Edutainment (album)
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 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
Track listing
| # | Title | Producer | Performer |
| 1 | "Exhibit A" | KRS-One | *Interlude* |
| 2 | "Blackman In Effect" | KRS-One, D-Nice | 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 Niggas" | KRS-One | KRS-One |
| 7 | "Exhibit C" | KRS-One | *Interlude* |
| 8 | "Love's Gonna Get'cha " | 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 |
| 18 | "The Racist" | KRS-One | KRS-One |
| 19 | "7 Dee Jays" | Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills | KRS-One, D-Nice, Heather B., Jamal-Ski, Ms. Melodie, Harmony, D-Square |
| 20 | "30 Cops Or More" | Decadent Dub Team, KRS-One, Sidney Mills | KRS-One |
| 21 | "Exhibit F" | KRS-One | *Interlude* |
Instrumental credits
"100 Guns"- Keyboards: Sidney Mills
Charts
Certifications
Later samples
- "100 Guns"
- *"Kingdom Come" by Jay-Z from the album Kingdom Come
- *"New York" by Ja Rule featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss from the album R.U.L.E.
- "Love's Gonna Get'cha " Contains a sample from Pat Metheny Group called Spring Ain't Here and a sample of Jocelyn Brown's song Love's Gonna Get You
- *"The Day the Niggas Took Over" by Dr. Dre featuring Dat Nigga Daz, RBX, Snoop Dogg from the album The Chronic
- *"Growin' Up in the Hood" by Compton's Most Wanted from the album Straight Checkn 'Em
- *"I Shot the Sheriff" by Warren G
- "Beef"
- *"SlaughtaHouse" by Masta Ace Incorporated from the album Slaughtahouse
- "Blackman in Effect"
- *"Judge Not" by LPG featuring Pigeon John from the album The Earthworm
- *"Open Your Eyes" by Immortal Technique from the album The 3rd World
- *"Talking in My Sleep" by Elzhi from the album The Preface
- "Breath Control II"
- *"They Want EFX" by Das EFX from the album Dead Serious
- "House Niggas"
- *"Uncle Tom Artist" by Smokin' Suckaz wit Logic from the album Playin' Foolz
- "Original Lyrics"
- *"East Coast" by Das EFX from the album Dead Serious
- *"East Coast Funk" by Daddy-O from the album You Can be A Daddy, But Never Daddy-O