Parker responded to the commotion surrounding his comments with an editorial written for, stating: I was asked about why hiphop has not engaged the current situation more (meaning 9/11), my response was 'because it does not affect us, or at least we don’t perceive that it affects us, 9/11 happened to them'. Parker has since visited the UK, most notably in May 2007, in a performance at the Royal Albert Hall where he once again dissed Tim Westwood in a freestyle.
Although having not been in the UK since 1991, due to the fact he does not fly, he claimed 'to be in touch with the people', and said that 'they weren't feeling Westwood, he's a sell out and has sold his soul to the dark side.' This sparked controversy in the UK since Radio One was one of the main supporters of the single 'Step Into My World' and caused the album to be his best selling. However, in August 1997, Parker appeared on Tim Westwood's BBC Radio 1 show and vociferously denounced the DJ and the radio station more generally, accusing them of ignoring his style of Hip Hop in favor of commercial artists such as Puff Daddy.
While the record would be his best-selling solo album (reaching #3 on the Billboard 200), such collaborations with notably mainstream artists and prominent, easily recognizable samples took many fans and observers of the vehemently anti-mainstream KRS-One by surprise. The album's lead single 'Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)', containing an interpolation of punk and new wave group Blondie, was accompanied by a remix featuring commercial rap icon Puff Daddy another track was essentially a rock song. In 1997, Parker surprised many with his release of the album I Got Next. Many believe this live performance to be the first MC battle where rappers attack each other, instead of a battle between who can get the crowd more hyped. Still, KRS-One 'dissed' the song with the BDP record 'South Bronx.' Next, a second round of volleys would ensue with Shan's 'Kill That Noise' and BDP's 'The Bridge Is Over.' KRS-One, demonstrating his nickname 'The Blastmaster', gave a live performance against MC Shan, and many conceded he had won the battle.
Additionally, KRS-One had taken offense to 'The Bridge', a song by Marley Marl's protege, MC Shan (later on, KRS-One produced an album with Marley Marl in 2007) The song could be interpreted as a claim that Queensbridge was the monument of hip-hop, though MC Shan has repeatedly denied this claim.
Magic and Marley Marl, KRS-One would go on to diss the two and those associated with them, sparking what would later be known as The Bridge Wars. KRS-One began his recording career as one third of the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions, or BDP, alongside DJ Scott La Rock and Derrick 'D-Nice' Jones.
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