5つ星のうち4.0I enjoyed this album as a kid, but I have more appreciation for it as an adult.
2020年10月30日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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Back in 1992, myself and millions and millions of other kids across America were down with this album mainly because of the infectious lead single "Jump" and the super catchy second single "Warm It Up." You would have had to been dead or been in a coma to not know who Kris Kross was in 1992. They were that popular.
On the surface back in 1992 and even today, people would look at this album and feel like oh, that's the album where the song "Jump" song came from. But Totally Krossed Out was more than just its two lead singles. This album was actually pretty woke or aware of what plagued Black youth back in the early 1990s.
One of this album's most underrated tracks was track 8, A Real Bad Dream. On that track Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly rapped about a dream he had in which he was a stone cold street thug. If you really paid attention to the lyrics of that song, you'll see that it was a PSA for young Black males to stay away from the street life. Then you have track 12, Missed The Bus. Within that song was a message for kids to get a good night of sleep so they can be well rested and not miss the next morning's school bus.
And then there's track 9, which is called "It's A Shame." On that track Kris Kross ran down the pitfalls of growing up in the hood. That might have been the deepest track on the album.
At the time this album was made, the Kris Kross duo were only in their early teens. And that could have been an excuse for them to put out a hits-laden and no depth having album. But they and the lead producer of this album Jermaine Dupri, chose to go in another direction. Sure the album had songs on it for the masses to get behind, but the album also had message-laden songs on it for early 1990s youth.
In conclusion, Totally Krossed Out is 28-years old and its sound lets you know of its age right away on track 2 (Jump). But that doesn't mean that the album still can't be enjoyed by newer generations or appreciated more by adults who were kids when the album came out.
5つ星のうち4.0
I enjoyed this album as a kid, but I have more appreciation for it as an adult.
2020年10月30日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
Back in 1992, myself and millions and millions of other kids across America were down with this album mainly because of the infectious lead single "Jump" and the super catchy second single "Warm It Up." You would have had to been dead or been in a coma to not know who Kris Kross was in 1992. They were that popular.
On the surface back in 1992 and even today, people would look at this album and feel like oh, that's the album where the song "Jump" song came from. But Totally Krossed Out was more than just its two lead singles. This album was actually pretty woke or aware of what plagued Black youth back in the early 1990s.
One of this album's most underrated tracks was track 8, A Real Bad Dream. On that track Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly rapped about a dream he had in which he was a stone cold street thug. If you really paid attention to the lyrics of that song, you'll see that it was a PSA for young Black males to stay away from the street life. Then you have track 12, Missed The Bus. Within that song was a message for kids to get a good night of sleep so they can be well rested and not miss the next morning's school bus.
And then there's track 9, which is called "It's A Shame." On that track Kris Kross ran down the pitfalls of growing up in the hood. That might have been the deepest track on the album.
At the time this album was made, the Kris Kross duo were only in their early teens. And that could have been an excuse for them to put out a hits-laden and no depth having album. But they and the lead producer of this album Jermaine Dupri, chose to go in another direction. Sure the album had songs on it for the masses to get behind, but the album also had message-laden songs on it for early 1990s youth.
In conclusion, Totally Krossed Out is 28-years old and its sound lets you know of its age right away on track 2 (Jump). But that doesn't mean that the album still can't be enjoyed by newer generations or appreciated more by adults who were kids when the album came out.
5つ星のうち5.0If You Lived in The Kris Kross Era..BUY IT!!!
2008年11月16日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済み
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A Lot of people have commented that the only good song is "JUMP"..they are soo wrong!!!! My older sister and I grew up to Kris Kross..She wore her clothes backward, shaved her eyebrows and wore the boy clothes (which was in style for that period of time). The people that made these harsh comments were prolly old, conservative, losers. I was so young when this Kris Kross fad came out and remember most of the songs on this album..Its a classic!!!! 'Jump' is of course my fav and the 'Jump' extended is pure genius!!!! 'Warm is up' is amazing!!! Its a Shame is great along with 'I Missed the Bus (Oww!)'..and 'I had a bad dream' (i vaguely remember this song but i like it...'Party' is whack no need for an extended version there...But I paid 99 cents for it!!!! Its well worth it!!!!
I liked this back in the old days so I bought this for my cousin's kids who are now into music. She used to like it too so when I was visiting with her in 2011 we talked about it and then when I got home I ordered it for her and her kids here on Amazon and had it shi-pped to her house. She was happy :0) It is sad that one of them died recently, a tragedy!