Ghetto Pop Life
| Ghetto Pop Life | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Danger Mouse and Jemini | |
| Released | September 9, 2003 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 57:24 |
| Label | Lex |
| Producer | Danger Mouse |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| BBC - Collective | 8/10[2] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable[3] |
| IGN | 8.5/10[4] |
| musicOMH | [5] |
| Muzik | [6] |
| Pitchfork | 7.8/10[7] |
| Prefix |   [8] |
| Stylus Magazine | A[9] |
| XLR8R | favorable[10] |
Ghetto Pop Life is a 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.
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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Ghetto Pop Mix | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Mixtape by Danger Mouse and Jemini | |
| Released | September 25, 2003 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 36:23 |
| Label | Lex |
| Producer | Danger Mouse |
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 | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pytlik, Mark. "Ghetto Pop Life - DM & Jemini". AllMusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Rutledge, James (July 11, 2003). "BBC review". Collective. BBC. Archived from the original on July 3, 2004. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Strock, Owen (November 7, 2003). "Dusted Reviews: DM + Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life". Dusted Magazine. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Fry, Will (September 28, 2005). "Danger Mouse & Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life". IGN. News Corporation. Archived from the original on December 1, 2008. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Hubbard, Michael (July 14, 2003). "DM & Jemini – Ghetto Pop Life". musicOMH. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Ashon, Will (August 2003). "DM & Jemini: Ghetto Pop Life (Lex)" (PDF). Muzik. No. 99. p. 71. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
- ^ Plagenhoef, Scott (September 16, 2003). "Danger Mouse / Jemini: Ghetto Pop Life". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Burrell, Jalylah (September 9, 2003). "Danger Mouse and Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life". Prefix. Prefix Media. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ a b Passantino, Dom (September 1, 2003). "DM and Jemini - Ghetto Pop Life". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ Ware, Tony (August 15, 2003). "Ghetto Pop Life". XLR8R. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2003 (page 2)". Pitchfork. December 31, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "Albums of 2003". The Guardian. December 14, 2003. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "The Best Dance Albums of the 2000s". inthemix. Junkee Media. January 19, 2011. Archived from the original on December 3, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
- ^ "The 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums of the 2000s". ThoughtCo. Dotdash. June 18, 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Ghetto Pop Life at Discogs (list of releases)
- The Ghetto Pop Mix at Discogs (list of releases)
- Ghetto Pop Mix (extended version) on SoundCloud
