F.U. Don't Take It Personal
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| Released | February 25, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Battery Studios (New York) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
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F.U. Don't Take It Personal is the debut studio album from American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens, released February 25, 1992, on Jive Records. The recording sessions took place at Battery Studios in New York, New York.
The album peaked at number sixty-four on the Billboard 200 chart. By late 1992, it was certified gold by the RIAA, for shipping 500,000 copies in the United States.
Background
[edit]The album was recorded at Battery Studios in New York, New York.[1]
Commercial performance
[edit]F.U. Don't Take It Personal peaked at sixty-four on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the thirteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.[2] The album was certified gold in 1992.[3]
Critical reception
[edit]| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Village Voice | A−[5] |
In The Village Voice, Robert Christgau praised Fu-Schnickens' ideas and illusory rhymes, calling the group "rappers whose visions of fun, agape, and aural conquest remain open-ended, playful, and, face it, silly".[5] The Kitchener-Waterloo Record wrote that the production "tends to muddy things to the extent that the group's grating, high-speed raps are almost lost."[6]
Stanton Swihart at AllMusic wrote in retrospect that "although their fashion sense (kung fu outfits on the cover) and taste in influences may have initially painted them as a novelty, their approach to music was straight serious on this debut album, and it shows."[4]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "True Fuschnick" | A Tribe Called Quest | 4:07 | |
| 2. | "Movie Scene" |
| Fu-Schnickens | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Ring the Alarm" |
| Lyvio G. | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Back Off" |
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| 4:14 |
| 5. | "Heavenly Father" |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 4:37 |
| 6. | "La Schmoove" (feat. Phife Dawg) |
| A Tribe Called Quest | 4:58 |
| 7. | "Props" |
| Fu-Schnickens | 5:36 |
| 8. | "Generals" |
| Lyvio G. | 3:44 |
| 9. | "Check It Out" (feat. Dres) |
| Dres | 4:54 |
| 10. | "Bebo" |
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| 3:11 |
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1992)[2] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 64 |
| U.S. Heatseekers | 1 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 13 |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
[edit]- assistant engineering – Charlie Allen, Pete Christensen, Eric Gast, Gerard Julien, Tim Latham
- engineering – Barbera Aimes, Anthony Saunders
- mixing – Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Bob Power, Chris Trevett
- production – A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G.
- vocals (background) – Debbie Lewis Aimes, Kia Jeffries, Hirami Kuroimo, Sally Ries
Notes
[edit]- ^ Credits as per liner notes for the F.U. Don't Take It Personal album
- ^ a b "allmusic ((( F.U. Don't Take It Personal > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ "American album certifications – Fu-Schnickens – Take It Personally". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ a b "allmusic ((( F.U. Don't Take It Personal > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 28, 1992). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ Randall, Neil (Apr 23, 1992). "F.U. Don't Take It Personal Fu-Schnickens". The Kitchener-Waterloo Record. p. C9.
- ^ "American album certifications – Fu-Schnickens – FU Don't Take It Personally". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
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