''Holy Intellect'' is the debut album by hip-hop group

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, famous for its pro- Five-Percenter messages. The album includes the hip-hop classic "Rock Dis Funky Joint", which sampled "

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, a 1970s funk band. The album is broken down track-by-track by

in Brian Coleman's book '' Check the Technique''. In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''The Source''s 100 Best Rap Albums Ever.

Track listing

*All tracks produced by

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, except tracks 8 and 10 produced by Eric IQ Gray

Charts

Weekly charts

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Singles

References

External links

* 1990 debut albums Profile Records albums Poor Righteous Teachers albums {{1990s-hiphop-album-stub