This album is KRS-1, and perhaps hip hop, at the highest level.  Beats are ridiculous... complex, full of bass, and banging.  Lyrics are amazing.  This is a must-have for anyone interested in Hip Hop. Now, to the content, which some find controversial.  KRS delivers hard rhymes on the ills of the modem industrial food system, the modern education system, the dangers of chasing money and status, and, very interestingly, the complicated life of the black so-called middle/professional class.  Great album for the music as well as the lyrics.