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Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group originally comprised KRS-One
KRS-One

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, D-Nice
D-Nice

D-Nice is the stage name of beatboxing, rapping, music producer and photography Derrick Jones , who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
, and DJ Scott La Rock
Scott La Rock

Scott "La Rock" Sterling was the original disc jockey for the Hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded.

The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, one of the five boroughs of New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The group pioneered the fusion of dancehall
Dancehall

Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed in the late 1970s, initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of reggae than the Roots reggae style that had dominated much of the 1970s....
 reggae and hip hop music
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 and their debut LP Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx of the late 1980s thus setting the stage for what would eventually become gangsta rap
Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap is a term coined by the mainstream media to describe a certain genre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths....
.

e the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew
Juice Crew

The Juice Crew was a Hip hop music collective of largely Queensbridge-based artists in the mid- to late-1980s. Founded by producer Marley Marl and radio DJ Mr....
's lyrics were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song The Bridge that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge
Queensbridge, Queens

Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in North America. It is located in Long Island City, Queens in Queens, and opened in 1939....
.






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Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 group originally comprised KRS-One
KRS-One

Name = KRS-One|Img = KRS-One crop.jpg|Img_capt = KRS-One performing in Ghent, Belgium, 2006.|Landscape =|Background = solo_singer|Birth_name = Lawrence Parker...
, D-Nice
D-Nice

D-Nice is the stage name of beatboxing, rapping, music producer and photography Derrick Jones , who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
, and DJ Scott La Rock
Scott La Rock

Scott "La Rock" Sterling was the original disc jockey for the Hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album Criminal Minded.

The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, one of the five boroughs of New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
. The group pioneered the fusion of dancehall
Dancehall

Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed in the late 1970s, initially as a more sparse and less political and religious variant of reggae than the Roots reggae style that had dominated much of the 1970s....
 reggae and hip hop music
Hip hop music

Hip hop music is a music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rapping which is accompanied with backing beats. Hip hop music is part of hip hop culture, which began in the Bronx, in New York City in the 1970s, predominantly among African Americans and Latino Americans....
 and their debut LP Criminal Minded contained frank descriptions of life in the South Bronx of the late 1980s thus setting the stage for what would eventually become gangsta rap
Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap is a term coined by the mainstream media to describe a certain genre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths....
.

History

While the origins of hip-hop are believed to be from The Bronx
The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the Five Boroughs of New York City and the newest of the 62 Administrative divisions of New York#county of New York State....
, rival hip-hop group Juice Crew
Juice Crew

The Juice Crew was a Hip hop music collective of largely Queensbridge-based artists in the mid- to late-1980s. Founded by producer Marley Marl and radio DJ Mr....
's lyrics were misunderstood to contain a claim in the song The Bridge that hip hop was directly a result of artists originating from Queensbridge
Queensbridge, Queens

Queensbridge Houses is the largest public housing development in North America. It is located in Long Island City, Queens in Queens, and opened in 1939....
. Boogie Down and KRS retorted angrily with songs like The Bridge is Over and South Bronx, which started one of the first notable hip hop wars as MC Shan
MC Shan

Shawn Moltke is an United States Rapping who uses the stage name MC Shan.Born and raised in the Queensbridge Projects located in Long Island City a section in Queens, New York City, Shan is the cousin of old school Hip hop music producer Marley Marl....
, Marley Marl
Marley Marl

Marlon Williams , better known as Marley Marl, is considered one of the most important and influential Hip hop production in the History of hip hop....
 and Roxanne Shanté
Roxanne Shanté

Roxanne Shant?, Ph.D. is an United States hip-hop pioneer. Born and raised in the Queensbridge, Shant? first gained attention through the Roxanne Wars and her association with the legendary Juice Crew....
 all released songs featuring verses personally attacking KRS and Scott La Rock. The Bridge Wars, however, were only short-lived and after the death of Scott La Rock prior to the group's second album, KRS began to concentrate on consciously focused music.

While Criminal Minded contained vivid descriptions of South Bronx street life, BDP changed after Scott's death. Producer Lee Smith was dropped and KRS-One adopted "The Teacha" moniker and made a deliberate attempt at creating politically and socially conscious Hip-Hop. BDP were hugely influential in provoking political and social consciousness in Hip-Hop however they were sometimes overshadowed by the political hip hop group Public Enemy.

Background and sound

Up until and throughout the 1970s, within the black community there was a stigma attached to being from Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
. There were many lower-class Jamaican immigrants coming into the United States at the time, and it was not considered cool to be from Jamaica. In fact, even once reggae successfully spread to America, it was first adopted by young white listeners, while many black Americans initially resisted the music. DJ Kool Herc, the legendary DJ who is often contributed with being the originator of hip hop, consciously tried to mask his Jamaican accent before coming to the United States, to the extent that once Herc was in the United States, many of his Jamaican friends did not know he shared a similar nationality. KRS-One however, can be credited as being one of the first majorly successful hip hop artists to embrace his Jamaican heritage. This can be seen through Boogie Down Productions' use of dub samples in their beats, as well as KRS-One’s Jamaican accent in songs such as “Remix for P Is Free.”

The Jamaican influence present in Criminal Minded is well illustrated by the use of the "Mad Mad" or "Diseases" riddim
Riddim

A riddim is an instrumental version of a song, which applies to Music of Jamaica or other forms of List of Caribbean music genres. Riddims usually consist of a drum pattern and a prominent bassline....
 started in 1981 with reggae star Yellowman's
Yellowman

Yellowman is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall deejay, widely known as King Yellowman. He was popular in Jamaica in the 1980s, coming to prominence with a series of singles that established his reputation....
 song, "Zunguzung". BDP uses this riff in their song "Remix for P is Free", and it was later resampled by artists like Black Star
Black Star

Black star may refer to:...
 and dead prez
Dead Prez

Dead Prez is an American underground hip hop political hip hop duo comprising stic.man and M-1 . They are known for their confrontational style combined with socialist and pan-Africanist lyrics....
, thus helping to recycle a Jamaican sound. As an album regarded by many as the start of the gangsta rap
Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap is a term coined by the mainstream media to describe a certain genre of hip hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of some inner-city youths....
 movement, Criminal Minded played an important role in reaffirming the social acceptance of having Jamaican roots. BDP referenced reggae in a way that helped to solidify Jamaica's place in modern hip-hop culture.

Members

The membership of BDP changed continuously throughout its existence, the only constant being KRS-One. BDP members and collaborators included Lee Smith, Mad Lion
Mad Lion

DaLLioN Preece, known as Mad Lion, is a dancehall musician and rapper. He frequently collaborates with fellow hip hop artist KRS-One ? most recently on a DVD promoting the Temple of Hiphop....
, Channel Live, Run
Joseph Simmons

Joseph Ward Simmons is one of the founding members of hip hop music group Run-D.M.C.. He is known as DJ Run, Joey Simmons or Rev Run, which is a play on his religious title....
, McBoo, Ms. Melodie
Ms. Melodie

Ms. Melodie was a rapping married to KRS-One in 1988, and was associated with his group Boogie Down Productions until the couple's divorce in 1992....
, Scottie Morris, Tony Rahsan, Willie D., RoboCop, Harmony, DJ Red Alert
DJ Red Alert

DJ Red Alert Harlem, New York) is a disc Jockey on WRKS, and has been recognized as a hip-hop pioneer. Red Alert has been noted for breaking in such acts and artists as A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, and Black Sheep ....
, Jay Kramer, D-Square, Rebekah Foster, and Sidney Mills. BDP as a group essentially ended because KRS-One began recording and performing under his own name rather than the group name.

Original member Lee Smith who has co-producer credit on the original 12” South South Bronx was the first to be inexplicably jettisoned by KRS-One and the future new label after Scott’s death.

In the liner notes on BDP's 1992 album Sex and Violence, KRS-One writes: "BDP in 1992 is KRS-One, Willie D and Kenny Parker! BDP is not D-Nice, Jamal-ski, Harmony, Ms. Melodie and Scottie Morris. They are not down with BDP so stop frontin'." Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews.com claims that this initiated the ultimate breakup of BDP.

Discography


Albums

Album information
Criminal Minded
Criminal Minded

Criminal Minded by Boogie Down Productions is a Golden age hip hop hip hop music album. Production on the LP is credited to 'Blastmaster' KRS-One and DJ Scott La Rock , but in future interviews it has been revealed that an uncredited Ced-Gee of The Ultramagnetic MCs had a key role in crafting the sound of the LP....
  • Released: March 3, 1987
  • Billboard 200 chart position: -
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #73
  • Singles: "South Bronx"/"The P Is Free", "Super Hoe"/"Scott LaRock (Megamix)", "Poetry"/"Elementary", "The Bridge Is Over"/"A Word from Our Sponsor"
By All Means Necessary
By All Means Necessary

By All Means Necessary is the second album from Hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, released May 10, 1988, on Jive Records. After the murder of DJ/Producer Scott La Rock in 1987, MC KRS-One moved away from the violence that dominated their debut Criminal Minded and began to write socially conscious songs, while using the moni...
  • Released: May 10, 1988
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #75
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #18
  • Singles: "I'm Still #1"/"Essays on BDP-ism"/"Jimmy", "Jack of Spades"/"Necessary"/"I'm Still #1", "My Philosophy"/"Stop the Violence", "Stop the Violence"/"Jimmy"
    • Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
    Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop

    Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop is the third album from Boogie Down Productions. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on September 25, 1989....
  • Released: June 28, 1989
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #36
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #7
  • Singles: "Jack of Spades", "You Must Learn"/"Jah Rulez"/"World Peace", "Why Is That?"/"Who Protects us From You?"
    • Edutainment
    Edutainment (album)

    Edutainment is the fourth album from Boogie Down Productions. It is an album whose lyrics are based around afrocentricity and socio-political knowledge....
  • Released: July 17, 1990
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #32
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #9
  • Singles: "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"/"The Kenny Parker Show", "Ya Know the Rules"
    • Live Hardcore Worldwide
    Live Hardcore Worldwide

    Live Hardcore Worldwide is the only live album by Boogie Down Productions. It features tracks from all of Boogie Down Productions' first four albums and a few new tracks....
  • Released: March 12, 1991
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #115
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #25
  • Singles:
    • Sex and Violence
    Sex and Violence (album)

    Sex and Violence is the final album released by hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions; the following year the group's central member, rapping KRS-One, would begin recording under his own name....
  • Released: February 25, 1992
  • Billboard 200 chart position: #42
  • R&B/Hip-Hop chart position: #20
  • Singles: "Duck Down"/"We in There", "13 & Good"/"Build & Destroy"
    • Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)
    Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)

    Man & His Music is a 1997 remix album by Hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
  • Released: September 23, 1997
  • Compilation
    • Best of B-Boy Records
    Best of B-Boy Records

    Best of B-Boy Records is a compilation album by Boogie Down Productions comprising of recordings for their first label, B-Boy Records. It is the final release to date by KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions name....
  • Released: May 8, 2001
  • Compilation


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    Compilations

    • Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)
      Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)

      Man & His Music is a 1997 remix album by Hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions....
       (1988)
    • Best of B-Boy Records
      Best of B-Boy Records

      Best of B-Boy Records is a compilation album by Boogie Down Productions comprising of recordings for their first label, B-Boy Records. It is the final release to date by KRS-One under the Boogie Down Productions name....
       (2001)


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    • The 411 on Boogie Down Productions