I Got Next

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{{Infobox album

| name = I Got Next

| type = Studio

| artist = KRS-One

| cover = Krsigotnext.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1997|5|20}}

| recorded = September 1996–January 1997

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|East Coast hip hop|political hip hop}}

| length = {{Duration|m=51|s=50}}

| label = Jive

| producer = {{hlist|"Commissioner Gordon" Williams|DJ Cipher|DJ Muggs|Domingo|Jesse West|KRS-One|Showbiz|Thembisa}}

| prev_title = KRS-One

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = A Retrospective

| next_year = 2000

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I Got Next

| type = Studio

| single1 = Can't Stop, Won't Stop

| single1date = January 13, 1997

| single2 = Word Perfect

| single2date = February 3, 1997

| single3 = Step into a World (Rapture's Delight)

| single3date = March 18, 1997

| single4 = Heartbeat

| single4date = July 21, 1997

| single5 = A Friend

| single5date = July 28, 1997

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| noprose = yes

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=I Got Next - KRS-One {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-got-next-mw0000081919|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Consumer Guide

| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|date=May 27, 1997|volume=42|number=21|title=Consumer Guide|url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist2.php?id=6328|work=The Village Voice|pages=72–73|access-date=June 26, 2024}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{Cite magazine|last=Diehl|first=Matt|date=June 13, 1997|title=The Week: KRS-One – I Got Next|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/i-got-next/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914173337/https://ew.com/article/1997/06/13/i-got-next/|archive-date=September 14, 2017|access-date=March 5, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

| rev4 = Rolling Stone

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite magazine|last=Powell|first=Kevin|author-link=Kevin Powell|date=May 15, 1997|issue=760|title=Recordings: KRS-One – I Got Next|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/i-got-next-182778/|access-date=March 5, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|page=115}}

| rev5 = The Source

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|last=Ex|first=Kris|date=May 1997|issue=92|title=Record Report: KRS-One – I Got Next|magazine=The Source|pages=127–128|location=New York}}

| rev6 = USA Today

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|4}}{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Steve|date=May 20, 1997|title=Hard lessons from KRS-One|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem813.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000604085815/http://www.usatoday.com/life/enter/music/lem813.htm|archive-date=June 4, 2000|work=USA Today|page=|access-date=June 26, 2024}}

}}

I Got Next is the third solo studio album by American rapper KRS-One. It was released on May 20, 1997, via Jive Records.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=May 20, 2015|title=Today in Hip-Hop: KRS-One Drops 'I Got Next' - XXL|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/today-hip-hop-krs-one-releases-got-next/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=XXL|language=en}} Production was handled by Domingo, Jesse West, Showbiz, Gordon "Commissioner Gordon" Williams, DJ Cipher, DJ Muggs, Thembisa, and KRS-One himself. It features guest appearances from Redman, Angie Martinez, Mic Vandalz, Thor-El and Puff Daddy.

In the United States the album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with 95,000 copies sold in its first week.{{cite magazine|author= |title=Pop Albums: What's happening?|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-krs-ones-i-got-ne/150084888/|via=Newspapers.com|work=Los Angeles Times|page=25|date=May 29, 1997|access-date=June 26, 2024}} It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on July 22, 1997, for selling 500,000 units. The album also made it to No. 18 in Canada, No. 90 in the Netherlands, and No. 95 in Germany.