A Retrospective (KRS-One album)

A Retrospective is a compilation album by American rapper and record producer KRS-One. It was released on August 22, 2000 via Jive Records, and composed of previously released songs from the rapper's previous studio albums as part of Boogie Down Productions (3 songs from Criminal Minded, 3 tracks from By All Means Necessary, 3 tracks from Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop, 1 song from Edutainment, and 1 song from the b-side of single "Duck Down" from Sex and Violence), as well as his solo studio albums (3 songs from Return of the Boom Bap, 1 song from KRS-One and 1 song from I Got Next). The track "Essays on BDP-Ism" was the last track ever featured DJ Scott La Rock.

The album peaked at number 200 on the Billboard 200 and number 62 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Track listing

 * Sample credits
 * Track 4 contains a sample of "Inside Looking Out" written by John Lomax, Alan Lomax, Eric Burdon, Bryan Chandler, performed by Grand Funk Railroad
 * Track 5 contains a sample from "Love's Gonna Get You Baby" written by Antoinette 'Toni C.' Colandero, performed by Jocelyn Brown
 * Track 6 contains a portion of the composition "Rapture" written by Debbie Harry and Chris Stein, and a sample of "The Champ" written by Harry Palmer and performed by The Mohawks


 * Notes
 * Tracks 3, 9 and 11 are taken from the Boogie Down Productions album Criminal Minded ℗ 1987 B-Boy Records/Big East Entertainment Group
 * Tracks 1, 2 and 10 are taken from the Boogie Down Productions album By All Means Necessary ℗ 1988 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Tracks 7, 8 and 14 are taken from the Boogie Down Productions album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop ℗ 1989 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Track 5 is taken from the Boogie Down Productions album Edutainment ℗ 1990 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Track 16 is taken from the Boogie Down Productions single "Duck Down" ℗ 1992 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Tracks 4, 12 and 15 are taken from the KRS-One album Return of the Boom Bap ℗ 1993 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Track 13 is taken from the KRS-One album KRS-One ℗ 1995 Zomba Recording Corporation
 * Track 6 is taken from the KRS-One album I Got Next ℗ 1997 Zomba Recording Corporation