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A1	My Philosophy	5:36
A2	Ya Slippin'	4:32
A3	Stop The Violence	4:39
A4	Illegal Business	5:17
A5	Nervous	4:10
B1	I'm Still #1	5:09
B2	Part Time Suckers	5:28
B3	Jimmy Mixed By – Red Alert	4:11
B4	T'Cha - T'Cha Mixed By – D. Nice*, Kool Moe Dee	4:30
B5	Necessary	2:57

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zomba Recording Corporation
• Published By – Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
• Produced For – Boogie Down Productions
• Recorded At – Power Play Studios
• Manufactured By – RCA Records
• Distributed By – RCA Records
• Record Company – BMG Music
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

• Engineer – Frantz (tracks: A4), Ivan "Doc" Rodriguez* (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B5)
• Other [Grooming] – Kofi Tuda
• Other [Wardrobe Consultant] – Ms. Melodie
• Photography By – Doug Rowell
• Supervised By [Overseen By] – DJ Scott LaRock*
• Written-By, Producer, Directed By, Mixed By – KRS-One

Notes

Written, produced, directed and mixed for Boogie Down Productions

This version is the Specialty Records Corp. (SRC) pressing and can be identified the the arrangement of the text on the labels and by the runout grooves.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 1241-41097-1
• Barcode (String): 1241410971
• Barcode (Scanned): 12414109712
• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 1097-1-J-A
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 1097-1-J-B
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A etched): 1097-1-JA 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B etched): 1097-1-J-B-5 1-2
• Matrix / Runout (Runout both side stamped): SRC (Large S with the R and C in the loops)
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1097-1-J	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary ‎(LP, Album, Hau)	Jive	1097-1-J	US	1988
82876 55113 2	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Jive	82876 55113 2	Europe	2003
1097-4-J	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary ‎(Cass, Album)	Jive, BMG Music	1097-4-J	Canada	1988
ZL 71906	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary ‎(LP, Album)	Jive	ZL 71906	Germany	1988
1097-2-J	Boogie Down Productions	By All Means Necessary ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Jive, BMG, RCA	1097-2-J	US	Unknown

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