Youngest in Charge

Youngest in Charge
Studio album by Special Ed
Released	May 16, 1989
Recorded	1988-1989
Genre	Hip Hop
Length	49:19
Label	Profile
Producer	Howie Tee
Special Ed chronology
Youngest in Charge (1989) Legal (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Youngest in Charge is the debut album from the then 17-year-old Brooklynite 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.^[2]

Track listing

#	Title	Samples
1	"Taxing"	"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by The Beatles "I Got a Thing, You Got a Thing, Everybody's Got a Thing" by Funkadelic "A Funky Song" by Ripple
2	"I Got It Made"	"I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky" by Ripple
3	"I'm the Magnificent"	"007 (Shanty Town)" by Desmond Dekker "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins "Stomp and Buck Dance" by The Crusaders "Double Barrel" by Dave and Ansel Collins
4	"Club Scene"	"Let No Man Put Asunder" by 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

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Billboard 200	73
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	8

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions
		R&B	Rap
1989	"I Got It Made"	18	9
1989	"Think About It"	68	—
1990	"I'm the Magnificent"	37	27

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "100 Best Rap Albums". The Source (New York) (#100). January 1998. ISSN 1063-2085. Retrieved November 24, 2007.