By All Means Necessary is the second album from hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, released in 1988 on Jive Records. After the murder of DJ-producer Scott La Rock in 1987, MC KRS-One moved away from the violence that dominated its debut Criminal Minded and began to write socially conscious songs, while using the moniker the Teacher.
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