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 [10]
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| Released | July 17, 1990[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1989–1990 | |||
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| Length | 69:57 | |||
| Label | Jive/RCA Records 1358-J | |||
| Producer | KRS-One, D-Nice Pal Joey | |||
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| Singles from Edutainment | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [5] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Select |  [7] |
| Spin | (favorable)[8] |
| Trouser Press | (favorable)[9] |
Track listing edit
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) |
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| 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 edit
"100 Guns"
- Keyboards: Sidney Mills
Charts edit
| Chart (1990) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[11] | 32 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[12] | 9 |
Certifications edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[13] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Later samples edit
- "100 Guns"
- "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 Niggas 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
- "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 Niggas"
- "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 edit
- ^ Diep, Eric (July 17, 2015). "Today in Hip-Hop: Boogie Down Productions Drop 'Edutainment'". XXL. Retrieved November 27, 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Edutainment - Boogie Down Productions | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ "*** 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.
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Brown, Russell (September 1990). "The Talk of the Town". Select. No. 3. p. 77.
- ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ Trouser Press review
- ^ "unkut.com – A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)".
- ^ "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.
- ^ "American album certifications – Boogie Down Productions – Edutainment". Recording Industry Association of America.