title: Maximum Strength
text: # Maximum Strength
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | PopMatters | 6/10 |
  | RapReviews | 8/10 |
  
  Maximum Strength is the tenth solo studio album by American rapper KRS-One. It was released on June 10, 2008 via Koch Records. Production was handled by Duane "DaRock" Ramos, James Desmond, Dirt, Oh No and Ser Kenoe, with Simone Parker serving as executive producer. The name Maximum Strength was originally the title for an album recorded by KRS-One in 1998-1999 for Jive Records that still remains unreleased. When promoting this album in 2008 it was said to finally be a release of the shelved LP and the label even posted track lists and cover very different from the final release.
  
  The album peaked at number 78 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the US.
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All lyrics are written by Lawrence Parker.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Lawrence "KRS-One" Parker – lyrics, vocals
  * Duane Ramos – producer (tracks: 1-3, 5, 8-12)
  * James Desmond – producer (tracks: 2, 5)
  * Ser Kenoe – producer (track 3)
  * Dirt – producer (track 4)
  * Michael "Oh No" Jackson – producer (track 6)
  * Arnold Mischkulnig – mixing, mastering
  * Bob Perry – mixing, mastering
  * Simone G. Parker – executive producer
  * Andrew Kelley – art direction, design
  * Scott "DJ Scott La Rock" Sterling – overseen by
  
  ## Charts
  
  | Chart (2008) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) | 78 |
  