Edutainment

by Boogie Down Productions

Edutainment cover art

Living up to its title, KRS-One's fourth album under the BDP moniker leans heavily into pedagogical, Afrocentric lyricism. Punctuated by spoken-word lecture interludes and sparse, reggae-inflected boom-bap beats, the record remains a definitive cornerstone of the early 90s conscious rap movement.

Genres

  • Conscious Hip Hop
  • Political Hip Hop
  • Boom Bap

Tracklist

  1. Exhibit A
  2. Blackman In Effect
  3. Ya Know the Rules
  4. Exhibit B
  5. Beef
  6. House Nigga's
  7. Exhibit C
  8. Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)
  9. 100 Guns
  10. Ya Strugglin' (Featuring Kwame Toure)
  11. Breath Control II
  12. Exhibit D
  13. Edutainment
  14. The Homeless
  15. Exhibit E
  16. The Kenny Parker Show
  17. Original Lyrics (feat. Special K)
  18. The Racist
  19. 7 Dee Jays
  20. 30 Cops or More
  21. Exhibit F