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.
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Studio album by Fu-Schnickens | ||||
Released | February 25, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Studio | Battery Studios (New York) | |||
Genre | Hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 43:12 | |||
Label | Jive | |||
Producer | A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G. | |||
Fu-Schnickens chronology | ||||
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Singles from F.U. Don't Take It Personal | ||||
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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.
The album was recorded at Battery Studios in New York, New York.[1]
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Source | Rating |
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The Village Voice | A−[3] |
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]
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]
No. | Title | Music | 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" | 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 |
Chart (1992)[4] | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 | 64 |
U.S. Heatseekers | 1 |
U.S. R&B Albums | 13 |
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U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Hot Rap Singles | ||||
1992 | "Ring the Alarm" | — | — | — | 6 | ||
"La Schmoove" | — | 36 | 30 | 3 | |||
"True Fuschnick" | 14 | 45 | 97 | 18 |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Information taken from Allmusic.[7]
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