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 (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 700,000 copies

Edutainment
Studio album by
Boogie Down Productions
ReleasedJuly 17, 1990
Recorded1989–1990
Genre
Length69:57
LabelJive/RCA Records
1358-J
ProducerKRS-One, D-Nice
Pal Joey
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
(1989)		 Edutainment
(1990)		 Sex and Violence
(1992)
Singles from Edutainment
  1. "Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)"
    Released: July 5, 1990
  2. "Ya Know the Rules"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
Entertainment WeeklyB+
Los Angeles Times
Rolling Stone
Select
Spin(favorable)
Trouser Press(favorable)
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