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{{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Youngest in Charge
| name = Youngest in Charge
| Type = Album
| type = [[Studio album]]
| Artist = [[Special Ed]]
| artist = [[Special Ed (rapper)|Special Ed]]
| Cover = Youngestincharge.jpg
| cover = Youngestincharge.jpg
| Released = May 9, 1989
| alt =
| Recorded = 1988-1989|
| released = May 16, 1989
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip Hop]]
| recorded = 1988–89
| studio = {{hlist|Howie's Crib ([[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|NY]])|Q's House ([[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|NY]])}}
| Length = 49:19
| Label = [[Profile Records|Profile]]
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Producer = [[Howie Tee]]
| length = 49:19
| label = [[Profile Records|Profile]]
| Last album =
| producer = [[Howie Tee]]
| This album = '''''Youngest in Charge''''' <br /> (1989)
| prev_title =
| Next album = ''[[Legal (Special Ed album)|Legal]]'' <br /> (1990)
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Legal (Special Ed album)|Legal]]
| next_year = 1990
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Youngest in Charge
| type = studio
| single1 = I Got It Made
| single1date = 1989
| single2 = Think About It
| single2date = 1989
| single3 = I'm the Magnificent
| single3date = 1990
}}
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
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|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r28273|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref>
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/youngest-in-charge-mw0000653618|title=Youngest in Charge Special Ed|last=DiBella|first=M.F.|website=[[AllMusic]]|language=en-us|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>
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'''''Youngest in Charge''''' is the debut studio album by [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] musician [[Special Ed (rapper)|Special Ed]], from [[Brooklyn]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rausch |first1=Andrew J. |title=I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture |date=2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |page=170}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-hop Culture |date=1991 |publisher=Harmony Books |page=239}}</ref> It was released in 1989 through [[Profile Records]]. The recording sessions took place at Howie's Crib and at Q's House in [[New York City|New York]]. The album was produced by [[Howie Tee]]. It peaked at number 73 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart in the United States. Ed was 16 when he recorded the album.<ref>{{cite book |title=New Book of Rock Lists |date=1994 |publisher=Touchstone |page=550}}</ref>


In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''[[The Source]]''{{'}}s "100 Best Rap Albums".<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm#100albums |title=100 Best Rap Albums |access-date=November 24, 2007 |magazine=The Source |issue=100 |date=January 1998 |location=New York |issn=1063-2085}}</ref>
'''''Youngest in Charge''''' is the debut album from the then-16-year-old [[Brooklynite]] [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] artist [[Special Ed]]. The album had sold more than 500,000 copies.

In 1998, the album was selected as one of ''The Source''{{'}}s 100 Best Rap Albums Ever.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm#100albums |title=100 Best Rap Albums |accessdate={{date|2007-11-24|mdy}} |magazine=The Source |issue=#100 |date=January 1998 |location=New York |issn=1063-2085}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{| class="wikitable"
| all_writing = [[Special Ed (rapper)|Edward K. Archer]] and [[Howie Tee|Howard Anthony Thompson]]
|-
| title1 = Taxing
!align="center"|#
| length1 =
!Title
| title2 = I Got It Made
!Samples
| length2 =
|-
| title3 = I'm the Magnificent
|1
| length3 =
|"Taxing"
| title4 = Club Scene
|
| length4 =
*"[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]" by [[The Beatles]]
| title5 = Hoedown
*"[[I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing]]" by [[Funkadelic]]
| length5 =
*"A Funky Song" by [[Ripple (band)|Ripple]]
| title6 = Think About It
|-
| length6 =
|2
| title7 = Ak-Shun
|"I Got It Made"
| length7 =
|
| title8 = Monster Jam
*"I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" by [[Ripple (band)|Ripple]]
| length8 =
|-
| title9 = The Bush
|3
| length9 =
|"I'm the Magnificent"
| title10 = Fly M.C.
|
| length10 =
*"[[007 (Shanty Town)]]" by [[Desmond Dekker]]
| title11 = Heds and Dreds
*"[[Think (About It)]]" by [[Lyn Collins]]
| length11 =
*"Stomp and Buck Dance" by [[The Crusaders]]
| total_length =
*"Double Barrel" by [[Dave and Ansel Collins]]
}}
|-
|4
|"Club Scene"
|
*"Let No Man Put Asunder" by [[First Choice (band)|First Choice]]
*"Blow Your Head" by [[Fred Wesley]] and The J.B.'s
|-
|5
|"Hoedown"
|
*"Black Grass" by [[Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb]]
|-
|6
|"Think About It"
|
*"Schoolboy Crush" by [[Average White Band]]
|-
|7
|"Ak-Shun"
|
*"Zimba Ku" by [[Black Heat]]
|-
|8
|"Monster Jam"
|
|-
|9
|"The Bush"
|
*"[[Love and Happiness]]" by [[Al Green]]
|-
|10
|"Fly M.C."
|
*"Just Kissed My Baby" by [[The Meters]]
|-
|11
|"Heds and Dreds"
|
|}


==Chart positions==
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1989)
! scope="col" |Chart (1989)
!Peak<br>position
! scope="col" |Peak<br /> position
|-
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|73|artist=Special Ed|rowheader=true|access-date=March 3, 2020}}
| [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
| align=center|73
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|8|artist=Special Ed|rowheader=true|access-date=March 3, 2020}}
| Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums
| align=center|8
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Song
!colspan="2"| Chart positions
|-
! <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]]
! <small>[[Hot Rap Songs|Rap]]
|-
| 1989
| "I Got It Made"
| align=center|18
| align=center|9
|-
| 1989
| "Think About It"
| align=center|68
| align=center|—
|-
| 1990
| "I'm the Magnificent"
| align=center|37
| align=center|27
|}
|}


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==External links==
[[Category:Special Ed albums]]
*{{Discogs master|102671|Youngest in Charge}}

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[[Category:1989 debut albums]]
[[Category:1989 debut albums]]
[[Category:Special Ed albums]]
[[Category:Profile Records albums]]
[[Category:Profile Records albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Howie Tee]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Howie Tee]]
[[Category:Albums certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America]]

Latest revision as of 19:47, 6 August 2024

Youngest in Charge
Studio album by
Special Ed
ReleasedMay 16, 1989
Recorded1988–89
Studio
GenreHip hop
Length49:19
LabelProfile
ProducerHowie Tee
Special Ed chronology
Youngest in Charge
(1989) 		Legal
(1990)
Singles from Youngest in Charge
  1. "I Got It Made"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Think About It"
    Released: 1989
  3. "I'm the Magnificent"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Youngest in Charge is the debut studio album by hip hop musician Special Ed, from Brooklyn.[2][3] It was released in 1989 through Profile Records. The recording sessions took place at Howie's Crib and at Q's House in New York. The album was produced by Howie Tee. It peaked at number 73 on the Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States. Ed was 16 when he recorded the album.[4]

In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Rap Albums".[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Edward K. Archer and Howard Anthony Thompson

No.TitleLength
1."Taxing" 
2."I Got It Made" 
3."I'm the Magnificent" 
4."Club Scene" 
5."Hoedown" 
6."Think About It" 
7."Ak-Shun" 
8."Monster Jam" 
9."The Bush" 
10."Fly M.C." 
11."Heds and Dreds" 

Charts

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Chart (1989) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 73
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[7] 8

References

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  1. ^ DiBella, M.F. "Youngest in Charge Special Ed". AllMusic. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Rausch, Andrew J. (2011). I Am Hip-Hop: Conversations on the Music and Culture. Scarecrow Press. p. 170.
  3. ^ Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-hop Culture. Harmony Books. 1991. p. 239.
  4. ^ New Book of Rock Lists. Touchstone. 1994. p. 550.
  5. ^ "100 Best Rap Albums". The Source (100). New York. January 1998. ISSN 1063-2085. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  6. ^ "Special Ed Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
  7. ^ "Special Ed Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2020.
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