Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning

Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning
Studio album by Kwamé
Released	January 31, 1989
Recorded	1988
Studio	Bayside Sound Studios (Queens, New York)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	35:28
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor The Invincibles
Kwamé chronology
Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning (1989) A Day in the Life: A Pokadelick Adventure (1990)
Singles from Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning
"The Man We All Know and Love" Released: 1989 "The Rhythm" Released: 1989 "U Gotz 2 Get Down" Released: 1989 "Sweet Thing" Released: 1990

Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning is the debut studio album by American hip hop musician Kwamé.^[1] It was released on January 31, 1989, on Atlantic Records. It peaked at 114 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the thirteenth spot on the R&B Albums chart.^[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Steve Huey at AllMusic called the album's production "bright, appealing, and funky," and remarked that Kwamé himself was "a sorely neglected figure today, even among fans of playful, intellectual hip-hop."^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Boy Genius"	Fingerprints, Holland	4:13
2.	"U Gotz 2 Get Down!"	Dale, Holland	4:44
3.	"The Rhythm"	Kwamé	3:51
4.	"The Man We All Know and Love"	Holland	6:20
5.	"The Mic Is Mine"	Holland	3:49
6.	"Keep on Doin' (What You're Doin' Baby)"	Brown, Byrd, Martin, Wesly	4:19
7.	"Push the Panic Button!!!"	Holland	3:59
8.	"Sweet Thing"	Khan, Maiden	4:35

Chart history

Album

Chart (1989)[2]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	114
U.S. R&B Albums	13

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions[4]
		U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks	U.S. Hot Rap Singles
1989	"The Man We All Know and Love"	33	2
	"The Rhythm"	—	7
1990	"Sweet Thing"	—	20

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

• art direction – Bob Defrin
• choir – B. Flat, Curt D.I.S.S., M.A.D. Scratches, The Sharp, Speaker of the House
• chorus – B. Flat, Curt D.I.S.S., M.A.D. Scratches, The Sharp, Speaker of the House
• design – Lynn Kowalewski
• engineering – Andre Debourg
• mastering – Dennis King
• performer – New Beginning
• photography – Robert Manella
• production – Hurby "Luv Bug" Azor, The Invincibles
• vocals – B. Flat, Curt D.I.S.S., M.A.D. Scratches, The Sharp, Allan Sharp, Speaker of the House
• vocals (background) – Angela White, Jimmy Young

Notes

1. Stancell, Steven (1996). Rap Whoz Who: The World of Rap Music. Schirmer Books. p. 169.
2. "allmusic ((( Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
3. Huey, Steve. "Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
4. "allmusic ((( Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-08-03.

External links

• Kwamé the Boy Genius: Featuring a New Beginning at Discogs