In the early 1990’s gangsta rap was becoming more popular. KRS-One took to the mic and continued to write socially conscious raps resulting in the hard-hitting 1992 album Sex And Violence which would be the fifth and final studio album under the Boogie Down Productions name. Produced by KRS-One, Pal Joey, Kenny Parker, D-Square, and Prince Paul, the album explores the darkest sides of the American urban landscape and psyche, with KRS as narrator, detailing all sides of the matrix. While singles like the alarming drum-driven “Duck Down” and the funky-as-hell “We In There” got most of the attention in ‘92, the deeper sequence reveals plenty of additional gems: the history lesson of the dark and dusty “Drug Dealer”; “Ruff Ruff”, with scowling MC favorite Freddie Foxxx (aka Bumpy Knuckles); the grooving “Questions and Answers,” and the frantic record industry track “How Not To Get Jerked.” The album kicks off with an intro skit featuring KRS-One as a DJ in panic needing vinyl which at the time was a dying format while cassettes and CDs became the dominant format. Thirty-two years later vinyl DJs and Hip-Hop vinyl collectors no longer need to panic. Get On Down in partnership with Sony Music’s CERTIFIED is proud to bring back to vinyl this underrated gem in the BDP catalog. Featuring one of the dopest album covers by American artist Robert Williams, Sex and Violence is pressed on colored vinyl and packaged in a gatefold jacket with full lyrics.
COLORED VINYL PACKAGED IN A GATEFOLD JACKET WITH FULL LYRICS!
Tracklisting
A1. The Original Way (feat. Freddie Foxxx) • A2. Duck Down • A3. Drug Dealer • A4. Like A Throttle
B1. Build And Destroy • B2. Ruff Ruff (feat. Freddie Foxxx) • B3. 13 And Good • B4. Poisonous Products
C1. Questions And Answers • C2. Say Gal • C3. We In There • C4. Sex And Violence
D1. How Not To Get Jerked • D2. Who Are The Pimps? • D3. The Real Holy Place
D4. 13 And Good (Remix)
