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Edutainment (album)

Edutainment
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Studio album by Boogie Down Productions
Released July 17, 1990
Recorded 1989–1990
Genre Political Hip Hop,East Coast Hip Hop,Golden Age hip hop
Length 69:57
Label Jive/RCA Records
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
  1. "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"
    Released: July 5, 1990
  2. "Ya Know the Rules"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars
Robert Christgau (3-star Honorable Mention)
Entertainment Weekly B+
Los Angeles Times 3.5/5 stars
Rhapsody (favorable)
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars
Spin (favorable)
Trouser Press (favorable)

Edutainment is the fourth album from 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

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