Boogie Down Productions

Released: July 17, 1990

Producer: KRS-One

[KRS-One]
All you white people out there that think you're down with America can
Forget it. Cause they TAX all of us. All of us, one by one. Just
Take a look at Leona Helm-Helmsley. Taxed her, she's white I believe
*laughter* Yeah threw her butt right in jail. She ain't nothin but
Another ho, according to this system. *laughter* You ain't pay your
Taxes ho, get back in jail. *uproarious laughter*

Coming from and named after the “Boogie Down” Bronx, BDP originally consisted of rapper KRS-One (the “Blastmaster”), DJ Scott La Rock, and the “human TR-808”, beat-boxer D-Nice (all pictured above). The personnel and subject matter would change over the years of the group’s existence. They would move from being gangster rap pioneers with their classic debut album, 1987’s Criminal Minded to a more positive and Afrocentric focus on later albums like the 1990 release Edutainment.

While BDP is no longer extant, group leader KRS-One continues to release albums, perform, and even write books.

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Edutainment

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Edutainment (1990)

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Edutainment