''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
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. 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
Track listing
Instrumental credits
"100 Guns"
*Keyboards: Sidney Mills
Charts
Certifications
Later samples
*"100 Guns"
**"Kingdom Come" by
Jay-Z
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from the album ''
Kingdom Come
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Kingdom Come may also refer to:
Film
* ''Kingdom Come'' (1919 film), a Western short featuring Hoot Gibson
* ''Kingdom Come'' (2001 film), a comedy starring LL Cool J
* ''Kingdom ...
''
**"New York" by
Ja Rule featuring
Fat Joe
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and
Jadakiss from the album ''
R.U.L.E.
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''
*"Love's Gonna Get'cha (Material Love)" Contains a sample from Pat Metheny Group called ''Spring Ain't Here'' and a sample of Jocelyn Brown's song ''
Love's Gonna Get You''
**"The Day the Niggas Took Over" by
Dr. Dre
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featuring Dat Nigga Daz (for first time ever), RBX, Snoop Dogg from the album ''
The Chronic''
**"Growin' Up in the Hood" by
Compton's Most Wanted from the album ''
Straight Checkn 'Em
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''
**"
I Shot the Sheriff" by
Warren G
*"Beef"
**"SlaughtaHouse" by
Masta Ace Incorporated from the album ''
Slaughtahouse''
*"Blackman in Effect"
**"Judge Not" by
LPG featuring
Pigeon John from the album ''
The Earthworm''
**"Open Your Eyes" by
Immortal Technique from the album ''
The 3rd World''
**"Talking in My Sleep" by
Elzhi from the album ''
The Preface
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''
*"Breath Control II"
**"
They Want EFX" by
Das EFX from the album ''
Dead Serious''
*"House Niggas"
**"Uncle Tom Artist" by
Smokin' Suckaz wit Logic from the album Playin' Foolz
*"Original Lyrics"
**"East Coast" by
Das EFX from the album ''
Dead Serious''
**"East Coast Funk" by
Daddy-O
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from the album ''You Can be A Daddy, But Never Daddy-O''
*"30 Cops Or More"
**"Contains samples from Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 Movie
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
References
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Jive Records albums
1990 albums
Boogie Down Productions albums
Albums produced by KRS-One