38 years ago, Boogie Down Productions release their debut LP, Criminal Minded, on B-Boy Records. Criminal Minded is hip-hop in its essence. It's one of the essential templates that hip-hop albums are still built around. It's groundbreaking in terms of both lyrical content and delivery, as well as production style (Ced Gee). 4 decades after its release, it's not an overstatement to say that its contributions to hip-hop music are indispensable and it's among the 10 best hip-hop albums ever recorde