F.U. Don't Take It Personal
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| Released | February 25, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Battery Studios (New York) | |||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
| Producer | A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G. | |||
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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. Recording sessions for the album 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]
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Village Voice | A−[3] |
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".[3] 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."[2]
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.[4] The album was certified gold in 1992.[5]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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" | Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G. | 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" | Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G. | 3:11 |
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
| Chart (1992)[4] | 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)[6] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel[edit]
Information taken from Allmusic.[7]
- 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 > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (July 28, 1992). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "American album certifications – Fu-Schnickens – FU Don't Take It Personally". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ "allmusic ((( F.U. Don't Take It Personal > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-11.
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