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Edutainment (album)

FieldValue
nameEdutainment
typeStudio
artistBoogie Down Productions
coverEdutainment (album cover).jpg
releasedJuly 17, 1990
recorded1989–1990
genre
length69:57
label
producer
prev_titleGhetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
prev_year1989
next_titleSex and Violence
next_year1992
misc{{Singles
nameEdutainment
typestudio
single1Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)
single1dateJuly 5, 1990
single2Ya Know the Rules
single2dateSeptember 6, 1990

Edutainment is the fourth album from hip-hop group Boogie Down Productions. Released on July 17, 1990, it is an album whose lyrics deal with afrocentricity and socio-political knowledge. It has 6 skits/interludes known as 'exhibits' that all talk about or relate to Black people. Many skits feature Kwame Ture (né Stokely Carmichael) a leader of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement and Black Power Movement. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on October 10, 1990. KRS One has stated in interviews that the album has sold over 700,000 copies

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)
1"Exhibit A"KRS-OneInterlude
2"Blackman in Effect"KRS-One
3"Ya Know the Rules"KRS-One
4"Exhibit B"KRS-OneInterlude
5"Beef"KRS-OneKRS-One
6"House Nigga's"KRS-OneKRS-One
7"Exhibit C"KRS-OneInterlude
8"Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"Pal JoeyKRS-One
9"100 Guns"KRS-OneKRS-One
10"Ya Strugglin'"
11"Breath Control II"KRS-OneKRS-One
12"Exhibit D"KRS-OneInterlude
13"Edutainment"KRS-OneKRS-One
14"The Homeless"KRS-OneKRS-One
15"Exhibit E"KRS-OneInterlude
16"The Kenny Parker Show"KRS-OneKRS-One
17"Original Lyrics"KRS-One
18"The Racist"KRS-OneKRS-One
19"7 Dee Jays"
20"30 Cops or More"KRS-One
21"Exhibit F"KRS-OneInterlude

Instrumental credits

"100 Guns"

  • Keyboards: Sidney Mills

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
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Certifications

Later samples

  • "100 Guns"
    • "Kingdom Come" by Jay-Z from the album Kingdom Come
    • "New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss from the album R.U.L.E.
  • "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" contains a sample from Pat Metheny Group called Spring Ain't Here and a sample of Jocelyn Brown's song Love's Gonna Get You
    • "The Day the Niggaz Took Over" by Dr. Dre featuring Dat Nigga Daz (for first time ever), RBX, Snoop Dogg from the album The Chronic
    • "Growin' Up in the Hood" by Compton's Most Wanted from the album Straight Checkn 'Em
    • "I Shot the Sheriff" by Warren G
    • "Handle the Vibe" by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony from the album The Art of War
    • "I Don't Need Love" by Evidence from the album Cats & Dogs
  • "Beef"
    • "SlaughtaHouse" by Masta Ace Incorporated from the album Slaughtahouse
  • "Blackman in Effect"
    • "Judge Not" by LPG featuring Pigeon John from the album The Earthworm
    • "Open Your Eyes" by Immortal Technique from the album The 3rd World
    • "Talking in My Sleep" by Elzhi from the album The Preface
  • "Breath Control II"
    • "They Want EFX" by Das EFX from the album Dead Serious
  • "House Nigga's"
    • "Uncle Tom Artist" by Smokin' Suckaz wit Logic from the album Playin' Foolz
  • "Original Lyrics"
    • "East Coast" by Das EFX from the album Dead Serious
    • "East Coast Funk" by Daddy-O from the album You Can be A Daddy, But Never Daddy-O
  • "30 Cops Or More"
    • "Contains samples from Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 Movie Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song

References

References

  1. Diep, Eric. (July 17, 2015). "Today in Hip-Hop: Boogie Down Productions Drop 'Edutainment'". [[XXL (magazine).
  2. "Edutainment - Boogie Down Productions | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
  3. [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=boogie+down+productions Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]
  4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090712072901/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318011,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]
  5. (1990-08-26). "*** 1/2 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS "Edutainment" '' Jive/BMG'' : '' Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic). : ''".
  6. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081014035327/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/boogiedownproductions/albums/album/4937572/review/6067619/edutainment Rolling Stone review]
  7. Brown, Russell. (September 1990). "The Talk of the Town".
  8. (Summer 1990). "Summer LP Preview: Boogie Down Productions – Edutainment".
  9. [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8215434&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]
  10. [http://trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=boogie_down_productions Trouser Press review]
  11. "unkut.com – A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)".
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