Ghetto Pop Life
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Ghetto Pop Life | ||
Studio album by Danger Mouse & Jemini | ||
Released | 9 September 2003 | |
Recorded | 2002/3 | |
Genre | Hip hop | |
Length | 68:09 | |
Label | Lex Records | |
Producer(s) | Danger Mouse | |
Professional reviews | ||
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Danger Mouse & Jemini chronology | ||
Ghetto Pop Life (2003) |
Kill Your Heroes (2007) |
Ghetto Pop Life is the debut album of producer Danger Mouse and rapper Jemini. It was released in 2003 on Lex Records and also featured Tha Alkaholiks, Cee-Lo, The Pharcyde, J-Zone and Prince Po from Organized Konfusion. In 2004 a reprint of the album with three additional tracks was released in the US.
Lex Records also released three EPs with tracks (and remixes of tracks) from the album: Take Care Of Business EP, Conceited Bastard EP and the 26 Inch EP.
Moreover there was a special promotional CD, the Ghetto Pop Mix, a mixtape with short remixes of the tracks from the album fading into each other, along with a couple of new exclusive tracks.
Contents |
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- "Born-A-MC" (Brian Burton, T. Smith) – 2:29
- "Ghetto Pop Life Intro" (Burton, T. Smith, P. Clark) – 1:09
- "Ghetto Pop Life" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:23
- "Omega Supreme" (Burton, T. Smith) – 5:03
- "What U Sittin On?" (Burton, T. Smith, Rico Smith, James Robinson) – 3:58
- starring Tha Liks
- "The Only One" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:18
- "Take Care of Business" (Burton, T. Smith, J. Mumford) – 3:38
- starring J-Zone
- "That Brooklyn Shit" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:35
- "Yoo-Hoo!" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:35
- "Copy Cats" (Burton, T. Smith, Lawrence Baskerville) – 3:49
- starring Prince Po from Organized Konfusion
- "Don't Do Drugs" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:23
- "Medieval" (Burton, T. Smith, Romye Robinson, Imani Wilcox) – 4:59
- starring Pharcyde
- "Bush Boys" (Burton, T. Smith) – 4:01
- "Here We Go Again" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:50
- "I'm a DooMee (Love Letter)" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:04
- "Knuckle Sandwich" (Burton, T. Smith) – 2:07
- "What U Sittin On? (DM's 26" Remix)" (Burton, T. Smith, R. Smith, J. Robinson, Thomas Calloway) – 3:28
- starring Cee-Lo & Tha Liks
- "The Sh!t" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:17
- "Ghetto Pop Life II" (Burton, T. Smith) – 3:53
Track 17–19 appear only on the 2004 US reissue of the album and were taken from the 26 Inch EP.
[edit] Related EPs
"Take Care Of Business EP" | |||||||
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Released in 2002 as 12" vinyl. Also available as mp3 download on Bleep. | ||||||
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"Conceited Bastard EP" | |||||||
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Released in 2003 as 12" vinyl. | ||||||
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"26" EP" | |||||||
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Released in 2003 as 12" vinyl and CD. Also available as mp3 download on Bleep. | ||||||
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[edit] Ghetto Pop Mix
There were two editions of this promotional mixtape CD: The original one, with eleven tracks, which was only available with the August 2003 issue of Hip-Hop Connection; and an extended version with a total of sixteen tracks.
- Intro – 2:15
- "Ghetto Pop Life" – 1:40
- "Don't Do Drugs" – 1:12
- "The Only One" – 1:13
- (exclusive track) – 2:44
- "That Brooklyn Shit" – 2:10
- "What U Sittin On?" – 2:00
- "Omega Supreme" – 3:38
- "Bush Boys" – 1:35
- (exclusive track) – 1:01
- "Copy Cats" – 2:24
- (exclusive track) – 1:57
- "Brooklyn Kids" – 2:56
- (exclusive track) – 4:21
- Suzanne Vega "Tom's Diner" (DM Mix) – 1:59
- Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell" (DM Mix) – 3:13