Production · Performance
Special Ed
American rapper
Brooklyn, United States • b. 1972-05-16
Special Ed is credited on 145 releases across 34 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1989–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
145
Pressings credited
34
Albums
5
Decades active
58
In collections
Biography
Edward K. Archer (born May 16, 1972), known professionally as Special Ed, is an American rapper and producer. Ed is perhaps best known for the songs "I Got It Made", "Think About It" and "I'm the Magnificent" from his debut album Youngest in Charge, released in 1989 when he was 17 years old.
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Credited work
145 releases · 34 albums · active 1989–2024
- Production · 95
- Performance · 95
- Other credits · 10
- Engineering · 2
Studios: Unique Recording · Starlight Sound · Echo Sound · Howie's Crib
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z...
1993

A Prince Among Thieves
1999

Conspiracy
1995

Crooklyn
1994

Neva Go Back / Just A Killa
1995

Youngest In Charge
1989

The Light Of The Sun
2011

Jack Of All Trades
2007

Freaky Flow
1996

Revelations
1995

Legal
1990

Come On, Let's Move It
1990

The Mission / See It Ya
1990

The Real Roxanne
1988

Vanilla Ice Is Back! - Hip Hop Classics
2008
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- 2Pac
- Junior M.A.F.I.A.
- Wookie
- The Crooklyn Dodgers
- Wildchild (2)
- DJ JS-1
- Prince Paul
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