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
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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.

1 Track listing
2 Related EPs
3 Ghetto Pop Mix

[edit] Track listing

"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"


Released	2002
Producer(s)	Danger Mouse

Released in 2002 as 12" vinyl. Also available as mp3 download on Bleep.

Tracklist

"Take Care Of Business" featuring J-zone (Club Mix) – 3:56
"Live On Both Sides" – 3:54
"Don't Do Drugs" – 3:07
"Take Care Of Business" featuring J-Zone (Radio Edit) – 3:32
"Take Care Of Business" (Instrumental) – 3:56
"Live On Both Sides" (Radio Edit) – 3:55
"Live On Both Sides" (Instrumental) – 3:55

"Conceited Bastard EP"


Released	2003
Producer(s)	Danger Mouse

Released in 2003 as 12" vinyl.

Tracklist

"The Only One"
"Omega Supreme (Who?!)"
"Omega Supreme (Who?!)" (DM Remix)
"The Only One" (Instrumental)
"Omega Supreme (Who?!)" (Instrumental)
"Omega Supreme (Who?!)" (DM Remix Instrumental)

"26" EP"


Released	2003
Producer(s)	Danger Mouse

Released in 2003 as 12" vinyl and CD. Also available as mp3 download on Bleep.

Tracklist

CD

"What U Sittin' On?" (DM's 26" Remix) starring Cee Lo and Tha Alkoholiks – 3:28
"Ghetto Pop Life" (Remix) starring Sadat X – 3:16
"The Sh!t" – 3:17
"Ghetto Pop Life II" – 3:51
"Omega Supreme" (DM Remix) – 4:07
"Live On Both Sides" – 3:54

LP

"What U Sittin' On?" (DM's 26" Remix) starring Cee Lo and Tha Alkoholiks – 3:28
"The Sh!t" – 3:17
"Ghetto Pop Life" (Remix) starring Sadat X – 3:16
"Ghetto Pop Life II" – 3:51

[edit] Ghetto Pop Mix

Cover of the 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.