The Sneak Attack

The Sneak Attack was met with generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 69 based on eight reviews. NME reviewer wrote: "as a sort of lyrical sermon from the mount with uptempo beats to crush the weak-hearted, The Sneak Attack raises the stakes on the microphone skills front as KRS-One lectures, hectors, drops streetwise politics, and laments the state of the world". In mixed reviews, Alternative Press critic found out that the album "proves this pioneer and innovator's run is far from over". Writing for Rolling Stone, Neil Drumming said that the artist "still commands attention, but his booming voice and confidence now deliver warmer, fuzzier messages". Blender reviewer stated: "Sadly, Sneak Attack also reflects the influence of Professor One's recent ubiquity on the college-lecture circuit; windy speechifying interludes take up a third of the record. Too bad -- when he does rap, he shows twice the gusto of many rappers half his age". David Bry of Vibe claimed that "KRS-One sounds as hungry and passionate as ever.... Unfortunately, a barrage of rigid, same-sounding beats and canned choruses detracts from Attack's effectiveness". Evan Serpick of Entertainment Weekly wrote: "the most compelling lectures can't obscure KRS' drab old-school beats and samples". ==Track listing==

• Lawrence "KRS-One" Parker – main artist, scratches (track 4), producer (tracks: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 18), mixing (tracks: 3, 5, 6, 8, 12–14, 16, 18), songwriter (tracks: 2–19) • Harold English – backing vocals (track 1), co-producer, engineering (tracks: 1, 12, 14), editing (tracks: 2–6, 8–11, 13–16), engineering assistant (tracks: 17, 19) • Nyce of the Breeze Team – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 15), songwriter (track 15) • April S. Williams – additional vocals & songwriter (tracks: 7, 16), mixing (track 16) • Hezekiah Walker Choir – additional vocals (tracks: 11, 19) • William "Willie D." Broady – songwriter (tracks: 2, 10) • Kenny Parker – producer (tracks: 2, 7, 11, 16), mixing (tracks: 7, 16) • Ayyub Cave – producer (track 4) • Jeffrey Miree – producer (track 4) • Domingo Padilla – producer (tracks: 9, 10, 14), mixing (tracks: 9, 10), additional mixing (track 4) • Bruno J. Wheeler – producer & mixing (track 15) • Farid "Fredwreck" Nassar – producer (track 17) • Oswald "Mad Lion" Priest – producer (track 19) • Matt Hathaway – engineering (tracks: 2, 5, 9, 11, 14, 18), mixing (tracks: 2, 11, 18), editing (track 18) • John Anderson – engineering (tracks: 3, 4, 6–10, 13, 15, 16), mixing (tracks: 4, 7, 15) • "Filthy Rich" Richard Ahee – engineering (track 10) • Milton Chan – engineering & mixing (tracks: 17, 19) • Kaori Kinoshita – engineering assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 9, 14, 18) • Lys – engineering assistant (tracks: 2, 11) • Max Velez – engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 4, 13) • Doug Robertson II – engineering assistant (tracks: 7, 8) • Mike "Music Rocka" McCalla – engineering assistant (tracks: 8, 9, 15) • Aaron K. – engineering assistant (track 10) • Mike D. – engineering assistant (track 10) • Makery Pacius – engineering assistant (track 14) • Jowan – engineering assistant (track 16) • Simone Parker – executive producer • George DelGiorno – design • Benoît Peverelli – photography • Adam Jaynes – A&R • Cliff Cultreri – A&R • Dee Sonaram – marketing • Duncan Stanbury – lacquer cut • Scott "DJ Scott La Rock" Monroe Sterling – overseen by ==Charts==