Criminal Minded (1987)

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Title: Criminal Minded
Artist: Boogie Down Productions
Genre: Hip-Hop
Released: 1987

Tracks:
1 - Poetry - 5:00
2 - South Bronx - 5:10
3 - 9mm Goes Bang - 4:18
4 - Word From Our Sponsor - 3:52
5 - Elementary - 4:04
6 - Dope Beat - 5:13
7 - Remix for P Is Free - 4:19
8 - The Bridge Is Over - 3:26
9 - Super-Hoe - 5:01
10 - Criminal Minded - 5:20

CD 2
1 - Advance (original 12" vocal version) - 8:04
2 - $ucce$$ Is the Word (original 12" Success version) - 5:17
3 - Say No Brother (Crack Attack Don't Do It) (original 12" vocal "Truth Mix") - 5:21
4 - Operating Room Interview (A) - 4:37
5 - The Bridge Is Over (clean 'Red Alert' 12" version) - 3:24
6 - The P Is Free (original 12" version) - 2:25
7 - Operating Room Interview (B) - 3:32
8 - Elementary (dub) (original acetate version) - 4:05
9 - South Bronx (Red Alert KISS - Cracked DJ Dis version) - 6:49
10 - Scott La Rock Megamix - 6:47
11 - Stop the Violence (original Massive 12" extended version) - 5:18
12 - Essays on BDP-Ism - 4:58
13 - The Bridge Is Over (The Bladerunners edit) - 3:59
14 - Stop the Violence (original Massive 12" a cappella version) - 2:14

CD 3
1 - Poetry (album Intrumental version) - 5:00
2 - South Bronx (album instrumental version) - 5:12
3 - 9mm Goes Bang (album instrumental version) - 4:23
4 - Word From Our Sponsor (album instrumental version) - 3:35
5 - Elementary (album instrumental version) - 4:05
6 - Dope Beat (album instrumental version) - 5:13
7 - Remix for P Is Free (album instrumental version) - 4:20
8 - The Bridge Is Over (album instrumental version) - 3:22
9 - Super-Hoe (album instrumental version) - 5:36
10 - Criminal Minded (album instrumental version) - 5:04
11 - Advance (original 12" instrumental version) - 4:55
12 - Say No Brother (Crack Attack Don't Do It) (original 12" instrumental "Reality Mix") - 5:19
13 - Stop the Violence (original Massive 12" instrumental version) - 4:02

Overview:
Criminal Minded is the debut album by Boogie Down Productions, released on March 3, 1987 on B-Boy Records. Considered a highly influential hip hop album, it is also credited with providing a prototype for the East Coast gangsta rap which emerged in the following decades. The album's 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 songs “South Bronx” and “The Bridge Is Over” ignited the rivalry with the Queens-bred emcee MC Shan and the Juice Crew. These songs and others on the album spoke of the role the South Bronx area of New York City played in hip hop's early history. Other songs told streetwise tales of the evils of drugs and prostitution. In 2003, the album was ranked number 444 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Music information in first post provided by The AudioDB
Any fans of Boogie Down Productions' debut album Criminal Minded?
 
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