Ghetto Pop Life
2003 studio album by Danger Mouse and Jemini
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Ghetto Pop Life is the debut collaborative studio album by Danger Mouse and Jemini. It was released on Lex Records in 2003. It features guest appearances from tha Liks, J-Zone, Prince Po, and the Pharcyde. In 2004, a reprint of the album with three additional tracks was released in the United States.
| Ghetto Pop Life | ||||
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| Studio album by Danger Mouse and Jemini | ||||
| Released | September 9, 2003 | |||
| Genre | Hip-hop | |||
| Length | 57:24 | |||
| Label | Lex | |||
| Producer | Danger Mouse | |||
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Lex Records also released three EPs with tracks (and remixes of tracks) from the album: Take Care of Business, Conceited Bastard, and 26 Inch EP. Moreover, there was a special promotional CD, titled 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.
Critical reception
Mark Pytlik of AllMusic gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "Evocative without being pointlessly nostalgic and fun without being goofy, Ghetto Pop Life is a convincingly strong debut."[1] Dom Passantino of Stylus Magazine gave the album a grade of "A", calling it "not only one of the best albums of the year, but also possibly the strangest."[9]
Pitchfork placed it at number 37 on the "Top 50 Albums of 2003" list.[11] The Guardian named it the 19th best album of 2003.[12] In 2011, inthemix named it the 48th best dance album of the 2000s.[13] In 2017, ThoughtCo included it on the "100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s" list.[14]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Born-A-MC" | 2:29 |
| 2. | "Ghetto Pop Life Intro" | 1:09 |
| 3. | "Ghetto Pop Life" | 4:23 |
| 4. | "Omega Supreme" | 5:03 |
| 5. | "What U Sittin' On?" (featuring Tha Liks) | 3:58 |
| 6. | "The Only One" | 3:17 |
| 7. | "Take Care of Business" (featuring J-Zone) | 3:38 |
| 8. | "That Brooklyn Shit" | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Yoo-Hoo!" | 4:35 |
| 10. | "Copy Cats" (featuring Prince Po) | 3:49 |
| 11. | "Don't Do Drugs" | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Medieval" (featuring The Pharcyde) | 4:59 |
| 13. | "Bush Boys" | 4:01 |
| 14. | "Here We Go Again" | 3:51 |
| 15. | "I'ma Doomee (Love Letter)" | 3:04 |
| 16. | "Knuckle Sandwich" | 2:07 |
| Total length: | 57:24 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 17. | "What U Sittin' On? (DM's 26 Remix)" (featuring Cee-Lo and Tha Liks) | 3:30 |
| 18. | "The Shit" | 3:18 |
| 19. | "Ghetto Pop Life II" | 3:54 |
| Total length: | 68:09 | |
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.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Intro" | 2:15 |
| 2. | "Ghetto Pop Life" | 1:40 |
| 3. | "Don't Do Drugs" | 1:12 |
| 4. | "The Only One" | 1:13 |
| 5. | "(exclusive track)" | 2:44 |
| 6. | "That Brooklyn Shit" | 2:10 |
| 7. | "What U Sittin' On?" | 2:00 |
| 8. | "Omega Supreme" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Bush Boys" | 1:35 |
| 10. | "(exclusive track)" | 1:01 |
| 11. | "Copy Cats" | 2:24 |
| 12. | "(exclusive track)" | 1:57 |
| 13. | "Brooklyn Kids" | 2:56 |
| 14. | "Who Wanna Step II Dis" | 4:21 |
| 15. | "Tom's Diner (DM Mix)" | 1:59 |
| 16. | "It Ain't Hard to Tell (DM Mix)" | 3:13 |
| Total length: | 36:23 | |