Edutainment (album)

Edutainment
Studio album by
Boogie Down Productions
ReleasedJuly 17, 1990[1]
Recorded1989–1990
Genre
Length69:57
Label
Producer
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
(1989) 		Edutainment
(1990) 		Sex and Violence
(1992)
Singles from Edutainment
  1. "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"
    Released: July 5, 1990
  2. "Ya Know the Rules"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Select[7]
The Source5/5[8]
Spin(favorable)[9]
Trouser Press(favorable)[10]

Edutainment is the fourth album from 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 [11]

Track listing

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# Title Producer(s) Performer (s)
1 "Exhibit A" KRS-One *Interlude*
2 "Blackman in Effect" KRS-One, D-Nice KRS-One
3 "Ya Know the Rules" KRS-One KRS-One, D-Nice
4 "Exhibit B" KRS-One *Interlude*
5 "Beef" KRS-One KRS-One
6 "House Nigga's" KRS-One KRS-One
7 "Exhibit C" KRS-One *Interlude*
8 "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" Pal Joey KRS-One
9 "100 Guns" KRS-One KRS-One
10 "Ya Strugglin'" D-Nice, KRS-One KRS-One, Kwame Toure
11 "Breath Control II" KRS-One KRS-One
12 "Exhibit D" KRS-One *Interlude*
13 "Edutainment" KRS-One KRS-One
14 "The Homeless" KRS-One KRS-One
15 "Exhibit E" KRS-One *Interlude*
16 "The Kenny Parker Show" KRS-One KRS-One
17 "Original Lyrics" KRS-One KRS-One, Special K
18 "The Racist" KRS-One KRS-One
19 "7 Dee Jays" Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills KRS-One, D-Nice, Heather B., Jamalski|Jamal-Ski, Ms. Melodie, Harmony, D-Square
20 "30 Cops or More" Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills KRS-One
21 "Exhibit F" KRS-One *Interlude*

Instrumental credits

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"100 Guns"

  • Keyboards: Sidney Mills

Charts

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Chart (1990) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[13] 9

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[14] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Later samples

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References

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  1. ^ Diep, Eric (July 17, 2015). "Today in Hip-Hop: Boogie Down Productions Drop 'Edutainment'". XXL. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d "Edutainment - Boogie Down Productions | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ^ "*** 1/2 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS "Edutainment" Jive/BMG : Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to five (a classic). : ". Los Angeles Times. 1990-08-26. Archived from the original on 2018-02-27.
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ Brown, Russell (September 1990). "The Talk of the Town". Select. No. 3. p. 77.
  8. ^ "Summer LP Preview: Boogie Down Productions – Edutainment". The Source. Vol. 3, no. 4. Summer 1990. p. 43. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
  9. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  10. ^ Trouser Press review
  11. ^ "unkut.com – A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)".
  12. ^ "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  13. ^ "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
  14. ^ "American album certifications – Boogie Down Productions – Edutainment". Recording Industry Association of America.
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