Boogie Down Productions

Released: July 17, 1990

Songwriter: Kwame Ture

Producer: KRS-One

[KRS-One]
Lincoln said, in this piece here, he says... he frees the slaves; he
Said, "All slaves in armed rebellion." The slaves. Now understand one
Point: the African is not a slave, that's one point that they didn't
Realize when they were writin this. The African is not a slave. The
African has a history far more advanced than this nineteen-ninety
History we're in right now. He's not a slave. Lincoln's ultimately
Sayin now you were born a slave, you'll always be a slave, and all I
Will ever see you as is a slave, and I free you

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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