)2022 — — — — — — —Supreme "The Real"(with Tekneek On The Beat)2023 — — — — — — — "50 More Years of Hip Hop"2024 — — — — — — —Temple Of Hip Hop: Global Awareness "THE KINGS"(with Diamond D) — — — — — — —The Diam Piece 3: Initium "Looka Here"(with Redman)2025 — — — — — — —Muddy Waters Too "Free Mumia"(featuring Channel Live) — — — — — — —KRS-One "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
As featured artist + List of singles and selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album US US R&BAs featured performer Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart peaks: US RapAs featured performer Hot Rap Songs chart peaks: GERAs featured performer german charts peaks: IRLAs featured performer german charts peaks: NEDAs featured performer german charts peaks: NZAs featured performer new zealander charts peaks:
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