Kris Kross : Rolling Stone

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Da Bomb

Like a pair of rapping Kid Dy-no-mites, Kris Kross first blew up in listeners' ears two years ago. Backed by tracks created by Jermaine Dupri, a former dancer for Run-D.M.C., the duo of Chris Smith and Chris Kelly dropped "Jump," a zingy ditty that persuaded the masses to do just what the title aske...

1993 RS: 3of 5 Stars

Biography

That backward-pants style never bum-rushed the fashion industry, and their expiration date as stars was as inevitable as the descent of their testicles. But Kris Kross did instigate a strange copycat phenomenon, which occurred once before in 1984 and let's hope will at some point in the aughts: A great hit single called "Jump" spontaneously generates another great hit single with jump in the...

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