Edutainment is the fourth album from Boogie Down Productions

Boogie Down Productions

Boogie Down Productions was a hip hop group that was originally composed of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. 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...

. It is an album whose lyrics are based around afrocentricity and socio-political knowledge. It has 6 skits/interludes known as 'exhibits' that all talk about or relate to Black people

Black people

The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...

. Many skits feature Kwame Ture (ne Stokely Carmichael) a leader of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement

Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was...

 and Black Power

Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies. It is used in the movement among people of Black African descent throughout the world, though primarily by African Americans in the United States...

 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 600,000 copies

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Exhibit A"	KRS-One	*Interlude*
2	"Blackman In Effect"	KRS-One, D-Nice D-Nice D-Nice is the stage name of discjockey, beatboxer, rapper, producer and photographer who began his career in the mid-1980s with the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions.-Career:...	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 Treacherous Three The Treacherous Three was a pioneering hip hop group that was formed in 1978 and consisted of DJ Easy Lee, Kool Moe Dee, L.A. Sunshine, Special K and Spoonie Gee , with occasional contributions from DJ Dano B, DJ Reggie Reg and DJ Crazy Eddie...
18	"The Racist"	KRS-One	KRS-One
19	"7 Dee Jays"	Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills	KRS-One, D-Nice, Heather B. Heather B. Heather B. Gardner, billed professionally as Heather B. , is an African American hip hop artist who first gained fame as a cast member on The Real World: New York, the first season of MTV's reality show The Real World.-Career:... , Jamal-Ski, Ms. Melodie Ms. Melodie Ms. Melodie was an emcee married to KRS-One in 1988, and was associated with his group Boogie Down Productions until the couple's divorce in 1992.... , Harmony, D-Square
20	"30 Cops Or More"	Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills Sidney Mills Sidney Mills was born in the UK in 1959 and moved to Jamaica as a child. He was raised in the Saint Thomas Parish and became a musician from an early age he moved to Kingston the late sixties....	KRS-One
21	"Exhibit F"	KRS-One	*Interlude*

Chart positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	32
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	9

Later Samples

• "100 Guns"
  • "Kingdom Come" by Jay-Z
    Jay-Z
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     from the album Kingdom Come
    Kingdom Come (Jay-Z album)
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  • "New York" by Ja Rule
    Ja Rule
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     featuring Fat Joe
    Fat Joe
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     and Jadakiss
    Jadakiss
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     from the album R.U.L.E.
    R.U.L.E.
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• "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"
  • "The Day the Niggas Took Over" by Dr. Dre
    Dr. Dre
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     featuring Dat Nigga Daz (for first time ever), RBX, Snoop Dogg from the album The Chronic
    The Chronic
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