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Sex and Violence
Studio album by Boogie Down Productions
Released	February 25, 1992
Recorded	1991
Studio	Street Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC
Genre	East Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop
Label	Jive 01241-41470
Producer	KRS-One Pal Joey Prince Paul DJ Kenny Parker D-Square
Boogie Down Productions chronology
Edutainment (1990) Sex and Violence (1992) Best of B-Boy Records (2001)
Singles from Sex and Violence
"13 and Good" Released: 1992 "Duck Down" Released: 1992 "We in There" Released: 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
Robert Christgau	A−
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Los Angeles Times
RapReviews	9/10
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Source	4.5/5
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−

Sex and Violence is the fifth and final album released by hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. The next year, 1993, the group's lead member, KRS-One, would begin recording under his own name.

The track "Build And Destroy" deals with KRS-One's ideological differences—as a self-proclaimed humanist—with X Clan and its brand of Afrocentrism. Previously, and on numerous occasions, the X-Clan had denounced any association with the concept, instead affirming its pro-Black stance. This, according to KRS-One's younger brother and Boogie Down Production's DJ Kenny Parker, was an insinuation that KRS was a "sell-out." Both parties have since reconciled their differences and on X-Clan's Return from Mecca album.

KRS One has stated that the album has sold about 250,000 copies, half of what the previous BDP album (Edutainment) sold. KRS-One has stated that he believes this was due to an incident that year, in which BDP stormed the stage during a concert performance by alternative hip-hop duo PM Dawn, which was in retaliation for the latter's published comments that questioned KRS-One being a self-proclaimed "teacher".

The album track "Say Gal" was written about the rape trial of professional boxer Mike Tyson.

Track listing

Chart positions

See also

• Michel Foucault regarding the intersection of the technique KRS-One used on "Questions and Answers" of interviewing himself, and themes of sex and violence.

References

1. ^ AllMusic review
2. "Boogie Down ProductionsSex and Violence (Jive) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)..." Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
3. Robert Christgau review
4. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN 0857125958.
5. Entertainment Weekly review
6. "POP MUSIC : SPRING ALBUM ROUNDUP". Los Angeles Times. 1992-03-29. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31.
7. Juon, Steve "Flash" (January 27, 2004). "Boogie Down Productions :: Sex and Violence :: Jive Records". RapReviews. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
8. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 94. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone krs-one album guide.
9. Dennis, Reginald C. (March 1992). "Record Report". The Source. Retrieved April 21, 2021 – via WordPress.
10. Hull, Tom (April 19, 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
11. The Kenny Parker Show - Part 1 Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today, unkut.com, 26 September 2006 (Accessed 21 June 2007)
12. "– A Tribute To Ignorance (Remix)". Unkut.com. 2007-06-14. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
13. CRITIQUES BY KRS-ONE RAPPING KNUCKLES AGAIN
14. "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
15. "Boogie Down Productions Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.

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