Edutainment (album)

Edutainment
Studio album by Boogie Down Productions
Released	July 17, 1990 [1]
Recorded	1989–1990
Genre	East Coast hip hop [2] political hip hop [2] golden age hip hop [2]
Length	69:57
Label	Jive RCA 1358-J
Producer	KRS-One D-Nice Pal Joey
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (1989) Edutainment (1990) Sex and Violence (1992)
Singles from Edutainment
"Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" Released: July 5, 1990 "Ya Know the Rules" Released: September 6, 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Select	[7]
The Source	5/5 [8]
Spin	(favorable) [9]
Trouser Press	(favorable) [10]

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 ^[11]

Track listing

#	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. 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

"100 Guns"

• Keyboards: Sidney Mills

Charts

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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 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

1. Diep, Eric (July 17, 2015). "Today in Hip-Hop: Boogie Down Productions Drop 'Edutainment'". XXL . Retrieved November 27, 2015.
2. "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 . August 26, 1990. Archived from the original on February 27, 2018.
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.