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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Kool & Deadly
| Type = [[Album]]
| name = Kool & Deadly
| Artist = [[Just-Ice]]
| type = [[Album]]
| Cover = Icedeadly.jpg
| artist = [[Just-Ice]]
| Reviews =
| cover = Icedeadly.jpg
| alt =
* [[All Music Guide]] {{Rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7bu1z84aoyv8 link]
| Released = 1987
| released = 1987
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]]
| Label = [[Sleeping Bag Records]]
| venue =
| studio =
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| Producer = Just-Ice<br />[[KRS-One]]
| Last album = ''[[Back to the Old School]]''<br />(1986)
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip-hop]]
| length =
| This album = ''Kool & Deadly''<br />(1987)
| Next album = ''[[The Desolate One]]''<br />(1989)
| label = Fresh/[[Sleeping Bag Records]]<br /><small>LPRE-5</small>
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| producer = Just-Ice<br />[[KRS-One]]
| prev_title = [[Back to the Old School]]
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [[The Desolate One]]
| next_year = 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
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'''''Kool & Deadly''''' is the second album by [[old school hip hop|old school]]/[[hardcore hip hop|hardcore]] [[rapping|rapper]] [[Just-Ice]], it was released in [[1987 in music|1987]], and was produced by [[KRS-One]] and Just-Ice.
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/kool--deadly-r1810315 |title=Kool & Deadly - Just-Ice &#124; AllMusic |first=Garth |last=Cartwright |work=allmusic.com |access-date=October 30, 2011}}</ref>
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'''''Kool & Deadly (Justicizms)''''' is the second album by [[old school hip hop|old school]]/[[hardcore hip hop|hardcore]] [[rapping|rapper]] [[Just-Ice]], it was released in [[1987 in music|1987]], and was produced by [[KRS-One]] and Just-Ice. In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums. The song "Moshitup" was the origin of the hip hop meme "Suicide, it's a suicide".

==Music==
The ''Washington Post'' noted that tracks "Moshitup" and "Lyric Licking" showcase reggae rhythms but the record is predominantly "sparse hip-hop, tough and raw".<ref name="washPost" />

==Reception==
In a contemporary review, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' stated that the album "has an agenda that embraces more complicated topics, but it's hardly as benevolent as [Kool Moe Dee]" and described the album as "tough and raw but not especially distinctive"<ref name="washPost">{{cite news |last1=Jenkins |first1=Mark|newspaper=The Washington Post |title=Achieving a Bad Rap: Beat Box Artists Talk Trash for Cash Schooly D: 'Saturday Night!' Rap Kool Moe Doe: 'How Ya Like Me Now' Just Ice: 'Kool and Deadly (Justicizms)' M.C. Shan: 'Down by Law' |location=Washington, D.C., United States |publisher=WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post |date=January 17, 1988 |page=111 |issn=0190-8286|id={{ProQuest|139891546}}}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
#Going Way Back
#"Going Way Back" (feat. KRS-One)
#The Original Gangster Of Hip Hop
#"The Original Gangster of Hip-Hop"
#Freedom Of Speech
#"Freedom of Speech"
#Moshitup
#"Moshitup" (feat. KRS-One)
#Kool & Deadly
#"Kool & Deadly"
#On The Strength
#"On the Strength"
#Lyric Licking
#"Lyric Licking"
#Booga Bandit Bitch
#"Booga Bandit Bitch"
#Freedom Of Speech '88 (12-inch Single Edit)
#"Freedom Of Speech ’88" (12-inch Single Edit) [added when it was released on CD].


==Charts==
== External links ==
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* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7bu1z84aoyv8 ''Kool & Deadly''] at [[All Music Guide]]
{{col-2}}


===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1988)
!scope="col"|Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|14|artist=Just-Ice|rowheader=true}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1988)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
!scope="row"|US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1988/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988|work=Billboard|access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>
|51
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Just-Ice}}


{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:1987 albums]]
[[Category:Just-Ice albums]]
[[Category:Just-Ice albums]]
[[Category:Sophomore albums]]
[[Category:Fresh Records (US) albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by KRS-One]]


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Latest revision as of 21:50, 23 August 2023

Kool & Deadly
Studio album by
Just-Ice
Released1987
GenreHip-hop
LabelFresh/Sleeping Bag Records
LPRE-5
ProducerJust-Ice
KRS-One
Just-Ice chronology
Back to the Old School
(1986) 		Kool & Deadly
(1987) 		The Desolate One
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

Kool & Deadly (Justicizms) is the second album by old school/hardcore rapper Just-Ice, it was released in 1987, and was produced by KRS-One and Just-Ice. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums. The song "Moshitup" was the origin of the hip hop meme "Suicide, it's a suicide".

Music

[edit]

The Washington Post noted that tracks "Moshitup" and "Lyric Licking" showcase reggae rhythms but the record is predominantly "sparse hip-hop, tough and raw".[2]

Reception

[edit]

In a contemporary review, The Washington Post stated that the album "has an agenda that embraces more complicated topics, but it's hardly as benevolent as [Kool Moe Dee]" and described the album as "tough and raw but not especially distinctive"[2]

Track listing

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  1. "Going Way Back" (feat. KRS-One)
  2. "The Original Gangster of Hip-Hop"
  3. "Freedom of Speech"
  4. "Moshitup" (feat. KRS-One)
  5. "Kool & Deadly"
  6. "On the Strength"
  7. "Lyric Licking"
  8. "Booga Bandit Bitch"
  9. "Freedom Of Speech ’88" (12-inch Single Edit) [added when it was released on CD].

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Cartwright, Garth. "Kool & Deadly - Just-Ice | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (January 17, 1988). "Achieving a Bad Rap: Beat Box Artists Talk Trash for Cash Schooly D: 'Saturday Night!' Rap Kool Moe Doe: 'How Ya Like Me Now' Just Ice: 'Kool and Deadly (Justicizms)' M.C. Shan: 'Down by Law'". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C., United States: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post. p. 111. ISSN 0190-8286. ProQuest 139891546.
  3. ^ "Just-Ice Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  4. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1988". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.



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