By All Means Necessary

By All Means Necessary
Studio album by
Boogie Down Productions
ReleasedApril 12, 1988[1]
RecordedSeptember 1987 – March 1988[2]
Genre
Length47:28
Label
ProducerKRS-One
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)
(1987) 		By All Means Necessary
(1988) 		Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
(1989)
Singles from By All Means Necessary
  1. "Stop the Violence"
    Released: 1988
  2. "My Philosophy"
    Released: 1988

By All Means Necessary is the second album from American hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, released in April 12, 1988[1] on Jive Records. After the 1987 murder of DJ-producer Scott La Rock, MC KRS-One moved away from the violent themes that dominated Boogie Down Productions' debut, Criminal Minded, and began writing socially conscious songs using the moniker the Teacher.[2]

  1. ^ a b Billboard April 9, 1988, p. 84
  2. ^ a b "The 20 Best Five-year Runs In Rap". Complex. 2013-10-15. Retrieved 2019-12-08.