Sex and Violence (album)

ReleasedFebruary 25, 1992

RecordedJuly–November 1991

StudioStreet Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC

Genre

• East Coast hip hop^[1]
• hardcore hip hop

Sex and Violence
Studio album by Boogie Down Productions
Released	February 25, 1992
Recorded	July–November 1991
Studio	Street Music Studio & Battery Studios, NYC
Genre	East Coast hip hop[1] 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: February 1992 "Duck Down" Released: April 1992 "We in There" Released: July 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	A−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
RapReviews	9/10[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
The Source	4.5/5[9]
Tom Hull – on the Web	A−[10]

Sex and Violence is the fifth and final album released by American 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".^[11] 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".^[12]

The album track "Say Gal" was written about the rape trial of professional boxer Mike Tyson.^[13]