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kris kross

Kris Kross是90年代初的一个少年成名的2人Rap组合，成名曲: Jump,1992年以一曲"JUMP"将RAP带上流行台面，破天荒地荣获八周冠军纪录的KRIS KROSS,不仅创造了流行音乐的新趋势，更可说是当时青少年文化的领头代言人。犹记得当年"JUMP"的音乐录影带曝光率居高不下之时，满街都是摹仿他俩将宽松棒球服反穿、用一条松紧吊带挂着一件尺寸超大的半长裤、再加上一顶反戴棒球帽的青少年。令人惊讶的是，这两位歌手言之有物地反应青春期青涩心境、乐风和造型均造成全球一片跟风的始作俑着，在如此走红之时却都还只是12、13岁的孩子。当时被称为史上最年轻的饶舌团体Kris Kross在当时出道时才15岁,也是九十年代初低龄 Hip Hop 组合里面中最走红的一个,他们十二三岁的时候被发掘,继而出了成名单曲"Jump".
 
在93年8月3日发行的第2张专辑，同样由JERMAINE DUPRI制作，由SONY旗下的哥伦比亚唱片公司发表。这张专辑像一颗炸弹轰炸了HIP HOP乐界，当时的93年是OLD SCHOOL的全盛时期，KRIS KROSS为HIP HOP乐迷们带来了最强劲的一张OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP专辑，这时KELLY和SMITH分别13和14岁，处于发育阶段，专辑中的嗓音已不像第一张专辑中那样幼稚，声线，吐词及组词方面已极具爆发力，在制作上JERMAINE DUPRI也避免了流行路线的成分，使的整张专辑十分的干燥，没有任何水分，在BEAT方面也力度十足，这张专辑可以说是OLD SCHOOL HIP HOP历史上最经典的专辑之一，这也向世人展示了更为成熟，更具力度的KRIS KROSS。
 
但只可惜红得早也绿得快,几年后的 Kris Kross 几乎是无甚声气.HIP HOP经过94和95年演变，已经由90年代初的OLD SCHOOL完全进化到了NEW SCHOOL阶段，KRIS KROSS也不例外，96年，他们推出了在哥伦比亚旗下的第3张专辑Young,Rich And Dangerous。
 
Thirteen-year-old rappers Chris Daddy Mack Smith and Chris Mack Daddy Kelly became the pop sensations of 1992 as Kris Kross. The two were discovered at an Atlanta mall in 1991 by then-19-year-old producer Jermaine Dupri, who took them under his wing and came up with the gimmick of having the duo wear all of their clothing backwards, lending more significance to their name. Thanks in part to savvy marketing, Jump, which sampled the Jackson 5s I Want You Back, became the fastest-selling single in 15 years, staying at number one for eight weeks on the Billboard charts and pushing the sales of their debut album, Totally Krossed Out, past four million. Another gold single followed in Warm It Up, and Kris Kross toured Europe with Michael Jackson and appeared on innumerable teen-oriented TV shows.
By the time of their follow-up album, 1993s Da Bomb, the boys had hit puberty, and their voices were noticeably deeper; they tried to affect a tougher, more hardcore sound and image, with less success. Alright was their third single to go gold or better, but Da Bomb failed to even go platinum by the end of the year. Kris Kross took some time off and returned in 1996 with Young, Rich and Dangerous, which featured the gold-selling rap ballad Tonites tha Night.