Boogie Down Productions (1989)

Boogie Down Productions was originally composed of KRS One, D Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. The latter got shot after the release of BDP's debut album "Criminal Minded" in 1987, at about the same time when Ice T and NWA released their debut albums. While "Criminal Minded" was basically about sex and crime, BDP radically changed after Scott's death, becoming the most popular conscious rap group besides Public Enemy. BDP pioneered the fusion of Raggamuffin and Hip hop music; throughout his career KRS One worked together with rappers such as Mad Lion, Channel Live, Run, and Keith Murray among others. During the late 1980s other members of BDP included McBoo, Ms. Melodie, Scottie Morris, Willie D., Robocop, Harmony, DJ Red Alert, DJ Jazzy Jay Kramer, D-Square, Rebekah, and Sidney Mills. Image File history File links Boogie Down Productions crew from the 1989 album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Boogie Down Productions crew from the 1989 album Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... KRS One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965, but known throughout his career by several monikers including Kris Parker, The Blastmaster, and The Teacha) is a rapper from the Bronx, New York City. ... D Nice is a rapper and hip hop musician who began his career in the mid-1980s. ... Scott Sterling (died 1987), better known by stage name Scott La Rock, was the DJ for the hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. ... Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known as Ice T or Ice-T, is an American rapper, singer and actor. ... NWA is a three-letter abbreviation for National Weather Association, meteorological society based in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... The Public Enemy logo. ... Raggamuffin (or ragga) is a kind of reggae that includes digitized backing instrumentation. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Joseph Run Simmons (b. ... Keith Murray (born in Brooklyn, New York in 1974 is a rapper and a member of the rap trio Def Squad, which included fellow rappers Redman and Erick Sermon. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Willie D (born November 1, 1966, Houston, Texas, USA) is an American rapper who originally gained fame as one of the Geto Boys, a controversial group known for explicit violent and sexual lyrical content. ...

Discography

• Criminal Minded (B-Boy 1987)
• Man & His Music (B-Boy 1988)
• By All Means Necessary (Jive/Zomba 1988)
• Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop (Jive/Zomba 1989)
• Edutainment (Jive/Zomba 1990)
• Live Hardcore Worldwide (Jive/Zomba 1991)
• Sex and Violence (Jive/Zomba 1992)

Boogie Down Productions Criminal Minded was a highly influential hip hop album. ...

Singles

From Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop:

• 1989: "Why Is That"

From Edutainment:

• 1990: "Love's Gonna Getcha"

From Sex and Violence:

• 1992: "Duck Down"
• 1992: "13 & Good"
• 1992: "We in There"

External Links

Boogie Down Productions lyrics