F.U. Don't Take It Personal

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Released February 25, 1992 Artist Fu-Schnickens Label Jive Records		Length 43:12 Release date 25 February 1992

Recorded 1991Battery Studios(New York, New York) Producer A Tribe Called Quest, Fu-Schnickens, Lyvio G. F.U. Don't Take It Personal(1992) Nervous Breakdown(1994) Genres Hip hop music, East Coast hip hop, Alternative hip hop Similar Nervous Breakdown, Fu‐Schnickens’ Greatest Hits, Non‑Fiction, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, The Fabulous Chi‑Ali

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

The album was recorded at Battery Studios in New York, New York.

Release and reception

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. The album was certified gold in 1992.

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". 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."

Singles

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.

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

Songs

1True Fu-Schnick4:00
2Movie Scene4:02
3Ring the Alarm3:51

References

F.U. Don't Take It Personal Wikipedia

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