Totally Krossed Out

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Baltimore Sun	(favorable)[3]
Calgary Herald	C+[4]
Robert Christgau	A−[5]
Entertainment Weekly	(favorable)[6]
Los Angeles Times	[7]
People	(favorable)[8]
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In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, the music critic Robert Christgau gave the album an "A−" and praised Dupri for "avoiding BBD's girl-bashing and ABC's kiddie escapism" in his lyrics for the duo. He found the music "ebullient" and suited for Kris Kross' "preadolescent tempos and timbres".^[10] "Jump" was voted the third-best single of 1992 in The Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.^[11] Christgau, the poll's creator, named it the best single of the year in his own year-end list and also ranked "Warm It Up" at number four.^[12]

In a retrospective review, AllMusic's Steve Huey gave the album four out of five stars and said that Dupri "delivers a catchy, pop-friendly batch of tracks that manage to stay pretty consistently engaging (perhaps in part because they are short)".^[13]

Totally Krossed Out was a huge success for the duo, selling over four million copies and reaching No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, where it remained for two and six non-consecutive weeks respectively. Four singles were released, including "Jump" and "Warm It Up", both of which reached No. 1 on the Hot Rap Singles, and "I Missed the Bus" and "It's a Shame". The album was certified 4× platinum by the RIAA. Music videos were released for the four singles and for "The Way of Rhyme", even though the song was not released as a single.

All songs written and produced by Jermaine Dupri and Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, except where noted.

1. "Intro Interview" – 0:51
2. "Jump" (Jermaine Dupri, Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, The Corporation, Ohio Players, Roy C, Cypress Hill, Lowell Fulson, Jimmy McCracklin, James Brown, Schoolly D, Naughty by Nature, Herb Rooney) – 3:15
3. "Lil' Boys in da Hood" – 3:05
4. "Warm It Up" – 4:08
5. "The Way of Rhyme" – 2:59
6. "Party" (Jermaine Dupri, Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo, George Clinton, Garry Shider, David Spradley) – 4:02
7. "We're in da House" – 0:39
8. "A Real Bad Dream" – 1:58
9. "It's a Shame" – 3:46
10. "Can't Stop the Bum Rush" – 2:57
11. "You Can't Get With This" – 2:24
12. "I Missed the Bus" – 2:59
13. "Outro" – 0:43
14. "Party" (Krossed Mix) – 4:10
15. "Jump" (Extended Mix) – 5:10

Credits are adapted from Allmusic.^[14]

• List of number-one albums of 1992 (U.S.)
• List of number-one R&B albums of 1992 (U.S.)