Sex and Violence (album)

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Sex and Violence
Sex and Violence BDP.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992
Recorded1991
StudioStreet Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC
Genre
Label Jive
01241-41470
Producer
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Edutainment
(1990)
Sex and Violence
(1992)
Best of B-Boy Records
(2001)
Singles from Sex and Violence
  1. "13 and Good"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Duck Down"
    Released: 1992
  3. "We in There"
    Released: 1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Robert Christgau A− [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
RapReviews9/10 [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
The Source 4.5/5 [9]
Tom Hull – on the Web A− [10]

Sex and Violence is the fifth and final album released by hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The next year, 1993, the group's lead member, KRS-One, would begin recording under his own name.

Contents

The track "Build And Destroy" deals with KRS-One's ideological differences—as a self-proclaimed humanist—with X Clan and its brand of Afrocentrism. Previously, and on numerous occasions, the X-Clan had denounced any association with the concept, instead affirming its pro-Black stance. This, according to KRS-One's younger brother and Boogie Down Production's DJ Kenny Parker, was an insinuation that KRS was a "sell-out." [11] Both parties have since reconciled their differences and on X-Clan's Return from Mecca album.

KRS One has stated that the album has sold about 250,000 copies, half of what the previous BDP album ( Edutainment ) sold. KRS-One has stated that he believes this was due to an incident that year, in which BDP stormed the stage during a concert performance by alternative hip-hop duo PM Dawn, which was in retaliation for the latter's published comments that questioned KRS-One being a self-proclaimed "teacher". [12]

The album track "Say Gal" was written about the rape trial of professional boxer Mike Tyson. [13]

Track listing

#TitleProducer(s)Performer (s)
1"The Original Way"D-Square, Kenny Parker Freddie Foxxx, KRS-One, Kid Capri
2"Duck Down"Pal JoeyKRS-One
3"Drug Dealer" Prince Paul KRS-One
4"Like a Throttle"Kenny ParkerKRS-One
5"Build and Destroy"Kenny ParkerKRS-One, Kenny Parker, Willie D.
6"Ruff Ruff"D-SquareKRS-One, Freddie Foxxx
7"13 and Good"Pal JoeyKRS-One, Kenny Parker, Heather B.
8"Poisonous Products"Kenny ParkerKRS-One
9"Questions and Answers"Pal JoeyKRS-One, Willie D.
10"Say Gal"KRS-OneKRS-One, Kenny Parker
11"We in There"Kenny ParkerKRS-One, Kenny Parker, Willie D.
12"Sex and Violence"Prince PaulKRS-One
13"How Not to Get Jerked"Prince PaulKRS-One
14"Who Are The Pimps?"Pal JoeyKRS-One
15"The Real Holy Place"D-Square, KRS-OneKRS-One

Chart positions

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [14] 42
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [15] 20

See also

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