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| Released | February 25, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | July–November 1991 | |||
| Studio | Street Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC | |||
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| Label | Jive 01241-41470 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune |  [2] |
| Robert Christgau | A− [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| RapReviews | 9/10 [7] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [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 American 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]
