By All Means Necessary

album by Boogie Down Productions
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By All Means Necessary

Summary

By All Means Necessary is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • By All Means Necessary's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • By All Means Necessary's genre is hip-hop[4].
  • By All Means Necessary's genre is political hip-hop[5].
  • By All Means Necessary's genre is conscious hip-hop[6].
  • By All Means Necessary followed Criminal Minded[7].
  • By All Means Necessary was followed by Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop[8].
  • By All Means Necessary was produced by KRS-One[9].
  • Among the performers on By All Means Necessary was Boogie Down Productions[10].
  • By All Means Necessary's record label is recorded as Jive Records[11].
  • By All Means Necessary's record label is recorded as RCA Records[12].
  • By All Means Necessary's language of work or name is recorded as English[13].
  • By All Means Necessary was distributed by music streaming[14].
  • By All Means Necessary was released on May 31, 1988[15].

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Authorship and Creation

By All Means Necessary was performed by Boogie Down Productions[10]. It was produced by KRS-One[9].

Publication

By All Means Necessary was released on May 31, 1988[15]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[13]. Genres include hip-hop[4], political hip-hop[5], and conscious hip-hop[6]. It was distributed by music streaming[14].

Adaptations and Inspiration

By All Means Necessary followed Criminal Minded[7]. It was followed by Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop[8].

Why It Matters

By All Means Necessary ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (506 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre → hip-hop, political hip-hop, conscious hip-hop
    Genius album id → Boogie-down-productions/By-all-means-necessary
    Producer → KRS-One
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  2. 11w ago · BigJack20 · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Genre → hip-hop, political hip-hop, conscious hip-hop
    Record label → —
    Follows → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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