AlbumE · 1990

Edutainment

Edutainment is a 1990 hip-hop album by Boogie Down Productions. It runs 21 tracks across 70 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.5/5 from 1 rating.

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1 rating: 75 /100
5 critics: 21
Tracks: 70 min
Runtime: 101 bpm
Tempo: A minor
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Los Angeles Times3.5/5
AllMusic3/5
Rolling Stone3/5

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Edutainment album cover

The Edutainment cover was designed by ZombArt NG and photographed by Gary Spector.

Design: ZombArt NG
Photography: Gary Spector

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Edutainment is the fourth album from Boogie Down Productions. Released on August 7, 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 600,000 copies

In brief

Is Edutainment good?: Riffiter listeners rate Edutainment 3.5/5 from 1 rating.
When was Edutainment released?: Edutainment was released in 1990.
How many tracks are on Edutainment?: Edutainment has 21 tracks, with a runtime of 70 minutes.
What genre is Edutainment?: Edutainment is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
What BPM is Edutainment?: Edutainment runs at a median tempo of 101 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
What albums are similar to Edutainment?: Listeners of Edutainment also rate Long Live the Kane by Big Daddy Kane, Let the Rhythm Hit 'em by Eric B. & Rakim, Business Never Personal by EPMD.

Edutainment at a glance

Labels: Jive Records, RCA Records
Produced by: KRS-One

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Played by: Sidney Mills

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