Editing Boogie Down Productions (section)

=== "The Bridge Wars" ===
{{Main|The Bridge Wars}}

A conflict arose in the late 1980s concerning the origins of hip-hop, and BDP made conscious efforts in its early work to establish its interpretation of the issue. The origins of hip-hop to many, including BDP, are believed to be from [[the Bronx]]. A rival [[Hip hop music|hip-hop]] collective, known as the [[Juice Crew]]'s lyrics, were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song "The Bridge" that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from [[Queensbridge, Queens|Queensbridge]]. Boogie Down and KRS retorted angrily with songs such as "The Bridge is Over" and "South Bronx," which started one of the first notable hip hop wars as [[MC Shan]], [[Marley Marl]], [[Roxanne Shanté]] and [[Blaq Poet]] all released songs featuring verses personally attacking KRS and Scott La Rock. But the Bridge Wars were short-lived, and after Scott La Rock's death, KRS began to concentrate on socially conscious music.

While ''Criminal Minded'' contained vivid descriptions of South Bronx street life, BDP changed after Scott's death.<ref name="Precise80" /> Lee Smith was dropped and KRS-One adopted the Teacha moniker and made a deliberate attempt at creating politically and socially conscious hip-hop. BDP was influential in provoking political and social consciousness in hip-hop, for example in "[[Stop The Violence]]" on 1988's ''[[By All Means Necessary]]''.