back with a renewed energy and purpose, latino-flavored rappers cypress hill climbed back into the ring for another round in the fight for hip-hop supremacy on iv, an album which is as much at home with ghetto street-kids as it is with california surfers.
numbered reissue on black 180 gram double vinyl. return of the boom bap is krs-one’s first official solo album, released in 1993. it peaked on the billboard 200 charts at position 37 and the album has sold over 300.000 copies. the album was selected as one of the source’s 100 best rap albums.
original released in 1988, tougher than leather was the culmination of the rap/rock road that run-dmc travelled in since their earlier albums king of rock and raising hell. pressing on 180 gram vinyl