Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop

Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop is the third studio album by American hip hop group Boogie Down Productions. It was released on July 4, 1989, via Jive Records. Recording sessions took place at Power Play Studios in New York. Production was handled by member KRS-One with co-production from fellow member D-Nice, D-Square, Rebekah Foster, Sidney Mills and Spaceman Patterson.

The album peaked at number 36 on the Billboard 200 and number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. On September 25, 1989, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 copies in the US.

The album featured three singles: "Jack of Spades", "Why Is That?" and "You Must Learn", which were later included in KRS-One's 2000 compilation album A Retrospective.

Personnel

 * Lawrence "KRS-One" Parker – lead vocals, songwriter, producer, mixing
 * Derrick "D-Nice" Jones – beatbox (track 6), co-producer
 * Kevin Batchelor – backing vocals, trumpet
 * Pamela "Harmony" Scott – backing vocals, songwriter (track 5)
 * Shelia Pate – backing vocals
 * Sidney Mills – keyboards, co-producer
 * Val Douglas – bass
 * Anastas "Nass-T" Hackett – drums
 * Jerry Johnson – saxophone
 * Nathaniel "Afrika Baby Bam" Hall – scratches (track 5)
 * Dwayne "D-Square" Sumal – co-producer, engineering, editing
 * Rebekah Foster – co-producer, engineering
 * William "Spaceman" Patterson – co-producer
 * Peter Bodtke – photography
 * Scott "DJ Scott La Rock" Sterling – overseen by