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Criminal Minded is the debut studio album by hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions, released on March 3, 1987 by B-Boy Records. It is considered a highly influential and one of the greatest albums in hip-hop history. Since its release, the album has been sampled, interpolated and paraphrased.

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Catalog details about Criminal Minded

  • Artist
  • Label
    Phase One - PONE9025LP
  • Format
    Vinyl, 2LP, Album
  • Pressing
    2024
  • Orig. Release
    1987
  • Origin
    US
  • Genre
    Hip Hop
  • Condition
    Sealed, New vinyl
  • EAN13
    706091204104
  • Reference
    MV-1233-1

Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded in details

Its samples and direct influences were unusual at the time, ranging from liberal use of dancehall reggae (as well as the more commonly used James Brown) to rock music artists such as AC/DC, The Beatles and Billy Joel. The album was eventually certified Gold by the RIAA. The songs "South Bronx" and "The Bridge Is Over" ignited the rivalry with the Brooklyn-bred but Queens resident emcee MC Shan and the Juice Crew. The former has second-hand musical ideas from Public Enemy and contributed to the new jack swing genre. The latter took ideas from MC Shan. Throughout the album, KRS-One gives honor and praise to Scott La Rock for producing the album and he mostly goes on about the importance of originality and being "real" instead of a "Sucker MC".

In 2003, the album was ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

A1 Poetry
A2 South Bronx
B1 9mm Goes Bang
B2 Word From Our Sponsor
B3 Elementary
C1 Dope Beat
C2 Remix For P Is Free
C3 The Bridge Is Over
D1 Super-Hoe
D2 Criminal Minded
D3 P Is Free (Original 12" Version)
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