Sex and Violence (album)
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| Studio album by Boogie Down Productions | ||||
| Released | February 25, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1991; Street Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, Hardcore Hip Hop,East Coast Hip Hop | |||
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Jive 01241-41470 |
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| Producer | KRS-One, Pal Joey, Prince Paul, DJ Kenny Parker, D-Square | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Chicago Tribune |  |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide | A− |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Los Angeles Times | |
| RapReviews | 9/10 |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
| The Source | 4.5/5 |
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.
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." 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".
The album track "Say Gal" was written about the rape trial of professional boxer Mike Tyson.
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