Kwam¿¿ the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning

by Kwame

Overview

Kwame's debut album, Kwame the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning, is an all-too-brief affair, clocking in at just over half an hour. Although it makes no explicit connection, it's a perfect fit with the Daisy Age revolution being spearheaded by De La Soul around the same time. Positive vibes and offbeat humor abound, and even if producer Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor is no Prince Paul, the music is bright, appealing, and funky. Despite a load of goofy boasts and disses, and an occasional reference to his Islamic faith, Kwame doesn't take himself too seriously, and he keeps things upbeat and genial the whole way through. The album's centerpiece is the freewheeling narrative "The Man We All Know and Love," which quotes songs from Sesame Street, Louis Jordan, and Minnie Riperton (among others) as Kwame seduces one of his mother's friends and then thinks better of it. It's proof that Kwame is a sorely neglected figure today, even among fans of playful, intellectual hip-hop. ~ Steve Huey

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678194122
Rank:	66862

Tracks

1. Boy Genius
2. U Gotz 2 Get Down!
3. The Rhythm
4. The Man We All Know and Love
5. The Mic Is Mine
6. Keep on Doin' (What You're Doin' Baby)
7. Push the Panic Button!!!
8. Sweet Thing

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Kwame   Primary Artist,Vocals
New Beginning   Primary Artist
Jimmy Young   Vocals (Background)
B. Flat   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Allan Sharp   Vocals
Curt D.I.S.S.   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Speaker of the House   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
The Real Jimmy Young   Vocals (Background)
M.A.D. Scratches   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Angela White   Vocals (Background)
The Sharp   Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Sweet Thing Chorus   Vocals

Technical Credits

The Invincible   Producer
Hugh Martin   Composer
Bobby Byrd   Composer
Kwame   Composer
James Brown   Composer
Fred Wesley   Composer
Fingerprints   Composer
Dennis King   Mastering
Van Morrison   Composer
New Beginning   Performer
Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor   Producer
Tony Maiden   Composer
Invincibles   Producer
Chaka Khan   Composer
Lynn Kowalewski   Design
Crow Kahn   Composer
Bob Defrin   Art Direction
Kwame Holland   Composer
Andre DeBourg   Engineer
Hurby Luv Bug & the Invincibles   Producer
Robert Manella   Photography